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Declaration for Safeguarding of ICH for Climate Change: the approved text DocumentsNews

Declaration for Safeguarding of ICH for Climate Change: the approved text

(Cliquez ici pour la version française) The Declaration for the Safeguarding of Intangible Culture Heritage for Climate Action approved by the ICH NGO Forum on 6 June 2024 recommends policies and action steps to address the threats to intangible cultural heritage from climate change.  It makes the case for prioritizing…
ICH NGO Forum
July 31, 2024
Draft declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion and Mobilization of ICH in the face of Climate Change DocumentsNews

Draft declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion and Mobilization of ICH in the face of Climate Change

Dear accredited NGOs and members of the ICH NGO Forum, I am writing to let you know that the English and French versions of the Draft Declaration are now available. Please find attached files, (ENG-FR) of the Draft Declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion, and Mobilization of ICH in the Face of Climate Change…
ICH NGO Forum
November 20, 2023
UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: Statement of the ICH NGO Forum DocumentsNews

UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: Statement of the ICH NGO Forum

UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development Mexico City, 28-30 September 2022 Statement of the ICH NGO Forum Hello I’m Jorge Gustavo Caicedo of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Encyclopedia, an Accredited NGO to the 2003 Convention and member of the ICH NGO Forum I come here to deliver…
ICH NGO Forum
October 19, 2022
Programme for the ICH NGO Forum (16COM 2021) 16.COMDocumentsNews

Programme for the ICH NGO Forum (16COM 2021)

  The ICH NGO FORUM meetings during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (16COM).  will all be held online. Participants may access the meetings online at their convenience throughout the week by clicking on this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89211424568?pwd=bGI1NWlkSEIzcnBxWVBPeUw5Wm40dz09 Meeting ID: 892 1142…
ICH NGO Forum
December 7, 2021
ICH NGO Forum Statement at 8.GA DocumentsNews

ICH NGO Forum Statement at 8.GA

Presented by Meg Nömgård, chair of the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee. Download the Statement. Distinguished Delegates of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention and UNESCO Secretariat, I direct this message on behalf of the Steering Committee of the ICH NGO Forum and the accredited organizations that work actively with the communities…
ICH NGO Forum
September 9, 2020
ICH NGO Forum draft Bylaws and Code of conduct – Reflection process Documents

ICH NGO Forum draft Bylaws and Code of conduct – Reflection process

(Voir la version française ci-dessous) Dear colleagues, for the last couple of months the working group (Robert Baron, Naila Ceribašić and Antoine Gauthier) and the Steering Committee have worked on elaborating the ICH NGO Forum Bylaws and Code of conduct. Please find their finalized drafts here: Bylaws Code of conduct Please…
ICH NGO Forum
October 10, 2019
ICH NGO Forum Mauritius Declaration on the Ethical Principles for Safeguarding ICH Documents

ICH NGO Forum Mauritius Declaration on the Ethical Principles for Safeguarding ICH

French version below The ICH NGO FORUM Ethics Working Group at 13COM The ICH NGO Forum, in its General Meeting on November 26th 2018, Recalls the important role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), whether or not accredited by UNESCO, for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) at the local, national…
ICH NGO Forum
December 5, 2018
Ich Ngo Forum Statement at 7.GA Documents

Ich Ngo Forum Statement at 7.GA

ICH NGO Forum STATEMENT 7.GA - Paris UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural heritage (Download the pdf file in english or french) This is 2018 – a year when the UNESCO 2003 Convention will celebrate 15 years of international cooperation for the safeguarding of living heritage practices throughout the globe: a…
ICH NGO Forum
June 8, 2018
Report on the Evaluation Body: the experience of Ahmed Skounti Documents

Report on the Evaluation Body: the experience of Ahmed Skounti

Ahmed Skounti (Professor Department of Anthropology and Museology Institut national des sciences de l’archéologie et du patrimoine, Rabat, Morocco) presents a report with a Synthesis and Lessons learnt from his term and advisory function as expert on the Evaluation Body of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural…
ICH NGO Forum
May 23, 2018
Protecting the past for the future: how does law protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage in armed conflict? DocumentsNews

Protecting the past for the future: how does law protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage in armed conflict?

 An article of Christiane Johannot-Gradis presented at the last Symposium of the ICHNGO FORUM at Addis Ababa. In war, individuals are vulnerable not only physically but also in terms of their cultural identity, and the obliteration of cultural heritage often becomes a central issue. This is particularly the case in armed…
ICH NGO Forum
January 10, 2017
Statement Ich Ngo Forum On The Occasion Of The 6th General Assembly / Declaration du Forum des Ong-Pci a l’occasion de 6.Ga
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Statement Ich Ngo Forum On The Occasion Of The 6th General Assembly / Declaration du Forum des Ong-Pci a l’occasion de 6.Ga


 (Voir plus bas pour la version en français - See below for the french version) Paris, 1st of June 2016 1. The ICH NGO FORUM thanks the Secretariat for supporting and assisting the participation of the NGOs. 2. The Forum welcomes the accreditation of 24 new NGOs, which will join the 140 existing…
ICH NGO Forum
June 1, 2016