#HeritageAlive webinar
ICH and armed conflicts
April 7th 2025 14.00 CET
In cooperation with NAKS Suriname, the Norwegian Crafts Institute and the Persian Garden Institute for Living Heritage, NGOs accredited to UNESCO, #HeritageAlive is organising an online conference with the presentation of case studies from NGOs operating in the regions concerned.
Unfortunately, the subject of this meeting is a very urgent one nowadays with conflict situations in many countries during 2024, and large numbers of people internally and externally being displaced. Therefore, there are several current examples of how war and other conflicts could have huge impact on ICH and its bearers. At the same time, we have witnessed how ICH could play an important and crucial role during armed conflicts. With its focus on the role of NGOs in safeguarding ICH in armed conflicts, the webinar will also share reflections and experiences and combine these in a proposal providing recommendations on how the legal framework for safeguarding ICH in armed conflict situations could be applied more effectively.
You can join the Zoom Meeting here:
Meeting ID: 878 3935 0888
Passcode: 6cXEq7TM
Programme
- 14.00 Inga-Lill Sundset, Arts and Culture, Norway (Focal point for the 2003 Convention)
Welcome
- 14.05 Eivind Falk, Norwegian Crafts Institute (Norway)
Introducing the meeting, the organizers and the programme
- 14.15 Janet Blake, Persian Garden Institute for living heritage (Iran)
Keynote speech: Safeguarding ICH in Armed Conflicts: A Growing Challenge for the International Community to Find Effective Responses, and the Role of NGOs
- 14.30 Oleksandr Butchenko and Valentyna Demian, Democracy through Culture (Ukraine)
The Ukrainian Case: observations, conclusions and challenges
- 14.40 Aiza Abdyrakmanova, Aigine Cultural Research Center (Kyrgistan)
Borderland Craftspeople: Between Survival and Adaptation
- 14.50 Adriana Correa, Tejeteje (Colombia)
Impact of the Colombian armed conflict on Ette Ennaka people’s intangible cultural heritage.
- 15.00 Sara Green, Art for Refugees in Transition A.R.T. (USA)
Sharing experiences from Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestine
- 15.10 Okello Quinto, Gulu Theater Artists (Uganda)
After the armed conflict: Revitalizing the Acoli indigenous culture
- 15.20 Hanna Schreiber, Association of Folk Artists (Poland)
Integrating Cross-cultural Awareness and ICH into military training: Challenges and experiences of the Polish Armed Forces (2008-2024)
- 15.30-15.45 Rachel Gefferie, NAKS Surinam (Surinam)
- Summary of the day and reflections
- Next steps
- Closing remarks
#HeritageAlive is one of the working groups under the NGO Forum, while the Persian Garden Institute for Living Heritage, NAKS Suriname and Norwegian Crafts Institute are NGOs accredited to UNESCO. Our thanks go to Arts and Culture, Norway (Focal point for the 2003-convention) who have helped us with technical support for the event.
