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#HeritageAlive: on April 7th a webinar on ICH and armed conflicts #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive: on April 7th a webinar on ICH and armed conflicts

#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…
ICH NGO Forum
March 20, 2025
Online seminar series of the wg on ich, climate change and the environment Climate Change and the EnvironmentNews

Online seminar series of the wg on ich, climate change and the environment

Dear Accredited NGOs, Please join us at our monthly seminar on Tuesday at 15h00 Paris UNESCO time. Chris Ballard will be presenting the Guidance note, Climate Action for Living Heritage, followed by a commentary on the part of Susanne Schnuttgen of the Living Heritage Entity. (French version follows / la version française…
ICH NGO Forum
March 17, 2025
Webinar on Heritage skills, transmission and policies on 25th February Legal and policy developmentNews

Webinar on Heritage skills, transmission and policies on 25th February

The Working group on Legal and Policy Development of the ICH NGO Forum organizes a webinar on Heritage skills, transmission and policies. The relevance of the European Charter project for implementing UNESCO’s 2003 Convention. How can the heritage sector, in the broadest sense (hence including safeguarding intangible cultural heritage), be…
ICH NGO Forum
February 14, 2025
Call for abstracts: ICH, Climate Change and the Environment News

Call for abstracts: ICH, Climate Change and the Environment

The Working Group on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), Climate Change, and the Environment of the ICH NGO Forum, that brings together 264 NGOs accredited by UNESCO under the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, invites researchers, practitioners, and community members to submit abstracts for articles to…
ICH NGO Forum
February 6, 2025
Call for presentations: NGOs Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts #heritageAliveNews

Call for presentations: NGOs Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts

Call for presentations at the Conference: NGOs Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts 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…
ICH NGO Forum
January 27, 2025
Call for papers: Workshop on Living Heritage, ecological sustainability and climate action News

Call for papers: Workshop on Living Heritage, ecological sustainability and climate action

The Centre for Agrarian History (CAG) and the Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage (KIEN) invite European researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and heritage professionals to participate in an interdisciplinary workshop in Leuven (Belgium) on 19-20 June 2025. We hope to foster connections that could lead to new initiatives and partnerships focused on environmental resilience across Europe.…
ICH NGO Forum
January 13, 2025
ICH NGO Forum 2024 Symposium inspires through NGO participatory approaches to safeguarding living heritage 19.COMNews

ICH NGO Forum 2024 Symposium inspires through NGO participatory approaches to safeguarding living heritage

More then 150 participants have registered to take part in the annual Symposium of the ICH NGO Forum in 2024. On the occasion of the 19.COM meeting of the UNESCO 2003 Convention in Paraguay, the Symposium will focus on community-based and participatory approaches to safeguarding living heritage. Have a look…
ICH NGO Forum
November 29, 2024
#HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Paraguay on December 3 #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Paraguay on December 3

***Le français suit*** The very first #HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Asuncion (Paraguay) on December 3 from 1:15 p.m. in the Copa America room. Great films on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, proposed by NGOs accredited within the framework of the UNESCO-ICH Convention, will be screened…
ICH NGO Forum
November 25, 2024
Working Group on Legal and Policy Developments: a webinar November 26 Legal and policy developmentNews

Working Group on Legal and Policy Developments: a webinar November 26

What does the adoption of the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge mean for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage? Webinar hosted by the ICH NGO Forum’s Working Group on Legal and Policy Developments Tuesday, 26 November, 4:00 to 5:30 pm (CET) Join Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85180644403…
ICH NGO Forum
November 20, 2024
Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism continue Creative Commons - Author: HoangvantoanajcICH Tourism dialoguesNews

Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism continue

Following the new avenues opened up for dialogue and collaborations among diverse stakeholders by the web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, the ICH NGO Forum Working Group on sustainable ICH Tourism initiates in 2024 a series of conversations looking to expand the scope of our understanding of the relationship between…
ICH NGO Forum
October 1, 2024
Call for proposals: ICH NGO Forum Symposium, participatory approaches to safeguarding Living Heritage ICH NGOs & ResearchNews

Call for proposals: ICH NGO Forum Symposium, participatory approaches to safeguarding Living Heritage

Traduction française Traducción al español  Participatory Approaches to Safeguarding Living Heritage ICH NGO Forum Annual Symposium 2024 (In person and online) Asuncion, Paraguay Sunday, 1 December 2024 Open Call for Presentations and Contributions Participatory Approaches to Safeguarding Living Heritage. The 2024 Symposium of the ICH NGO Forum - on the…
ICH NGO Forum
August 20, 2024
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
ICH Tourism dialogues: conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism Creative Commons - Author: HoangvantoanajcICH Tourism dialoguesNews

ICH Tourism dialogues: conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism

The reports of the past Dialogue sessions are available here Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism Following the new avenues opened up for dialogue and collaborations among diverse stakeholders by the web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, the ICH NGO Forum Working Group on sustainable ICH Tourism initiates in…
ICH NGO Forum
July 7, 2024
Kaustinen ICH Seminar 2024: global impact through community actions News

Kaustinen ICH Seminar 2024: global impact through community actions

The fourth international Kaustinen Intangible Cultural Heritage Seminar Culture 2030 Campaign – global impact through community actions on 13 July will focus on the inclusion of culture in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The seminar is part of the new, week-long Kaustinen ICH Academy programme. The seminar will offer insights on the role…
ICH NGO Forum
July 3, 2024
2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage News

2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

The forthcoming autumn will witness Jeonju City serving as the venue for the 2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH). This distinguished international award ceremony was instituted to commend individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership in the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage on…
ICH NGO Forum
April 24, 2024
#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Basketry, preserving basket braiding traditions from the field #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Basketry, preserving basket braiding traditions from the field

(For the french version click here) #HeritageAlive, is a journal published every two years, with the support of ICHCAP, to promote NGOs’ experiences with the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (#HeritageAlive - ICH NGO Forum). So far, 4 editions in the Living Heritage Serie have been published successfully. In December…
ICH NGO Forum
January 23, 2024
Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois #heritageAliveNews

Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois

On December 6th, 2023, during the UNESCO 18.COM in Kasane, Botswana, #HeritageAlive and the ICH NGO Forum had the pleasure to award Charlotte Courtois from the UNESCO accredited NGO Konstelacio in France, this year’s Albert van der Zeijden Prize. With this award Charlotte is being recognized for her contributions to…
ICH NGO Forum
January 11, 2024
2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH News

2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH

The forthcoming autumn will witness Jeonju City serving as the venue for the 2024 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH). This distinguished international award ceremony was instituted to commend individuals or organizations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership in the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage on…
ICH NGO Forum
January 10, 2024

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