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The American Folklore Society supports Ukrainian Folklore and Heritage Scholars News

The American Folklore Society supports Ukrainian Folklore and Heritage Scholars

The American Folklore Society (AFS)  has been working with member Iryna Voloshyna to assist colleagues in Ukraine who request cloud storage for backups of field research materials.  We presently have over 50 individuals in Ukraine connected to a secure folder within a dedicated storage drive for this work. We've been…
ICH NGO Forum
March 14, 2022
2022 International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage News

2022 International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

The secretariat of Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH) welcomes the international ICH community to join the 4th annual Jeonju ICH Awards. The awards are open to Living Human Treasures (practitioners), groups, communities, administrators, researchers, NGOs and those who have made substantial contributions for promoting Intangible Cultural…
ICH NGO Forum
February 14, 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
Italian network of Pro Loco associations: a literary prize to enhance local dialects and languages News

Italian network of Pro Loco associations: a literary prize to enhance local dialects and languages

On december 6th took place the award ceremony of the prize  "Salva la tua lingua locale" (Save you local language). In order to increase the involvement of the community and to make people understand the importance of local idioms, as authentic expression of the identity of a person and vehicle…
ICH NGO Forum
December 7, 2021
Second Call for Candidates for the Steering Committee / Second appel à candidatures pour le Comité de pilotage News

Second Call for Candidates for the Steering Committee / Second appel à candidatures pour le Comité de pilotage

(French version follows / La version française suit) Only for accredited NGOs  Dear members of the ICH NGO Forum, The Electoral Board is launching a second call for candidates for the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee to represent the Arab States, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Caribbean regions as there was…
ICH NGO Forum
November 19, 2021
Maison des Cultures du Monde: 17e Journée du patrimoine culturel immatériel / 17th Day of intangible cultural heritage News

Maison des Cultures du Monde: 17e Journée du patrimoine culturel immatériel / 17th Day of intangible cultural heritage

The Maison des Cultures du Monde - French Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage, NGO accredited to provide advisory functions to the Committee, is organizing the 17th ICH Day on Friday November 19 at the Théâtre de l'Alliance française (Paris 6th), on the theme : "Everything must disappear: what the market…
ICH NGO Forum
November 12, 2021
24th september 2021 – Living Heritage included in museums News

24th september 2021 – Living Heritage included in museums

A pilot project on integrating living heritage in museum's collection planning and management For the past two years, Workshop Intangible Heritage (and partners) has worked together with a Learning Network of 25 Flemish national and regional museums to take the first steps into the integration of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in collection and…
ICH NGO Forum
September 23, 2021
Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH – 7th October 2021 News

Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH – 7th October 2021

The purpose of the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage is to encourage the model safeguarding practices of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the global community regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, race, age, gender, or any other political, social, economic or cultural orientation. The model safeguarding practices of Intangible…
ICH NGO Forum
September 10, 2021
Call for Expressions of Interest: Infographics for the UNESCO Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies” News

Call for Expressions of Interest: Infographics for the UNESCO Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies”

The Secretariat of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005 Convention) is looking for qualified and experienced individuals, teams or companies to design and produce a set of infographics to be included in the third edition of the UNESCO Global Report ‘Re|Shaping…
ICH NGO Forum
July 19, 2021
Open-ended intergovernmental working group in the framework of the global reflection on the listing mechanisms News

Open-ended intergovernmental working group in the framework of the global reflection on the listing mechanisms

On 8 and 9 July 2021 and on 9 and 10 September 2021, States Parties to the 2003 Convention and observers will be invited to participate in an Open-ended intergovernmental working group in the framework of the global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the 2003 Convention. Read more and…
ICH NGO Forum
June 25, 2021
Nordic-Baltic ICH network: Experiences with National Inventories on 16 February News

Nordic-Baltic ICH network: Experiences with National Inventories on 16 February

The aim of the Nordic-Baltic ICH network is to share good practices and methodology on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Nordic and Baltic countries. The network emphasizes community involvement and is open for all stakeholders working in the spirit of the UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Network's…
ICH NGO Forum
February 8, 2021
Community Heritage, Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development in India – February 2 and 3 News

Community Heritage, Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development in India – February 2 and 3

Contact Base and Coventry University UK are organising two webinars on ICH, IP, Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development as part of dissemination events for a British Academy funded project on "Celebrating Local Stewardship in a Global Market: Community Heritage, Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development in India". The project involved the…
ICH NGO Forum
January 26, 2021
UNESCO Webinar: Monitoring Living Heritage in Education News

UNESCO Webinar: Monitoring Living Heritage in Education

(voir ci-dessous pour la version française) The webinar ‘Monitoring Living Heritage in Education: Contributing to Heritage Safeguarding and to Achieving SDG 4’ takes place on 26 January, 2021, 13.00-14.30 CET. The webinar is organized by UNESCO, hosted by the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia-Pacific…
ICH NGO Forum
January 22, 2021
WG for more balanced geographical representation of accredited NGOs: 19 december 2020 News

WG for more balanced geographical representation of accredited NGOs: 19 december 2020

The working group aims to work on how to overcome the ongoing geographical imbalance in NGO representation in the ICH NGO Forum and the UNESCO 2003 Convention. The Working group  will meet on Saturday 19th December, 12.30 -13.30 on the ZOOM chanel of the ICH NGO Forum at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83388035609 Meeting…
ICH NGO Forum
December 18, 2020

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