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"Intangible Heritage for Local Cultural Vitality" is a brand new intervention guide for municipal governments (in French), produced by the Quebec Council of Living Heritage (CQPV) in partnership with the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications (Canada). The document explains what living heritage is and ways to support its development,…

The scientific committee of The International Organization of Folk Art (IOV) is hosting a conference this year, with the support of the IOV MENA regional headquarters in Sharjah, under the heading “Folk Culture: The Present and Future Pathways” (20-24 November 2018, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). The conference will discuss the dimensions…

For more than 10 years, the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has been implemented worldwide. Many organizations and institutions have been developing activities at different scales and in multiple domains to address complex situations. How can such experiences benefit others? What are some of the…

Monday and Tuesday 4 and 5 June NGO presentations, exhibition and performances (here the programme) take place in the Foyer and Room III see: https://ich.unesco.org/en/calendar-of-events-00990. Contact: Ananya Bhattacharya is coordinating this side-event on behalf of the NGO Forum via ichngoforum@gmail.com or email directly at ananya@banglanatak.com   Monday 4 June in the morning session of 7.GA NGO speech…

As part of UNESCO/EU’s NET-MED Youth Project, UNESCO is launching a Call for Action aimed at supporting youth-led interventions for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage. The selected actions should advance youth’s effective participation in the protection and safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, as well as the…

The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) is pleased to invite active NGOs to participate in the 2018 Asia-Pacific ICH NGO Conference: ICH NGOs towards Sustainable Development of Communities to be held from 6 to 8 November…

The ICH NGO Forum is happy to share to its members that the UNESCO Secretariat welcomes a presentation of NGO activities in the side events program of the 7th General Assembly (headquarters UNESCO, Paris), on 4 and 5 June 2018. The presentation is expected to demonstrate concretely and vividly contribution of accredited…

Walking With Saints Ronse, Belgium, 24-26 may 2018 From 24 till 26 May 2018, the city of Ronse and KADOC (Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium), in collaboration with TIO3, organise the international conference Walking with saints: protection, devotion and civic…

ICHCAP published a book in collaboration with banglanatak dot com, an UNESCO accredited NGO, about ICH NGOs’ contribution to sustainable development. The 29 NGOs’ story showcase us how intangible cultural heritage can drive, enable, and guarantee achieving SDGs along each of its three dimensions –the economic, social, and environment-underpinned by…

The Summit ‘The Future is Heritage’ is an initiative of the Dutch Centre For Intangible Heritage (Kenniscentrum Immaterieel Erfgoed) and the Dutch Provinces of Noord-Brabant, Gelderland and Overijssel, the regional heritage organisations Erfgoed Brabant and Erfgoed Gelderland in collaboration with Europa Nostra. The European Cultural Heritage Summit Europa Nostra, with…

Version Française en bas Dear colleagues in the ICH NGO Forum, in 2017, the first ICH NGO Forum Steering committee elections took place (read more information on the Forum website). Elected steering committee members at 12COM: Latin America and the Caribbean (group III) : Mr. Jorge Gustavo Caicedo Eastern Europe…

Conference organised by the European Institute for the History and Cultures of Food (IEHCA, Tours, France) 15-16 November 2018 – Tours (France) (Download the pdf file with the french version) For several years now, many scientists have taken an interest in the relationship between food and heritage: from historians to…

Register for ICH NGO Forum activities at 12COM and download the preliminary NGO Forum Program during the twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from Monday 4 to Saturday 9 December 2017.    

Fringe Event to the European Culture Forum Thursday, 7 December 2017, 7-10 pm, Superstudio, Room „My Own Gallery“, Via Tortona, 27, 20144 Milan The significance of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is waning in an age of commodification and neo-liberal market developments. This includes traditional dances, knowledge systems, musical performance and…

Since the adoption of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003, the issue of cultural practices has increasingly gained the attention of heritage professionals, academics, decision makers and practitioners alike. However, despite the growing interest in the social dimensions of cultural heritage and the recognition…

Two-day conference Thursday 15-Friday 16 February 2018 in Utrecht, organized within the context of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. Now open for registration: kennisontwikkeling@immaterieelerfgoed.nl With keynotes, case studies, presentations, shared experiences and interactive group discussion on intangible heritage in the age of superdiversity. Conference organized by the Dutch Centre…

On November 25, in the occasion of the General Assembly of the members of the cultural association “Circolo della zampogna” (Bagpipe Club) that takes place in Scapoli (province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy) in the ambit of the traditional “Autumn Bagpipers Meeting”, the same association organizes a conference entitled: "The…

Read the last newsletter of the Ich Ngo Forum, available also in french:
 ICH NGO FORUM - Newsletter

​Call for candidates for the Steering Committee - Only for accredited NGOs​ ​​​** La version française suit **​ Dear NGO’s members, The Electoral Board is pleased to launch the first call for candidates for the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee. It was decided at the ICH NGO Forum General Meeting in 2016 in Addis Abeba…

The UNESCO Secretariat of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is looking to hire one (or more) consultant(s) to help reflect on possible ways of sharing safeguarding experiences. The main tasks to be undertaken are to design an online survey, compile the list of recipients (NGOs,…

PRE-REGISTRATION for NGO CAPACITY-BUILDING Republic of KOREA 1-3 DECEMBER 2017 Are you a member of an NGO accredited under the UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention? Do you have questions about the Convention and the role that NGOs can play in implementing it? Do you have thoughts, experiences and ideas to share…

The workshop will take place in Turin on 8-13 October next and it is aimed at representatives of local authorities and communities concerned with UNESCO designations, including those related to ICH. The issue of integrating ICH in general (irrespectively of inscription in any list) within a holistic approach to culture…

The International Journal of Intangible Heritage was first published in 2006 in response to the rapidly growing academic and professional interests in the intangible heritage, particularly following the widespread ratification by States in all parts of the world of UNESCO’s 2003 Intangible Heritage Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible…

“Safeguarding Indigenous Architecture in Vanuatu” is the final report on the research carried out by the Vanuatu Culture Centre (VCC), as part of a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment following Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015. A category 5 cyclone, Pam caused widespread damage across Vanuatu, affecting more than half of its…