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#HeritageAlive has been publishing articles on a variety of themes concerning intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding since 2012. At the 12th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (12COM) in the International Convention Center Jeju, the book entitled Traditional Medicine: exchange of experiences from…

Version Française en bas (Only for accredited NGOs​) Dear NGO’s members, The Electoral Board is pleased to launch the call for candidates for the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee. The five new members shall represent the regions of Western Europe and North America Asia and the Pacific Eastern Europe Africa International NGO The Electoral…

A major happening around the arts of oral tradition (dance, music & storytelling), craftsmanship and intangible heritage will be held at Domaine Cataraqui in Quebec City on October 26th, 27th and 28th. The 2018 Living Heritage Gathering is open to all and will bring together community leaders: artists, artisans, cultural…

The deadline (19 October 2018) is approaching for the 176 accredited non-governmental organizations and the 178 States Parties to fill out the online questionnaire on the role of accredited NGOs under the Convention. This electronic consultation is organized as a first step in the reflection on the advisory functions of…

The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Section is looking for an individual specialist to develop content for a clearinghouse on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education, in the context of its programme on ‘Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education’. Proposals should reach UNESCO by 23…

Is intangible cultural heritage natural and environmental? 7th International Symposium of the ethnopole French Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage Maison des Cultures du Monde As part of the 22nd Festival de l'Imaginaire Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 October 2018 Vitré, Jacques-Duhamel Cultural Center (Mozart Auditorium) With the support of the Ministry…

The 2018 World Forum of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) will be held in Jeonju City, Republic of Korea, hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center (NICH) and the Center for Intangible Culture Studies (CICS) from 25 to 27 October 2018. The forum will open a new chapter in the discussion on…

Voir la version française plus bas Earlier this year, ICHNGO Forum sent a call for candidates to the Electoral Board, responsible for setting up and monitoring the election of new members to the Steering Committee. We the undersigned, Laurier Turgeon, Hanhee Hahm and Dag Feldborg, were elected as members of the Electoral…

"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…