ICH NGO Forum: Pre-14.COM and 14.COM programme
Bogotá, 7-13 December 2019
The programme (download the pdf file) of the activities of the ICH NGO Forum before and during the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (14.COM).
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Saturday, 7 December: Capacity-building workshop
Black Tower Premium Hotel (Av esperanza 43a 21)
(Lunch and coffee/tea breaks hosted by the Kingdom of Sweden)
9:30-10 Plenary session: Introduction to the workshop
10-11:30 Group work
Group A-C: newly accredited NGOs and newcomers to COM: Introducing the Convention, its key terms, and the role of NGOs in its implementation on national, regional and international levels
Group A: English-speaking group, facilitator Naila Ceribašić
Group B: French-speaking group, facilitator Jorijn Neyrinck
Group C: Spanish-speaking group, facilitator TBA
Group D: experienced NGOs: Workshop on advisory functions of accredited NGOs; facilitators Robert Baron and Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi
11:30-11:45 Coffee/tea break
11:45-12:15 Plenary session: Group D reports back in plenary and discussion
12:15-14 Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Group work – six regional groups: Regional capacity-building needs, opportunities and challenges (in particular as regards developments following the last assessment of needs, opportunities and challenges at the CAP in Jeju in 2017); facilitators Meg Nömgård – NGOs in Electoral Group I; Kaloyan Nikolov – NGOs in Electoral Group II; Jorge Gustavo Caicedo – NGOs in Electoral Group III; Dong Hwan Choi – NGOs in Electoral Group IV; Emily Drania Drani – NGOs in Electoral Group V (a); Reme Sakr – NGOs in Electoral Group V (b)
15-15:45 Plenary session: Groups report back in plenary and discussion
15:45-16 Coffee/tea break
16-17:30 Presentation of the work of Colombian ICH NGOs, followed by discussion, moderator and interpreter (from Spanish to English) Martin Andrade Perez
Evening: NGOs get-together with music and dance (place TBA)
Sunday, 8 December: Symposium
Agora Convention Centre (Ac. 24 #38-47)
(Lunch hosted by the Republic of Singapore)
9:30-11 Topic 1: ICH in urban context: Cultural diversity and social cohesion, session prepared in partnership with the Republic of Singapore; moderators Albert van der Zeijden (on behalf of ICH NGO Forum) and Gerald Wee (on behalf of the Republic of Singapore)
11-11:30 Coffee/tea/photo break
11:30-13 Topic 2: Reform of the listing mechanism, moderator Hanna Schreiber
13-15 Lunch break
15-16:30 Topic 3: ICH NGO Forum Bylaws and ICH NGO Forum Code of conduct, discussion on the draft proposal prepared by the working group and the Steering Committee; moderator Naila Ceribašić
Monday, 9 December
c. 10 Address of ICH NGO Forum on its activities at the opening of 14.COM
13-14 Presentation of #HeritageAlive!
18-20 Presentation of candidates for the Steering Committee; Final discussion on the ICH NGO Forum Bylaws and ICH NGO Forum Code of conduct; Discussion on ICH NGO Forum Statement at 14.COM
Tuesday, 10 December
13-14:30 Exchange of information about the activities and plans of ICH NGO Forum working groups and regional groups
18-19:30 Meeting of ICH NGO Forum Working group on ethics
Wednesday, 11 December
13-14:30 Meeting of ICH NGO Forum Working group on research
18-19:30 General Meeting of the ICH NGO Forum (elections, adoption of the Bylaws and Code of conduct, other business)
Thursday, 12 December
13-14:30 Meeting of #HeritageAlive! (TBC)
Friday, 13 December
13-14:30 Reflection on debates and decisions at 14.COM in reference to ICH NGOs
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