ICHCAP

What We Do

Information Sharing

ICHCAP aims to promote intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding activities of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, and countries through management and effective sharing of information and cultural data focusing on ICH....

Network Building

Our Centre establishes networks among communities, groups, and individuals to help transmit and share intangible cultural heritage. This initiative strengthens cooperative networks among NGOs, research institutes, and government organizations regionally...

Raising Awareness

Promoting the value of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and raising public awareness about cultural assets, domains of knowledge, and practices relevant to ICH safeguarding shape conducive conditions for the protection...

Lkhon Khol

Inscribed in 2018 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet (Lkhon Kohl) is practiced in a community surrounding Wat Svay...

Lintas Nusantara: Dance Forms from the Malay World

Singapore’s Malay Heritage Centre (MHC) organizes Lintas Nusantara, an annual dance festival that serves as a platform for dance masters and troupes from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other countries in...

Workshop: Community-Based Capacity Building Training

The capacity building workshop, Community Based Capacity Building Training on ICH Convention 2003, was successfully conducted from 9 to 11April 2021 in Janakpur, Dhanusa District of Province 2, Nepal. The...

Call for Participation: Online Training Module on Creative Economy by UNESCO in Partnership with City University of London

Deadline: 7 June 2021 UNESCO with the support of the Korean Government will hold an 8-week-long course online starting from September 2021. Targeting early to mid-career professionals from governments and...

ichLinks Official Launching Ceremony to be held on 27 May

An online event to commemorate the launch of the service 'ichLinks (https://www.ichlinks.com)', an international platform for sharing ICH information, will be held on 27 May from 2pm to 4pm (Korea...

Invitation for ichLinks Official Launching Ceremony

Invitation for ichLinks Official Launching Ceremony 27 May 2021 (14:00-16:00, GMT +9, online) The International Information & Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP), which celebrates...

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Related Sites

ichLinks

ichLinks is a one-stop online platform where you can easily meet and experience intangible cultural heritage information and content from forty-eight UNESCO member states in the Asia-Pacific region. ichLinks will advance as a common venue for communication and cooperation among various stakeholders, including policy makers, research institutes, experts, NGOs, communities and practitioners related to intangible cultural heritage.

ICH Courier

ICHCAP publishes the ICH Courier as a specialized magazine in the field of ICH to provide news and information related to intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region. The recent volumes can be viewed and downloaded online ICH Courier website.

e-Knowledge Center

ICHCAP has uploaded some of its project outcomes on our e-Knowledge Center website. Here, you can find multimedia materials and electronic versions of many ICHCAP publications.