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 awareness about cultural assets, domains of knowledge, and practices relevant to ICH are essential conditions for safeguarding living heritage. Active...
RECENT NEWS

The Cultural Heritage Administration held a policy meeting with ASEAN Committee in Seoul
The Cultural Heritage Administration (Administrator Choi Eung-Chon) held a meeting with the Ambassadors of the 10 ASEAN Member States in Korea on September 27, at Changdeok Palace, Seoul, shared the...

ICHCAP to Co-host Alternative Identities: Masks of ASEAN & Korea Exhibition in Seoul
A collaborative exhibition “Alternative Identities: Masks of ASEAN & Korea” will be co-hosted by ICHCAP (Director-General Ji-Sung Kim), the Oil Tank Culture Park (Director Lee Yong Nam) and Korea Foundation...

Creativity through Nature: Dara’ang’s Natural Dyes from Local Flora in Pang Daeng Nai Village in Thailand
Living harmoniously with nature has been the practice of indigenous peoples worldwide. One such action is through the use of local flora for dyeing clothes. In the Chiang Dao District...

UNESCO: Call for Experts on the diversity of cultural expressions in the digital environment
The Diversity of Cultural Expressions Entity of UNESCO is calling for experts and cultural operators with more than 10 years of experience in the digital environment and digital cultural sectors...

Category 2 Centres explore future avenues for collaboration
14 September 2023 Co-organized by the UNESCO Living Heritage Entity and the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe based in Sofia, Bulgaria, the meeting...

The MCISYP Vice Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Visits ROK to Cooperate on a Traditional Crafts ODA Project
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) invited the delegation from the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports,...
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.