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...
The ICH NGO Forum is pleased to invite representatives of UNESCO-accredited NGOs to participate in side-event programs during the seventh General Assembly of the States Party to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to be held...
#HeritageAlive welcomes essays with a concentration on either of these topics: woodcarving or traditional food. The chosen topic should be anchored on the following themes: Gender Sustainable development Education ICH and children Accredited by UNESCO, #HeritageAlive is an online journal that gives credence...
The three-day NGO Capacity-Building Workshop will be held from 1 to 3 December 2017 in the International Convention Center (ICC) on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, just prior to the opening of the twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for...
The ICH NGO Forum provides a platform for communication, networking, exchange, and cooperation among UNESCO-accredited NGOs to provide advisory services to the Intergovernmental Committee in the framework of the UNESCO 2003 Convention. Accredited NGOs play important roles at the national...
Together with ICHCAP, #Heritage Alive is planning to publish a book on traditional medicine in 2017. Established in 2013, #Heritage Alive is the UNESCO-accredited ICH NGO Forum’s journal for exchanging field experiences. Under the theme traditional medicine, the book is...
The fifth ICH NGO Forum Symposium will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 27 November 2016. At the symposium, participants will share information, exchange ideas on good safeguarding practices and international initiatives, network with NGOs and States Party, and...
#Heritage Alive is an online journal published by the UNESCO-accredited ICH NGO Forum. It was officially launched after being approved at the eighth session of the Intergovernmental Committee in Baku, 2013. The editorial board, made up of six members, including...