On 12 and 13 November 2020, ICHCAP and the ICH NGO Forum virtually held the 2020 ICH NGO Conference. The fifteen participants, including eleven selected presenters from ten countries around the world, discussed various cases and activities of each country...
The participants from the Pacific presented their ongoing efforts in relation to the implementation of the ICH Convention. On 28 October 2020, the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of...
ICHCAP held a training of trainers workshop for “Teaching with ICH in Schools in the Asia and the Pacific” for four days from 27 to 30 October, in cooperation with the UNESCO Bangkok Office and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education...
For the past decade, ICHCAP has been working Central Asian nations to safeguard their ICH. These endeavors have included survey projects, digitization projects, audio/video projects, and many others. In 2020, ICHCAP teamed up with IICAS to develop a survey about...
ICHCAP has published Traditional Martial Arts, the fourth book in the Living Heritage Series, in collaboration with the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter “ICM”). The Living Heritage Series is...
ICHCAP will hold the 2020 ICH NGO Conference from 12 to 13 November 2020 online, jointly with the ICH NGO Forum. Since 2016, the 1st Asia-Pacific NGO Conference held in Jeonju, Korea, this conference is continuing biennially. This year, the...
ICHCAP (Director-General Gi Hyung Keum), in collaboration with the UNESCO Apia Office, will hold a two-day ICH Webinar Series on Maritime ICH on 29 and 30 October 2020. The theme of the web seminar is “Maritime Living Heritage: Building Sustainable...
ICH Courier, a quarterly magazine of UNESCO ICHCAP (Director-General Gi Hyung Keum), won the gold prize in the publication section at the 17th International Business Awards (IBA). ICH Courier is issued to deliver ICH news and information of the Asia-Pacific...
The Republic of Korea (ROK) was elected as a member of the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The appointment will cover the 2020 to 2024 period. The ROK previously served as a committee member...
The 「2020 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage」 hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center (Director Yeon-Soo Kim) and organized by UNESCO ICHCAP (Diretor-General Gi Hyung Keum) is to be held online for three days from September 23 to September...
