ICH Plus has marked its 100th volume. ICH Plus is a fortnightly online e-newsletter published by ICHCAP and was started in 2016 to promote the visibility of ICH information. ICH Plus has delivered ICH-related information that has been contributed and...
ICHCAP and ICM are announcing the results of the call for papers for the Living Heritage series "Traditional Martial Arts". The Living Heritage Series “Traditional Martial Arts” is a joint project between ICHCAP and the UNESCO International Centre of Martial...
On 9 April 2020 in Jeonju, ICHCAP held a final session to hear the final results of its performance evaluation and the feasibility study of ICH information sharing platform conducted by the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (KCTI) for the...
On 3 April 2020, ICHCAP held a consultation meeting of local experts as the first step towards a Silk Road ICH network project (2020–2024). Eleven participants attended the video conference was attended: Seong-in Kim, Secretary General of the Korea-Central Asia...
We are faced with unexpected difficulties because of this crisis, but we are not backing down. We are doing our best to overcome the pandemic with united minds and a common goal. We sincerely thank medical practitioners, government ministries, local...
Award ceremonies were held for the winners of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest in India, Nepal, and Korea. ICHCAP announced twenty-nine winning entries in two categories (Young Practitioners and General Youth) in December 2019. Applicants from nineteen countries...
ICHCAP (Director-General Gi Hyung Keum) held the 2020 UNESCO Category 2 Centres (based in Korea) Cooperation Meeting at the center located in Jeonju, Korea, on 4 February. The meeting was attended by representatives of three category 2 centres (C2Cs) active...
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and the UNESCO International Centre of Martial Arts (ICM) are welcoming papers for the Living Heritage Series—Traditional Martial Arts as...
ICHCAP has entered an MOU with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (Director Michael Atwood Mason) (hereinafter the 'Center') for cultural sustainability professional exchange. Under the MOU, ICHCAP will work with the Center on activities aimed to promote...
An exhibition, titled 'Companions for Safeguarding ICH—Category 2 Centres in Asia-Pacific’, was held in Bogota, Colombia, 6 to 14 December 2019. As a side event of the 14th Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the exhibition...
