Thirty-three new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which took place from 30 November to 2 December...
At the eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (IGC), which was held from 28 November to 2 December 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the members decided to hold the twelfth session in...
The 11th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Committee, consisting of twenty-four Member States was established by Article...
The winners of the “Children Are Painting the World. Asia” project were awarded during the Final of the International Festival that was held on 7 September 2016 in the Kazakh State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Abay,...
On 3 May 2016, the Cook Islands deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO its instrument of ratification of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In accordance with the terms of Article 34, the Convention entered into...
A group of experts will gather in Beijing, China, from 7 to 9 September to take the first steps towards an overall results framework for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Generously funded and hosted...
UNESCO recently published the Proceedings of the sixth UNESCO Sub-Regional Symposium on Paper Conservation and Paper making Traditions in East Asia. The publication is the main outcome of the symposium held in Ningbo, China, in December 2015. It includes a...
Regarding the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the deadline for submitting UNESCO nomination files closed on 31 March 2016. The nomination files include those for the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent...