Programme Specialist | ICHCAP
When it comes to sustainable development, the topic of intangible cultural heritage—or living heritage—is inadequately discussed despite its connection to gender equality, health, education, economic expansion, environmental preservation, and jobs creation, among others. Living heritage is a source of well-being...
The 2023 World Children’s Festival for Intangible Cultural Heritage is approaching. It will be a comprehensive festival, including performances, exhibitions, and hands-on experience opportunities on global intangible cultural heritage (ICH) for children. The festival will also bring ICH close to...
The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) welcomes applications for the 2023 ICH Associate Expert Program. The key objective of this program is to support a person...
The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Rabat, Morocco, from 28 November to 3 December. The first face-to-face meeting since the pandemic started about three...
A workshop will be held in Seoul to examine the latest news and trends related to the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as the 2003 Convention) and to discuss the current status...
Thematic Focus: Traditional Food System in Coastal Communities ICHCAP is calling for presentation submissions for the 2021 Expert Meeting for Building Network on Maritime ICH. To be held tentatively on 29 October 2021, the theme of the expert meeting is...
UNESCO has officially published a report on a basic survey on the use of “living heritage” in school education in the Asia-Pacific region. The report was a result of a basic survey conducted jointly by the UNESCO Bangkok Office and...
UNESCO, in collaboration with ICHCAP, will hold an online seminar on 26 January from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Paris time on the subject of ‘Intangible Heritage Monitoring in Education: Contributing to Heritage Safeguarding and to Achieving SDG4.’ This...
Together with the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, ICHCAP held the ` Online Expert Meeting Held for Education-related Indicators in the Overall Results Framework for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and their Relation to 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...