In November 2013, Jindo County hosted a symposium on shaman heritage and public events. Organized by ICHCAP and the World Ethnic Dance Institute with the support of the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea, the participants from Northeast Asia, South Asia,...
ICHCAP provided support and collaborated with the Bhutan National Library and Archives to publish Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bhutan, for which the Bhutanese government conducted onsite research on communities across sixteen regions to systematically discover and collate information on three...
As part of the Cultural Partnership Initiative of 2016, ICHCAP invited ICH professionals from Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Tonga. Each participant researched ICH topics of interest that relate to comparative studies, sustainable development, traditional medicine, and safeguarding organizations. These...
ICHCAP is pleased to announce the publication of the Handbook on ICH Safeguarding system in the Asia-Pacific, which aims to facilitate information sharing in the Asia-Pacific region. The main contents of this publication are reports from thirty-two nations collected by...
The 2016 South-Asia Sub-regional Meeting of NGOs on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development was held between 25 and 27 August at the Sanskruti Bhawan, Panjim, Goa, India. The meeting was organized by Contact Base, a social enterprise working...
ICHCAP, with the support of the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea and the cooperation of the State Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Sri Lanka, hosted the five-day Sri Lanka-ICHCAP Cooperative Workshop on Digitizing ICH-Related Audio-Visual Materials in various locations in...
This report publication is a collection of the discussion papers presented on 28 November 2011 at the International Conference on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage under the theme ‘Regional Collaboration for Safeguarding ICH in Asia and the Pacific: Tasks and Strategies’,...
This report includes the presentation papers of the participants and a summary of the discussions that took place at the meeting. The general discussion topics for the three sections are Implementation of 2003 Convention and International Cooperation; Strengthening Collaborative Network...