Sixty-four cities from forty-four countries were recently designated UNESCO Creative Cities, expectations of seeing more of how creativity gives culture an inclusive and transcendental shape are anticipated. Launched in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is a global project...
An 13 October, after the fifth round of voting, the fifty-eight members of UNESCO’s Executive Board nominated former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as the new UNESCO Director-General. The decision surfaced a day after the United States and Israel had...
ICHCAP held a symposium under the theme of ‘Safeguarding ICH and Building Vocational Training Network’ on 26 July in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, which was jointly organized with the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO. The symposium...
The Migrant Resource Centre Inc. (MRC) in Southern Tasmania has launched Inspire, an innovative and vibrant program connecting Tasmanian performing artists to a broader community. The project’s website introduces a range of artists—migrants and refugees alike—bringing multicultural creative practices to...
ICHCAP co-published two brochures in five Asia-Pacific languages—Russian, Bahasa Malaysian, Mongolian, Uzbek, and Tongan—so States Party can better understand ICH from a global perspective. The two brochures, one on the relationship between ICH and sustainable development and the other on...
In the ICH field, it is commonly wondered how ICH safeguarding can contribute to the sustainable development of humanity. While ICH experts assert that ICH safeguarding can contribute to poverty alleviation, women empowerment, sustainable economic growth, and peaceful and inclusive...
The second UCLG Culture Summit will be held in Jeju from 10 to 13 May by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), and will be hosted by the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The summit will take place in the...
Since 2008 UNESCO has been implementing capacity-building workshops to help States Party implement the 2003 Convention and build their ICH safeguarding capacities. The first two of 2017 were held in Bangladesh and Fiji, respectively. The first workshop took place in...
UNESCO supported two important workshops organized by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in cooperation with the Cook Islands Ministry of Cultural Development, as a resource agency. The workshops were a follow-up to the SAMOA Pathway Outcome of the 3rd International...
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...