The UNESCO Convention addresses: “Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills—that communities, groups and in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage” (Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003). As...
Living heritage is viable through transmission that takes place in various formats and places. Transmission of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) occurs within formal education((Formal education is education delivered in a systematic intentional way, especially within a school. Non-formal education refers...
A sub-regional meeting for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) through formal and non-formal education in Central Asia was held at the Park Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 18 to 19 June 2019. As a two-day workshop, the objective was to...
From 29 October to 7 November, 2018 the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section and UNESCO-UNEVOC are co-hosting a virtual conference on integrating the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The conference, which comes...
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas), in coordination with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Commission for Higher Education (CHED), is pleased to invite scholars, researchers, and artists to participate in the second...
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...
ICHCAP and the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO will hold the eighth Central Asia Sub-regional Network Meeting on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage from 26 to 29 July in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The meeting...