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Finnish Folk Music Institute organizes the Kaustinen Intangible Cultural Heritage Seminar 2019: The impact of Unesco nominations on community-based safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage – experiences and practices. The seminar takes…

The ICH NGO Forum has opened a call for candidates to the 2019 ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board. The ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board is responsible for organizing and overseeing…

ICHCAP’s 2019 Cultural Partnership Initiative (CPI) Program is now open for applications from six young ICH professionals of the Asia-Pacific region. The CPI Program is a five-month residential program from…

From UNESCO website. More than 120 accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as States Parties will gather at UNESCO Headquarters on 18 April 2019 to discuss the ways in which…

WoMAU organizes a variety of activities to enhance the visibility of the Traditional Martial Arts as the culture.
 Any traditional martial arts organizations meet the requirements for the WoMAU Membership…

The final report of the 2018 Living Heritage Conference is now available (in French), including notably details of the various thematic working groups on elements of intangible heritage in Canada,…

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) NGOs have resources and competencies in various fields of ICH and often have the closest ties to communities among all other ICH stakeholders. They have great…

Join the Festival for a seminar in The Land of Legends on 13 and 14 June 2019 in Ljungby, Sweden. The Storytelling Festival of Ljungby in Sweden is the oldest annual storytelling…

Dear colleagues, members of the ICH NGO Forum: three weeks from now is the Consultation meeting on the advisory functions of accredited NGOs under the 2003 Convention, which is of…

According to the PACE Standing Committee, it is important to safeguard intangible cultural heritage – including traditions from the past such as the performing arts, social practices, oral traditions, rituals…