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ICHCAP is holding the 2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest from 15 July to 15 October. UNESCO has recognized the youth as a priority group and emphasized their involvement as…

The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) will be held at University College London in the Summer of 2020 (from 26 to 30 August). The…

The International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) is one of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions’ key instruments of international cooperation and…

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…