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Asia and the PacificNGOs

Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat

SENA WANGI (Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat) is a social cultural organization established on 12th August 1975. The organization is domicilied in Jakarta, with the basic task of coordinating activities for conservation and development of wayang and the art of puppet performances in Indonesia. SENA WANGI is the national secretariat of…
Gabriele Desiderio
July 3, 2023
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Ethnographic Society of Slovakia (Národopisná spoločnosť Slovenska)

Ethnographic Society of Slovakia is a voluntary civic association bringing together ethnologists/ethnographers from various academic and non-academic institutions, museums, non-formal education institutions and other. lt is a society of people interested in preservation and cultivation of living heritage. The Ethnographic Society of Slovakia organizes conferences, exhibitions, competitions and focuses as…
Gabriele Desiderio
May 22, 2023
Latin America and the CaribbeanNGOs

Asociación Tejeteje

Weaveweave Association is a civil, non-governmental and non- profit organization located at the department of Magdalena, Colombian Atlantic Coast. Since our creation in 2005 we are committed with the strengthening of cultural heritage, preserving environment and sustainable development of the country´s rural and indigenous communities. We Provide services and consultancy…
Gabriele Desiderio
May 11, 2023
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Academia de ła Bona Creansa

The Academia de ła Bona Creansa aims at ensuring the broadest and most conscious inter-generational transmission of the Venetian language, and of the Venetian culture with it. Domains: oral traditions and expressions, traditional craftsmanship Main country where the NGO works: Brazil, Croatia, Italy Local, national or international level of the…
Gabriele Desiderio
April 21, 2023
Latin America and the CaribbeanNGOs

Fundación Mundo Espiral

Mundo Espiral Foundation is a non-governmental non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to contribute to peaceful coexistence, as well as to the Integral and Sustainable Human Development of the population, through the execution of projects, programs, and plans based on human rights, the differential approach and the ethics of action…
Gabriele Desiderio
April 21, 2023
AfricaNGOs

Abaim

Abaim is a non-governmental organisation in existence for the past 40 years now. While still being attentive to the issue of integration of partially-sighted and Blind Persons in society which was it main focus at its origin, the sphere of action of the organization had focused on community-based overall child…
Gabriele Desiderio
April 7, 2023
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Georgian Arts and Culture Center

Main areas of work: - Safeguarding diverse ICH traditions, with main focus on crafts, on the national level; - Stimulation and development of the research activities in different field of cultural heritage and cultural industries on national level; - Raising awareness on the role of culture and cultural heritage as…
Gabriele Desiderio
April 6, 2023
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Research Centre for Greek Singing (ERKET)

ERKET promotes the study and scientific research of greek art of singing. This is done through research programmes and field research aiming the way people sing in greek communities on local, regional, national or international level. The creation of several greek singing archives such as: discography, library, sound and video…
ICH NGO Forum
March 31, 2023
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Institut National des Métiers dArt (INMA)

Founded in 1889, the French Savoir-Faire Institute is a non-profit association under the triple-aegis of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education. It conducts a support policy for artistic crafts as well as Living Heritage Companies. It actively participates in the promotion of French…
ICH NGO Forum
March 9, 2023
Arab StatesNGOs

Saudi Heritage Preservation Society

The Saudi Heritage Preservation Society was established in 2010 and is a civil society and a non-governmental organization concerned with meeting the needs of society in preserving heritage, safeguarding it, and raising awareness of it and transmitting it among generations. Year of accreditation: 2016 Main domain(s) of the ngo's activities:…
ICH NGO Forum
February 17, 2023
Latin America and the CaribbeanNGOs

Embodying Reconciliation / Cuerpos para la Reconciliación

Embodying Reconciliation-Cuerpos para la Reconciliación, is a non-profit organization that works in five lines of action: peacebuilding, reconciliation through Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), corporalities, interculturality and memory. We are a specialized team that works in the areas of: dance anthropology, social anthropology, psychology, social communication and technological development. Since 2016,…
ICH NGO Forum
August 25, 2022
Arab StatesNGOs

Cross Arts Cultural Association

Cross-Arts Cultural Association, NGO registered in Lebanon as No.43/2010, was founded in order to develop Youth, Children and Women capacities in self-expression, dialogue and citizenship through arts and cultural activities (especially thru Arts and ICH). Its projects and activities aim to mitigate all forms of violence, raise individual and collective…
ICH NGO Forum
August 25, 2022
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Konstelacio

Konstelacio has been working for 11 years to promote dialogue between cultures and diversity. Our nonprofit organisation talks about open-mindedness, respect of our differences, safeguarding of our intangible heritage, stereotypes and prejudice, discrimination... through educational workshops adapted to children and teenagers' needs as well as education professionals. Konstelacio forges ties,…
ICH NGO Forum
August 25, 2022
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Art for Refugees in Transition

Art for Refugees in Transition (A.R.T.) helps rebuild individual and community identity for refugees worldwide. Drawing upon the indigenous art forms of each community, A.R.T.s programs are designed to enable the elders of a culture to educate and incorporate the younger generation in their cultural traditions. By developing self-sustaining curricula…
ICH NGO Forum
July 28, 2022
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Ethnographic Centre of the Campane Islands

The Ceic - Centro Etnografico delle Isole Campane-Istituto di studi storici e antropologici (Ethnographic Centre of the Campane Islands) - promotes studies and research for the knowledge and enhancement of the intangible cultural heritage of the Campania region and the Mediterranean. It organizes conferences, festivals, study courses. It has an archive…
ICH NGO Forum
July 6, 2022
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Institute for Intangible Cultural Heritage

Institute for Intangible Cultural Heritage (Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras Derneği) As it is stated in the second article of Regulations of the Institute, we are determined to research and conduct training activities within the context of oral traditions and expressions, preforming arts, social practices, rituals and festive events, knowledge and…
ICH NGO Forum
December 21, 2021
AfricaNGOs

West Africa Coalition for Indigenous People’s Rights (WACIPR)

The objectives of the West Africa Coalition for indigenous peoples Rights WACIPR include: 1. Authentication: The NGO continually seeks and advocates that the traditional knowledge and folklore of the over one hundred and forty – seven indigenous communities in which it executes its mandate, are authenticated to belong to the communities.…
ICH NGO Forum
December 10, 2021
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Sozopol Foundation

Sozopol Foundation: • Promoting public empathy of the environmental protection, preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Introduction of good practices and innovative methods in pursuit of these objectives; • Promotion of material and spiritual values, conducting training at levels relevant to all age groups and supporting international cooperation in…
ICH NGO Forum
December 3, 2021
Latin America and the CaribbeanNGOs

Fundacıón Indicri

The INDICRI Foundation is dedicated to research, training and documentary rescue of ICH in Panama. Year of accreditation: 2021 Main domain(s) of the ngo's activities: oral traditions and expressions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events, traditional craftsmanship Main country where the NGO works: Panama Local, national or international…
ICH NGO Forum
December 1, 2021
Asia and the PacificNGOs

Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat

SENA WANGI (Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat) is a social cultural organization established on 12 th August 1975. The organization is domiciled in Jakarta, with the basic task of coordinating activities for conservation and development of wayang and the art of puppet performances in Indonesia. SENA WANGI is the national secretariat…
ICH NGO Forum
November 22, 2021
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Association Nationale Cultures du Monde

Conserver, utiliser et diffuser les cultures traditionnelles et populaires selon la définition de l'Unesco - Favoriser la recherche, la sauvegarde, la promotion du patrimoine immatériel - Promouvoir l'expression vivante des cultures traditionnelles et populaires - Favoriser les échanges sur le plan national entre les associations françaises de culture traditionnelle et…
ICH NGO Forum
November 22, 2021
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

The Finnish Crafts Organization Taito

The Finnish Crafts Organization Taito was formed in 1913. It is an umbrella organisation that together with the regional Taito crafts associations, form the Taito Group. The Taito Group has the entire country as its working area, consisting of sixteen crafts associations which have more than a hundred locations. The…
ICH NGO Forum
June 10, 2021
AfricaNGOs

African Cultural Regeneration Institute (ACRI)

The mission and vision of ACRI is to recreate, revitalize and promote African culture by identifying viable indigenous cultural patrimony for incorporation in articulating the importance of the socio-cultural identities of the human society and promoting sustainable development within the prospects of the emerging global civilization.ACRI has been involved in…
ICH NGO Forum
April 6, 2021
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

Heritage Saskatchewan

Through our research, leadership and community resilience, Heritage Saskatchewan informs new thinking about heritage. In turn, we sharing our knowledge with the people of Saskatchewan to strengthen our collective ability to lead, collaborate, develop, and promote living heritage and ICH in our province.Year of accreditation: 2020 Main domain(s) of the ngo’s…
ICH NGO Forum
March 10, 2021
Europe and North AmericaNGOs

CRIA – Centre for Research in Anthropology

The Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) is an interuniversity R&D unit founded in 2007 and hosted by four Portuguese universities (ISCTE-IUL, NOVA FCSH, University of Coimbra and University of Minho) that was accredited consultant NGO for the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH in 2012 and integrated the…
ICH NGO Forum
December 16, 2020