ICH NGO Forum - The ICH NGO Forum is the platform for communication, networking, exchange and cooperation for NGOs accredited by UNESCO to provide advisory services to the Intergovernmental Committee in the framework of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

No Comments Dec 9, 2020

Report of the Ich Ngo Forum for 15COM

(voir ci-dessous pour la version française) Report of the Ich Ngo Forum for 15COM The ICH NGO Forum expressed its gratitude for the support of the Committee, States Parties and...

Programme d’activités du Forum des ONG du PCI lié à 15 COM

No Comments Dec 7, 2020

Bienvenue à participer au programme d’activités du Forum des ONG du PCI lié à 15 COM. Téléchargez ici le programme d’activités du Forum des ONG du PCI. N’oubliez pas de...
Activities of the Forum connected to 15.COM: from 2 to 19 december 2020

No Comments Nov 30, 2020

Welcome to participate in ICH NGO Forum’s program of activities connected to 15 COM. Download here the Program of activities of the ICH NGO Forum. Remember to register for: 2...
ICH NGO Forum General Assembly 2020 – 16 december 2020

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(voir ci-dessous pour la version française) Dear Members of ICH NGO Forum, We welcome you to ICH NGO Forum General Assembly, 16 December 2020 at 3 p.m. (+1 GMT), online. We...

No Comments Jun 10, 2021

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...

African Cultural Regeneration Institute (ACRI)

No Comments Apr 6, 2021

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...
Heritage Saskatchewan

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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...
Call for Working Group on Article 21

No Comments Feb 16, 2021

(voir ci-dessous pour la version française) Call to all Accredited NGOs At its General Meeting in 2019, the ICH NGO Forum decided, on an exceptional basis, to suspend the application...
Foundation for the History and Culture of Bonaire (FuHiKuBo)

No Comments Jan 25, 2021

Year of accreditation: 2020 Main domain(s) of the ngo’s activities: oral traditions and expressions, social practices, rituals and festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, traditional craftsmanship Main country...

NGOs and Ethics October 18, 2021

Report of the Ethics Working Group meeting held online on October 6, 2021

Report of the Ethics Working Group meeting held online on October 6, 2021, ICH NGO Forum 1. The group leader welcomes the participants, and presents a brief history of the work…

News September 23, 2021

24th september 2021 – Living Heritage included in museums

A pilot project on integrating living heritage in museum’s collection planning and management For the past two years, Workshop Intangible Heritage (and partners) has worked together with a Learning Network of…

News September 10, 2021

Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH – 7th October 2021

The purpose of the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage is to encourage the model safeguarding practices of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the global community regardless of nationality,…

News August 23, 2021

Call for the 2021 ICH NGO Forum Election Board

(French version follows / La version française suit) The ICH NGO Forum has opened a call for candidates to sit on the 2021 ICH NGO Forum Election Board. Applications must be…

News August 9, 2021

In memory of Albert van der Zeijden (1957-2021)

It is with dismay and great sorrow that we learned of the sudden death of Dr. Albert van der Zeijden, which occurred on Friday July 30, 2021. Very enterprising and…

No Comments Aug 12, 2020

#HeritageAlive: Call for articles – Musical instruments

(see below for french version) Call for articles: Musical instruments! At 14.COM in Bogota, the #HeritageAlive Editorial Board decided to choose traditional musical instruments as the topic for the next...

Traditional food, sharing experiences from the field

No Comments Mar 4, 2020

ICHCAP published the book Living Heritage Series – Traditional Food in collaboration with the ICHNGO Forum’s #HeritageAlive. The Living Heritage Series is a serial publication on regional/national transmission and safeguarding...
#HeritageAlive: Call for articles on traditional food

No Comments Jan 8, 2019

(French version below) Call for articles: Traditional food At 13.COM in Mauritius, the Editorial Board decided to concentrate on traditional food for our next publication. The deadline for submitting articles...
The Paradox of Recreating ‘the Authentic Taste of Home’

No Comments Nov 21, 2018

By Haeree Shim, MA Cultural Heritage Studies in UCL Institute of Archaeology Introduction The biggest North Korean migrant community outside East Asia is located in a somewhat unlikely place; New Malden....
#HeritageAlive: Call for articles

2 Comments Feb 20, 2018

Dear all On the behalf of #HeritageAlive it’s a pleasure for me to announce a call for articles. In 2018 the editorial board have decided to concentrate on two topics:...