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ICH NGO Forum Annual Symposium 2024

Participatory approaches to Living Heritage: NGO perspectives

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Web Dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and sustainable tourism

Benefits and challenges when intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and tourism meet, and to develop sustainable living heritage tourism.

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Messages to the 2003 Convention

The ICH NGO Forum invites individuals and actors from around the world to share their Messages Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

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A new page provides guidance on UNESCO’s ORF and NGOs

UNESCO’s Overall Results Framework (ORF) to the 2003 Convention offers a global framework to set the course and goals for everyone working around the Convention. The ORF can inspire, influence and guide national ICH policies as well as other stakeholders in the Convention, such as NGOs. NGOs do not only contribute to the goals of the…
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ICH NGO Forum 2024 Symposium inspires through NGO participatory approaches to safeguarding living heritage

More then 150 participants have registered to take part in the annual Symposium of the ICH NGO Forum in 2024. On the occasion of the 19.COM meeting of the UNESCO 2003 Convention in Paraguay, the Symposium will focus on community-based and participatory approaches to safeguarding living heritage. Have a look…
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#HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Paraguay on December 3

***Le français suit*** The very first #HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Asuncion (Paraguay) on December 3 from 1:15 p.m. in the Copa America room. Great films on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, proposed by NGOs accredited within the framework of the UNESCO-ICH Convention, will be screened…
Legal and policy development
Working Group on Legal and Policy Developments: a webinar November 26
Creative Commons - Author: Hoangvantoanajc
ICH Tourism dialogues
Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism continue
Elections 2024
Call for Candidates for ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board
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2024 JIAPICH: the ceremony on 25th September
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Tocatì, the international festival of street games: September 13, 14 and 15
Legal and policy development
WG on legal and policy development: next meeting on September 3, 2024
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NGOs are a pillar for the safeguarding of the World’s living traditions, together with the holders of these traditions and the States. The Forum also welcomes NGOs that are active in the field of ICH and are in the process of accreditation.

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Sharing Experience

Share knowledge from fieldwork in communities and with practitioners, between the UNESCO accredited NGOs and experts, in order to learn from each other.