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 10, 2021

The report on the future activities of the ICH NGO Forum

Future Activities of the ICH NGO Forum Introduction As we know, the ICH NGO Forum is a membership organization that serves as the official representative of the NGOs accredited to...

Programme for the ICH NGO Forum (16COM 2021)

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The ICH NGO FORUM meetings during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (16COM). will all be held online. Participants may access...
Report of the Ich Ngo Forum for 15COM

No Comments Dec 9, 2020

(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...

No Comments Dec 21, 2021

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...

Traditional Musical Instruments, sharing experiences from the field

No Comments Dec 17, 2021

The #HeritageAlive in cooperation with ICHCAP, are proud to present our new publication, a new book in the Living Heritage Series – Traditional Musical Instruments: Sharing Experiences from the field....
West Africa Coalition for Indigenous People’s Rights (WACIPR)

No Comments Dec 10, 2021

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...
Sozopol Foundation

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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; •...
Indonesian National Wayang Secretariat

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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...

News January 10, 2022

Open call: Crafts from Anatolia, designs from Europe

Traditional Arts Association, in cooperation with Turkey Design Council and Brumen Foundation, is inviting designers and creatives from all across the European Union to get acquainted with five different Anatolian…

Europe and North America December 21, 2021

Institute for Intangible Cultural Heritage

News December 17, 2021

In Memoriam Dr. Albert van der Zeijden

Speech held by Marco van Baalen, director Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the General Assembly ICH NGO Forum, 15 December 2021 Dear Colleagues, I would like to start…

Heritage alive December 17, 2021

Traditional Musical Instruments, sharing experiences from the field

The #HeritageAlive in cooperation with ICHCAP, are proud to present our new publication, a new book in the Living Heritage Series – Traditional Musical Instruments: Sharing Experiences from the field….

Elections 2021 December 16, 2021

The results of the ICH NGO Forum 2021 elections

The Electoral Board wants to thank all the candidates who set up their candidature. It was great to meet so many interesting people and organizations who have dedicated their time…

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Traditional Musical Instruments, sharing experiences from the field

#HeritageAlive: Call for articles – Musical instruments

No Comments Aug 12, 2020

(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....