ICH NGO Forum

In the year 2022 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival´s yearly ICH seminar will be about non-formal music education and intangible cultural heritage. The seminar brings together communities and experts in the fields of non-formal music education and intangible cultural heritage from different parts of the world. How can musical heritage be passed on…

(Pour lire en français cliquez ici) The ICH NGO Forum of accredited NGOs under the UNESCO 2003 Convention is currently elaborating the contents for an online webdossier providing guidance and resources about intangible cultural heritage and sustainable tourism. A fine balance between tourism and ICH is critical to the sustainability…

Bordeaux, December 1-2, 2022  Symposium organized in the context of the Osmose research program on law and ICH, with the support of the French ministry of Culture (Délégation à l’inspection, la recherche et l’innovation) and the patronage of the French Commission for UNESCO. Research partners: • Institut des Sciences sociales du politique (ISP, UMR7220,ENS-Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Nanterre) • Institutde recherche Montesquieu (IRM-eA7434), Université de…

Living heritage is an efficient tool for peacebuilding and strengthening intercultural dialogue and resilience. The Steering Committee of the ICH NGO Forum invites you to participate in a #livingheritageforpeace initiative proposed by some of it’s members. Each month we will be celebrating different ICH elements threatened by conflict or recognized as powerful resilience tools. With the…

The American Folklore Society (AFS)  has been working with member Iryna Voloshyna to assist colleagues in Ukraine who request cloud storage for backups of field research materials.  We presently have over 50 individuals in Ukraine connected to a secure folder within a dedicated storage drive for this work. We've been…

The European Union is pleased to invite you to participate in the ASEM Day Virtual Celebration on Tuesday1st March 2022 at 10:00 (CET/UTC+1). The virtual celebration will include a roundtable discussion on: “Food in Diplomacy: a bridging tool between Europe and Asia”. Food and culinary heritage hold a unique place as historical,…

For the past 6 years, the Colombian organization, Embodying Reconciliation, recently accredited by UNESCO ICH, worked using arts and cultural heritage as tools for social change and peacebuilding in Colombia. Last week one of the young black activist groups we work with was violently displaced by guerrilla forces “clearing” the…

The secretariat of Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH) welcomes the international ICH community to join the 4th annual Jeonju ICH Awards. The awards are open to Living Human Treasures (practitioners), groups, communities, administrators, researchers, NGOs and those who have made substantial contributions for promoting Intangible Cultural…

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 crafts and reinterpret one (or more) of them for a contemporary audience. Anatolia, the vast region spanning most of mainland…

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 by thanking the Steering Group of the ICH NGO Forum for giving me the floor at the start of its…