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The Executive Board of the ICH NGO Forum was organized under the purpose of communication, networking, exchange, and cooperation by and for non-governmental organizations accredited. The need of the operational body for NGOs of each region and international has increased and started electing the Executive Board by secret ballot.
The Executive Board of the ICH NGO Forum has a two-year term.
Seven members are elected as a representative of each region and international. It is a volunteer job. The representatives of UNESCO accredited NGOs have rights to vote the Executive Board. The voting is held during the session of the Intergovernmental Committee. Each year one thirds members change by turns. They attend the annual Intergovernmental Committee and the biannual General Assembly.
Every month they have a meeting. During the monthly meeting they share the situation of their regions and discuss agenda related to issues for the symposium at the Intergovernmental Committee and for the NGO meeting sessions at the General Assembly. The minutes can be open to the public in the following month after the approval at the next meeting.
The Executive Board organizes a symposium with a different theme each year on the eve of the Intergovernmental Committee and helps with advice to the Intergovernmental Committee by collecting and delivering the opinions from the UNESCO accredited NGOs. The Executive Board also presents the yearly report. They welcome newly UNSECO-accredited NGOs and encourage the NGOs to network and share the common interests for the ICH safeguarding on the basis of the 2003 Convention.

Read about ICH NGO Forum on the UNESCO’s website.


(From left to right: Ms. Tamara Nikolic Deric, Ms. Cholponai U-G, Mr. Matti Hakamäki, Mr. Robert Baron, Mr. Martín Andrade-Pérez, Mr. Sekou Berte, Mr. Mohammed Mohamed Lemine Beidieu)

Executive Board 2022 – 2023

No.

Electoral Region

Name

Organization & Country

Executive Position

Term

1

EG I

(Western Europe & North America)

Mr. Matti Hakamäki

Finnish Folk Music Institute, Finland

Communication

2022-2024

2

EG II (Eastern Europe)

Ms. Tamara Nikolic Deric

Association House of Batana, Croatia

Vice-President

2021-2023

3

EG III (Latin America & the Caribbean)

Mr. Martín Andrade-Pérez

Erigaie Foundation, Colombia

Treasurer

2021-2023

4

EG IV (Asia & the Pacific)

Ms. Cholponai U-G

Aigine Cultural Research Center, Kyrgyzstan

Communication

2022-2024

5

EG V(a) (Africa)

Mr. Sekou Berte

Mali Cultural Heritage Agency, Mali

President

2021-2023

6

EG V(b) (Arab States)

Mr. Mohammed Mohamed Lemine Beidieu

Association for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Mauritania

Communication

2021-2023

7

International NGO

Mr. Robert Baron

International Society for Ethnology and Folklore

Secretary

2022-2024


(De gauche à droite: M/s. Tamara Nikolic Deric, M/s. Cholponai U-G, M. Matti Hakamäki, M. Robert Baron, M. Martín Andrade-Pérez, M. Sekou Berte, M. Mohammed Mohamed Lemine Beidieu)

Conseil Exécutif 2022 – 2023 

No.

Région électorale

Nom

Organisation & Pays

Postes exécutifs

Terme

1

EG I (Europe occidentale et Amérique du Nord

M. Matti Hakamäki

Institut finlandais de musique folklorique, Finlande

Communication

2022-2024

2

EG II (Europe de l’Est)

M/s. Tamara Nikolic Deric

Association Maison de Batana, Croatie

Vice-présidente

2021-2023

3

EG III (Amérique latine et Caraïbes)

M. Martín Andrade-Pérez

Fondation Erigaie, Colombie

Trésorier

2021-2023

4

EG IV (Asie et Pacifique)

M/s. Cholponai U-G

Centre de recherche culturelle d’Aigine, Kyrgyzstan

Communication

2022-2024

5

EG V(a) (Afrique)

M. Sekou Berte

Agence malienne du patrimoine culturel, Mali

Président

2021-2023

6

EG V(b) (États arabes)

M. Mohammed Mohamed Lemine Beidieu

Association mauritanienne pour la sauvegarde du partimoine culturel immatériel, Mauritanie

Communication

2021-2023

7

ONG internationale

M. Robert Baron

Société internationale d’ethnologie et de folklore

Secrétaire

2022-2024

 


Previous Executive Boards:



MINUTES:


ICH NGO Forum Financial Report

 


Archive of previous documents
Read here the previous documents related to the Executive Board: from 2018 (english and french); from 2017 (english and french).