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Living heritage is a reservoir of the world’s cultural diversity. It encompasses traditional knowledge systems and cultural practices, including of Indigenous Peoples. Living practices are an enabler to build pro-planet societies, achieve environmental sustainability as well as improve economic growth and well-being. Living heritage practices and knowledge systems sustain communities…

The Executive Board is an elected body with a representative from every region and international NGOs. It is the ICH NGO Forum’s official representative to the Living Heritage Entity (UNESCO ICH Secretariat), provides policy recommendations for the Convention on behalf of the Forum, organizes convenings of the membership, establishes committees…

In 2023, Wiki Loves Living Heritage celebrates living heritage on the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Share your living heritage by participating in the Wiki Loves Living Heritage campaign, and join with numerous heritage practitioners and communities, Wikimedia volunteers, NGOs…

The Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe under the auspices of Unesco Centre Sofia in collaboration with the ICH NGO Forum of NGOs accredited to the 2003 Convention is pleased to announce the Info Session on the process of accreditation of NGOs providing advisory…

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, ethnicity, religion, race, age, gender, or any other political, social, economic or cultural orientation. The applications are open for download…

ONLINE WEBINAR and LAUNCH ICH NGO Forum web dossier on intangible heritage and sustainable tourism A new and rich resource to be launched on 27 October 2022 27 October 2022 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm CEST On ZOOM - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81091438904 REGISTRATION - To register click here (version française en-dessous) You are active in…

As a reservoir of experiences, developed across different cultures, Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) offers inspiring examples of alternative ways of understanding the relationship with the nature and the environment, of healing and taking care of each other, of strengthening social bonds and sustaining livelihoods. In this sense, ICH can be…

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…