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ICH Webinar Series: Session 3 is now open for registration

Co-organised by the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and UNESCO Office in Bangkok, the ICH Webinar Series features experts in the ICH field and is open to the public. The ICH Webinar Series Session 3 is…
ICH NGO Forum
July 20, 2020
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Kaustinen Folk Music Festival finds the ways to do it online

Thousands of cultural and heritage events throughout the world have been cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic. Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, the major Finnish folk music and dance event and one of the majors in Northern Europe, also had to tell this sad message to its dedicated friends. In order to…
ICH NGO Forum
July 14, 2020
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Call for Papers: ICH and Resilience in Crisis

ICHCAP, in collaboration with ICH NGO Forum, is pleased to invite NGOs to participate in the online 2020 ICH NGO Conference: ICH and Resilience in Crisis to be held on 12 and 13 November 2020. Since 2014, ICHCAP has been organizing the conference biennially. The conference gives premium focus on the work of…
ICH NGO Forum
July 3, 2020
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ICH Webinar Series

Co-organised by the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and UNESCO Office in Bangkok, the ICH Webinar Series features experts in the ICH field and is open to the public. The ICH Webinar Series is free and…
ICH NGO Forum
June 26, 2020
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Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH

The selection process was very challenging as all applicants demonstrated good practices for the safeguarding ICH with courage and lofty spirit. Only three applicants (individuals and organizations) were selected as finalists from thirty-nine applicants from 27 countries on six continents. Jeonju City announces the following three finalist candidates for public…
ICH NGO Forum
June 23, 2020
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ICH Webinar Series

Co-organised by the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and UNESCO Office in Bangkok, the ICH Webinar Series features experts in the ICH field and is open to the public. The first session of this Webinar Series…
ICH NGO Forum
June 16, 2020
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Memoriamedia Review: call for papers on life stories and narratives

© Memória Imaterial MEMORIAMEDIA Review (MI/IELT) is an online publication (with peer review and open access) dedicated to promote, communicate and document projects, studies and archives of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Collective Memory and Oral History. For this issue, authors are invited to submit unpublished works about LIFE STORIES and NARRATIVES. Deadline: 30th June 2020 More information and…
ICH NGO Forum
June 1, 2020
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International conference on living human treasures

(See below for the french version) Topic International conference on living human treasures systems in the world. Description The purpose of this international conference is to promote the exchange and pooling of information on living human treasures (THV) systems implemented by different states around the world. These systems are inspired…
ICH NGO Forum
May 28, 2020
Youth ICH Storytelling Contest Online Exhibition ⓒ ICHCAPNews

2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest: the online exhibition

Youth ICH Storytelling Contest Online Exhibition ⓒ ICHCAP As a UNESCO category 2 center, ICHCAP organized the youth ICH storytelling contest with the aim to support ICH safeguarding activities of young practitioners. Youth practitioners play an essential role, as ICH relies on direct transmission among community members. Their activities and…
ICH NGO Forum
May 26, 2020
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Call for the 2020 ICH NGO Forum Election Board

(See below for the french version) The ICH NGO Forum has opened a call for candidates to the 2020 ICH NGO Forum Election Board. The ICH NGO Forum Election Board is responsible for organizing and overseeing elections for the ICH NGO Forum’s Steering Committee, which take place to the side…
ICH NGO Forum
May 20, 2020
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Intangible Cultural Heritage & Inventories: Call for participation

The DIGITAL ICH Observatory is conducting a survey on Inventories & Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). With this survey they intend to study the practices and opinions of users of ICH inventories. The survey refers to the different domains of ICH - oral expressions (legends, folk tales, traditional songs ...); arts…
ICH NGO Forum
April 6, 2020
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8th session of General Assembly postponed

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the eighth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention (originally foreseen from 9 to 11 June 2020) has been rescheduled to take place from 25 to 27 August 2020 (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris). According to these new dates, all…
ICH NGO Forum
March 27, 2020
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Traditional food, sharing experiences from the field

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 of intangible cultural heritage elements. It focuses on a different topic each time, discussing the relevant intangible cultural heritage of…
ICH NGO Forum
March 4, 2020
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International Conference on the Craft of the Miller

- -  CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE CORONA EPIDEMIC - -  In 2017, the craft of the miller was the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ first inscription on the Representative List of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. One of the aims of this inscription was and is…
ICH NGO Forum
March 3, 2020
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Polenta in the Lombard Alpine Macro-region: Practice, knowledge and meaning of food heritage told by communities.

POLENTA. SEED, FLOUR, RECIPES AND RITUAL. Polenta in the Lombard Alpine Macro-region (Italy) Practice, knowledge and meaning of food heritage told by communities. December 7th 2019 Event taking place in various localities in Lombardy: (Albavilla, Bedizzole, Bregnano, Carbonara al Ticino, Flero, Gandino, Martinengo e Tremosine sul Garda). www.polenta.lombardia.it Through UNPLI…
ICH NGO Forum
November 27, 2019
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ICH NGO Forum: a new call for the Arab States region

** La version française suit ** Dear members of the ICH NGO Forum, The Electoral Board is pleased to present the list of the eligible candidates for the 2019 elections of the Intangible Cultural Heritage NGO Forum Steering Committee, for the following regions: Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the…
ICH NGO Forum
November 13, 2019
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Pre-14.COM and 14.COM programme, 7-13 December 2019

ICH NGO Forum: Pre-14.COM and 14.COM programme Bogotá, 7-13 December 2019 The programme (download the pdf file) of the activities of the ICH NGO Forum before and during the fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (14.COM). Please subscribe to the form at the…
ICH NGO Forum
November 12, 2019
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Call for Candidates for the Steering Committee

Call for Candidates for the Steering Committee Only for accredited NGOs (La version française suit) Dear NGO’s members, The Electoral Board is pleased to launch the call for candidates for the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee. The four newly elected members will represent the regions of the Arab States, Eastern…
ICH NGO Forum
October 22, 2019
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The Nordic and Baltic network on Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Nordic and Baltic network on Intangible Cultural Heritage was established 13.7.2019 at the Kaustinen Intangible Cultural Heritage Seminar 2019. The organization of the network will be discussed in a satellite meeting associated with the first Nordic ICH conference Living heritage in the Nordic countries. International seminar on the UNESCO…
ICH NGO Forum
October 14, 2019
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Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH: the winners

Jeonju City (Republic of Korea) sets another milestone in the field of ICH safeguarding by enacting the "Jeonju International Awards for Promoting ICH". The awards are for the praise of those who have devoted themselves to the universal values of humanity transcending nation, ethnic, religion, or gender. Jeonju, a provincial…
ICH NGO Forum
September 30, 2019
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In memoriam of Séraphin Boute Bo Iyeli Ngangeli

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Séraphin Boute Bo Iyeli Ngangeli, a member of the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee, and Director of Programmes, Studies and Cultural activities of the “Global Development for Pygmee Minorities” (GLODEPM) NGO in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.…
ICH NGO Forum
September 22, 2019