Europe and North America

For 136 years, since 1889, the French savoir-faire Institute has worked diligently to ensure that exceptional savoir-faire are lastingly recognized and do not disappear with time. Passing on the thread binding century-old craftsmanships so it never breaks, is our mission. We act as an incubator for the players in providing…

The European Association of Traditional Sports and Games (AEJeST) was founded on 28 April 2001 in Lesneven, France. It brings together federations, associations, cultural or sports organisations, academic institutions, and other entities and individuals whose common goals include education, management, promotion, and safeguarding of traditional sports and games (TSG) across…

The Cultura ltaliae Association is an independent non-profit non-governmental organisation, established in 2016, dedicated to the enhancement and promotion of ltalian tangible and intangible cultural heritage. lt sets Culture at the centre of its commitment, as an engine for ethical and sustainable development. lt was created as a piace of…

Ethnographic Society of Slovakia is a voluntary civic association bringing together ethnologists/ethnographers from various academic and non-academic institutions, museums, non-formal education institutions and other. lt is a society of people interested in preservation and cultivation of living heritage. The Ethnographic Society of Slovakia organizes conferences, exhibitions, competitions and focuses as…

The Academia de ła Bona Creansa aims at ensuring the broadest and most conscious inter-generational transmission of the Venetian language, and of the Venetian culture with it. Domains: oral traditions and expressions, traditional craftsmanship Main country where the NGO works: Brazil, Croatia, Italy Local, national or international level of the…

Main areas of work: - Safeguarding diverse ICH traditions, with main focus on crafts, on the national level; - Stimulation and development of the research activities in different field of cultural heritage and cultural industries on national level; - Raising awareness on the role of culture and cultural heritage as…

ERKET promotes the study and scientific research of greek art of singing. This is done through research programmes and field research aiming the way people sing in greek communities on local, regional, national or international level. The creation of several greek singing archives such as: discography, library, sound and video…

Founded in 1889, the French Savoir-Faire Institute is a non-profit association under the triple-aegis of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education. It conducts a support policy for artistic crafts as well as Living Heritage Companies. It actively participates in the promotion of French…

Since its creation in 1996, the main objective of the organization Red Arrayán de Cultura, Patrimonio y Medio Ambiente has been the sustainable development of rural areas, offering value and innovation to groups and sectors of different territorial ecosystems at the national level and in the Ibero-American community. Closely linked…

PARCUM, museum and expertise centre for religious art and culture, was founded in 1997 as a non-profit organisation with the aim of taking care of the religious heritage of the different religions and worldviews in Flanders and Brussels, Belgium. PARCUM uses an integral and transversal heritage approach. Through an integrated…

Art for Refugees in Transition (A.R.T.) helps rebuild individual and community identity for refugees worldwide. Drawing upon the indigenous art forms of each community, A.R.T.s programs are designed to enable the elders of a culture to educate and incorporate the younger generation in their cultural traditions. By developing self-sustaining curricula…

The Ceic - Centro Etnografico delle Isole Campane-Istituto di studi storici e antropologici (Ethnographic Centre of the Campane Islands) - promotes studies and research for the knowledge and enhancement of the intangible cultural heritage of the Campania region and the Mediterranean. It organizes conferences, festivals, study courses. It has an archive…

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 training activities within the context of oral traditions and expressions, preforming arts, social practices, rituals and festive events, knowledge and…

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; • Promotion of material and spiritual values, conducting training at levels relevant to all age groups and supporting international cooperation in…

Conserver, utiliser et diffuser les cultures traditionnelles et populaires selon la définition de l'Unesco - Favoriser la recherche, la sauvegarde, la promotion du patrimoine immatériel - Promouvoir l'expression vivante des cultures traditionnelles et populaires - Favoriser les échanges sur le plan national entre les associations françaises de culture traditionnelle et…

The Finnish Crafts Organization Taito was formed in 1913. It is an umbrella organisation that together with the regional Taito crafts associations, form the Taito Group. The Taito Group has the entire country as its working area, consisting of sixteen crafts associations which have more than a hundred locations. The…

Through our research, leadership and community resilience, Heritage Saskatchewan informs new thinking about heritage. In turn, we sharing our knowledge with the people of Saskatchewan to strengthen our collective ability to lead, collaborate, develop, and promote living heritage and ICH in our province.Year of accreditation: 2020 Main domain(s) of the ngo’s…

The Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) is an interuniversity R&D unit founded in 2007 and hosted by four Portuguese universities (ISCTE-IUL, NOVA FCSH, University of Coimbra and University of Minho) that was accredited consultant NGO for the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH in 2012 and integrated the…

Objectives: Care to preserve original national costumes, requisites, instruments, customs, music, dance and the overall folk creativity; Stimulation, protection, promotion and supervision of the work of cultural clubs- members of the association; Care for and participation in organizing social events and competitions; Organizing the education of professional workers, activities on…

SAVE Foundation acts as European umbrella organisation for the promotion and coordination of activities for the conservation of agricultural diversity and heritage throughout Europe. The traditional farmers’ knowledge is an important cornerstone of this work. An inextricable link lies between human culture and agrobiodiversity. This is taken into account in…

Politistiko Ergastiri Ayion Omoloyiton is active in the city of Lefkosia. It is made up of people who work in the field of Art and Culture and aims, with events and presentations it organizes, to offer creative opportunities to the citizens of Lefkosia and its members, mainly through arts, music…

The objective of the Associació d’Estudis Fallers (AdEF) is mainly the study of the Fallas Festival, urban festival from València and others cities through the region. It is linked to European Carnival festivities, has important components of popular satire, festive sociability, artistic expression, artisan practices and singular techniques. It is…

Traditional Arts Association is a nonprofit civil organization established in 2007. It aims at ensuring the development of traditional arts in Turkey, spreading art awareness,contributing to its promotion, supporting education and production within this domain and gathering the practicing academicians, artists, students and other interested people in traditional arts under…

The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) is a pluridisciplinary organization centered in the twin fields of ethnology and folklore in their various denominations, within the larger family of anthropological and cultural-historical disciplines. The principal mission is to gather scholars from its fields; to provide platforms for critical debate,…

The Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN) is the only international organization of local governments and cultural organizations that aim to safeguard the world’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. The ICCN has been working to explore creative and effective policies for the safeguarding of local Intangible Cultural Heritage and its inseparable relation…

ICOM is an international professional non‐governmental organisation which brings together museums and museum professionals from all over the world. Through its network, made up from more than 44,500 members representing 138 countries and territories, ICOM is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication of the world’s natural and cultural heritage,…

Recherche Île du Monde association’s core expertise lies in safeguarding translocal Intangible Cultural Heritage (translocal ICH), meaning the ICH carried out by the migrant communities in their new urban environments, through a variety of tangible initiatives, from research-oriented projects to field work and cultural events. The association also conducts specific…