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Call for Short Films: Safeguarding Living Traditions #heritageAliveNews

Call for Short Films: Safeguarding Living Traditions

Celebrating the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage #HeritageAlive invites accredited NGOs to submit short films on the theme of living heritage and cultural traditions. We are looking for compelling visual stories that highlight the safeguarding, transmission, resilience, and continuity of intangible cultural heritage traditions of communities from around…
ICH NGO Forum
April 24, 2026
#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Traditional Masks and Masquerades #heritageAliveCall for articlesNews

#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Traditional Masks and Masquerades

(Traduction française ci-dessous) #HeritageAlive is a biennial journal supported by ICHCAP that highlights NGOs’ experiences in safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) (HeritageAlive – ICH NGO Forum). Five editions of the Living Heritage series have been published so far. The next edition, planned for release by the end of 2027 and…
ICH NGO Forum
March 16, 2026
Online roundtable on Culture as a Cross-cutting Resource in Emergencies News

Online roundtable on Culture as a Cross-cutting Resource in Emergencies

French version below / version française ci-dessous CULTURE AS A CROSS-CUTTING RESOURCE IN EMERGENCIES: STRENGTHENING HUMANITARIAN ACTION THROUGH CULTURAL APPROACHES The roundtable will be held online on THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2026, FROM 15:00 TO 16:00 CET (Paris). Organized by UNESCO as part of the 2026 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week…
ICH NGO Forum
February 26, 2026
Working Group Research meeting on 26 February The Working Group Research at 13.COMICH NGOs & ResearchNews

Working Group Research meeting on 26 February

Dear colleagues and friends in the Working Group Research of the ICH NGO Forum, we kindly invite you all to meet online for our general Working Group Research meeting on 26 February at 4.00-5.30pm (CET = GMT+1 ) Via Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83185585246 Draft agenda: 1  WG Research Updates:  - ICH Tourism proceedings,  - Participatory…
ICH NGO Forum
February 5, 2026
UNHCR event organized by the WG on Conflict and Displacement: on December 19 Conflict and DisplacementNews

UNHCR event organized by the WG on Conflict and Displacement: on December 19

Cultural Heritage and the Importance of Identity and Community for Displaced People   Join us for a fireside chat as we discuss personal reflections on the role of culture in self-reliance, community building, and reclaiming identity. Online event organized in the context of the Global Refugee Forum. with Sara Green Executive Director, Art for…
ICH NGO Forum
December 15, 2025
ICH NGO Forum: the General Assembly on December 11 20.COMDocumentsGeneral AssemblyNews

ICH NGO Forum: the General Assembly on December 11

2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ICH NGO Forum Room, Red Fort New Delhi, India and Online Thursday, 11 December, at 5:15 p.m. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7256526085?omn=85390773431 Agenda Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda Adoption of the minutes of the 2024 ICH NGO Forum General Assembly Executive Board activity report for 2025…
ICH NGO Forum
December 11, 2025
The programme for the 2025 Symposium organised by the ICH NGO Forum Learning maritime skills @DUBoak maritime heritage interpretation center, Croatia. Photo courtesy: Hrvoje Kosir20.COMNews

The programme for the 2025 Symposium organised by the ICH NGO Forum

Traduction française ci-dessous Leaving No-one Behind: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Disability Inclusion Download the programme ICH NGO Forum Symposium 2025 PRACTICAL INFO Date: Sunday, 7 December, 2025, 09:00 - 16:00 (GMT+5:30) Location: UNESCO 20.COM Venue - Red Fort Delhi, India In the current geopolitical context of rising global polarisation and…
ICH NGO Forum
December 4, 2025
September 26: Safeguarding Culture and Heritage Amid Conflict and Displacement Conflict and DisplacementNews

September 26: Safeguarding Culture and Heritage Amid Conflict and Displacement

"Culture, Heritage, and Crisis: Safeguarding Culture and Heritage in the Face of Conflict and Displacement," Friday, September 26, 2025, at 16:00 CET. The Conflict and Displacement working group will be holding an online side event as part of MONDIACULT. When communities are displaced by conflict, disasters, or climate change, they…
ICH NGO Forum
September 24, 2025
ICH NGO Forum Symposium 2025: call for papers Learning maritime skills @DUBoak maritime heritage interpretation center, Croatia. Photo courtesy: Hrvoje KosirNews

ICH NGO Forum Symposium 2025: call for papers

Traduction française ci-dessous ICH NGO Forum Symposium 2025 Leaving No-One Behind: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Inclusion with Emphasis on Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs Date: 7 December 2025 Location: New Delhi, India Concept Note Context In today’s geopolitical climate of rising global polarization and uncertainty, intangible cultural heritage (ICH)—the practices, representations,…
ICH NGO Forum
September 8, 2025
ICH Tourism Dialogue #6 – Noël Salazar ICH Tourism dialoguesNewsresearch

ICH Tourism Dialogue #6 – Noël Salazar

The evolving nexus of intangible cultural heritage and tourism Noël Salazar is professor of social and cultural anthropology at KU Leuven and founder of the Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe) research cluster. His work focuses on the evolving relationships between heritage, tourism and mobility, drawing on extensive ethnographic research in contexts…
Jorijn Neyrinck
August 29, 2025
Kaustinen ICH Seminar 2025 on 12 July News

Kaustinen ICH Seminar 2025 on 12 July

The fifth international Kaustinen Intangible Cultural Heritage Seminar Music on the Move – Migration, Resilience and Identity on 12 July will focus on the theme of migration, particularly from the perspective of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. The seminar program handles the questions related to significance of music and musical heritage…
ICH NGO Forum
July 9, 2025
Dialogue #5 – Dr. Ivan Henares on the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism ICH Tourism dialoguesNews

Dialogue #5 – Dr. Ivan Henares on the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism

In this dialogue, Dr. Ivan Henares, President of the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC), presents and discusses the ICOMOS International Charter for Cultural Heritage Tourism (2022), a key framework promoting responsible tourism grounded in heritage protection, community resilience, and sustainability. The conversation explores how the Charter responds to contemporary…
Jorijn Neyrinck
June 15, 2025
Call for abstracts regarding NGOs Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts #heritageAliveNews

Call for abstracts regarding NGOs Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts

An online conference titled NGOs’ Experiences and Reflections on ICH in Armed Conflicts was organized on April 7th. The topic of the meeting remains highly relevant due to ongoing conflicts in various regions, resulting in the displacement of large populations both internally and externally. The presentations delivered during the event…
ICH NGO Forum
May 30, 2025
In Memory of Kristin Kuutma News

In Memory of Kristin Kuutma

It is with deep sorrow that we learned of the passing of Kristin Kuutma. Kristin was a pivotal figure in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage and left an indelible mark on the 2003 Convention from its very beginnings. A renowned anthropologist, professor at the University of Tartu, holder of…
ICH NGO Forum
May 21, 2025
ICH Tourism Dialogues #4 Dialogue on action research experiences in tourism and living heritage ICH Tourism dialoguesNews

ICH Tourism Dialogues #4 Dialogue on action research experiences in tourism and living heritage

This dialogue explored how action research can create sustainable tourism that respects living heritage. Ruzanna Tsaturyan and Ketevan Gurchiani shared experiences from their work with the Smithsonian’s My Armenia and Mukhrani Village projects, showing how deep community collaboration can transform tourism into a force for cultural safeguarding and local empowerment.…
Jorijn Neyrinck
May 6, 2025
Webinar: Paving the Way for the Culture 2030 Goal – The Contributions of the 2003 Convention News

Webinar: Paving the Way for the Culture 2030 Goal – The Contributions of the 2003 Convention

(Click here for the french version) Wednesday, 16 April 2:00–3:30 PM CET (Zoom link) The ICH NGO Forum has been involved in the Culture 2030 Goal Campaign since 2023. As the campaign advances its aim of securing a stand-alone goal for culture in the post-Agenda 2030 framework, it is essential that…
ICH NGO Forum
April 15, 2025