Intangible Cultural Heritage

ICH NGO Forum: Two Webinars on 23 September – Welcoming New NGOs and Shaping the Forum’s FutureNews

ICH NGO Forum: Two Webinars on 23 September – Welcoming New NGOs and Shaping the Forum’s Future

ICH NGO Forum Webinar: Welcome Session for Newly Accredited Organisations 23 September 2026 | 15:00 Paris time Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82121400424 The ICH NGO Forum once again warmly welcomes its newly accredited member organisations and invites you to this dedicated information session, held ahead of the Forum's Third Organisational and Strategic Development…
September 18, 2026
Open Call for Presentations and Contributions – Symposium 2026NewsSymposium

Open Call for Presentations and Contributions – Symposium 2026

ICH NGO Forum Annual Symposium 2026 (In person and online) Sunday, November 29, Xiamen, China Open Call for Presentations and Contributions Digital inclusivity for Living Heritage: Opportunities and Challenges for Communities and NGOs in the Age of Technological Innovation The 2026 Symposium of the ICH NGO Forum, organized on the…
September 17, 2026
#HeritageAlive: Basketry of Nepal#heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive: Basketry of Nepal

Following the launch of HeritageAlive’s publication on basketry as intangible cultural heritage (ICH), we are continuing the conversation through a series of short blogs. These contributions provide NGOs in our ICH NGO Forum network with an opportunity to share practical experiences, lessons learned, and methodologies from their work safeguarding basketry…
September 16, 2026
#HeritageAlive: Basketry of Korea#heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive: Basketry of Korea

Following the launch of HeritageAlive’s publication on basketry as intangible cultural heritage (ICH), we are continuing the conversation through a series of short blogs. These contributions provide NGOs in our ICH NGO Forum network with an opportunity to share practical experiences, lessons learned, and methodologies from their work safeguarding basketry…
September 9, 2026
#HeritageAlive: more articles on basketry traditions#heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive: more articles on basketry traditions

Following the launch of HeritageAlive’s publication on basketry as intangible cultural heritage (ICH), we are continuing the conversation through a series of monthly short blogs. These contributions provide NGOs in our ICH NGO Forum network with an opportunity to share practical experiences, lessons learned, and methodologies from their work safeguarding…
September 8, 2026
Get involved in UNESCO’s International Day of ICHNews

Get involved in UNESCO’s International Day of ICH

ICH NGO Forum invites participation in the Third International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage. UNESCO has opened its call for participation in the third edition of the International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which will be marked on 17 October 2026. The organization is inviting States Parties, cultural institutions,…
September 1, 2026
August 31, 2026

Call for Officers: 2026 ICH NGO Forum Electoral Board

August 6, 2026

Call for Short Films: Safeguarding Living Traditions (extended deadline)

July 27, 2026

Call for papers: traditional medicinal plant knowledge and sustainable community livelihoods

July 27, 2026

ICH Tourism Dialogue #8 – Nationalised Heritagisation Discourse in the Arabian Gulf Region with AlAnood AlShaikh and Saad Hanif

June 30, 2026

Call on “The Role of Local Communities in Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage”

June 16, 2026

The activities of the ICH NGO Forum during the 11.GA

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Safeguarding living cultural traditions

NGOs are a pillar for the safeguarding of the World’s living traditions, together with the holders of these traditions and the States. The Forum also welcomes NGOs that are active in the field of ICH and are in the process of accreditation.

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Your NGO on this website

Do you want to join our platform for communication, networking, exchange and cooperation for NGOs accredited by the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage? On our website, each accredited NGO has a totally free space in order to promote its organization and its activities organized during the year.

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Messages to the 2003 Convention

The ICH NGO Forum invites individuals and actors from around the world to share their Messages Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

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ICH NGO Forum Annual Symposium 2024

Participatory approaches to Living Heritage: NGO perspectives

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Web Dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and sustainable tourism

Benefits and challenges when intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and tourism meet, and to develop sustainable living heritage tourism.

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ONLINE JOURNAL

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Sharing Experience

Share knowledge from fieldwork in communities and with practitioners, between the UNESCO accredited NGOs and experts, in order to learn from each other.

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