“I would like to pay tribute to the memory of Abdoul Aziz Guissé and to the immense contribution he made to the safeguarding of african heritage,” said Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture. “His unwavering dedication to cultural ›››

Earlier this month, an International Assistance project in Grenada was officially launched through an online event. It marked the beginning of a project that will continue until January 2023, and that will strengthen the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Grenada through ›››

Eight years have gone by since the previous IOS Evaluation and during this period, the 2003 Convention has witnessed important reform efforts. It was therefore timely to take stock of achievements and challenges and to inform future actions of UNESCO’s support to M ›››

Through the support of the Interreg Sudoe Programme, the project LIVHES ‘Living heritage for sustainable development’ is now unfolding in 8 South-Western European (SUDOE) regions from three States Parties that ratified the 2003 Convention: France, Portugal and Spain. This project answers to an inc ›››

In April 2020, the Living Heritage Entity launched an online survey to grasp the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The “Living Heritage in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic” report summarizes the results of the survey and the challenges ›››

How is intangible cultural heritage – or ‘living heritage’ - related to sustainable development? How is it relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as health, education, gender, natural disasters and conflict? If you are interested in finding out the answers, UNESCO ›››

UNESCO has published a series of case studies as part of the pilot project to support research and documentation on traditional knowledge systems, recognized as part of communities’ living heritage, for biodiversity conservation, climate change and disaster risk reduction in East A ›››

UNESCO and the United Arab Emirates signed in December 2021 an agreement to establish the International Centre for Capacity Building in Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Arab States in Sharjah. This new Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO is hosted by ›››

For the second year in a row, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met using a fully online modality. Mr Punchi Nilame Meegaswatte, Secretary-General - Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO chaired the session from UNESCO Headquarters ›››

During this year’s session, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed 4 elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 39 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of H ›››