Non-governmental organizations accreditation requests

Upon recommendation of the Committee, the General Assembly is to accredit non-governmental organizations with recognized competence in the field of the intangible cultural heritage to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee.

At its third session, the General Assembly already accredited 97 NGOs. The General Assembly is now to decide on 59 below listed NGOs wishing to be accredited and which were recommended by the Committee in November 2010 (32 NGOs by Decision 5.COM 12) and November 2011 (27 NGOs by Decision 6.COM 19).

Accreditation request (59)
Organization or institution	Country of registered office	Documents
Amis du Patrimoine de Madagascar (APM) - APM	Madagascar	NGO-90195 French
Articulação Pacari - Plantas Medicinais do Cerrado Pacari Network - Medicinal Plants of the Cerrado	Brazil	NGO-90270 English
Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan (ATL) Oral Tradition Association (OTA) - ATL	Indonesia	NGO-90223 English
Associação Nacional de Ação Indigenista - Anaí National Association for Indigenous Affairs	Brazil	NGO-90271 English
Association C.O.R.D.A.E./La Talvera « Centre Occitan de Recherche, de Documentation et d’Animation Ethnographiques »	France	NGO-90136 French
Association pour la sauvegarde des masques - ASAMA	Burkina Faso	NGO-90209 French
Association suisse des Organisations de Festivals de Folklore et d’Arts Traditionnels CIOFF	Switzerland	NGO-90197 French
Associazione Culturale ‘Circolo della Zampogna’ Cultural Association ‘Bagpipe Club’	Italy	NGO-90222 English
Associazione Culturale Carpino Folk Festival	Italy	NGO-90221 English
Associazione Culturale Multietnica Europea	Italy	NGO-90204 English
Associazione Culturale-Musicale-Etnica Totarella - Le Zampogne del Pollino Cultural Musical Ethnic Association Totarella - The Pollino Bagpipes	Italy	NGO-90227 English
Assoziazione MusicaEuropa MusicaEuropa Association	Italy	NGO-90208 English
Azərbaycan Xalçaçıları İctimai Birliyi Azerbaijani Carpetmakers’ Union	Azerbaijan	NGO-90266 English
Bhasha Research and Publication Centre	India	NGO-90236 English
Centre régional de culture ethnologique et technique de Basse-Normandie - CRéCET	France	NGO-90201 French
Conseil international des organisations de festivals de folklore et d’arts traditionnels - CIOFF International Council of Organizations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art - CIOFF Consejo Internacional de las Organizaciones de Festivales de Folclor y de Artes Tradicionales - CIOFF	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	NGO-90129 French
Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant	Canada	NGO-90243 French
CRIA - Centro em Rede Investigaçao em Antropologia Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) - CRIA	Portugal	NGO-90164 English
Cultural Initiatives for Biodiversity Conservation - CIBC	Kenya	NGO-90273 English
Engabu Za Tooro - Tooro Youth Platform for Action Tooro Youth Platform for Action	Uganda	NGO-90198 English
Fédération des amis des luttes et sports athlétiques et d’adresse de Bretagne - FALSAB	France	NGO-90247 French
Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) - FACE Fédération des associations de chasse et conservation de la faune sauvage de l’Union européenne	Belgium	NGO-90160 English
Fikambanana Asimbe Grande Aura	Madagascar	NGO-90132 French
Fundación Fernando Ortiz Fernando Ortiz Foundation	Cuba	NGO-90199 English
Groupe audois de recherche et d’animation ethnographique - Ethnopôle GARAE - GARAE	France	NGO-90254 French
Gulu Theatre Artists - GUTA - GUTA	Uganda	NGO-90206 English
HERIMED Onlus	Italy	NGO-90225 English
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador - HFNL	Canada	NGO-90202 English
Hội Di sản Văn hóa Việt Nam The Cultural Heritage Association of Viet Nam	Viet Nam	NGO-90212 English
Hội Văn nghệ dân gian Việt Nam Association des Folklorists Vietnamiens - AFV Association of Vietnamese Folklorists (AVF) - AVF	Viet Nam	NGO-90125 English
Indigenous Cultural Society	India	NGO-90178 English
Institution SOAMANORO Doany Manongarivo Institution SOAMANORO lieu sacré Manongarivo	Madagascar	NGO-90147 French
Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN) - ICCN	Spain	NGO-90228 English
Kenniscentrum Immaterieel Erfgoed Nederland Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage	Netherlands	NGO-90233 English
Kültürel Araştırmalar Vakfı Cultural Research Foundation - KAV	Türkiye	NGO-90142 English
La Maison de Sagesse - MDS	France	NGO-90255 French
Lamar Kanuri Hutuye Kanuri Development Association	Nigeria	NGO-90171 English
Maasai Cultural Heritage - M.C.H	Kenya	NGO-90183 English
Maison du fleuve Rhône	France	NGO-90245 French
Maison du patrimoine oral de Bourgogne	France	NGO-90272 French
Museums Galleries Scotland - MGS	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	NGO-90257 English
Musiqı Dünyasi Ictimai Birliyi	Azerbaijan	NGO-90264 English
National Archaeological-Anthropological Memory Management Foundation	Curaçao	NGO-90229 English
National Council of Traditional Healers and Herbalists Associations - NACOTHA	Uganda	NGO-90241 English
ONG L’Homme et l’Environnement NGO Man and The Environment - MATE	Madagascar	NGO-90246 French
Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze Société Polonaise d’Ethnologie - PES Polish Ethnological Society - PTL	Poland	NGO-90188 English
SAVE Foundation (Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe) - SAVE Foundation Sicherung der landwirtschaftlichen ArtenVielfalt in Europa	Switzerland	NGO-90123 English
The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda - CCFU	Uganda	NGO-90274 English
Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d’Italia Italian Network of Pro Loco Associations - UNPLI	Italy	NGO-90211 English
vzw Het Domein Bokrijk The Domain Bokrijk	Belgium	NGO-90203 English
Werkplaats immaterieel erfgoed Atelier patrimoine immatériel Flandres Workshop intangible heritage Flanders	Belgium	NGO-90186 English
West Africa Coalition for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (WACIPR) - WACIPR	Nigeria	NGO-90217 English
Πελοποννησιακό Λαογραφικό Ίδρυμα ‘Β. Παπαντωνίου’ V. Papantoniou Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation - PFF	Greece	NGO-90107 English
Πολιτιστικο Εργαστηρι Αγιων Ομολογητων Politistiko Ergastiri Ayion Omoloyiton	Cyprus	NGO-90265 English
МИД - Македонско Истражувачко Друштво MID - Macedonian Research Society	North Macedonia	NGO-90218 English
الأمانة السورية للتنمية Trust syrien pour le développement Syria Trust for Development	Syrian Arab Republic	NGO-90251 English
الجمعية المصرية للمأثورات الشعبية Egyptian Society for Folk Traditions (ESFT)	Egypt	NGO-90182 English
世界中医药学会联合会 World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) - WFCMS	China	NGO-90239 English
中国民俗学会 China Folklore Society (CFS) - CFS	China	NGO-90089 English