UNESCO launches the platform ‘Transmedia Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in the Andean countries’

27 January 2022 – Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,

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 ›››

UNESCO and the Georgian Heritage Crafts Association to explore the rich living heritage of Old Tbilisi

27 November 2020 – Georgia,

UNESCO and the Georgian Heritage Crafts Association are embarking on a pilot activity to inventory living heritage in Old Tbilisi, Georgia. The project will ›››

Amid COVID 19, UNESCO Peru defines new ways to inventory living heritage with communities in Ayacucho

5 August 2020 – Peru,

The call for participation in the pilot project ‘Community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage in the urban context of Ayacucho, Peru’ attracted hundreds of app ›››

Towards a decade of action for indigenous languagues: ‘I’ve spent my whole life promoting our cultural heritage, our indigenous languages’

27 February 2020 – Peru,

Tarcila Rivera Zea is a Peruvian indigenous rights activist. She grew up speaking Quechua and only learnt Spanish at the age of 10 when she ›››

Fifth annual coordination meeting of Category 2 Centres in the field of ICH

4 September 2017 – Bulgaria, China, Republic of Korea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Peru,

From 10 – 11 September 2017, the ‘Fifth Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres (C2C) active in the field of intangible cultural heritage’ will be held in Shira ›››

Supporting policy development in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean

3 October 2016 – Peru,

What is policy development for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? What are the needs in this field in Latin America and the Caribbean? How does ›››

Supporting policy development in the field of intangible cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean

3 October 2016 – Peru,

What is policy development for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage? What are the needs of Latin America and the Caribbean in this field? How does ›››

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015 – Saudi Arabia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,

Windhoek, 2 December—The Committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage meeting in Namibia until 4 December inscribed today 20 new elements on the Representative List of t ›››

Peru to chair the 9th session of the Committee

10 December 2013 – Peru,

The 8th annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, marked by the 10th anniversary of UNESCO’s Convention f ›››

Eleven new inscriptions on the Representative List

5 December 2013 – North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam,

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, holding its 8th session until 7 December, today inscribed 11 elements on the Representative List of the ›››

Global Strategy for Strengthening National Capacities for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: Latin America and the Caribbean Review Meeting

17 September 2013 – Peru,

The second review meeting on UNESCO’s global strategy for strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage will be convened by the Intangible Cultural H ›››

Taking stock of UNESCO’s capacity-building strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 September 2013 – Peru,

After more than two years of implementation, time has come to take stock of UNESCO’s capacity-building strategy for strengthening national capacities for safeguarding intangible c ›››