Eventos y reuniones sobre el patrimonio cultural inmaterial organizadas o coorganizadas por la UNESCO

El 24 y 25 de junio de 2014 se celebró un encuentro de consulta nacional en el Jeugd Centrale Curazao (JCC), Curazao, organizado por la Comisión Nacional de Curazao para la UNESCO, en colaboración con la Oficina multipaís de la UNESCO en Kingston para el Caribe. El encuentro reunió a unos 15 participantes en representación de la Consejería de Educación, Ciencia, Cultura y Deportes, el Museo Nacional Arqueológico-Antropológico (NAAM), el Museo de Tula, El Museo de Curazao, expertos en cultura, personas y profesionales del mundo de la artesanía de Curazao. El objetivo de la consulta nacional fue sensibilizar a los interesados en el próximo proyecto “Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de Surinam y las islas del Caribe Holandés para la aplicación de la Convención para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial”, financiado por una contribución asignada por el Gobierno de los Países Bajos para el Fondo del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial.

El encuentro será una excelente oportunidad para que los participantes evalúen los recientes acontecimientos en la vida de la Convención, así como las grandes tendencias en curso en la UNESCO relativas a los centros de categoría 2. También facilitará los esfuerzos conjuntos para la integración de la estrategia de medio plazo de la Organización (37 C/4) y el programa y presupuesto para el próximo cuatrienio (37 C/5) en la planificación a corto y medio plazo de los respectivos centros, lo que permitirá que sigan contribuyendo a la labor de la UNESCO de manera eficaz.

Documentos

• 37 C/5 MP IV Expected Result 6: National capacities strengthened and utilised to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous and endangered languages, through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention: inglés|francés
• Agenda: inglés|francés
• Evaluation and renewal process: a case study (presentation): English-French
• Medium-term strategy for UNESCO’s cooperation with category 2 centres in the field of intangible cultural heritage 2014-2021: inglés|francés
• Recent developments in the life of the Convention and the Organization (presentation): inglés

Documentos de referencia

• Informe de evaluación 2008-2014: inglés|español

• Acuerdo relativo al Centro Regional para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de América Latina (CRESPIAL) en Cusco, Perú: inglés|español

Documentos del Consejo Ejecutivo/de la Conferencia General

• Estrategia global integrada para los institutos y centros de categoría 2
  37 C/Resolution 93: inglés|francés|español|ruso|árabe|chino

Para mas d’informaciones :

• Centros de categoría 2

Ethiopia is an ancient country with a remarkable rich linguistic and cultural diversity. This diversity includes tangible and intangible heritage with both traditional and modern cultural expressions, language, and centuries old know how in handicraft production. In fact, Ethiopia’s cultural industry is perhaps one of the oldest in the world and is exceptionally diverse. The other intangible heritage of Ethiopia is equally rich with an exceptional variety including ceremonies, festivals, celebrations, rituals, and other living expressions. Moreover, eight of the Ethiopia’s cultural and natural heritage sites are listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Lists attesting to the outstanding universal value of Ethiopia’s heritage. The rich cultural landscape is further enhanced by the representation of numerous religions including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and other traditional religions. The peaceful coexistence of these religious communities for centuries is a testament to Ethiopia’s social cohesion. Moreover, Ethiopia is a land endowed with immense biodiversity. Safeguarding and harnessing these assets would enable Ethiopia to capitalize on its rich heritage for socio-economic wellbeing of the people of Ethiopia and for sustainable development.

Ethiopia ratified the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006.Ratification of the Convention was therefore, a landmark achievement for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. This bold move gave the country an opportunity to conserve, promote, safeguard and develop it’s cultural diversity for sustainable development. Coupled with it’s existing legal and policy frameworks such as the 1995 constitution, the 1997 cultural policy and the 209/2000 proclamation which established the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH), the country had therefore positioned itself to harness it’s potential in the development of the culture sector and particularly pay special attention to it’s rich intan

Documents

• Agenda - Réunion : Rapport d’atelier de Ahmed Skounti : francés
• List of Participant: francés
• Programme: francés

The workshop on the implementation of the 2003 Convention provided an overview of the objectives and key safeguarding concepts of the 2003 Convention as well as the national obligations of States Parties and the mechanisms for international cooperation. Thirty-five participants benefitted from the workshop. Most of them took part during the consultation meetings in November 2013. Cultural Officers of seven out of eight States were present. Most of the Ministry officials who participated in the workshop came from the Department of Archaeology and National Museum which has conducted significant researches and documentation of ICH through the network of State Museums and Cultural Officers. The increased number of participants from the Department of Archaeology and National Museum resulted in a more productive discussion and allowed for more state (provincial) level inputs.
This workshop was initially planned to cover both the ratification and implementation of the 2003 Convention. However, Myanmar ratified the 2003 Convention two weeks before the start of the workshop, thus the two expert facilitators, Paritta Koanantakool and Noriko Aikawa-Faure, adjusted their training programme to focus only on the effective implementation of the Convention at the national level. The facilitators included in the workshop agenda a day-long field study visit in locations where the crafts and rituals mentioned below were practiced. The field trip provided the participants to understand the essential role of communities in safeguarding ICH.

• Bronze casting craft in Tamapawaddy, Chanmyathase Township, Mandalay
• Silk weaving craft in Muand Dan Quarter, Amarapura Township, Mandalay
• Nat spirit worship in Mandalay where four spirit mediums/practitioners were interviewed.

In 2014, the training of trainers on the implementation of the Convention was the first step to build a core group of facilitators from Nordic countries (Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden) who can deliver capacity-building courses for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and for other aspects of the implementation of the ICH Convention.

The Yaoundé Office brought its expertise and collaboration to the training of trainers on inventories of the tangible and intangible heritage that took place in Yaoundé from 5 to 10 May 2014 by addressing the participants on the 2003 Convention, the importance of community-based inventories and the challenges of elaborating nomination files for the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The workshop brought together 55 participants, including representatives from the 10 regions of Cameroon.

Results:

• The participants gained a better knowledge of the 2003 Convention
• The Ministry of Arts and Culture committed to roll out inventories

Perspective:

• Organization of other workshops with the communities with the communities
• Effective launch of inventories
• Support for the preparation of nomination files for the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage