Ccile Duvelle Chief Intangible Cultural Heritage Section Secretary
![Cécile Duvelle Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section Secretary of the 2003 Convention UNESCO Capacity-building Cécile Duvelle Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section Secretary of the 2003 Convention UNESCO Capacity-building](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-1.jpg)
Cécile Duvelle Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section Secretary of the 2003 Convention UNESCO Capacity-building workshop on the role of NGOs in implementation of the Convention, Tallinn, 2 -4, Sept. 2010 ICH Intangible Cultural Heritage Keywords
![ICH 127 States have ratified the Convention ICH 127 States have ratified the Convention](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-2.jpg)
ICH 127 States have ratified the Convention
![• Universal Copyright Convention (1952, 1971) ICH Normative instruments in the field of • Universal Copyright Convention (1952, 1971) ICH Normative instruments in the field of](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-3.jpg)
• Universal Copyright Convention (1952, 1971) ICH Normative instruments in the field of culture • Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) • Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfert of Cultural Property (1970) • Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) • Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001) • Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) • Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
![• April 2006: entry into force • June 2006 – June 2008: elaboration • April 2006: entry into force • June 2006 – June 2008: elaboration](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-4.jpg)
• April 2006: entry into force • June 2006 – June 2008: elaboration of the Operational Directives • June 2008 – November 2009: first cycle of implementation ICH Key dates
![• Statistiques sur 1 er cycle mise en œuvre ICH First cycle of • Statistiques sur 1 er cycle mise en œuvre ICH First cycle of](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-5.jpg)
• Statistiques sur 1 er cycle mise en œuvre ICH First cycle of implementation
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• What this Convention is about? • What it aims to achieve? • What are its main mechanisms? ICH Keywords
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ICH Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage
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ICH Safeguarding?
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ICH Article 2. 3 ‘ to ensure the long-term viability of intangible heritage within communities and groups’
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ICH Identification and documentation • Article 11: ‘identify and define the various elements of the intangible cultural heritage present in [their] territory, with the participation of communities, groups and relevant non governmental organizations’. • Article 12: ‘draw up, in a manner geared to its own situation, one or more inventories of the intangible cultural heritage present in its territory’ […] ‘these inventories shall be regularly updated’.
![ICH Inventory or inventories? • No specific methodology • Flexible approach • But with ICH Inventory or inventories? • No specific methodology • Flexible approach • But with](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-11.jpg)
ICH Inventory or inventories? • No specific methodology • Flexible approach • But with the participation of the communities or groups concerned
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fundamental but also risky ICH Inventorying
![ICH Preservation and protection efforts of communities and culture bearers to maintain continuity in ICH Preservation and protection efforts of communities and culture bearers to maintain continuity in](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-13.jpg)
ICH Preservation and protection efforts of communities and culture bearers to maintain continuity in the practice of that heritage over time
![ICH Promotion and enhancement • self-esteem and pride • promotion of the respect for ICH Promotion and enhancement • self-esteem and pride • promotion of the respect for](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-14.jpg)
ICH Promotion and enhancement • self-esteem and pride • promotion of the respect for cultural diversity and human creativity
![ICH Transmission • providing future generations the knowledge, skills and practices inherited from past ICH Transmission • providing future generations the knowledge, skills and practices inherited from past](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-15.jpg)
ICH Transmission • providing future generations the knowledge, skills and practices inherited from past generations • allowing ICH to be sustainably maintained by the communities, groups or individuals concerned
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ICH Revitalization • Taking actions to reactivate, restore and strengthen ICH practices and expressions that are weakened and likely to disappear • An element extinct cannot be revitalized
![ICH Communities, groups and individuals • Central role in the practice, transmission or revitalization ICH Communities, groups and individuals • Central role in the practice, transmission or revitalization](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-17.jpg)
ICH Communities, groups and individuals • Central role in the practice, transmission or revitalization • No specific territories • Network who share a sense of connectedness and identity • Able to define their intangible heritage
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• Mandatory • Respect of customary practices governing access to specific aspects (Article 13) ICH Free, prior and informed consent
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ICH Viability • Capacity to practise as part of contemporary social life, and to transmit to future generations • Sustainability: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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• ICH mainspring for cultural diversity and guarantee for sustainable development • development can be a threat to the viability of ICH Culture for development?
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ICH What is ICH? Definition (Article 2) very long, but should be read from beginning to end. .
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ICH Who knows? ‘the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills… … that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage’
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ICH How? ‘transmitted from generation to generation… … constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history… …provides them with a sense of identity and continuity’
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ICH What? only consistent with internationally accepted human rights instruments and with the principle of mutual respect
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ICH To be or not to be?
![• Oral traditions and expressions ICH Domains: non exhaustive list • Performing arts • Oral traditions and expressions ICH Domains: non exhaustive list • Performing arts](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/1379b14f4b3bf2448697a2f8317390e0/image-26.jpg)
• Oral traditions and expressions ICH Domains: non exhaustive list • Performing arts • Social practices, rituals and festive events • Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe • Traditional craftsmanship
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• safeguard • ensure respect • raise awareness and ensuring mutual appreciation • provide for international cooperation and assistance ICH Objectives
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ICH At the national level Identify and safeguard Adopting a general policy One or more competent bodies Scientific research, education and raising awareness • Report on measures taken for the ICH present in their territories • •
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ICH At the international level • List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and the Representative (Article 17) • List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Article 16). • States Parties encouraged to submit multinational nominations
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ICH Best Practices • National, subregional and regional programmes, projects and activities that best reflect the objectives of the Convention (Article 18)
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ICH International cooperation • Financial assistance available to States Parties, particularly developing countries
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ICH Decision-making process • General Assembly of the States Parties: sovereign body of the Convention, strategic orientations, election of Committee • Intergovernmental Committee (24 elected States Parties): grants international assistance and decides on inscriptions on the two lists and the Register of best practices
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ICH New! • Procedure for examining nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List, proposals for the Register of Best Practices, and International Assistance requests greater than US$25, 000 • Files examined by a Consultative Body, composed of six accredited NGOs and six independent experts, half renewed annually
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ICH
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1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France Cécile Duvelle c. duvelle@unesco. org www. unesco. org/culture/ich ICH Heritage Intangible Cultural UNESCO
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