Open-ended intergovernmental working group in the framework of the reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention - intangible heritage - Culture Sector

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value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/burkina-faso-BF">Burkina Faso</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/burundi-BI">Burundi</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/cabo-verde-CV">Cabo Verde</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/cameroon-CM">Cameroon</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/central-african-republic-CF">Central African Republic</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/chad-TD">Chad</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/comoros-KM">Comoros</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/congo-CG">Congo</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/cote-d-ivoire-CI">C么te d'Ivoire</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-CD">Democratic Republic of the Congo</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/djibouti-DJ">Djibouti</option><option 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Principe</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/senegal-SN">Senegal</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/seychelles-SC">Seychelles</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/sierra-leone-SL">Sierra Leone</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/somalia-SO">Somalia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/south-africa-ZA">South Africa</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/south-sudan-SS">South Sudan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/sudan-SD">Sudan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/togo-TG">Togo</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/tunisia-TN">Tunisia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/uganda-UG">Uganda</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/united-republic-of-tanzania-TZ">United Republic of Tanzania</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/zambia-ZM">Zambia</option><option 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value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/morocco-MA">Morocco</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/oman-OM">Oman</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/qatar-QA">Qatar</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/saudi-arabia-SA">Saudi Arabia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/somalia-SO">Somalia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/state-of-palestine-PS">State of Palestine</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/sudan-SD">Sudan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/syrian-arab-republic-SY">Syrian Arab Republic</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/tunisia-TN">Tunisia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/united-arab-emirates-AE">United Arab Emirates</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/yemen-YE">Yemen</option> </select> <select class="combobox-2" name="country-page"> <option disabled selected>Asia and the Pacific</option> 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value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/micronesia-federated-states-of-FM">Micronesia (Federated States of)</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/mongolia-MN">Mongolia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/myanmar-MM">Myanmar</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/nauru-NR">Nauru</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/nepal-NP">Nepal</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/new-caledonia-NC">New Caledonia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/new-zealand-NZ">New Zealand</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/niue-NU">Niue</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/pakistan-PK">Pakistan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/palau-PW">Palau</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/papua-new-guinea-PG">Papua New Guinea</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/philippines-PH">Philippines</option><option 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value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/turkmenistan-TM">Turkmenistan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/tuvalu-TV">Tuvalu</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/uzbekistan-UZ">Uzbekistan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/vanuatu-VU">Vanuatu</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/viet-nam-VN">Viet Nam</option> </select> <select class="combobox-2" name="country-page"> <option disabled selected>Europe and North America</option> <option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/albania-AL">Albania</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/andorra-AD">Andorra</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/armenia-AM">Armenia</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/austria-AT">Austria</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/azerbaijan-AZ">Azerbaijan</option><option value="https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/belarus-BY">Belarus</option><option 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class="photoBlock photoBlock-right"> <img src=" https://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/12414-LRG.jpg" class="img-responsive" loading="lazy"/> <div class="photoBlock-legend-action"> <a class="popupFancyBox" data-fancybox-type="iframe" href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/photo-pop-up-00973?photoID=12414" title="" > </a> </div> <figcaption class="photoBlock-legend"> <div class="photoBlock-legend-content"> Girls from Muraka Primary School, Kakamega County, reciting a poem on traditional foods during a foodways fair. <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/BSP/success-story-of-promoting-traditional-foods-and-safeguarding-traditional-foodways-in-kenya-01409" class="link">Read more on the element</a><br />© Patrick Maundu, Kenya, 2012 </div> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wiki-text">Based on Decision <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/decisions/17.COM/10" class="link">17.COM 10</a> adopted by the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee and the outcomes of the <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/meeting-of-experts-category-vi-01306" class="link">Category VI meeting of experts</a> that was convened from 19 to 21 April 2023 (Stockholm, Sweden), the following topics were discussed:</p> <ul class="wiki-list"> <li class="wiki-list-item"> <strong>Topic 1</strong>: Improving the access to and increasing the visibility of the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices </li> <li class="wiki-list-item"> <strong>Topic 2</strong>: Towards the creation of an online platform for sharing good safeguarding experiences </li> <li class="wiki-list-item"> <strong>Topic 3</strong>: Any other issues </li></ul> <p class="wiki-text">The recommendations of the working group are foreseen to be presented to the eighteenth session of the Committee (4 to 9 December 2023, Kasane, Republic of Botswana). </p> <p class="wiki-text">The overall goal of this new reflection is to consider how to share good safeguarding experiences of living heritage more broadly and how to bring to the fore the voices of communities and their aspirations for safeguarding their living heritage. The timetable for the reflection process, as approved by the seventeenth session of the Committee (Decision <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/decisions/17.COM/10" class="link">17.COM 10</a>), can be found on the <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/reflection-on-a-broader-implementation-of-article-18-01302" class="link">webpage</a> dedicated to the reflection.</p> <p class="wiki-text">The working documents for the meeting can be found below:</p> <h3 class="title-3">Documents</h3> <ul class="wiki-list"> <li class="wiki-list-item"> Agenda and timetable: <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-1_REV_3_EN.docx" class="link-doc" target="_blank">English</a>|<a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-1_REV_3_FR.docx" class="link-doc" hreflang="fr" target="_blank">French</a> (LHE/23/18.COM WG ART18/1 Rev.3) </li> <li class="wiki-list-item"> A new reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18 of the 2003 Convention: Progress to date and meeting objectives: <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-2_EN.docx" class="link-doc" target="_blank">English</a>|<a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-2_FR.docx" class="link-doc" hreflang="fr" target="_blank">French</a> (LHE/23/18.COM WG ART18/2) </li> <li class="wiki-list-item"> Three reflection topics: How to share good safeguarding experiences of living heritage more broadly?: <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-3_REV_EN.docx" class="link-doc" target="_blank">English</a>|<a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-3_REV_FR.docx" class="link-doc" hreflang="fr" target="_blank">French</a> (LHE/23/18.COM WG ART18/3 Rev.) </li> <li class="wiki-list-item"> Report of the expert meeting in the framework of the reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18 of the 2003 Convention: <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_EXP-4_EN.docx" class="link-doc" target="_blank">English</a>|<a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_EXP-4_FR.docx" class="link-doc" hreflang="fr" target="_blank">French</a> (LHE/23/18.COM EXP/4)</li></ul> <h3 class="title-3">Recommendations</h3> <ul class="wiki-list"> <li class="wiki-list-item"> Report to the Intergovernmental Committee: <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-4_REV_EN.docx" class="link-doc" target="_blank">English</a>|<a href="https://ich.unesco.org/doc/src/LHE-23-18.COM_WG_ART18-4_REV_FR.docx" class="link-doc" hreflang="fr" target="_blank">French</a> (LHE/23/18.COM WG ART18/4 Rev.)</li></ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </main> <footer id="footer" class="mt-64" role="contentinfo"> <div class="container"> <nav role="navigation"> <a href="#" id="a_sitemap" class="anchor" title=""></a> <h1 class="invisible">Plan du site</h1> <div class="row margin-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-3"> <a href="/"><img class="logo-unesco-footer" src="/design-img/unesco_ich_convention_2003_en.png" 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