Objectives

• To articulate, to exchange and to diffuse the activities of Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the region.
• To generate the application and the pursuit of the Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO).
• To promote and to reinforce the cooperation between the countries of the region and to support the national capacities in this field.
• To sensitize the signed countries so that the communities collaborate in the activities of Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Covering Countries

Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru

Field of Programmes

• Training and diffusion (cultural gestion),
• Networks,
• Investigation,
• Publication.

Major Programmes on ICH

• Course of Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH),
• Course of Identification and Record of ICH,
• Meeting on Collective Rights,
• Creation of a virtual portal,
• Advertising,
• Seminar for journalists and communicators on ICH,
• Module of diffusion of ICH,
• Working table about diversity and ICH.

Periodicals

N/A

Major Publications

N/A

Data Provider

CRESPIAL, UNESCO, INC and Covering Countries