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Recent events in the life of the Convention: the third session of the General Assembly
Regional consultation among category 2 centres, Bangkok19 July 2010
Cécile DuvelleSecretary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section
UNESCO
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ICHThe General Assembly
of the States Parties
• Third General Assembly took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 22 to 24 June 2010
• Sovereign body of the Convention• Meets every two years and gives strategic
orientations for its implementation
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ICHMajor issues at the third
session of the Assembly
• Adoption of new chapters of the Operational Directives
• Revision of parts of the Directives adopted in 2008
• Adoption of the budget for 2010-2011• Emphasized strengthening capacities of
States Parties• Recognized importance of enhancing
capacity of the Secretariat
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ICHExperience of the
Convention since 2008
• Great interest in the Representative List (111 nominations for first cycle; 147 for the second)
• Less interest in the Urgent Safeguarding List (12 nominations for first cycle, 5 for the second and 34 for the third) and the Register of Best Practices (3 proposals for the first cycle and 15 for the second cycle )
• Low number and weak quality of International Assistance requests
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Convention since 2008
• 2008 Operational Directives established procedures that have proven, in practice, to be cumbersome
• Different procedures produced results that were not always mutually coherent from one List to another
• Complicated calendar with its different deadlines and rhythms of examination is confusing for submitting States
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consistent and harmonized manner• Editorial improvements for ease of use• Removal of repetitions: e.g. merging of all
procedures into a single timetable
Revised directives
Revised Directives proposed by working group
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examinations
• New paragraph 26 applies to nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List, International Assistance requests greater than US$25,000 and proposals for the Register of Best Practices
• Body composed of six accredited NGOs and six independent experts, with half of its members renewed annually
Revised directives
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Representative List • Services of the Secretariat limited to technical
requests• Suggested revisions in working methods of the
Subsidiary Body to permit it to examine a greater number of nominations
• New paragraph 30• Referral of incomplete files to submitting States for
additional information
Revised directives
Representative List: nomination and examination
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to May (meetings April or May)• Committee meeting: November
Revised directives
Consolidated timetable for most procedures
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the Committee
Three new chapters, as requested by second General Assembly:
• Means to increase the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
• Raising awareness concerning intangible cultural heritage
• Use of the emblem of the Convention
New directives
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resources of the Fund
New Chapter II.2• II.2.I. (paragraphs 68 to 71): different
categories of donors • II.2.2 (paragraphs 72 to 75): conditions
applicable to all donations• II.2.3 (paragraphs 76 to 78): benefits for
donors and donor recognition
New directives
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ICHRaising awareness of ICH and
its importance
New Chapter IV.1• Based on inputs from large number of
States Parties• IV.1.1 (paragraphs 100 to 102): general
provisions: principles to be respected by all actors in awareness-raising activities
• IV.1.2 (paragraphs 103 to 118): awareness raising actions to be taken at local and national levels
New directives
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commercial activities related to intangible heritage
• Paragraphs 118 to 123 concern international actions
• Category 2 centres have an important role in awareness-raising actions, extending UNESCO's reach through their complementary efforts
Raising awareness of ICH and its importance
New directives
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Convention
• New chapter IV.2 (paragraphs 124-150)• Emblem as shown on the upper left corner
of each slide • To be used always alongside the logo of
UNESCO• Directives for the use of the emblem are as
consistent as possible with the guidelines approved by the General Conference for the UNESCO logo
New directives
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from 2008 Directives
• Chapter II.1 on the use of the resources of the Fund
• Chapter III on participation in the implementation of the Convention
• Chapter V on periodic reports by States Parties to the Committee
Unchanged chapters
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approximately US$4.7 million• 18% of resources for Committee's capacity-
building and awareness-raising activities• Aim is to better equip States Parties to
implement the Convention and benefit from its international cooperation mechanisms
Other issues addressed by the Assembly
Use of the resources of the Intangible Heritage Fund
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ICHHuman capacities of the
Secretariat
• The Assembly acknowledged the need to enhance the human capacities of the Secretariat on a lasting basis
• Created a subfund within the ICH Fund for dedicated contributions
• Recognized that funds are needed in the amount of approximately US$1.1 million per year
Other issues addressed by the Assembly
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• The Committee is invited to submit for the consideration of the fourth session of the General Assembly in June 2012 a programme and schedule for this celebration
Other issues addressed by the Assembly
Tenth anniversary of the Convention in 2013
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Cécile Duvelle: [email protected]
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Intangible Cultural HeritageUNESCO
1, rue Miollis75732 Paris Cedex 15
France
Cécile Duvelle: [email protected]
www.unesco.org/culture/ich