Intangible Cultural Heritage [Convention] Capacity Building Programme
“The 2003 Convention places communities at the center of all its safeguarding activities. The capacity-building programme takes an inclusive approach to ensure the widest possible participation of all relevant stakeholders, especially relevant community groups, in the design and implementation of safeguarding activities What we do:
- Develop community-based inventorying and safeguarding methods
- Support the ability of States to effectively implement the Convention
- Integrate the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage into sustainable development plans, policies and programmes at all levels
- Strengthen institutional frameworks to help safeguard intangible cultural heritage
- Enhance monitoring for the implementation of the Convention”
“The [Sustainable Development] Toolbox is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning more about how intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development are interlinked. It complements existing training materials developed under UNESCO’s global capacity-building programme.”