Second Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (2com) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage : Item 2 of the agenda

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Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 3.COM		Spain / Espagne	00194
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation - PFF [en] [Πελοποννησιακό Λαογραφικό Ίδρυμα] 1, Vassileos Alexandrou str., 21100 Nafplio Greece http://ipml.ee.duth.gr/pli/ [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1974 Domains/domaines : - performing arts - traditional craftsmanship Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement	The "Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation" (PFF) is a nonprofit Institution based in Nafplion. Founded in 1974, it is run by a governing body of five and aims at the research, preservation, study and presentation of the material culture of the Peloponnese, as well as of the whole of Greece. The PFF aims at: a) the collaboration with other ethnographic centers of Greece and of abroad. b) the contribution towards a scientific structure of the modern handicraft production by making available all reference material…	Greece / Grèce	00074
Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria - PMAN [en] PMAN International Headquarteres 18 Adegbola Street Off 1 Obafemi Awolowo Way , Anifowoshe Ikeja LAGOS Nigeria http://pmanonline.net/index.html [phone] / [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1982 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts	Objectives/objectif: - To organize an Association of musicians who are engaged in the employment of the services of musical instrumentalist, producers, entertainment managers, arrangers etc in the performance of their duties, under a virile, strong and united body for their mutual benefits and welfare. - To promote the study, practice and dissemination of the knowledge of music and musicology throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (i) To establish the machinery for negotiations between the Association and the representatives of…	Nigeria / Nigéria	00690
Petra band for popular folklore [en] Maan Governorate Petra Region Jordan			Jordan / Jordanie	00569
Point of support for industrial and scientific heritage - SIWE [en] [Steunpunt Industrieel en Wetenschappelijk Erfgoed vzw.] Stapelhuisstraat 15 3000 LEUVEN Belgium http://www.siwe.be [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1996 Budget : US$124110 Domains/domaines : - industrial and scientific heritage Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: - SIWE vzw stands up for the preservation, the study and an increased accessibility and revaluation of industrial and scientific patrimony in Flanders and Brussels. - SIWE vzw wants to acquire or receive in loan all objects or archives that document the evolution of knowledge and techniques in industry and science. - SIWE vzw makes an inventory and restores all representative objects and documents, whether we own them or receive them in loan. - SIWE vzw organises educational programmes, meetings, visits… Activities/activités: SIWE vzw stimulates collaboration between heritage participants. Siwe vzw is on one hand a platform for everyone involved in industrial and scientific heritage in Flanders and Brussels : - Studying, saving, cataloguing and restoring industrial and scientific heritage relics. - Supporting and informing organisations and everyone concerned with industrial and scientific heritage: exhibitions, lectures and meetings (also in situ), a study- and documentation centre, advising, ublication of a newsletter and a magazine, dducational activities, building a heritage-network. Cooperation/coopération: On the other hand SIWE vzw is a member of several Flemish organisations: Contactforum voor Erfgoedverenigingen (VCM) , Flemish Centre for Popular Culture (VCV), and international organisations: The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH). SIWE also participates at international seminars concerning industrial en scientific heritage.	Belgium / Belgique	00127
Popular Heritage Regeneration Society [en] DAMASCUS Syrian Arab Republic		Located in Damascus, it has branches in Syrian governorates and it is member in Syrian Net of Civilization Dialogue in the world	Syrian Arab Republic / République arabe syrienne	00237
Popular Heritage Vivification Society in Damascus [en] Barzeh Al-Um Tichreen Hospital St Jadet Al Turath Syrian Arab Republic 5110415	Creation/création : 2003 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement		Syrian Arab Republic / République arabe syrienne	00622
Popular and theatre arts [en] Alkarak Governorate Jordan	Domains/domaines : - performing arts		Jordan / Jordanie	00565
Profesionales de la Cultura en Aragón A.C. - PROCURA [es] ZARAGOZA Spain http://www.procura.org/ [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2003	Objectives/objectif: a) Cooperar en el desarrollo y mejora de la Cultura en Aragón en todas sus manifestaciones y aspectos favoreciendo la renovación de los medios tradicionales de planificar, comunicar y organizar programas culturales, así como de generar nuevas ideas que activen los procesos de creación cultural y su difusión. Aragón, en razón de sus endémicos atrasos, debe realizar un gran esfuerzo para normalizar el sector de la cultura creando polos de referencia más dinámicos y con…	Spain / Espagne	00183
Protection Center of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China [en] Jia No. 1, Huixinbeili, Chaoyang District Beijing China 0086-10-64927631 / 64813390	Creation/création : 2006 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship	Objectives/objectif: Under the guidance of China’s legal documents and the “Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage”, the Research Center has launched many projects to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage with the aim of ensuring the succession of the intangible cultural heritage, improving awareness of the Chinese people and even people from Asian Pacific Region on the importance of the intangible cultural heritage. It has played and will play an active role in promoting dialogues and respecting human… Activities/activités: Under the guidance of China’s legal documents and the government, we take on the works on safeguarding China’s intangible cultural heritage, such as participate in drafting the legal papers on the protection of first-class national intangible cultural heritage; establish the list of national masterpieces of intangible cultural heritage; appraise the representative successors of national masterpieces of intangible cultural heritage, investigate and evaluate the “Ethnical Cultural Ecological Reserves”. We also fulfill the obligations as one of the founders of “Convention… Cooperation/coopération: We establish sound cooperation with nongovernmental organizations and universities like China Folklore Society, China Nationalities Society, China Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art, Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Tibetology Research Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Central University for Nationalities, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Normal University, China Conservatory. We also set share system with more than 1000 management…	China / Chine	00419
Punjab Arts Council - PAC [en] Sector-16 CHANDIGARH India 98143-84114 - 0172-2230333	Domains/domaines : - performing arts - Folk Arts	Punjab Government has established Punjab Arts council under which three academies namely Sangeet Natak Academy, Lalit Kala Academy, and Sahitya Academy are successfully functioning. The department allocates funds through grant-in-aid to Punjab Arts council to meet with the expenditure to Cultural Programs organized by its constituent units. North Zone Cultural centre also organized cultural programs with the connivance of this department.	India / Inde	00328
Pôle régional des musiques actuelles - PRMA [fr] 6 Bis Rue Pasteur B.P.1018 97481-SAINT-DENIS Cedex France http://www.runmusic.com (0)262 90-94-60 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1997 Domains/domaines : - performing arts Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement	Association à but non lucratif, le Pôle Régional des Musiques Actuelles de La Réunion s’est ouvert le 1er septembre 97 par une volonté commune de l’Etat et de la Région Réunion d’établir un partenariat avec les usagers et acteurs culturels concernés par les musiques actuelles et traditionnelles. -Début d’un travail de collectage et d’archivage de documents sonores, photographiques, vidéo, etc…, sur les musiques de l’océan Indien. -Création d’un label discographique (Takamba) axé sur le patrimoine musical de l’océan Indien	France	00060
Raga Research Centre [en] Naradha Gana Sabha Complex, 314, TTK Road, A1warpet, CHENNAI 600 018 India 4424661914	Creation/création : 1996	Raga Research Centre is a music academy located at Alwarpet, in Chennai. Established in 1996, it specializes in research on various aspects of Indian Ragas. The centre also research about the therapeutic potentials of ragas with the help of musicians, doctors and psychiatrists to solve the problems such as insomnia, high and low blood pressure, schizophrenia and epilepsy. Raga Research Centre also organizes lecture demonstrations to explain the unusual powers of various ragas.	India / Inde	00386
Red Aragonesa de Entidades Sociales para la inclusión [es] C/ San Pablo 70, local 50003 ZARAGOZA Spain http://www.redaragonesa.org/ 976 434 692 [e-mail]/	Creation/création : 2001	Objectives/objectif: Son objetivos principales: Aglutinar entidades sociales diversas que se complementan y colaboran entre sí. Favorecer una comunicación fluida y unos canales de información entre todas las entidades asociadas en la Red. Fomentar espacios de debate, reflexión y propuesta, donde se generen áreas de trabajo y nuevas herramientas de intervención y coordinación. Contribuir al desarrollo de acciones de sensibilización como medio de concienciación social. Ser interlocutora con las instituciones públicas, agentes sociales y sociedad en general. Informar, asesorar y colaborar con la Administración…	Spain / Espagne	00160
Regional Directorate of Culture - Alentejo (Ministry of Culture) [en] [Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo (Ministério da Cultura)] Rua de Burgos, n° 5 7000-863 EVORA Portugal http://www.cultura-alentejo.pt/ [phone] [e-mail]		Missão A DRCALEN tem por missão, na respectiva circunscrição territorial e em articulação com os organismos centrais do Ministério da Cultura: - a criação de condições de acesso aos bens culturais; - o acompanhamento das actividades e a fiscalização das estruturas de produção artística financiadas pelo Ministério da Cultura; - o acompanhamento das acções relativas à salvaguarda, valorização e divulgação do património arquitectónico e arqueológico; - o apoio a museus.	Portugal	00640
Regional Resource Centre for Folk Performing Arts (UDUPI) [en] MGM College Campus, Kunjibettu UDUPI - 576 102 Karnataka India http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/rrc.html [e-mail]	Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - Folk medicinal practices, folk games and study of ethnic groups like tribals, certain castes etc. Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement - Textualization of oral narratives	Objectives/objectif: The RRC is an NGO attached to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College at Udupi, as a part of its cultural outreach with documentation, dissemination and archiving of the folk performing arts (to include folk performances, folk theatre, folk rituals, folk games, folk medicinal practices) of the Karnataka State of India as its objectives with the ultimate aim of promoting and preserving the folk art forms of different regions of Karnataka most of which, unfortunately are vanishing. The RRC also aims… Activities/activités: RRC has recorded and textualized a few of the songs and dialogues relating to spirit worship, oral epics and folk narratives of the region pertaining to folk heroes, folk deities etc. which till recently were being passed on from generation to generation in certain families by word of mouth. The RRC thereby has helped data safeguarding and preserving in electronic media and books such as oral epics. The Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, (RRC as popularly known) Udupi,… Cooperation/coopération: RRC has to solely depend on folklore scholars, temple authorities etc. of various regions to identify performers, folk artistes, folk narrators and other persons and contact them. There has been almost whole-hearted cooperation from these groups while carrying out documentation of performances, rituals and also interviews. Only in exceptional cases certain groups prefer to be a closed society and may resist documentation of their lifestyles, particularly relating to their beliefs, rituals and social customs.	India / Inde	00086
Regional centre for research and documentation on oral traditions and development of African languages - CERDOTOLA [en] Centre régional de recherche et de documentation sur les traditions orales et pour le développement des langues africaines - CERDOTOLA [fr] B.P Ydé, Rue Nvan à coté du dépôt de gaz YAOUNDÉ Centre 00237 Cameroon http://www.cerdotola.org/ [phone]	Creation/création : 1977 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making)	Objectives/objectif: Le CERDOTOLA a pour missions, notamment : - De coordonner les projets régionaux et d’assurer la liaison avec les instituts nationaux de recherche, - De développer la coopération entre les institutions nationales et régionales intéressées, - De faciliter l’exécution des tâches de recherche scientifique dans le domaine des traditions orales et le développement des langues africaines, - D’assurer la formation du personnel approprié, - D’équiper les centres de recherche nationaux de moyens techniques adéquats, - D’assurer l’accueil et les échanges de… Activities/activités: Dans le cadre de son volet relatif au traitement des traditions orales d’un point de vue général, le CERDOTOLA s’est doté d’une unité audionumérique et d’un laboratoire de traitement du son et de l’image, dont la vocation est l’archivage des documents résultant des campagnes de collecte effectuées par les chercheurs sur le terrain. A cet effet, l’unité audionumérique dispose d’un équipement adéquat pour la réalisation de sa mission. Sur les langues africaines, les travaux de recherches linguistiques… Cooperation/coopération: le CERDOTOLA s’est engagé dans le programme international intitulé ARTO (Archivage des Traditions Orales), initié par l’Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie et la Coopération Suisse pour le Développement. De ce programme est né un réseau de coopération internationale autour des traditions orales, réseau dans lequel le CERDOTOLA participe activement aux côtés d’autres centres homologues en Afrique.	Senegal / Sénégal	00298
Renaissance, dayanand Sushila Sanskritik Kendra GAYA Bihar India			India / Inde	00383
Research Centre for Areal Linguistics - ICAL [en] [Истражувачки центар за ареална лингвистика] Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Bul. Krste Misirkov, 2 P.O. Box 428 1000 SKOPJE The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://www.manu.edu.mk/cal/cal.htm [phone] [e-mail]; [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2000 Budget : US$12000 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making)	Objectives/objectif: The Center researches the role of spatial factors in the development and function of language. The multicultural and multilingual environment of the Balkans is an ideal basis for research in the field of areal linguistics, i.e. for developing a theory of languages in contact and for studying the mechanisms of linguistic interference. At the same time, such research contributes to a better understanding of the place of the Macedonian language and its dialects within the Slavic and the Balkan linguistic worlds. Activities/activités: Projects : 1.International Linguistic Atlases The Center successfully participates in several international projects among which the most significant are the International Linguistic Atlases. The leaders of this project in MANU have been Professor Božidar Vidoeski and Professor Zuzanna Topolińska. The projects comprise the Slavic Linguistic Atlas, one of the projects of the International Committee of Slavists, and the Atlas Linguarum Europae (ALE). Both atlases are international and multilateral in scope. Within the framework of these projects, field work as well…	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine	00268
SAT Cultural Association [en] [Associazione Culturale Scuola Addestramento Teatrale] piazza del Castellare 2 53040 Rapolano Terme Siena Italy http://www.incommedia.it +39.0577.724644 [e-mail]; [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1993 Domains/domaines : - performing arts - traditional craftsmanship Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - revitalization Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 2.EXT.COM; 2.GA	Objectives/objectif: Sat Cultural association manages several projects. As regards ICH our association is leading two projects. The older is incommedia.it , a project with the aim to recover and to valorize the tradition of Commedia dell’Arte. incommedia.it has the following goals: - to collect and to spread the information on Commedia dell’Arte at a national and international level; - to locate and to emphasize the italian and european evidences of Commedia dell’Arte, promoting catalogation projects; - to facilitate the relations between practical and historical… Activities/activités: Since his foundation SAT cultural association modified his aims and goals following the changement of his components and of the social and economic contest. In 1993 a group of Commedia dell’Arte operators founded the SAT association as a school and a production center with the name ’SAT Scuola Addestramento teatrale’ (SAT Training school for theatre). In 1996 we realized students were no more interested in to learn a strong technique like Commedia dell’Arte; they began to prefer to express themselves… Cooperation/coopération: The project has been initiated by Luciano Brogi and Enzo Aronica, both Commedia dell’Arte actors, trainers and directors since 1979 and both well recognized inside the Commedia dell’Arte communities. The project and the program that incommedia.it is proposing is something absolutely new in Italy above all in the field of Commedia dell’Arte. incommedia.it is putting together people working in the same field and in the same specialization, is giving them the possibility to share esperiences, to know each…	Italy / Italie	00113
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