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

Cyprus
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Creation/création : 1970 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship	Objectives/objectif: Through this action, CIOFF has the following objectives: - Promote the intangible heritage through such forms of expressions as dance, music, games, rituals, costums and other arts; - Serve the objectives of UNESCO; - Support the activities of its members and those of non-governmental organizations and all other institutions working in the field of cultural heritage; - Serve the cause of peace, through the above objectives. Cooperation/coopération: CIOFF is an international cultural non-governmental Organization (NGO) in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.	Cyprus / Chypre	00319
Consell Valencià de Cultura [en] [Consell Valencià de Cultura] Palau de Forcalló Museu, 3 4600 VALÈNCIA Spain http://cvc.gva.es/ 963865516 [e-mail]		Activities/activités: Las actividades que lleva a cabo el Consell Valencià de Cultura para el cumplimiento de sus tareas es diversa y variada. Entre las actividades más destacadas encontramos las reuniones del Pleno y de las Comisiones donde se debaten y se aprueban los documentos que emite la institución. También están los actos protocolarios y las visitas a instituciones y lugares de interés para el trabajo de las comisiones y de los grupos formados dentro de éstas. El Consell Valencià de Cultura…	Spain / Espagne	00192
Conservatoire botanique pyrénéeen [fr] Vallon de Salut BP 315 65203 BAGNĒRES-DE-BIGORRE France [phone] cb.pyreneen@la poste	Creation/création : 1999 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection	Créé en 1999, cet organisme agréé comme conservatoire botanique national comporte un service spécialisé sur les savoirs naturalistes populaires de cette zone de montagne et de son avant pays.	France	00063
Conservatoire de la culture gastronomique mexicaine SC [fr] Conservatorio de la Cultura Gastronómica Mexicana S.C. [es] Calle Gladíolas 15, San Angel Tlacopac, 01040, México DF Mexico [phone] [e-mail]; [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1999 Budget : US$250000 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - sistemas alimentarios, ecogastronomia, alimentación y arte, ciencias de la alimentación Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education - Creacion de redes regionales e internacionales para el rescate de las cocinas indígenas Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 2.EXT.COM; 2.GA	Objectives/objectif: Faciliter la sauvegarde des racines identitaires, des connaissances et des savoirs traditionnels autour d´une gastronomie millénaire appuyée sur une riche biodiversité dont la continuité historique peut être mise en péril par la mondialisation, la dégradation écologique et les transformations sociales portant atteinte à ces modèles culturels et agricoles. Le Conservatoire suit aussi de près les expressions novatrices respectueuses du tronc culinaire commun qui assurent la continuité d´une gastronomie à forte identité. A cet effet, il stimule la recherche académique et… Activities/activités: Identification des communautés, groupes et praticiens des métiers liés aux cultures alimentaires et gastronomiques autochtones traditionnelles. Organisation des Rencontres et Séminaires des spécialistes. Recherche académique et enseignement. Assistance technique aux Administrations. Projets pilotes. Promotion et diffusion des informations relatives au Patrimoine Gastronomique traditionnel, y compris site web en construction. Cooperation/coopération: Identification et rencontres des cuisinières indigènes, des producteurs agricoles autochtones, des artisans traditionnels liés aux arts de la table, etc. Notre travail et collaboration avec la communauté est bien documenté avec le projet de récuperation de la cuisine indigène de Michoacán depuis 2004. Ce projet se développe en association avec les femmes et a pour but de préserver les traditions culinaires dans toute la région. Les actions principales de ce projet, au-delà des importantes manifestations gastronomiques où elles transmettent…	Mexico / Mexique	00235
Conservatoire occitan [fr] 1 rue Jacques Darre BP 3011 31000 TOULOUSE France http://www.conservatoire-occitan.org/ [phone]. [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1971 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: Le Conservatoire Occitan est un lieu de ressources consacré, à travers ses différents secteurs, à la culture occitane de tradition orale, principalement dans les domaines de la musique instrumentale, de la danse et du chant traditionnels. Activities/activités: Sa mission est d’accompagner, de coordonner et de mettre en réseau les associations du territoire midi pyrénéen et de structurer des partenariats culturels et artistiques dans les domaines de la valorisation, de la transmission et de la création. À ce titre, il est amené à développer ses secteurs d’activité et à créer un certain nombre d’outils (commissions régionales, site internet) et de services (conseil, accompagnement de projets, suivi administratif).	France	00056
Coordinadora Ciudadana "Teruel Existe" [es] Pza Domingo Gascón, 16 44001 TERUEL Spain http://www.teruelexiste.net/ 978 621 286 [e-mail]	Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 3.COM		Spain / Espagne	00166
Costa Rica Institute of Technology - ITCR [en] Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica - ITCR [es] P.O. Box 159-7050 CARTAGO Costa Rica http://www.tec.cr/sites/Home/Pages/default.aspx 2552-5333 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1971 Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making)	Objectives/objectif: The mission of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica is to: “Contribute to the integral development of the country by graduating professionals, working on research and extension and leading technological, scientific and technical matters; and by keeping academic excellence, following all ethic, humanistic and environmental principles from the perspective of a high quality state university competing nationally and internationally”. Activities/activités: - Approve research and extension projects as well as the activities that foster research and extension within the Institute. - Establish approval, elaboration, execution and assessment procedures for research and extension programs as well as those of course services sales. - Recommend the location of research and extension programs to the Institutional Council as well as the creation, modification and closure of Research Centers. - Express criteria in regards to all agreements and contracts affecting research and extension projects. - Coordinate all the…	Costa Rica	00342
Council for Asian Musicology [en] (456-786) College of Korean Music, Chung-ang University, An seoung, Gyeonggi-do SEOUL Republic of Korea http://www.asianmusicology.net [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2002 Domains/domaines : - performing arts Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	The objective of the council for Asian Musicology shall be the advancement of research and study in the field of Asian Musicology, for which purpose all interested persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, are encouraged to become members. Its aims include serving the membership and council at large through the dissemination of knowledge concerning the music of the world’s peoples. Asian Musicology is a referred journal published twice a year by Council of Asian Musicology. The…	Republic of Korea / République de Corée	00396
Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture under the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania [en] [Etninės kultūros globos taryba prie Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo] Žygimantų 1 / T. Vrublevskio 8 LT-01102 VILNIUS Lithuania [phone] [e-mail]; [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 Measures/Measure : - preservation, protection	The Council for Protection of Ethnic Culture is a state advisory and expert institution on issues dealing with ethnic culture	Lithuania / Lituanie	00330
Craft Revival Trust - CRT [en] S-4 Khirki Extn New Delhi 110 017 India India http://www.craftrevival.org [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1999 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - traditional craftsmanship Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - promotion, enhancement - revitalization - Dissemination / Transmission	Objectives/objectif: The Craft Revival Trust (CRT), established in 1999 is a registered non-profit organisation which works with craft and craftspersons. Craft Revival Trust is endeavoring to build an information and knowledge infrastructure for the craft sector in South and South-East Asia. In Craft Revival Trust’s experience. the exchange of information and the subsequent interaction often carries within it the solutions to many of the challenges that the crafts sector faces. We believe that free and open access to information is the core that empowers and strengthens… Activities/activités: enclosed Cooperation/coopération: • Weavers of the famed Benaras brocades are facing enormous threats as their traditional products are copied and faked and sold thereby deriving traditional craftspersons of their livelihood and creating immense hardships. A movement, spearheaded by CRT has been initiated to consider what response might be possible for the future of craft communities and their values. • Through our various engagements with persons and organizations we realized that the concerns in the traditional craft and other disappearing and endangered traditions extends beyond artisans to all communities…	India / Inde	00082
Crafts Foundation Romania [en] [Fundatia pentru Meşteşugari] PO Box 204 OP1 BUCHAREST Romania http://www.crafts.ro/ [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1997 Domains/domaines : - traditional craftsmanship	Objectives/objectif: Crafts Foundation Romania was established in April 1997 as a non-governmental organisation to promote Romanian small and medium-sized craft businesses and to help them to improve performance. Activities/activités: Some of the recent activities of Crafts Foundation Romania: - Implementation of a pilot project for institutional development and the provision of design, technical, marketing and management consultancy to small textile crafts businesses in North West Romania - Participation in four international trade fairs in Bucharest at the invitation of Romexpo SA, the largest organiser of international fairs and exhibitions in Romania - The development of an exchange programme of crafts exhibitions and craftspeole between Hunedoara country Romania and Kalmar county Sweden -…	Romania / Roumanie	00105
Croatian Ethnological Society [en] Ivana Lučića 3 10000 ZAGREB Croatia http://www.hrvatskoetnoloskodrustvo.hr/english/welcome/45 ++385 1 48 26 221 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1959 Budget : US$43.000,00 Domains/domaines : - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship Measures/Measure : - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Activities/activités: - Annual symposium - Croatian - Slovenian ethnological "paralele" meeting - Ethnological Summer School	Croatia / Croatie	00648
Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Maharashtra [en] Old Secretariat Annex, lst Floor, M.G. Road, MUMBAI - 400001 India 022-22842634; 22892670			India / Inde	00375
Cultural Development Foundation - CDF [en] Barnard Hill PO Box CP5405 CASTRIES Saint Lucia 1-758-452-1859 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2000		Saint Lucia / Sainte-Lucie	00137
Cultural Heritage Institute of training and education [en] (323-812) 430 Habjeong-ri KYUAMMYEON Buyeo-gun,Chungchungnam-do Republic of Korea http://english.nuch.ac.kr [phone]	Creation/création : 2008 Measures/Measure : - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Cultural Heritage Institute of training and education was established aimed at providing the general public and relevant personnel educational opportunities on traditional culture and cultural heritage. The institute is consisted of 5 cultural heritage fields as follows: programs for officers and possessors of technology who work for related organizations, professional courses for restoration and scientific conservation on artifacts, programs for school students and teachers on general cultural issues, special programs for international cultural exchange and hands-on experience sessions for…	Republic of Korea / République de Corée	00398
Cultural Heritage Protection Office - CHPO [en] [Управата за заштита на културното наследство] Ministry of Culture Cultural Heritage Protection Office Gjuro Gjakovic 61 1000 SKOPJE The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://www.uzkn.gov.mk + 389 2 3289 703 [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]	Measures/Measure : - promotion, enhancement	Activities/activités: - Computerization in the field of protection of cultural heritage - Revalorization of the cultural heritage - Revalorization of the old Skopje Bazaar - Working visit of a representative of UNESCO-Roste to Macedonia	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine	00265
Damascus Friend Society [en] National Museum DAMASCUS Syrian Arab Republic			Syrian Arab Republic / République arabe syrienne	00239
Daniel Rubin de la Borbolla Center, a.c. [en] Centro Daniel Rubín de la Borbolla a.c. [es] Galeana 115 San Ángel México D.F. c.p. 01060 Mexico www.centrodanielrubindelaborbolla.org.mx 55 506433 [e-mail]; solrubin@gmail..com	Creation/création : 1993 Budget : US$36300 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - - patrimonio cultural -gastronomía tradicional Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - revitalization - transmission, (non-)formal education - -desarrollo de instrumentos metodológicos para el registro y elaboración de inventarios -aplicación de sistemas de información geográfica al inventario y promoción del patrimonio cultural Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 2.EXT.COM	Objectives/objectif: -To create a collection of documents, specialized in popular arts, crafts and traditional cuisine, which includes a library, archive, serial publication fund and photo library, to be used mainly by researchers, popular artists, artisans and culture promoters. -To develop research intruments, such as: thesaurus, cartographies and specialized bibliographies, among other. -To document current technology used in the craftwork production processes and its problems. -To carry out research in the field of popular arts and crafts in collaboration with educational, promotion and cultural… Activities/activités: -Gives consultation services on its library, archive, photo library and serial publication funds. -Carries out research in the field of cultural heritage with special emphasis on popular arts and crafts, traditional cuisine and cultural tourism. -Develops research instruments, such as: thesaurus, specialized bibliographies and handicraft cartographies. -Participates, together with public institutions and civil organizations, in the promotion, preservation and protection of the cultural heritage with special emphasis on popular arts, crafts and traditional cuisine. -Gives workshops for social organizations at a community level… Cooperation/coopération: -It gives workshops on recognition, evaluation and registry for the communities to develop projects for strengthening, conservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage. -It is presently developing the digital atlas of popular Mexican art with the collaboration of artisans and popular artists. -It participates in the Specialist Committee for the development of the methodology and the survey for the inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of Mexico, in which the communities will have a predominant role.	Mexico / Mexique	00229
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts [en] Usmanpura, AHMEDABAD 380 013 India http://www.darpana.com [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1949 Budget : US$300961 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) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Darpana has been teaching the classical dance forms since its inceptinon in 1949. It has also been teaching Carnatic music, vocal and instrumental, including rare instruments. Also being taught are drama, theatre, puppetry and martial arts and reviving Bhavai, a form of story telling. Over the years Darpana has stepped in to save dying art forms or to publish out of print books in regional languages or to republish texts that may not be available to…	India / Inde	00087
Dastum [fr] 16, rue de la santé 35000 RENNES France http://www.dastum.com [phone] [e-mail];[e-mail]	Creation/création : 1972 Budget : US$876000 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement	Objectives/objectif: Collecter, sauvegarder, transmettre le patrimoine culturel oral de la Bretagne historique. Aider et coordonner les groupements culturels et associations qui oeuvrent dans le même but. Activities/activités: 1-COLLECTER: Le contenu s’est d’abord centré sur l’aspect musique, chants et contes pour s’ouvrir aux différentes croyances, proverbes et dictons pour s’intéresser récemment aux histoires de vie des « porteurs de tradition ». Dastum doit donc tisser un véritable réseau avec les différents collecteurs, privés ou associatifs, afin de leur expliquer ses missions et arguer des intérêts réciproques à ce que leurs collectes soient mises à disposition du plus grand nombre en échange d’une pérennisation des supports. Chaque déposant signe… Cooperation/coopération: RESEAU DASTUM : l’ensemble de nos activités concourt donc à la création d’un réseau Dastum qui nous maintient en lien permanent avec les informateurs, les collecteurs, les pratiques actuelles (musicales, contées, documentaires)sans oublier les chercheurs. A noter que les Pôles associés, associations indépendantes qui oeuvrent à des missions similaires en étant notamment plus présentes sur le terrain en termes d’enquêtes et d’animations locales, avec qui nous avons passé une convention et qui adhèrent à la Charte de Dastum sont présents…	France	00052
Dead Sea Band for popular arts [en] Albalka Governorate