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

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Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - Indigenous Knowledge Systems Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - revitalization - transmission, (non-)formal education - Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 1.GA; 1.EXT.COM; 2.GA; 3.COM	Objectives/objectif: ICOM is the international organisation of museums and museum professionals committed ot the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world’s natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible. Its Strategic Objectives for the years 2008-2010 are: 1. Strengthen ICOM’s global impact 2. Provide leadership in advocating the value of heritage 3.Champion effectiveness and high standards in museums 4. Ensure the resources required to effectively implement the Strategic Plan (enclosed) Activities/activités: From 2004 to the present, ICOM’s activities have focused on the following issues: Protection of the tangible and intangible heritage in museum development; The fight against the illicit traffic of cultural property, including return, restitution and repatriation important for revitalisation of intangible heritage; risk management, including emergency preparedness and disaster relief- currently working with ICOM China intangible heritage in the earthquake affected areas; collaboration with partner organisations, notably UNESCO, WIPO and ICCROM; support to ICOM constituent bodies and provide… Cooperation/coopération: ICOM works through its national and international committees on identification, assessment and safeguarding of intangible heritage based on mutual respect as per its Code of Ethics. Prof Huy, a founding ICOM Vietnam member following on capacity building workshops, researched using the Shanghai Charter with carriers of traditional medicinal and healing knowledge systems and exhibited at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (2003); Prof Hongnam, Ewha Women’s University, former Director of the National Folk Museum of Korea, works with Yeongum village…	Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia / République dominicaine, Sainte-Lucie	00007
International Council of Organizations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art - CIOFF [en] Conseil international des organisations de festivals de folklore et d’arts traditionnels - CIOFF [fr] Consejo Internacional de las Organizaciones de Festivales de Folclor y de Artes Tradicionales - CIOFF [es] 3 place Emile Roux 16500 Confolens France http://www.cioff.org [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1970 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - culinary traditions, traditional games Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - revitalization - transmission, (non-)formal education Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 1.GA; 1.COM; 2.EXT.COM; 2.GA; 3.COM	Objectives/objectif: Par son action depuis 1970, le CIOFF vise les objectifs suivants: - Promouvoir le patrimoine immatériel à travers les formes d’expression telles que la danse, la musique, les jeux, les rites, les coutumes, l’artisanat, les costumes et la cuisine traditionnelle, - Servir les objectifs de l’UNESCO dans le domaine de la culture traditionnelle, - Soutenir les activités de ses membres ainsi que celles des organisations nongouvernementales et toutes les autres institutions qui oeuvrent dans le domaine du patrimoine culturel, - Oeuvrer, en réalisant… Activities/activités: Activités annuelles : - plus de 300 festivals de folklore internationaux, dont 24 festivals d’enfants, - échanges internationaux d’ensembles traditionnels représentant plus de 90.000 artistes du monde entier, . -1500 expositions d’art et d’artisanat traditionnels, - 5000 ateliers de danse, musique, chant et artis@nattraditionnels, - séminaires, colloques et conférences, - Folkloriada Mondiale du CIOFF (tous les 4 ans), - Participation aux programmes de l’UNESCO, - Publications: calendrier des manifestations, bulletin d’information, site, rapport annuel, - Congrès Mondial et Assemblée Généra,l - Collaboration avec les organismes nationaux, internationaux et autres… Cooperation/coopération: Le CIOFF s’est impliqué massivement sur la préparation de la recommandation sur la sauvegarde de la culture traditionnelle et populaire, son évaluation, et plus récemment sur l’élaboration et la mise en oeuvre de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel. Présence du GIOFF à toutes les réunions du comité et Assemblée Générale UNESCO. Implication de plusieurs de ses sections nationales au sein de leur Commission Nationale UNESCO. De même, ,le CIOFF s’implique dans le cadre de la Convention pour la…	Hungary, Spain / Espagne, Hongrie	00214
International Mask Arts & Culture Organization - IMACO [en] (760-701) Yuksaro 80 ANDONG Gyeongsangbuk-do Republic of Korea http://www.worldmask.org [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2006 Measures/Measure : - promotion, enhancement	Objectives/objectif: Objectives -To strengthen activity and human network for members - To build the network for international mask arts & culture based on this organization - To heighten culture related masks The objective of IMACO are: i) to keep in contact with people related to masks all over the world and region, ii) to develop connection and friendships among member organizations, iii) to inherit and develop mask arts & culture of each country based on the cultural diverse of UNESCO, iv) to promote… Activities/activités: The activities of IMACO are: (a) to arrange world mask culture heritage movie contents materials (b) to work for making contents using IT skill such as 3D scanner (c) to build a network system with world mask culture organizations, research centers, person (d) to publish magazines for the variety of world mask culture (e) to support world mask related festivals (f) to support world mask related exhibitions (g) to Support world mask related creative activity	Republic of Korea / République de Corée	00400
International Music Council - IMC [en] Conseil International de la Musique [fr] Consejo internacional de la música [es] Maison de l’UNESCO 1 rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15 France http://www.unesco.org/imc [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1949 Budget : US$275500 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 1.GA; 2.GA	Objectives/objectif: The core business objective of IMC is to advocate for appropriate policies and practices aimed at strengthening the work of its membership. It is IMC’s objective to contribute to securing the following basic rights: - the right for all children and adults to express themselves musically in all freedom - the right for all children and adults to learn musical languages and skills - the right for all children and adults to have access to musical involvement through participation, listening,… Activities/activités: The mission of IMC is to provide exceptional value to its membership by building knowledge, creating networking opportunities, supporting and enhancing the visibility of initiatives that help sustain people’s participation in music and cultural life. Thus, it - monitors the availability of access to music for all - supports endeavours which assure and secure this right - informs widely about music and the right to it - exercises advocacy when and where needed IMC has a long history of…	Slovakia / Slovaquie	00262
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore [en] Société internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore - SIEF [fr] PO Box 94264 1090 GG Amsterdam Netherlands www.siefhome.org 0031204628500 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1964 Domains/domaines : - knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - scientific reflection on these domains Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: SIEF is an international scholarly organization founded in 1964. The major purpose of our organization is to facilitate cooperation among scholars working within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies and adjoining fields. Membership is open to interested scholars and students. The membership support our efforts to build stronger networks among individuals and institutions in our fields, to enlarge the scope of our web-based services, and to plan and carry out scholarly meetings. Within the larger and looser framework of SIEF, a… Activities/activités: SIEF is an international scholarly organization, set up to facilitate cooperation among scholars working within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies and adjoining fields and to stimulate research and documentation on these fields. This is done via the International congresses which are organised each three years, usually in collaboration with other relevant organisations and institutions. Within SIEF nine special scholarly working groups have been set up to deal with a specific fields; one of the latest is the Working Group on… Cooperation/coopération: The membership has a great expertise in working with and communicating with communities, groups and practitioners, due to their profound engagement in fieldwork that entails sensitive interaction with people and their culture. The variety in experience is great due to the fact that it’s members are from nearly all European countries and also because they are organized in nine different SIEF working groups each dealing with (a) specific aspect(s) of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Apart from the international perspective of…	Estonia / Estonie	00429
Irbid band for Arabic music [en] Irbid governorate Jordan	Domains/domaines : - performing arts		Jordan / Jordanie	00549
Italian Society for Ethnographic Museum Studies and Heritage [en] [Società Italiana per la Museografia ed i Beni DemoEtnoAntropologici] Vito Lattanzi/Eleonora Censorii Museo Preistorico-Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" Piazza G. Marconi 14 00144 Rome Italy www.simbdea.it; www.amrivista.org [phone] ; + 39 393 8582109 [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2001 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 - Digitization projects for audiovisual and sound archives Supporting museums in transmitting and promoting heritage to young generations Supporting local and national administrations in safeguard and promotion projects by acting as consultants for projects in museums and archives	Objectives/objectif: The focus of the organization, since 2001, is on: a) safeguarding and promoting traditional tangible and intangible heritage traces and documentation stored in museums and archives. b) promoting a deeper understanding of this heritage and of cultural diversity through museum exhibitions and activities (learning activities within museums, seminars, lessons, conferences, creation of museum exhibitions, temporary and permanent). c) training museum professionals to act for the safeguard and promotion of traditional heritage with deeper awareness of its implications and an… Activities/activités: Simbdea began its activities in 2001, with the creation of an Associazione Culturale (Cultural Organization, a type of association belonging to the non –profit sector) with over 50 founding members. During the years, the number of members has reached over 200 people all around the country, including teachers, researchers and students from the museum studies area, museum and archive professionals, museum directors, education specialists, ethnomusicologists, ethnologists, researchers of local folklore, other local organizations who deal with preservation… Cooperation/coopération: The Organization’s activities are deeply rooted in the Italian local context, although many activities have also been carried out in partnership or in collaboration with national organizations and institutions (Italian Ministry of Heritage, Icom –Italy). Simbdea has collaborated with local administrations and communities in a number of projects, and works in the direction of putting communities at the centre of research and to involve them at many levels in the activities linked to the everyday life of…	Italy / Italie	00338
Jaipur Virasat Foundation [en] E-143, Ramesh Marg C-scheme, Jaipur-302001 India www.jaipurvirasatfoundation.org, www.jaipurfestival.org, www.jodhpurfolkfestival.org, www.wonderfulworkshops.org [phone]; 2222140 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 2002 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - traditional craftsmanship - Introducing ’culture for development’ to school-going children through workshops with traditional artists and crafts people, in consultation with heads of local educational institutions. Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - revitalization - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: JVF is committed to drive change that creates increased livelihood opportunities among traditional artists, artisans and local communities – to inclusive growth through creative industries and cultural tourism – to the conservation of Rajasthan’s traditional arts, crafts, knowledge & living culture (the region’s primary tourism USP) and historic environment and – to promote and support sustainable development through establishing Institutions within civil society as checks and balances, recognizing the challenges of growth and governance in India’s young democracy. JVF… Activities/activités: 2002- 2008-Key Activities: Festivals (Community and Culture) for Development: - IJVF’s strategy has evolved organically through a mechanism of annual creative festivals and in response to the challenges facing development work through the creative sector in a society such as Rajasthan. - Jaipur Heritage International Festival: JVF has established India’s first annual city based festival as a citizen’s platform for sustainable development: Jaipur Heritage International Festival (JHIF), as a landmark event of national and international significance. Festival 2007 in… Cooperation/coopération: JVF recognizes that in societies where severe poverty is still widespread, traditional ways of life and inherited cultural practices will not be retained in the face of an easy promise of modern life – the something better that is offered even in the remotest of rural settlements by market and consumer forces. Development consequently is producing a unidirectional, unsustainable and destructive mode of change which fails to include large sections of India’s peoples and destroys traditional values overnight. To…	India / Inde	00362
Japan Arts Council [en] 4-1, Hayabusacho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 02-8656 Japan http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/ [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1966 Budget : US$147255000 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education Participation in statutory meetings/aux réunions statutaires : 2.COM	The Japan Arts Council is an independent administrative institution established in 1966 by the "National Theatre Law"( at present "Independent Administrative Institution Japan Arts Council Law"). The major objectives of the Council are to preserve and promote …	Japan / Japon	00094
Jarash Society for handmade Crafts [en] Jarash Governorate Jordan	Domains/domaines : - traditional craftsmanship		Jordan / Jordanie	00553
Jeonju Lee Royal Family Members Foundation [en] Ehwa Building 4th floor 139 Waryoung-don Jonno-gu SEOUL 110-360 Republic of Korea http://www.rfo.co.kr [phone] [e-mail]			Republic of Korea / République de Corée	00243
Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism Headquarters [en] 45 Gyeonji-dong Jongno-gu SEOUL 110-170 Republic of Korea http://www.buddhism.or.kr [phone] [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1962 Measures/Measure : - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism was officially established with three main goals: - training and education; - sutra translation into Korean from Chinese characters; - propagation.	Republic of Korea / République de Corée	00246
Jordan band for popular heritage renaissance-Maan [en] Maan governorate Jordan			Jordan / Jordanie	00568
Jordanian Cultural Society for renaissancing and protecting heritage [en] Irbid governorate Jordan			Jordan / Jordanie	00547
Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development - JOHUD [en] P.O. Box 5118 AMMAN 11183 Jordan http://www.johud.org.jo/ [phone] [e-mail]			Jordan / Jordanie	00584
Jordanian band for Arts [en] Irbid governorate Jordan			Jordan / Jordanie	00546
José Limón National Center for Dance Research, Documentation and Information [en] Centre National de Recherche, Documentation et Information de la Danse José Limón [fr] Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información de la Danza José Limón [es] Torre de Investigacion 3er piso México D.F. 04220 Mexico 4155-00-13 / 4155-00-67 [e-mail]	Creation/création : 1983 Domains/domaines : - oral traditions and expressions - other - performing arts - social practices, rituals and festive events - Different dance genders. Measures/Measure : - identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making) - preservation, protection - promotion, enhancement - transmission, (non-)formal education	Objectives/objectif: The José Limon National Center for Dance Research, Documentation and Information was founded on January 14th, 2 days after Limon’s birthday. Its purpose is to articulate theory and practice in texts that seek to be attractive and accessible to dance practitioners, to analyze the conceptual and esthetic proposals that define the variety of dance styles characteristic of different historical periods, and to protect the materials that testify to the contribution of dance practitioners to performance arts. Today…	Mexico / Mexique	00714
Jrasia Forum for fine Arts [en] Jarash Governorate