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10/09/2024

[Deadline extended to 10 October 2024] International Symposium ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Perspectives for Integrated Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region’ to be held on 11 October 2024

**The registration deadline has been extended until Thursday 10 October 2024. Please click here to register (by 10 October, 2024). Registration is strongly encouraged by the closing date, however, we will also accept registration at the reception des…

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15/08/2024

Open call for cases on ICH Safeguarding for Sustainable Development from the Asia-Pacific Region

The International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP) is inviting interested institutions and individuals to submit cases of programmes, activities, projects, and other pra…

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Presentation session of the workshop (Photo provided by ANA)

12/04/2024

Workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia, was held on 18-19 March 2024

In the IRCI project, ‘Research on ICH Contribution to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities’, three case studies have been conducted in the Angkor region of Cambodia, George Town of Malaysia, and the Ma…

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18/10/2023

Keynote lecture on the Fusion of Intangible and Tangible heritage is now available online

A keynote lecture titled ‘Fusion of “Intangible” and “Tangible”’ by Mr Motonaka Makoto, Director General of Nara National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties, Japan, is now available on IRCI’s official YouTube channel. This lecture was given …

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04/08/2023

IRCI visited George Town, Malaysia (July 2023)

Being invited by the George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI), which is in cooperation with IRCI under the project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs –Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities”, two staff members o…

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22/02/2023

ICH’s contribution to SDGs project: the first international symposium was held (February 2023)

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) held the first symposium in Nara, Japan on 1–2 February 2023 as a kick-off event of its new project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs – Intangibl…

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23/12/2022

Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 1st February 2023

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an international symposium under its research project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable …

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21/12/2022

IRCI visited Bangladesh and Cambodia (14–18 November 2022)

The IRCI mission composed of Mr W. Iwamoto, Director-General and Ms Y. Nojima, Head of Research Section visited Bangladesh and Cambodia during 14–18 November 2022, to understand the situation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding in thes…

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07/04/2022

Project Report of “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” Published (March 2022)

The project report “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” (FY 2020–2021) is now available online. This project investigated the relationship among intangible cultural heritage (ICH), education, and community dev…

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24/01/2022

ICH’s contribution to SDGs project: an expert meeting and international symposium were held (December 2021)

International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) held an expert meeting and a public symposium online on 21–22 December 2021 to summarize the two-year project “ICH’s contribution to SDGs – Educati…

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17/12/2021

ICH’s contributions to SDGs: Conference in the Kyrgyz Republic (26 November 2021)

On 26 November 2021, IRCI held an international conference “Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage through Education” online, in cooperation with Taalim-Forum Public Foundation (TFPF) and the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bi…

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16/12/2021

ICH’s contributions to SDGs: Workshop in Bangladesh (November 2021)

On 9 November 2021, IRCI held an online workshop “Stakeholders Workshop on Dhamail song of Sylhet region” was held in cooperation with Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) in Bangladesh. The workshop was part of IRCI’s project “ICH’s contributions to SDGs – E…

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16/12/2021

ICH’s contributions to SDGs: Workshop in Indonesia (November 2021)

On 4 November 2021, IRCI held a workshop “The role of Kethoprak art in improving the quality of character education for students and supporting sustainable community development in Klaten” in Klaten, Indonesia, in cooperation with Dewi Fortuna Commun…

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30/11/2021

Public Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 22 December 2021

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an online public symposium entitled “ICH Contribution to Better Education and Sustainable Communities” on 22 December 2021 as …

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26/02/2021

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI has published a project report under “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs project” which was commissioned by SDGs platform in the framework of the “Platform for Future Co-creation of UNESCO activities” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, …

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16/02/2021

SDGs – International Symposium held online (January 2021)

IRCI organised an online international symposium by inviting experts from UNESCO Bangkok office, Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Viet Nam and the Philippines under the project of “ICH’s contribution to SDGs” on 28th and 29th January 2021. I…

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06/11/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines (Subanen) Published

IRCI, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) had conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4 (Quality education) by incorporating intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into non-formal education from FY 2018 to…

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17/07/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines (English) Published

IRCI, in cooperation with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), and the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) has conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4 (Quality education) by incorporating intangible cultural heritage (ICH) …

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03/03/2020

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI, in cooperation with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and the National Commission for Culture and the Art (NCCA)(The Philippines), has conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4…

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02/03/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines Published

IRCI has implemented the project under two-year research project of ICH’s contribution towards SDGs from FY2018 to FY2019 which incorporates intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into education. In FY 2018, non-formal education in the Philippines and fo…

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23/12/2019

SDGs International Workshop in Tokyo (November 2019)

IRCI organised the International workshop under the project of “ICH’s Contribution towards SDGs” on 28 and 29 November 2019 at the Tokyo National Museum. IRCI planned and has been implementing this project under two-year research project of ICH’s con…

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06/11/2019

SDGs Workshop & School Visit in Hanoi, Viet Nam (October 2019)

In FY 2018, under the project of “ICH’s Contribution towards SDGs”, IRCI created the Guidelines to incorporate ICH into the secondary school curriculum. From October 24 to 25, to verify the effectiveness of the guidelines, a school observation and wo…

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30/10/2019

SDGs Workshop in the Philippines (October 2019)

From October 7 to 8, a workshop under the project of “ICH’s Contribution towards SDGs”, with the cooperation of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) was held in Manila, the Philippines. In FY 2018, IRCI created the Guidelines to in…

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13/05/2019

Guidelines for “Multi-Disciplinary Study on Intangible Cultural Heritage’s Contribution to Sustainable Development Focusing on Education” for non-formal education in the Philippines (English) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been created in order to integrate intangible cult…

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23/04/2019

“Guidelines for Intangible Cultural Heritage Education in Vietnamese Schools Towards Sustainable Development Goals” (in Vietnamese) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been issued in order to integrate intangible cultural heritage…

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12/02/2019

IRCI’s International Symposium was held for ICH’s contribution to education (January 2019)

IRCI organised an International Symposium on “Multi-disciplinary study on intangible cultural heritage’s contribution to sustainable development: Focusing on education” on 21 and 22 January 2019 at Nara University of Education in cooperation with Nar…

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