Second Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (2COM) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Item 2 of the agenda 4 COM ITH/09/4 COM/CONF 209/9 Paris, 31 August 2009 Original Engl[.]
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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Fourth session Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
28 September to 2 October 2009
Item 9 of the Provisional Agenda:
Accreditation of non-governmental organizations
Summary
In accordance with Chapter 3.2.2 of the Operational Directives and with Resolution 2.GA 6, this document presents the requests of NGOs to be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee
Decision required: paragraph 10
Trang 21 The Operational Directives lay out in Chapter 3.2.2 (paragraphs 88-95) the criteria and procedures for the accreditation of non-governmental organizations (“NGO”) to provide advisory services to the Committee, as provided in Article 9 of the Convention In its Resolution 2.GA 6, the General Assembly requested “the Director-General to take the necessary measures to publish and widely disseminate the information regarding the criteria, modalities and procedures for accreditation of non-governmental organizations that may wish
to request accreditation as foreseen in Article 9 of the Convention” The Assembly, in the same Resolution, invited “the Committee to submit to it for accreditation at its subsequent sessions the names of non-governmental organizations that satisfy the criteria” for accreditation laid down in the Operational Directives
2 To disseminate the information about accreditation, the Secretariat addressed a letter and e-mails to more than 400 organizations included within its provisional list of NGOs, non-profit institutions, research institutes and centres of expertise (see Document ITH/09/4.COM/CONF.209/INF.4) Information about accreditation procedures was sent by letter to all States Parties and was provided on the website of the Convention Please see Document ITH/09/4.COM/CONF.209/10 for an overview of the geographical representation
of entities in the provisional list and among those entities requesting accreditation
3 The Operational Directives provide that NGOs should submit their requests for accreditation to the Secretariat at least three months before each session of the Committee, i.e 28 June
2009 In order to provide additional time to NGOs, the Secretariat invited them to submit their requests before 15 July 2009 Between 1 September 2008 and 15 July 2009, 84 entities submitted requests; an additional 26 requests received before 1 September 2008 but not completed prior to the third session of the Committee remained active
4 After requesting and receiving additional information from most of these entities, the Secretariat proceeded to its examination of those that were completed on or before 17 August 2009 The website of the Convention (www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/4COM/) makes available all of the requests from NGOs that were completed by that time, namely the standard form ICH-09 submitted by each organization, together with the pertinent supplementary documents they submitted regarding items 8.a and 8.b of that form The request and the supplementary documents are presented in the language in which they were submitted
5 In accordance with paragraph 89 of the Operational Directives, the Secretariat submits to the Committee its recommendation that the following 47 NGOs appear to satisfy the criteria for accreditation set out in paragraph 88 of those Directives:
African Cultural Regeneration Institute – ACRI Kenya NGO-90119
Akşehir Nasreddin Hoca ve Turizm Derneği /
Association de Nasreddin Hodja et du Tourisme Turkey NGO-90148
Artesanato Solidário/ArteSol / Solidary Handicraft/ArteSol Brazil NGO-90168
Asociacion de Gestores del Patimonio Historico y Cultural de
Mazatlan, AC / Association of Heritage Protectors of Mazatlan Mexico NGO-90128 Associação dos Amigos da Arte Popular Brasileira/Museu Casa
do Pontal / Association of Friends of Brazilian Folk Art/Casa do
Pontal Museum
Association européenne des jeux et sports traditionnels – AEJST France NGO-90106
Associazione Culturale Scuola Addestramento Teatrale /
Trang 3Buğday Ekolojik Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği /
Bugday Association for Supporting Ecological Living Turkey NGO-90159 Center for Peace Building and Poverty Reduction among
Indigenous African Peoples – CEPPER
Centrum voor Sportcultuur vzw / Centre for Sport Culture Belgium NGO-90144
Česká národopisná společnost / Société ethnologique tchèque Czech Republic NGO-90140
České národní sekce CIOFF / Section nationale tchèque du
Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology China NGO-90090
Conseil international des radios télévision d’expression française
– CIRTEF
La Enciclopedia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial A.C /
Intangible Cultural Heritage Encyclopedia Mexico NGO-90055 Fédération des Associations de Musiques et Danses
Folkland, International Centre for Folklore and Culture India NGO-90172
Folklor Araştırmacıları Vakfı / Foundation of Folklore Researchers Turkey NGO-90057
Түүх Соёлын Дурсгалыг Хамгаалах Сан / The Foundation for
Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage Mongolia NGO-90151
Global Development for Pygmee Minorities – GLODEPM Democratic
Republic of the Congo
NGO-90170
Internationale Organisation für Volkskunst / International
Kant in Vlaanderen VZW / Lace In Flanders Belgium NGO-90135
Living Cultural Storybases Inc – LCS United States of
Milletlerarası Kukla ve Gölge Oyunu Birliği Türkiye Milli Merkezi /
Rural Women Environmental Protection Association – RWEPA Cameroon NGO-90153
Società Geografica Italiana ONLUS /
Société française d’ethnomusicologie – SFE France NGO-90152
Trang 4Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc – SIL International United States of
Trung tâm Nghiên cứu, Hỗ trợ và Phát triển Văn hoá (A&C) /
Center for Research, Support and Development of Culture
Uluslararasi Mevlana Vakfi / International Mevlana Foundation Turkey NGO-90143
Union Pour la Culture Populaire en Poitou-Charentes-Vendée –
Volkskunde Vlaanderen vzw / Ethnology in Flanders Belgium NGO-90126
6 In accordance with paragraph 89 of the Operational Directives, the Secretariat submits to the Committee its recommendation that, based upon the information they have provided, the following four NGOs do not appear to satisfy the criteria set out in paragraph 88 of the Directives:
Academie voor de Streekgebonden Gastronomie vzw /
Associazione Nazionale Città della Terra Cruda /
UNESCO Etxea: Centro UNESCO Euskal Herria /
UNESCO Etxea: UNESCO Centre of the Basque Country Spain NGO-90032
In each case, the NGO has not provided evidence that it has “proven competence, expertise and experience in safeguarding (as defined in Article 2.3) intangible cultural heritage” (Paragraph 88.a) or that it has “objectives that are in conformity with the spirit of the Convention” (Paragraph 88.c)
7 The following 11 entities submitted requests for accreditation between 1 September 2008 and
15 July 2009, but do not appear to be NGOs and consequently need not be accredited:
Národní ústav lidové kultury Strážnice /
National Institute of Folk Culture Strážnice Czech Republic Government body
Protection Center of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China China Government body
Thanjavur Kaveri Annai Kalai Mandram India Private troupe
8 In addition, 32 entities submitted requests prior to the 15 July 2009 deadline that were not completed on or before 17 August 2009 These requests, if complete, may be presented to
Trang 5the Committee at a subsequent session They are listed for the Committee’s information in the Annex to this document
9 The Committee is invited to examine the above recommendations with regard to accrediting the NGOs in conformity with paragraph 88 of the Operational Directives
10 The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision:
DRAFT DECISION 4.COM 9
The Committee,
1 Having examined Document ITH/09/4.COM/CONF.209/9;
2 Recalling Article 9 of the Convention and Chapter 3.2.2 of the Operational Directives;
3 Further recalling Resolution 2.GA 6;
4 Decides that the following organizations satisfy the criteria set out in the above-mentioned Directives and recommends to the General Assembly that they be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee:
(name of NGO, country of address)
5 Encourages non-governmental organizations that meet the criteria established in Chapter 3.2.2 of the Operational Directives to submit their requests for accreditation at the earliest opportunity
Trang 6This Annex presents a list of those entities that submitted requests to be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee that were received on or before 15 July 2009 but not completed on or before 17 August 2009 If complete, these requests may be presented to the Committee at a subsequent session
Aayam – An Institute of Dance, Music and Theatre India
Association C.O.R.D.A.E./La Talvera « Centre Occitan de Recherche, de
Centra di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini / Centre for Ancient Music Italy
Centre de Recherches et de Promotion pour la Sauvegarde des Sites et
Monuments Historiques en Afrique (C.R.P.S.S.M.H.A) Senegal
Centro em Rede Investigaçao em Antropologia / Centre for Research in
中中中中中中中 / China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine China
Corporación Para la Promoción y Difusión de la Cultura / Corporation for Culture
Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU – FACE /
Fédération des Associations de Chasse et Conservation de la Faune Sauvage de
Fundación Caveda y Nava / Caveda y Nava Foundation Spain
Hội Văn nghệ dân gian Việt Nam / Association of Vietnamese Folklorists – AVF Viet Nam
International Council of Organizations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art – CIOFF /
Conseil international des organisations de festivals de folklore et d'arts traditionnels
中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中 / Korean Association for Preservation of Important Intangible
Kültürel Araştırmalar Vakfı / Foundation of Cultural Researches – KAV Turkey
Lamar Kanuri Hutuye / Kanuri Development Association Nigeria
Монголын Соёл Судлалын Холбоо / Mongolian Cultural Studies Association Mongolia
Movimiento indio “Tupaj Amaru” / Indian Movement “Tupaj Amaru” – IMTA Switzerland
Πελοποννησιακό Λαογραφικό Ίδρυμα / Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation – PFF Greece
Sicherung der landwirtschaftilchen ArtenVielfalt in Europa / SAVE Foundation
(Safeguard for Agriculture Varieties in Europe ) Germany
Trang 7Smart Association India
Tarim Center for Architecture and Heritage Syrian Arab Republic Съюз на народните читалища / Union of Cultural Centers – Chitalischa Bulgaria
In addition, the following entities that submitted requests for accreditation prior to 1 September
2008 have not responded to the Secretariat’s requests for additional information; in all cases the most recent communication from the entity is more than one year old The Secretariat considers these requests to have been suspended
Burrakatha Pithamaha Nazar Arts Development Society India
Centre of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences –
Corporació Para la Salvaguarda de Grupos Folkloricos y Actores del Carnaval de
Barranquilla Folkcarnaval / Corporation for the Purpose of Preserving Folk Groups
and Actors of Barranquilla Carnival (Folkcarnaval) Colombia
International Federation for Home Economics IFHE Germany