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04057 While pursuing the ratification endeavours, focus will primarily be on building capacities in Member
States in order to strengthen implementation of the Convention at the national level, with particular
regard to the identification of intangible cultural heritage and to the legislative and administrative
safeguarding framework to be put in place. Special attention will be paid in that regard to the role of
women and young people, to whom training will be provided as a priority in order to enhance their
involvement in all safeguarding stages. The collection, analysis and dissemination of best practices will
continue to be the main areas of action.
04058 Large-scale communication activities will also be continued under appropriate partnerships in order
to ensure that the intangible heritage is understood, known and appreciated in particular, by young
people, as its transmission depends primarily upon their interest in it, and by women, who play a
crucial transmission role.
■ Expected Results at the end of the biennium:
Expected result 7: Statutory meetings of the governing bodies of the 2003
Convention effectively organized and implemented
Performance indicators
▪ Meetings of the statutory bodies, the subsidiary
body and consultative body for the examination
of nomination files for the statutory lists
Benchmarks
– 5 meetings of the statutory bodies, 4
examination meetings for advisory services
and 2 information meetings organized
▪ Support and process requests for international
assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Fund, inscriptions on the Urgent Safeguarding
List and on the Representative List, as well as
proposals to the Register of Best Practices
– 50 international assistance requests processed
(including preparatory assistance), 10 from
under-represented countries
– 100 nominations and proposals processed
(Urgent Safeguarding List, Representative List
and Register of Best Practices), 20 from underrepresented
countries
▪ Facilitate the participation of communities,
practitioners, NGOs, non-profit making
organizations, experts and centres of expertise
in the implementation of the Convention
– 300 entries in a database of NGOs, non-profit
making organizations, experts and centres of
expertise
– gender parity in the number of experts
Expected result 8: Implementation of the Convention facilitated and
safeguarding capacities strengthened at the national level
Performance indicators
▪ Number of States Parties to the Convention
increased
Benchmarks
– 10 new States Parties to the Convention
▪ Development and/or strengthening of national
policies and human capacities in the field of
intangible cultural heritage
–policy efforts supported in 30 States
– human and institutional capacities reinforced
in 50 States, with gender parity among the
beneficiaries of human resource strengthening
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