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to the island’s communities to help draw up a more
comprehensive national inventory, and possibly
even pinpoint new nominations for the National
List of ICH.
Anexpert committeecomprisingof representatives
of the Ministry of Education and Culture,
Department of Antiquities, National Commission
for UNESCO and experts on the 2003 UNESCO
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage, has been assigned to follow this
through.
In order to nominate an element, communities
must provide information such as the name of
the element (in Greek standard and local Greek-
Cypriot dialect), the domain of ICHmanifested by
the element, the communities and groups of people
concerned, geographical distribution; the social
functions and cultural meaning for the community
today, the safeguarding measures (including
past and present, and other proposed measures
for the future covering transmission, education,
documentation, research, raising awareness,
preservation enhancement, and revitalisation) that
are being taken, and more.
Some 13 nomination files were submitted by
29 May 2015 by communities and cultural
groups interested in inscribing elements on the
National List of ICH. The evaluation process
has been completed and information about
new inscriptions is available on the Cyprus
National Commission for UNESCO website:
The Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO
is a part of the global network of national bodies,
which cooperate with UNESCO to implement
and promote projects and activities within the
five main thematic sectors of the Organisation:
Education, Natural Sciences, Culture, Social
and Human Sciences, Communication and
Information. An important aspect of UNESCO’s
action fields is the promotion of culture related
matters through Conventions and other legal
organs, as well as the implementation of specific
programmes to mobilise Member States and
raise public awareness for issues relating to
World Heritage, Intangible Cultural Heritage,
Cultural Diversity and illicit trafficking of
cultural goods.
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