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Minutes 3rd Executive Board Meeting 2025 March 19, 2025 – 15:00-16:30 (Paris time) Meeting

03-19-2025

SUMMARY

1. website development, accreditation information sessions, mapping project, culture

2. 6. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee, discussion, and decision on ways forward.

3. The report of the Ad Hoc Committee was discussed.

Minutes 3rd Executive Board Meeting 2025 February 17, 2025 – 15:00 – 16:30 (Paris time) Meeting

02-17-2025

SUMMARY

1. status of the Mapping project contract, meeting with the ICICH representative,

2. meeting with Communication managers.

3. the Ad Hoc Committee on Ethical Issues, the Mapping Project contract, and meetings

Minutes Executive Board Meeting of 2024/2025/1 January 15, 2025 – 14:00 – 15:00 (Paris time) Meeting

01-15-2025

SUMMARY

1. • Arab States: Mr. Mohamed Lemine Beidieu – Association mauritanienne pour la

2. Le rapport comprenait une mise à jour sur la liste de diffusion du Forum, le processus

3. d’élection pour le siège africain, la création d’un comité ad hoc, une réunion avec la

Eighth Executive Board Meeting of 2024 September 13, 2024 – 15:00 – 17:00 (Paris time) Meeting

09-13-2024

SUMMARY

1. 7. Istanbul forum in October with Executive Board members, working group leaders, NGOs

2. The minutes for the June and August Executive Board (EB) meetings were approved.

3. A meeting of Executive Board members with Working Group members is to be

Fifth Executive Board Meeting of 2024 May 27, 2024 – 15:00 – 17:00 (Paris time) Meeting

05-27-2024

SUMMARY

1. Responding to emails to ICHNGO Forum Gmail account - Tamara Nikolić Ðerić, Irina

2. 6. General Assembly and meetings with UNESCO staff in Paris.

3. 6. General Assembly and meetings with UNESCO staff in Paris.

Third Executive Board Meeting of 2024 March 14, 2024 – 16:00 – 18:00 (Paris time) Meeting

03-14-2024

SUMMARY

1. 3. Approval of the draft minutes of the February 13th Executive Board (EB) meetings

2. 3. Approval of the draft minutes of the February 13th Executive Board (EB) meetings

3. The Secretariat indicated the that UNESCO ICH web site, which has

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 Meeting

01-09-2024

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

2. meeting with Executive Board representatives - Cholponai Usubalieva-Grishuk and

3. Accredited NGOs and THE ICH NGO Forum were presented in a good light throughout the meeting.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 8 December 2023 Meeting

12-08-2023

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 8 December 2023

2. Arab States: Mr. Mohamed Lemine Beidieu – Association mauritanienne pour la sauvegarde du partimoine culturel immatériel (Mauritania) – Vice President

3. Western Europe and North America: Mr. Matti Hakamäki – Finnish Folk Music Institute (Finland) – Secretary - Justified absence

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on Tuesday, November 14 th , 2023 Meeting

11-14-2023

SUMMARY

1. 3. Approval of the draft minutes of the October 31st 2023 Executive Board (EB) meeting, infographic files: (any updates on feedback and comments?)

2. 8. Twentieth Anniversary Celebration – Symposium, rallying synergies in and across the geographical electoral region moving forward beyond the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the 2003 Convention, sustainable formal approach that speaks to participatory inclusiveness of State and Non-State actors: Letters/accepted/rejected sent out

3. c. Universal Declaration on the Safeguarding, Promotion and Mobilization of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Face of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss, drafted by the Working Group on ICH, climate change, submitted to accredited NGOs, following the Executive Board’s approval and to be delivered to the Intergovernmental Committee in Kasane, Botswana.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 26 September 2023 Meeting

09-26-2023

SUMMARY

1. Ninth meeting of the Executive Board of 2023, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 16h00 (Paris

2. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 26 September 2023

3. Agenda of the Executive Board Meeting Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 16h00 (Paris time =

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 30 August 2023 Meeting

08-30-2023

SUMMARY

1. Eighth meeting of the Executive Board of 2023, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 at 16h00 (Paris time)

2. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 30 August 2023

3. Agenda of the Executive Board Meeting Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 16h00 (Paris time =

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 18 July 2023 Meeting

07-18-2023

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 18 July 2023

2. Agenda of the Executive Board Meeting Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 16h00 (Paris time = 14:00

3. 3. Approval of the draft minutes of the 5th and 6th meetings (May and June), gentle reminder of

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 20 June 2023 Meeting

06-20-2023

SUMMARY

1. 8. World Heritage Center ICH, crafts and sustainable tourism project (Martin Andrade Perez, Robert Baron, Mohamed Lemine Beidjeu and Berte)

2. Cross-regional capacity-building and workshops: inter-electoral regional capacity-building, accreditation form, accreditation workshops and next steps for more balanced geographic representation initiatives, (Round-table lead by Tamara Nikolić Đerić, Martin Andrade Perez, Cholponai Usubalieva-Grishuk, Robert Baron and Matti Hakamäki,):

3. Problematized research program Programs in and across the geographical electoral region moving forward beyond the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the 2003 Convention, transversal sustainable approach: (transmedia, posters projects and other perspectives) Working Groups: New Working established on Legal and Policy Development: available Mission Statement, Organization of the Virtual Coffee Space (opened Questions/Answers, Albert van der Zeijden Prize, Symposium Organization: Cost-effective Plan and transversal approach to the Organization of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the 2003 Convention: (Executive Board’s mandate, not a working group mandate).

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 2 May 2023 Meeting

05-02-2023

SUMMARY

1. 7. World Heritage Center ICH, crafts and sustainable tourism project: the way forward with (contractual grant research and consultancies (Robert Baron, Martin Andrade Perez, Mohamed Lemine Beidjeu and Berte)

2. 8. 4th International Coordination Meeting for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine, Information and ZOOM Link Thematic group1 / Priority Actions for the protection of Cultural Heritage of Ukraine_3 May, Working Groups & Cross-regional capacity-building and workshops: inter-electoral regional capacity-building, Regional Centre Sofia, accreditation form, and next steps for more balanced geographic representation initiatives, to be undertaken before April accreditation deadline, (Round-table lead by Ma’am Tamara Nikolić Đerić, Martin Andrade Perez, Ma’am Cholponai, Robert Baron and Matti Hakamäki,): accreditation workshops: Planning a meeting with Working Groups in mid-April: research working group Symposium: call

3. Uyghurs, follow up on the meeting request issued by Peter Irwin, (Matti Hakamäki, Robert Baron & Berte)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 4 April 2023 Meeting

04-04-2023

SUMMARY

1. 6. Executive Board’s virtual autonomy of communication, (via Zoom Link) and internal communication policy, Latest updates, (Martin Andrade Perez)

2. 7. World Heritage Center ICH, crafts and sustainable tourism project: Latest updates on the deliverables and payment, the way forward with contractual grant research and consultancies (Martin Andrade Perez, Mohamed Lemine Beidjeu and Berte)

3. 8. 4th International Coordination Meeting for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine, Uyghurs, Working Groups & Cross-regional capacity-building and workshops: inter-electoral regional capacity-building, Regional Centre Sofia, accreditation form, and next steps for more balanced geographic representation initiatives, to be undertaken before April accreditation deadline, (Round-table lead by Ma’am Tamara Nikolic, Martin Andrade Perez, Ma’am Cholponai and Matti Hakamäki,)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 14 March 2023 Meeting

03-14-2023

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 14 March 2023

2. Agenda of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 14 March 2023

3. CRESPIAL and Regional Centre Sofia, accreditation form, (Arab-Spanish translation) and next steps

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 7 February 2023 Meeting

02-07-2023

SUMMARY

1. 8. World Heritage Center ICH, crafts and sustainable tourism project: updates, contractual grant research and consultancies (Robert Baron, Martin Andrade Perez, Mohamed Lémine Beidjeu and Berte)

2. 8. World Heritage Center ICH, crafts and sustainable tourism project: updates, contractual grant research and consultancies (Robert Baron, Martin Andrade Perez, Mohamed Lémine Beidjeu and Berte)

3. It was decided that Martin will draft and communicate the information to the Working group research, that they can go on with their plans on the Symposium.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 3 January 2023 Meeting

01-03-2023

SUMMARY

1. Eastern Europe: Ms. Tamara Nikolić Đerić – Association House of Batana (Croatia) Asia and the Pacific: Ms. Cholponai Usubalieva-Grishuk -\ – Aigine Cultural Research Center (Kyrgystan)

2. and consultancies (Robert Baron, Martin Andrade Perez, Mohamed Lémine Beidjeu and Sekou Berte)

3. Albert van der Zeijden Prize: Robert Baron, Martin Andrade Perez and Sekou Berte)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 2 December 2022 Meeting

12-02-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 2 December 2022

2. Agenda of the Executive Board Meeting, Friday, 2 December 2022

3. and Martín Andrade-Pérez and Tamara Nikolić Đerić, who declared their candidacy for

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022 Meeting

11-09-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022

2. Agenda of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022

3. 5. Information (Webinar on Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly, Electoral Board)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022 (Revised) Meeting

11-09-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022

2. Agenda of the Meeting of the Executive Board held on 9 November 2022

3. was attended by over 70 participants, including Executive Board members Robert Baron, Tamara

Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on 3 August 2022 Meeting

08-03-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on 3 August 2022

2. 5. Pilot project with the LHU for the accreditations of NGOs from Latin America and Caribbean

3. 6. Final revision of the report on the mapping of expertise of NGOs and completion of infographics

ICH NGO FORUM Steering Committee ’s Minutes of SC Minutes June 01, 2022 Meeting

06-01-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on 1 June 2022

2. Western Europe and North America: Mr. Laurier Turgeon - L'Association canadienne d'ethnologie et de folklore (Canada) – President

3. Since delegates to the General Assembly are especially interested in issues of acute importance, the topic of the seminar at the lunch meeting of the Forum will deal with how ICH good safeguarding practices are being utilized to advance human security, particularly to address and ameliorate situations of crisis.

SC Minutes May 19, 2022 Meeting

05-19-2022

SUMMARY

1. 6. Report of Steering Committee meetings with the Working Groups (12, 19 April) (Robert Baron)

2. 7. UNESCO meeting regarding the safeguarding of ICH in Ukraine held on 12 th of May (Robert Baron)

3. Other business (confirmation of meeting with Heritage Alive on May 25 th at 16h00, Paris time)

SC Minutes April 6, 2022 Meeting

04-06-2022

SUMMARY

1. 4. Updates (Call sent to the Working Groups to request required documents, UNESCO meeting regarding the

2. 6. Steering Committee meetings with the Working Groups (12, 19 April) (Robert Baron)

3. Meeting with Oleksandr Butsenko, Culture for Democracy, Ukrainian ICH NGO (Laurier Turgeon)

SC Minutues. Meeting_ March 2022 Meeting

03-09-2022

SUMMARY

1. In order to attend the meeting all working groups are expected to submit required documents, which include procedures for electing officers, a mission statement, the governance structure, an annual report of activities and an agenda of the work to be undertaken this year.

2. The committee will report on its progress to date and initial recommendations from the first phase of its work by late June at the extraordinary meeting of the Forum’s General Assembly which will be held in July.

3. 6. Steering Committee meetings with the Working Groups (12, 19, 26 April)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on 16 February 2022 Meeting

02-16-2022

SUMMARY

1. Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on 16 February 2022

2. 4. Information (the mapping project, Albert van der Zeijden Prize, ICOMOS ICH Charter)

3. 4. Information (the mapping project, Albert van der Zeijden Prize, ICOMOS ICH Charter)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Committee held on January 5, 2022 Meeting

01-05-2022

SUMMARY

1. Western Europe and North America: Mr. Laurier Turgeon - L'Association canadienne d'ethnologie et

Dec 17 2021 Meeting

12-17-2021

SUMMARY

1. Robert Baron, Sekou Berte, Janet Blake, Laurier Turgeon (current members)

2. In the meantime, outgoing and continuing Steering Committee members will review their notes and begin to develop their contribution to the final report, including the identification of NGOs to be highlighted.

3. c) The outgoing members of the Steering Committee departed the meeting following the discussion of the above items.

May 5 2021 Meeting

05-03-2021

SUMMARY

1. • The Steering Committee will implement the following approach: review of the accredited

2. • The Steering Committee will provide a Monkey survey for approval next week and plans to

3. The Société Générale Bank in Paris has requested that the Steering Committee vote a resolution to

January 06, 2021 Meeting

01-06-2021

SUMMARY

1. Jorge Gustavo Caicedo, president, invites the members of the Steering Committee to take the floor and to present the goals they feel are important to achieve this year and that they would like to work on.

2. Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi would like to continue putting together the ICH NGO Newsletter and to promote the activities of the Forum through social media.

3. The President of the Steering Committee will send a call to all NGOs to invite them to participate in an ad hoc working group with representatives from all regions to prepare a background note on the pros and cons of the application of article 21 of the Bylaws as requested by the General Assembly at its last meeting.

December 13, 2020 Meeting

12-13-2020

SUMMARY

December 3, 2020 Meeting

12-03-2020

SUMMARY

1. As for the specific information related to our programme during 15.COM, it should be underlined in the communication in French (including in the Newsletter) that all participants will be able to use French.

2. Desiderio and Nikolov will contact Gauthier to arrange technical details related to interpretation.

November 17, 2020 Meeting

11-17-2020

SUMMARY

1. Up to now, they did not receive any candidacy from Africa, while there is sufficient number of candidates from Asian and Pacific states, Western Europe and North America, and International NGOs. The daily timetable of the 15.COM has changed in the meantime (it will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day), so that we once again need to adapt our timetable while taking care, as much as possible, of different time zones of our membership.

2. Until tomorrow morning at the latest, Caicedo is expected to draft our report on activities of the Steering Committee during 2020, while the rest of the material that needs to be distributed to the membership by tomorrow evening is ready (financial report by Choi, plan of activities for 2021 by Ceribašić, prolongation of a decision on exceptional basis concerning Art.

3. On 13 November the members of the ad hoc working group and the Steering Committee have received from the Secretariat, represented by Fumiko Ohinata, the draft working document inclusive of our report.

November 03, 2020 Meeting

11-03-2020

SUMMARY

1. Following our report for 15.COM and its draft decision, as well as our plan of activities that was approved last year, the members of the Steering Committee have agreed that a special emphasis should be given to: a) advisory functions of NGOs to the Committee on specific thematic issues, including their more active contribution to the statutory sessions (through the Forum’s report and/or its interventions on specific agenda items); b) elaboration of ways and means to strengthen the network of ICH NGOs in under-represented regions, and to overcome unbalanced geographical distribution of NGOs accredited to the Convention; c) development of capacity-building material intended specifically for NGOs, carried out in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention (and depending on available resources); d) more active involvement of the Forum in the second cycle of regionallybased periodic reports and, more broadly speaking, in follow-up (reporting and monitoring) on inscribed elements; e) participation in the project “Culture Beyond Borders” guided by the Network of European Museum Organizations, NEMO (depending on whether the project will be accepted by the funding agendy).

2. As for Art. 5 of the Bylaws, concerning the membership of accredited NGOs in the Forum, the members of the Steering Committee agreed that it may not need revision at this stage of the development of the Forum, even more so because the Secretariat has recently included within the accreditation and re-accreditation forms a question pertaining to NGOs’ membership in the Forum.

3. As for Art. 21 of the Bylaws, concerning the incompatibility of serving in the Steering Committee and concomitantly in the official delegation of a State Party, Ceribašić has proposed to suggest to the General Assembly to prolong a decision on exceptional basis – the decision “to suspend the application of art.

October 14, 2020 Meeting

10-14-2020

SUMMARY

1. Sakr suggested to the Steering Committee, and members accepted, to invite Matti Hakamäki to present the objectives of the Forum’s working group in-the-making on geographical imbalance of accredited NGOs, as well as to invite additional participants representing African perspectives on ICH and resilience in crisis, such as Nyathi.

2. It will include outcomes of 8.GA and the conference co-organized with ICHCAP, our report for 15.COM and other activities attached to 15.COM, as well as material related to our General Assembly during 15.COM, including our annual report, plan for the next year and information on the election of four new members of the Steering Committee.

3. No less than four weeks prior to the General Assembly, the Steering Committee has to propose the agenda of the General Assembly, prepare and distribute through our website and by email the annual report on the Forum’s programmes, services and partnerships, annual financial report, and annual plan providing a framework for the Forum’s activities, presented both in English and French, while the General Assembly is in charge to examine and approve these two reports and the plan (cf.

September 16, 2020 Meeting

09-16-2020

SUMMARY

1. Caicedo provided an overview of the Forum’s two online sessions at which participants discussed programme of 8.GA.

2. Apart from agenda items of 8.GA, in particular the reform of the listing mechanism, the role of NGOs in the Convention, and a new initiative to examine the accreditation of NGOs from non-States Parties, participants also discussed the functioning of the Forum, certain aspects of the online voting system, the sharing of best safeguarding practices, and the examples of good cooperation between NGOs and governments.

3. As for the Forum’s more direct and more visible involvement in the work of 8.GA, it was realized through our statement, presented by Nömgård on 8 September in a form of a video message, and through our intervention on agenda item 11, related to the reflection on the listing mechanisms, which was read to the Committee by Fumiko Ohinata from the Secretariat.

August 05, 2020 Meeting

08-05-2020

SUMMARY

1. Members of the Steering Committee have agreed for the next Newsletter to be published in the mid November, a week or so after the conference on ICH and resilience, while before the start of the Forum’s programme attached to 15.COM.

2. The central part will include reports from 8.GA, the conference on ICH and resilience and the IMP project, and also provide an overview of the Forum’s activities during 15.COM.

3. As agreed upon at the previous meeting, the Forum’s programme for 8.GA will consists of two online discussion sessions.

July 01, 2020 Meeting

07-01-2020

SUMMARY

1.1 July 2020, MINUTES of the 8th meeting of the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee

2.Following the previously adopted plan (see minutes of the 7th meeting) and the current situation in Caicedo’s family, the members adopted a revised plan to broaden the number of online discussion sessions on ICH in emergencies and under COVID-19, planned in relation to the preparation of Forum’s report for 15.COM (see 6.b below), from one to several.

3.In coordination with Nömgård, Ceribašić will present this revised plan to Matti Hakamäki, who is in charge of facilitating the work of the group dealing with emergencies and COVID-19.

June 03, 2020 Meeting

06-03-2020

SUMMARY

1.As a follow-up regarding the UNESCO’s platform on living heritage experiences in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo presented to the Steering Committee the draft call to all accredited NGOs to participate in a video presentation with Q&A on how the pandemic has impacted their activities, what are the measures that they are implementing to confront the situation, and what is the expectation of NGOs on the forthcoming future.

2.At the moment, the first task is to complete the call, which will be done by Caicedo in a few days, then to sent it to all accredited NGOs, and then to form the actual online events which, depending on the responses, will stem from regional or thematic interconnections.

3.The Steering Committee has received from ICHCAP the first draft of the Conference concept note containing the outline, background, objectives, provisional programme, and the list of responsibilities for each of the two coorganizers, ICHCAP and ICH NGO Forum.

May 06, 2020 Meeting

05-06-2020

SUMMARY

1.Following the conclusion at the previous meeting of the Steering Committee, Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi has prepared application for the two side events of 8.GA that will be co-organized by the Forum: a session dedicated to the outcomes of the IMP project (in collaboration with the project), and a session on the wheel chart of sustainability and ICH (in collaboration with Finland).

2.As the draft of the invitation letter was not prepared for this meting, the members of the Steering Committee agreed that Naila Ceribašić will join Jorge Caicedo in drafting the letter before the next meeting of the Steering Committee.

April 08, 2020 Meeting

04-08-2020

SUMMARY

1.The deadline for responses will be until 15 May. As members of the Committee also agreed upon, the topic of emergency under Coronavirus epidemic (including the mechanisms of ICH resilience, evidences of solidarity as never before, probable profound changes of the world in a long run, etc.) also needs to make a substantial part of the Forum’s report for the Intergovernmental Committee at the 15.COM.

2.The Committee decided to stick to the plan of issuing the next Newsletter at the end of June or the beginning of July, with the focus on ICH in the context of Coronavirus epidemic, based on responses of our membership to the above mentioned call for sharing experiences and good practices.

3.Meg Nömgård, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo and Naila Ceribašić had on 6 April a Skype meeting with Tim Curtis, Elena Constantinou and Leandro Peredo from the UNESCO Secretariat of the Convention.

March 04, 2020 Meeting

03-04-2020

SUMMARY

1.The material related to the recent meeting of the IMP project will be published in the next Newsletter, while this one will focus on the outcomes of ICH NGO Forum programme at 14.COM.

2.Meg Nömgård informed the Committee about the outcomes of the concluding symposium of the ICH and Museums project, held on 26 February 2020 in Brussels.

3.The members of the Committee also discussed to dedicate one of the sessions planned for 8.GA to the follow-up of the project (see below).

February 05, 2020 Meeting

02-05-2020

SUMMARY

1.Several hours before the meeting, Naila Ceribašić sent to the Committee the draft of the letter which is planned to be sent to all accredited NGOs.

2.Nyathi and Caicedo suggested to include in the letter a short general information about the NGO Forum, especially thinking of the newcomers.

3.The next day Ceribašić will send the letter to all accredited NGOs. Jorge Gustavo Caicedo contacted via Whatsapp the chair of the Group, Ani Casimir, to clarify the feasibility of a very ambitious plan of the Group for 2020.

January 22, 2020 Meeting

01-22-2020

SUMMARY

1.Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi and Kaloyan Nikolov will work on this matter in close collaboration with Gabriele Desiderio.

2.Until Friday, 24 January, all members of the Committee should send to Gabriele their photos and short biographies (up to 200 words) to be published on the Forum’s website.

3.Afterwards, all summaries and received reports will be included in the Newsletter, and send to all accredited NGOs together with the information concerning the adoption of the Bylaws and the Code of Conduct.

December 13, 2019 Meeting

12-13-2019

SUMMARY

MINUTES of the 1st meeting of the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee
Present: Jorge Gustavo Caicedo, Naila Ceribašić, Dong Hwan Choi, Butholezwe
Kgosi Nyathi, Kaloyan Nikolov, Meg Nömgård, Reme Sakr
until the next General Assembly of the ICH NGO Forum (as stipulated in art.
the Bylaws): Meg Nömgård – Chair, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo – Vice-Chair, Naila
framework plan of the ICH NGO Forum for 2020
identified at the General Meeting of ICH NGO Forum on 12 December 2019:
(vi) updating and adequacy of information available on ICH NGO Forum website and
As for the main projects of the ICH NGO Forum, endorsed by the framework plan at
the General Meeting of ICH NGO Forum on 12 December 2019, the members of the
(i) ICH NGO Forum Capacity-building and Symposium on Saturday and Sunday
3. ICH NGO Forum Intervention at 14.COM 15
The members of the Committee discussed the draft prepared by Naila Ceribašić, and
Committee on 22 January 2020, followed by their publication on the ICH NGO

December 02, 2019 Meeting

12-02-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
1- ICH NGO Forum financial report
2- 14.COM NGO activity booklet
6- Steering Committee 2018 activity report
The final draft will be provided to the Steering Committee by 3rd December.
3- Kaloyan will prepare the final list of the NGO 14.COM participants.

November 21, 2019 Meeting

11-21-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
Meg Nömgård, Naila Ceribasic, Dong Hwan Choi, Kaloyan Nikolov, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo
a- Financial Report of ICH NGO Forum Association bank account
a. Dong Hwan Choi will prepare the financial report to be presented at NGO Forum general
requires a change in the agenda activities of the ICH NGO Forum to avoid a clash of
c. Naila Ceribasic and Kaloyan Nikolav to prepare a digital booklet containing the agenda,
timetables and reports of the ICH NGO Forum and its SC for 14.COM to be made
d. Steering Committee yearly report to be prepared by Jorge Gustavo Caicedo.

July 03, 2019 Meeting

07-03-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
1- The minutes of previous meetings have been uploaded to the SC’s Google Drive file by Kaloyan.
3- Expected NGO participants to 14.COM are 60-100 based on the number of participants from previous years.
Capacity Building workshop to be held on the Saturday prior to 14.COM.
A symposium for the Forum to be held on the Sunday prior to 14.COM (programme also
NGOs attending 14.COM

June 12, 2019 Meeting

06-12-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
Meg Nömgård, Naila Ceribasic, Dong Hwan Choi, Kaloyan Nikolov, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo, Reme Sakr
1- Meg Nömgård to connect with Gabriele in order to link ICH Ngo Forum website to ichngo.net.
2- Payment for Heritage Alive books is still outstanding.
3- UNESCO HQ legal advisors to be consulted on the legal status of the ICH NGO Forum.
5- Naila Ceribasic to assist in developing a decision-making process and Code of Conduct for the SC and
Naila Ceribasic and Meg Nömgård to jointly follow up
7- Jorge Gustavo to draft letter to UNESCO for permission to contact Colombia State Party to begin
8- There is yet to be any communication with working groups concerning 14.COM.

June 05, 2019 Meeting

06-05-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
Jorge shall make contact with Latin American and Asian NGOs to get more participation.
contact Dag and Laurier to confirm their membership to the Electoral Board as the first two members.
3- Meg Nomagard shall also contact Laurier and Christiane who attended the Expert meeting in May and request a
4- Following previous discussions regarding the likeability of NGOs to arrive early at 14.COM to attend the
5- Contact has also been made with Daniela from Colombia regarding logistical issues for 14.COM, such as rooms,
6- Jorge Gustavo shall begin preparing the newsletter to include four sections A) NGO Consultation meeting in
Paris B) Expert Meeting in Paris C) 14.COM D) Other news

May 02, 2019 Meeting

05-02-2019

SUMMARY

One scenario would be that candidates will only serve for one year instead of the
On another note, current electoral rules state that candidates must have attended at least 2 IGC
send the same person to attend these meetings and therefore, any alternate candidate from the same
the candidate in their personal capacity, have attended at least 2 IGCs?
Also, the maximum of two-terms for SC candidates applies for how long?
two terms may a candidate re nominate themselves?
Capacity Building project in Turkey, however, the Secretariat will not actively support the project
3- Members of the SC agreed to incorporate capacity building activities within the 14.COM agenda for
4- Meg will contact NGO representative who will take part in the expert meeting to be held at UNESCO in

March 27, 2019 Meeting

03-27-2019

SUMMARY

Meg Nömgård, Naila Ceribasic, Dong Hwan Choi, Kaloyan Nikolov, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo,
1. April 18th Consultation Meeting on the Role of Accredited NGOs
Jorge Gustavo Caicedo shall contact the NGO and
Ceribasic to prepare a presentation for Session 1 of meeting, and Jorge Gustavo
Jorge Gustavo Caicedo shall request from Secretariat contact a meeting room for the
Jorge shall prepare invitation to meeting for NGOs on 17th March 16:30-18:00.
members shall meet before commencement of the NGO meeting, perhaps at 14:00 or
4- Jorge Gustavo shall contact UNESCO Secretariat to provide a formal contact in
upcoming ICH NGO Forum SC elections and perhaps arrange meeting with SC time
To be discussed for 14.COM is a 2-day pre-meeting with NGOs before the
Jorge Gustavo to provide Meg with the 2018 agenda for ease of reference.
Naila shall prepare a call for participation to all NGOs for Kaloyan to transmit.
6- Naila Ceribasic shall send an email to update all NGOs on April Consultation meeting.
7- Naila Ceribasic and Meg Nomgard have made contact with the Turkish NGO.
Jorge to request a meeting room.

March 06, 2019 Meeting

03-06-2019

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
2- ICH NGO Forum website
4- ICH NGO Forum account in France, and legal figure
6- Governance of ICH NGO Forum

December 12, 2018 Meeting

12-12-2018

SUMMARY

Meeting Minutes – Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum
Meg Nömgård, Naila Ceribasic, Dong Hwan Choi, Kaloyan Nikolov, Jorge Gustavo Caicedo, Reme Sakr (and
2. ICH NGO Forum website
4. ICH NGO Forum account in France, and legal figure
6. Governance of ICH NGO Forum
7. International events proposed by NGOs “Traditional Art Association” (Turkey) and “Oral Traditions Association”
1. According to rules pertaining to the election of members of the Steering Committee, “NGOs presenting
are present at the Forum General Meeting can be elected Committee members.
Development, who was elected at the Forum General Meeting during 12.COM.
2. ICH NGO Forum website needs to be improved concerning the organization of sections, the availability,
4. For operational reasons, ICH NGO Forum bank account was established through an organization called
“Association Forum des ONG du PCI – ICH NGO Forum” located in Paris, and the members of the
Association are members of the ICH NGO Forum Steering Committee.
more so because in the current composition of the Steering Committee no member is located close to
Each member of the Committee will work on developing the network in his/her electoral
relationship between ICH NGO Forum as a whole, State Parties and the Secretariat, along with legal
7. The Steering Committee was approached during 13.COM by representatives of the NGOs “Traditional
organize during 2019, in collaboration with the ICH NGO Forum, international events of relevance for
8. The SC has deemed it necessary to begin general preparations of ICH NGO Forum programme for
UNESCO, attended activities by the ICH NGO Forum.

October 30, 2018 Meeting

10-30-2018

SUMMARY

NGO Forum Steering Committee Skype session
present: Ananya, Reme/Fares, Jorge, Jorijn (minutes)
3. Statement = to be discussed on General Meeting of NGOs on Monday evening, and
Jorge will be in touch with Gabriele and prepare communication for next days and
5. Week Schedule NGO Forum:
- Open Space for NGO presentations (evening sessions on Thursday and Friday)
GA + Jorge on schedules for NGO Program 13COM > Reme brings together
> Jorge coordinates with Gabriele for sending ASAP newsletter out
7. Wednesday at Lunch: regional Group meetings

April 23, 2018 Meeting

04-23-2018

SUMMARY

ICH NGO FORUM STEERING COMMITTEE
Next SC meeting scheduled for 14/05/2018
Order of communications to Forum via email:
- Ananya will add last details to call for NGO presentations at
to discuss the results during the Forum meeting.
- Newsletter is almost ready, Jorge to translate to French.
Treasurer duties, as well as a general inactivity in SC meetings.
Jorijn to email member with SC in copy in order to officially
- Election Board have begun their work with only 2 members.
- Ananya will email Election Board to enquire whether they
NGO workshop to discuss inter-alia role of NGOs to be
8 7GA Ananya to coordinate preparation regarding NGO presentation.
Jorijn to coordinate communication with Secretariat.
9 13.COM Ananya to communicate structure of NGO symposium and the

February 19, 2018 Meeting

02-19-2018

SUMMARY

JC: Open an ICH and Youngsters working group with the help of Dr. Stephanie Herold who has
JC: Outline a Budget for NGO Symposium, but we need to outline the scope of the ICH NGO
J: We can discuss that in the general meeting with the NGO´s in Mauritius
J: Make a Call to to accredited NGO´s to add concepts to the “Inter alia” definition
JC: Tim open in Jeju an opportunity to define the scope of participation of the accredited NGO
A: Make a draft of the Symposium, and the Call to NGO´s
STEERING COMMITTEE SKYPE MEETING
STEERING COMMITTEE SKYPE MEETING
STEERING COMMITTEE SKYPE MEETING
JC: We need to encourage participation as well as we recognize Gabriele effort in all this years,
J: Will send a mail to Gabriele, the Korean and Jorge to open this discussion on IT

November 15, 2017 Meeting

11-15-2017

SUMMARY

present: Léonce, Antoine, Diego, Jorijn, Joanne, Ananya, Magdalena
meeting on Day 1 , SC candidates will briefly introduce themselves
Ananya will send two lines on content for newsletter on NGO
3)Ananya will send bilingual banner design to Jin for printing - if it is an issue
9) Jorijn to send out newsletter next week

October 11, 2017 Meeting

10-11-2017

SUMMARY

present: Léonce, Antoine, Diego, Jorijn, Ananya
- other questions: were decided at the 11COM NGO meeting, so can just be followed as
2. Showcase / Welcome session on NGO Forum @ 12.COM,
In this event, we wish to present on one hand NGO Forum in general + on other
hand offer space and occasion to individual NGOs to present their own contributions to ICH work and
-> Situation: Jorijn explains (cfr email this week) she would rather not be the coordinator/organizer of
The work is redirected: Ananya is first contact point in charge of this moment, and Diego will assist.
1. fill out the form for side event (see email UNESCO forwarded by Jorijn )
and send it back to UNESCO + communication on this with Secretariat > Ananya (& Diego and jorijn
3. Prepare a communication/ call to individual NGOs to bring their own material for that moment
+ then send a call via email to all NGOs registered at 12COM (via a newsletter/Gabriele?) >
8. - Diego made point on NGO Forum at UNESCO executive board; + asked UNESCO NGO Liaison
committee to publish information note on the activities of the ICH NGO Forum
In view of working group at 12COM, Antoine started with exercice on the UNESCO 12 principles to be

September 30, 2017 Meeting

09-30-2017

SUMMARY

present: Léonce, Antoine, Diego, Jorijn, Joanne, Ananya
2. The point on review on accreditation process was discussed.
Antoine pointed out that work of NGO
4. Diego will contact Indonesia about their support for CAP.
8. Jorijn will also work on the newsletter.

September 11, 2017 Meeting

09-11-2017

SUMMARY

There will be table space for NGOs to share material.
4. The annual plenary meeting in the evening will have report of SC 2017 and discussion on Forum
5. The regional working group meeting on December 5 aims at developing regional networking of
7. Editorial Board meeting for # Heritage Alive will be scheduled on Dec 7 – 8-30 am – 9-30 am
NGO Forum
I have suggested that 50 are kept for SC/ NGO Forum
A regret note mentioning the three deaths of ICH NGO Forum members will be prepared.
Jorijn is meeting Tim on 28 Sep
Ananya will make a short note on the Working group meeting for the newsletter by end of this
Antoine has already shared the forum statements.
Antoine to share on his ideas on NGO Ethical Declaration
 Jorijn- Update on meeting with Secretariat, CAP
 NGO Forum speech

August 03, 2017 Meeting

08-03-2017

SUMMARY

ICH Forum Steering Committee Skype Meeting
Report on August 3 meeting (13h Paris time)
a. A newsletter regarding registration has been sent to over 1000 NGO
a. A Steering Committee member will likely be invited to each meeting in
Capacity building (wrap up of the previous event + regional
Ethical declaration for NGOs (document Antoine + working group
6- Next meetings
6- Next meetings

May 11, 2017 Meeting

05-11-2017

SUMMARY

Minutes of ICH NGO Forum SC Skype meeting
1 Minutes of previous meeting April 11 2107: approved
deposited on the Societe Generale bank account of the association, which is now operational.
Magdalena (President), Jorijn (General Secretary), Diego (Treasurer) have collective two by two
- Good participation in quantity and quality (Ananya by Skype, Joanne, Jorijn and Diego for the SC),
- Harriet Deacon fees and expenses, still to be finalized; during the Paris workshop and to be paid out
- Jorijn will inform ICHCAP after the Paris workshop (Contact : Mr Hu, Director), of the developments
- SC Committee discussed and approved the general points proposed verbally by Antoine, which are
iii) recall the proposal made in Korea to have an International ICH Observatory composed inter alia of
8. Paris: May 15 2017 SC meeting with the Secretariat
- Diego and Jorijn, Joanne getting in too late in Paris
Date proposal for next SC meeting: June 21 - 1pm Paris time

April 11, 2017 Meeting

04-11-2017

SUMMARY

ICHNGO Forum Steering Committee Skype Meeting – March 15th 2017
meeting.
No news yet on June meeting regarding measuring the success of the convention (global
Some Steering Committee members (Jorijn, Ananya and
Antoine) plan to be present in China for the meeting.
7- A meeting with the Convention Secretariat will be proposed soon together with
in Paris in UNESCO’s headquarter from 18th of April.

March 15, 2017 Meeting

03-15-2017

SUMMARY

ICHNGO Forum Steering Committee Skype Meeting – March 15th 2017
meeting.
No news yet on June meeting regarding measuring the success of the convention (global
Some Steering Committee members (Jorijn, Ananya and
Antoine) plan to be present in China for the meeting.
7- A meeting with the Convention Secretariat will be proposed soon together with
in Paris in UNESCO’s headquarter from 18th of April.

February 17, 2017 Meeting

02-17-2017

SUMMARY

Minutes form Skype meeting SC ICH NGO Forum 17/02/17
3. Letter to Steering Committee (SC) from IOV offering to substitute retiring SC member with
received for the Election Board, but no nominations from Eastern Europe, Arab, Latin American and
ASIA and PACIFIC, Ms. Hahm, Hanhee, NGO Center for Intangible Culture Studies (www.ichpedia.org),
- Mr. Lluís Garcia Petit, NGO Ens de l"Associacionisme Cultural Català, Spain, lgp@pangea.org
This Election Board will organise the elections for the next Steering Committee during the 12.COM
The preparations for a two day capacity building workshop for ICH NGO’s is going well and dates have
Building Workshop in Korea provisional dates 1-3 Dec with a proposal to replace the ICH NGO Forum
symposium with the workshop followed by networking events throughout the 12.COM week with
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/events?meeting_id=00581 + see Decision 11.COM:
and the NGO Forum"s enthusiasm to participate to this open workshop with some of our members
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/decisions/11.COM/14
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/decisions/11.COM/14
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/events?meeting_id=00581

January 11, 2017 Meeting

01-11-2017

SUMMARY

2. Election Committee: An email will be sent to members of ICH NGO forums asking for
3. Website and newsletter : Newsletters and all documents and reports from 11.COM to be
published in the ICH NGO Forum website by end January/early February.
· Follow up email for support will be sent to UAE by Diego.
· Jorijn has sent elaborate email on capacity building projects to the UNESCO Secretariat.
Members of ICH NGO Capacity Building Working Group and delegate from Indonesia.
Database on ICH NGOs will be targeted prior t o 12.COM.