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On August 10, the Aigine CRC took part at the workshop within the framework of the project “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region”. The participants of the workshop  were welcomed by the Director-General of IRCI Mr. Wataru Iwamoto. During the meeting, future partners got acquainted with the activities of the IRCI Center – UNESCO Category 2 Center, learned about plans to develop the existing database of the center. Also organizational issues were discussed: the rules of partnership, the formation of a block of materials, reporting.…

On July 25, the First Meeting of the Planning Committee under the project ‘Creation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Hub of Research for the Safeguarding of ICH’ . The project was initiated and is being implemented by the International Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI), Japan. The purpose of the meeting was introduction of Committee Members, briefing of the project and its timeline, discussion on the programme in FY 2022. Director of CRC Aigine is a member of the Planning Committee.  

On July 18, an online meeting of the a Peer Review Advisory Panel took place. Peer Review Advisory Panel for the UNESCO Living Heritage Entity on safeguarding measures and good practices that address the risk of decontextualization and over-commercialization of intangible cultural heritage. The aim is to help develop guidance on this issue, as requested by the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention in 2019. Director of the Aigine CRC Dr. Gulnara Aitpaeva takes part in the work of a Peer Review Advisory Panel.

Yesterday, on July 18, the Aigine CRC team met with representatives of the Asia Culture Center (ACC) from the Republic of Korea. The ACC Center, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Kyrgyzstan, is starting a project “Developing Digital Cultural Resources Management System”. At the moment, the work is underway to collect the necessary information with the participation of three large state museums of Kyrgyzstan. Soon it…