On July 5, 2022 Aigine CRC represented by Cholponai U-G took part and delivered a presentation at the ICH NGO Forum’s seminar on Good Safeguarding Practices for Human Security. The seminar was organized as a side event during the 9th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for 2003 Convention at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. The presentation focused on Aigine CRC’s efforts in addressing gender-based violence and gender-inequality through ICH and on the ways to employ ICH to improve the lives of women and girls. The…
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Meeting of the Evaluation Body under the 2003 UNESCO Convention
Aigine CRC took part in the work of the Evaluation Body (EB) under the Intergovernmental Committee for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) from 19 to 26 June 2022, Paris. The purpose of the meeting is to make agreed decisions on the nomination files submitted by countries that have ratified the 2003 Convention. The EB is made up of 12 experts representing all regions of the world. Aigine CRC was elected as a member of the Evaluation Body under the Intergovernmental Committee for the…
Working meetings
Today the Aigine CRC team, together with partners, held a consultation meeting with representatives of the UNESCO Secretariat for the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Juliana Forero and Agne Barktkute, who are conducting a technical assessment of the Aigine project proposal to create a digital platform for the intangible cultural heritage of Kyrgyzstan. The goals of the planned project are to convert the national list of elements of the intangible cultural heritage of Kyrgyzstan into digital format, as well as to conduct inventory of the…
Karakol is the Commonwealth Capital of Culture in 2022
Within the framework of the project “Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and the Transformation of Cultural Codes”, Aigine CRC supported the initiative of the Uyghur diaspora living in the city of Karakol to document elements of their cultural heritage. This initiative aims to contribute to the cultural relay “Karakol – Commonwealth Capital of Culture” by documenting and preserving the cultural heritage of various ethnic groups living in Karakol. In 2022, the city of Karakol took over the cultural baton from Dushanbe. The initiative is being implemented by Professor of Issyk-Kul State…