Information session for the NGOs attending the 8 th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 1 December 2013 Baku, Azerbaijan

2 Intergovernmental Committee 24 States Parties, elected by General Assembly respecting principle of equitable geographic representation States Members choose as their representatives persons qualified in the various fields of the ICH © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

3 Committee members 8.COM © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Group I: Belgium, Greece, Spain Group II: Albania, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Latvia Group III, Brazil, Grenada, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay Group IV: China, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan Group V(a): Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda Group V(b): Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia,

4 Meetings Annually in ordinary session (8.COM). non-governmental organizations,Open to observers from States Parties, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, etc. Open to public in the limit of available space © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

5 Functions Promotes the objectives of the Convention Prepares the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention to be approved by General Assembly Examines the reports on the implementation of the Convention and on the status of elements inscribed © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

6 Functions Grants international assistance Uses the Fund for international cooperation Recommends to the General Assembly accreditation of NGOs Inscribes on the Lists (USL, RL) and selects BSP © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

7 Working methods Governed by Rules of Procedure of the Committee Work facilitated by its Bureau May establish ad hoc consultative bodies, subsidiary bodies or working groups Committee meetings are public except under specific circumstances © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

8 Working documents Main series: request a decision by the Committee Information documents (INF): do not require any decision Numbered according to the item on the agenda Nominations, proposals and requests are also available to the Committee through the website © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

9 Order of debate Only speakers recognized by Chairperson General debate NGOs -Priority to Committee Members, then observers (States Parties, States non party, IGOs, NGOs, etc.) Adoption of decisions -Only Committee Members may intervene © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

10 Nominations, evaluation and examination States Parties, and only States Parties, may submit nominations, proposals or requests Evaluation (by Consultative Body or Subsidiary Body) results in a recommendation to the Committee Examination (by Committee or Bureau) is resulting in a decision © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

11 Reports 10 reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List + 1 on USL Report on the evaluation by the Internal Oversight Service of the 2003 Convention and on the audit of the working methods of the Culture Conventions © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

12 Amendments to OD Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on: Safeguarding, commercialization and sustainable development Referral option Procedure of extension and/or reduction Evaluation of nominations: status of the Subsidiary Body and Consultative Body © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

13 NGOs: item 14 of the agenda 14.a: Accreditation of non-governmental organizations ITH/13/8.COM/14.a 14.b. Report on the profile of NGOs accredited and draft evaluation form for assessing their potential contribution ITH/13/8.COM/14.b © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

14 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Monday 2 December 2013 Morning (1) Opening, (2) adoption of the agenda; (3.a) admission of observers, (3.b) Amendment of the Rules of Procedure, (4) Adoption of the summary records of the seventh session, (5.a) Report by the Committee to the General Assembly, (5.b) Report by the Secretariat Afternoon (5.c) Report on the evaluation by the Internal Oversight Service of UNESCO’s standard-setting work of the Culture Sector and the related audit of standard- setting working methods in the Culture Sector

15 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Tuesday 3 December 2013 Morning (6.a) Examination of the reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List (6.b) Examination of the report of Brazil on the current status of an element inscribed on the USL (6.c) Reports of States Parties on the use of international assistance Afternoon (7) Report of the Consultative Body on its work in 2013 (7.a) Examination of nominations for inscription on the Urgent Safeguarding List

16 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Wednesday 4 December 2013 Morning (7.b) Examination of proposals for selection to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices (7.c) Examination of requests for International Assistance Afternoon (8)Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2013 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List

17 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Thursday 5 December 2013 Morning (8)Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2013 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List Afternoon (9.a) Establishment of the Consultative Body for 2014 (9.b) Establishment of the Subsidiary Body for 2014 (10)Number of files submitted for 2014 and number of files that can be treated in 2015 and 2016 (11)Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Fund (12) Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Fund

18 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Friday 6 December 2013 Morning Draft amendments to the Operational Directives: (13.a) Safeguarding, commercialization and sustainable development (13.b) Referral option for the Representative List Afternoon Draft amendments to the Operational Directives: (13.c) Procedure for extension and/or reduction of an already inscribed element (13.d) Evaluation of nominations: status of the Subsidiary Body and Consultative Body

19 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Saturday 7 December 2013 Morning (14.a) Accreditation of NGOs (14.b) Report on the profile of the NGOs accredited and the nature of their work and draft evaluation form for assessing their potential contribution to the implementation of the Convention (15) Date and venue of the ninth session of the Committee (16) Election of the members of the Bureau of the ninth session of the Committee (17) Other business Afternoon (18) Adoption of the List of Decisions (19) Closure of the session

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