Information session for the Members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 3 November 2014, Room II 3 to 5 p.m.

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

3 Committee members © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Group I Belgium Greece Turkey Group II Bulgaria Hungary Latvia

4 Committee members © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Group III Brazil Peru Saint Lucia Uruguay Group IV Afghanistan India Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Republic of Korea

5 Committee members © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Group V(a) Congo Côte d’Ivoire Ethiopia Namibia Nigeria Uganda Group V(b) Algeria Egypt Tunisia

6 Meetings Annually in ordinary session (November). This year the meeting will be held from 24 to 28 November 2014 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris Open to observers from States Parties, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, etc. Open to public in the limit of available space: audience © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 Agenda Ordinary sessions: includes all questions the Committee has decided to inscribe at a previous session proposed by States Members of the Committee proposed by States Parties and the Director- General © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

11 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 through the website © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

12 Ninth session webpage Contains the following information: Working documents Information documents Periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention Reports of States Parties on status of elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List Nominations, proposals, and requests and online registration pageonline registration page Preliminary participant list already online © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

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

14 Decision-making Usually by consensus In case of vote, by hand or by roll call Each Member has one vote in the Committee Decisions are taken by a simple majority (13) Some decisions require a two-thirds majority (16): -Amendment of the Rules of Procedure -Convening an extraordinary session of the Committee © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

15 Bodies Bureau: Coordination of the work of the Committee, International Assistance up to US$25,000, including preparatory assistance + emergency assistance + other tasks delegated to it Consultative Body (until 2014 cycle): Urgent Safeguarding List, Register of Best Safeguarding Practices and International Assistance greater than US$25,000 Subsidiary Body (until 2014 cycle): Representative List © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

16 Bodies Evaluation Body (2015 onwards): Urgent Safeguarding List, Representative List, Register of Best Safeguarding Practices, and International Assistance greater than US$25,000 Working groups or expert groups, as needed © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

17 Bureau of the 9.COM Chairperson: H. E. Mr José Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (Peru) Rapporteur: Ms Anita Vaivade (Latvia) Vice-Chairpersons: Belgium, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia and Egypt © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

18 Consultative Body members (6 accredited NGOs and 6 experts), selected by Committee Evaluation of 14 files:  8 nominations to USL  4 proposals of BSP  2 requests of international assistance Recommendations to the Committee presented as Draft decisions Two minutes for submitting States after decision on their file © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

19 Subsidiary Body 2014 Six Members of the Committee selected by Committee: Greece, Latvia, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria and Tunisia. Evaluation of 46 nominations to the Representative List Recommendations to the Committee presented as Draft decisions (with referral option) Two minutes for submitting States after decision on their file © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

20 Establishment of 2015 body Evaluations for 2015: first Evaluation Body will be established by Committee (12 members: 6 accredited NGOs and 6 experts, representatives of States Parties non- Members of the Committees) Ninth session will also elect the members of the Bureau of the tenth session of the Committee Ninth session will decide the time and place of the tenth session: proposal to host by Namibia © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

21 Reports 27 reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Convention 8 reports of States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List 6 reports of States Parties on the use of international assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

22 Amendments to OD Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on: on periodic reporting on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development at the national level © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

23 NGOs no accreditation this time only process and timetable for renewal of relations with the 97 NGOs accredited in 2010 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH

24 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Working hours: 9:30 to 1:00 and 3:00 to 7:00 5 days: from Monday 24 to Friday 28 November Room I

25 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Monday 24 November 2014 Morning (1)Opening (2)Adoption of the agenda (3)Observers (4)Adoption of the summary records Report of the Chairperson on the Bureau activities Report of the NGO Forum (5.a)Reports on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List (5.b)Reports on the current status of elements inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List

26 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Monday 24 November 2014 Afternoon (5.c)Reports of States Parties on the use of international assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund (6)Report by the Secretariat on its activities, (7)Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund (8)Report on the audit of the governance of UNESCO and dependent funds, programmes and entities

27 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 8.COM Tuesday 25 November 2014 Morning (13.d)Evaluation of the implementation of previous decisions of the Committee in connection with the inscription of elements, selection of Best Safeguarding Practices, and granting International Assistance (9)Report of the Consultative Body on its work Afternoon (9.a)Examination of nominations for inscription on the Urgent Safeguarding List (9.b)Examination of proposals to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices

28 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Wednesday 26 November 2014 Morning (9.c)Examination of requests for International Assistance (10)Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2014 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Afternoon (10) cont…Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

29 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Thursday 27 November 2014 Morning (10) cont…Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (11)Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2015 cycle (12)Number of files submitted for the 2015 cycle and number of files that can be treated in the 2016 and 2017 cycles

30 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Thursday 27 November 2014 Afternoon (13.a)Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on periodic reporting (13.b)Expert meeting on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development (13.c)Reflection on the referral option for the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

31 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Friday 28 November 2014 Morning (13.e)Developing an overall results framework for the Convention (13.f)Coordinated Culture Sector fundraising strategy, (13.g)Advantages and disadvantages to Member States in synchronizing the meetings of culture Conventions (13.h)Exchange of experiences, cooperation and synergies between UNESCO’s culture Conventions (14)Accreditation and evaluation of non- governmental organizations

32 © All Rights Reserved: UNESCO/ ICH Timetable of the 9.COM Friday 28 November 2014 Afternoon (15)Date and venue of the tenth session of the Committee (16)Election of the members of the Bureau of the tenth session of the Committee (17)Other business (18)Adoption of the list of decisions (19)Closure

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