8 COM
ITH/13/8.COM/INF.2.1 Rev.
Paris, 4 November 2013 Original: French
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE
SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Eighth session Baku, Azerbaijan 2 to 7 December 2013
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
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1. In conformity with Rule 12.2 of the Committee’s Rules of Procedure, the Bureau of the Committee ‘shall coordinate the work of the Committee and fix the dates, times and order of business of meetings’, based on the provisional agenda of the Committee prepared by the Director-General (Rule 9.1 of the Rules of Procedure).
2. At its meeting on 28 October 2013, the Bureau took note of the provisional timetable of the eighth session of the Committee and decided, by its Decision 8.COM 3.BUR 3, to submit to the Committee the provisional timetable of its work at its eighth session as follows:
Monday 2 December 2013
As of 8.30 a.m. Registration of participants 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 1. Opening of the session
2. Adoption of the agenda of the eighth session of the Committee 3.a Admission of observers
3.b Amendment of the Rules of Procedure
4. Adoption of the summary records of the seventh session of the Committee 5.a Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (June 2012 to
June 2014)
5.b Report by the Secretariat on its activities (2013) and on the contributions of category 2 centres to the UNESCO’s strategy and programme (2012-2013)
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
3 – 6 p.m. 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 the working methods of Cultural Conventions
Tuesday 3 December 2013
9 – 10 a.m. Meeting of the Bureau
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 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 of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
6.b Examination of the report of Brazil on the current status of an element inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
6.c Reports of States Parties on the use of international assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
3 – 6 p.m. 7. Report of the Consultative Body on its work in 2013
7.a Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Wednesday 4 December 2013
9.30 – 10 a.m. Meeting of the Bureau
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 7.b Examination of proposals to the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices 7.c Examination of requests for International Assistance
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
3 – 6 p.m. 8. Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2013 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Thursday 5 December 2013
9.30 – 10 a.m. Meeting of the Bureau
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 8. Report of the Subsidiary Body on its work in 2013 and examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
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3 – 6 p.m. 9.a Establishment of the Consultative Body for the 2014 cycle and adoption of its terms of reference
9.b Establishment of the Subsidiary Body for the 2014 cycle and adoption of its terms of reference
10. Number of files submitted in the 2014 cycle and number of files that can be treated in the 2015 and 2016 cycles
11. Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund 12. Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Friday 6 December 2013
9.30 – 10 a.m. Meeting of the Bureau
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 13.a Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on ‘Safeguarding, commercialization and sustainable development’
13.b Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the referral option for the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
3 – 6 p.m. 13.c Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the procedure for extension and/or reduction of an already inscribed element
13.d Draft amendments to the Operational Directives on the evaluation of nominations:
status of the Subsidiary Body and Consultative Body
13.e Draft amendments on integrating the definition of ‘emergency’ into the Operational Directives and aligning the different linguistic versions of the Operational Directives Saturday 7 December 2013
9.30 – 10 a.m. Meeting of the Bureau
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 14.a Accreditation of non-governmental organizations
14.b Report on the profile of the non-governmental organizations accredited to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee and the nature of their work and proposal of an 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
1 – 3 p.m. Lunch
3 – 6 p.m. 18. Adoption of the List of Decisions 19. Closure of the session
