ITH/12/7.COM/16.a Paris, 16 October 2012 Original: English
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE
SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Seventh session Paris, France 3 to 7 December 2012
Item 16.a of the Provisional Agenda:
Accreditation of non-governmental organizations
Summary
In accordance with Chapter III.2.2 of the Operational Directives and with Resolution 4.GA 6, this document presents the requests of NGOs to be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee.
Decision required: paragraph 8
1. The Operational Directives lay out in Chapter III.2.2 (paragraphs 91-99) the criteria and procedures for the accreditation of non-governmental organizations (‘NGOs’) to provide advisory services to the Committee, as provided in Article 9 of the Convention. The General Assembly accredited 156 such organizations (97 by its Resolution 3.GA 7 and 59 by Resolution 4.GA 6). In the former, the Assembly encouraged non-governmental organizations that meet the criteria to submit their requests for accreditation at the earliest opportunity. The Assembly also invited the Committee to undertake a reflection on the criteria and modalities for accreditation of non-governmental organizations, taking account of their role in the Convention. That question is addressed in document ITH/12/7.COM/16.b.
2. The Operational Directives provide that NGOs should submit their requests for accreditation to the Secretariat at least four months before each session of the Committee, i.e. 31 July 2012, and 21 entities submitted new requests. An additional 31 requests not completed prior to the sixth session of the Committee remained active.
3. After requesting additional information from many of these entities, the Secretariat proceeded to its examination of those requests that were completed on or before 1 September 2012.
The website of the Convention (http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=522) makes available all of the requests that were completed by that time, namely the standard form ICH-09 submitted by each organization, together with the pertinent supplementary documents they submitted regarding items 8.a and 8.b of that form. The request and the supplementary documents are presented in the language in which they were submitted.
4. In accordance with paragraph 92 of the Operational Directives, the Secretariat submits to the Committee its recommendation that the following ten NGOs appear to satisfy the criteria for accreditation set out in paragraph 91 of those Directives:
5.
In
accordance with paragraph 92 of the Operational Directives, the Secretariat submits to the Committee its recommendation that, based upon the information they have provided, the following seven organizations do not appear to satisfy the criteria set out in paragraph 91 of the Directives:
Name of Organization Country of
address Request number Agence des Musiques des Territoires d’Auvergne France NGO-90290 Associazione Sant'Antuono & le Battuglie di Pastellessa/
Sant'Antuono & the Battuglie of Pastellessa Association Italy NGO-90242 INTACH België vzw/ Indian National Trust of Art and Cultural
Heritage Belgium Belgium NGO-90294
International Federation of Thanatologists Associations Netherlands NGO-90253 Lykeion Ton Hellenidon/ Lyceum Club of Greek Women Greece NGO-90286 Na Píobarí Uilleann/ The Society of Uilleann Pipers Ireland NGO-90283 Sekretariat Nasional Perkerisan Indonesia (SNKI)/ Indonesian
National Kris Secretariat Indonesia NGO-90284
Sekretariat Nasional Pewayangan Indonesia/ Indonesian
National Wayang Secretariat Indonesia NGO-90297
Udruga hrvatskih amaterskih kulturno umjetničkih društava u Bosni i Hercegovini/ Association of Croatian Amateur Cultural Clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina NGO-90293 Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς (ΠΙΟΠ)/ Piraeus Bank
Group Cultural Foundation Greece NGO-90287
Name of Organization Country of address
Request number Asociación plataforma estrategia animalista/ Pro-animal Strategy
Platform Association Spain NGO-90285
Comité Anti Stierenvechten/ International Anti-Bullfighting
Committee Netherlands NGO-90292
Fikambanan'ny Zafimanirympiangaly Taohazo/ Association des
artisans zafimaniry Madagascar NGO-90278
Humane Society International United States of
America NGO-90280
Mission for Youth Rights Uganda NGO-90291
Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra Italy NGO-90275 Yerel Tarih ve Kültür Derneği - YERTAD/The Association of
Local History and Culture Turkey NGO-90277
In all but one case, the organization did not demonstrate that it has proven competence, expertise and experience in safeguarding (as defined in Article 2.3 of the Convention) intangible heritage belonging, inter alia, to one or more specific domains. In the case of NGO-90275, the entity does not appear to be non-governmental and consequently need not be accredited.
6. In addition, 22 entities submitted new requests prior to 31 July 2012 that were not completed on or before 1 September 2012. These requests, if complete, may be presented to the Committee at a subsequent session. They are listed for the Committee’s information in the Annex to this document.
7. The Committee is invited to examine the above recommendations with regard to accrediting the NGOs in conformity with paragraph 91 of the Operational Directives.
8. The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision:
DRAFT DECISION 7.COM 16.a The Committee,
1. Having examined Document ITH/12/7.COM/16.a,
2. Recalling Article 9 of the Convention and Chapter III.2.2 of the Operational Directives, 3. Further recalling Resolutions 3.GA 7 and 4.GA 6,
4. Decides that the following organizations satisfy the criteria set out in the above- mentioned Directives and recommends to the General Assembly that they be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee:
(name of NGO, country of address)
5. Encourages non-governmental organizations that meet the criteria established in Chapter III.2.2 of the Operational Directives to submit their requests for accreditation at the earliest opportunity.
ANNEX
This Annex presents a list of those entities that submitted requests to be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee that were received on or before 31 July 2012 but not completed on or before 1 September 2012. If complete, these requests may be presented to the Committee at a subsequent session.
Name of entity Country of address
Al Ahli Club of Jordan Jordan
Center for Research on the Armenian Diaspora France
Centre for Reading and Cultural Entertainment Lebanon
China Art Anthropology Institute China
Cultural Movement Lebanon
Damascus Friends Foundation Syrian Arab Republic
Doostdaran and Hafezane Kheshte Kham Association Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Farafra Badr Museum Egypt
International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies France
International Dance Council France
International Mask Arts & Culture Organization Republic of Korea International Scientific Council for Island Development France
L’Institut Européen d’enseignement des relations publiques France
Museums Association of Namibia Namibia
Norsk Folkemuseum, Norsk etnologisk gransking/ Norwegian Ethnological
Research Norway
Organisation des Nations Autochtones de Guyane France
Scuola di tarantella montemaranese/ School of Tarantella Montemaranese Italy
Uganda Performing Rights Society Uganda
World Mountain People Association France
Xalςa Dünyası Assosiasivası/ The World Carpet Association Azerbaijan Zanak'Alaotra Miray n'Imerimandroso/ United Natives of Alaotra – Imerimandroso Madagascar Ресурсный центр Центрально-азиатской ассоциации в поддержку ремесел в
Кыргызстане/ Central Asian Crafts Support Association's Resource Center Kyrgyzstan
In addition, the following twelve entities that submitted requests for accreditation prior to 30 October 2010 have not responded to the Secretariat’s requests for additional information; in all cases the most recent communication from the entity is more than one year old. The Secretariat considers these requests to have been suspended.
Name of Organization Country of address
Associazione Culturale d’altrocanto/ D’altrocanto Cultural Organization Italy
Bunyoro Community Historical Museum Associates Uganda
Centre for Cultural Research and Documentation India
Club Education pour le Développement Burkina Faso
Comitato per la promozione del patrimonio immateriale/ Intangible Cultural
Heritage Network Italy
Conseil mondial de l’artisanat/ World Crafts Council India
Council for Asian Musicology Republic of Korea
Himalayan Folklore and Biodiversity Study Program, Society for Wetland
Biodiversity Conservation Nepal Nepal
Institut international du Théâtre/ International Theatre Institute France
Lands Italy
Pacific Island Museum Association Vanuatu
Union internationale de la Marionnette/ International Union of Puppetry France
