Implementation of the Convention for

the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Republic of

Serbia

Brač, Croatia, 14-15 June 2016

Registration and nomination for UNESCO Representative list

Documentation - upgrading the National Register of

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Education, awareness-raising and capacity-building

IMPLEMENTATION

2015 - 2016

The National Registry of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the

Republic of Serbia established in June 2012

32 elements inscribed on the National Register

INVENTORY

NOMINATION ON THE UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE

LIST OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF

HUMANITY

KOLO, TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCE

The Faculty of Music, the Department of Ethnomusicology

KOLO, TRADITIONAL FOLK

DANCE

• Centre for Intagible Cultural Heritage Serbia

• The Ensemble of folk dance and songs of Serbia “Kolo”

• The Faculty of Music, the Department of Ethnomusicology

• The Centre for Research and Preservation of Traditional Dances of Serbia

(CIOTIS/CRPTDS)

Digitizing the documentation of the National Register of

Intangible Cultural Heritage and the application of new

information and communication technologies in the protecting

and promotion of ICH

DOCUMENTATION

Project „Digitizing the documentation of the National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the application of new

information and communication technologies in the protecting and promotion of ICH“

- Database for intangible cultural heritage of Serbia

- - Platform for access to ICH using new IT technologies

DOCUMENTATION

Input of data related to the elements included in National Register, their regular updating and depositing various document types relating to ICH elements (text documents, video, photo and audio materials);

Defining access levels for users with various permissions (along with administrators and database operators, other user types may have access to data, under defined conditions, for the purpose of research and study);

The public availability of a selected set of data from the database through the internet presentation (www.nkns.rs/nacionalniregistar)

DATABASE AND THE

PRESENTATION PLATFORM

Raising Awareness of the Importance of Registered ICH of the Republic of Serbia through the Enhancement of the National Register of ICH

November 6, 2015, at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade

with the support of UNESCO under the 2015 Participation Programme

CONFERENCE

Participants:

• representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of

Serbia;

• National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Commission for Inscription of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the National Register,

• regional coordinators,

• ICH bearers and nominators for inscription on the National Register,

• representatives of cultural institutions, professional associations, NGOs and interested individuals

CONFERENCE

Conclusions:

• The established system of ICH safeguarding has proved to be functional and it has covered all relevant stakeholders in the process

of ICH safeguarding and preservation;

• Professional bodies – the National Committee for ICH, the Commission for Inscription of ICH in the National Register,

regional coordinators, the Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, have clearly demarcated responsibilities and areas of action;

• The inscription on the National List of ICH has been recognized as an important first step in the safeguarding of ICH element

CONFERENCE

Recommendations:

• Improving coordination between professional bodies through the exchange of information and identification and harmonization of priorities in ICH

safeguarding;

• Creating opportunities for a more active and visible role for professional associations, which may be the crucial link between ICH bearers/nominators

and professional bodies;

• Elaborating safeguarding measures relating to individual elements inscribed on ICH lists, which could become an integral part of the decision on including an

element in the National Register;

• Updating documentation on ICH by regular reporting on the planned and implemented activities relating to ICH.

CONFERENCE

Department of Ethnology and Anthropology/Faculty of

Philosophy and Serbian Ethnological and Anthropological

Society

• Weekend about intangible cultural heritage

• Training for students „Continuous education of professionals

on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH and its

practical implementation“

EDUCATION

•Conference on the visibility of Serbian cultural heritage inscribed on and

nominated for the UNESCO world heritage list, Kazan kult Kladovo, Institute

for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Belgrade,

•Festival „Antika Fest“ Zaječar

•EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS 2015, „Old and Traditional Crafts –

Preservation and Sustenance“

AWARENESS-RAISING ACTIVITIES

Capacity building workshop for national ICH experts in Serbia in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Media of Serbia and the Centre for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Serbia at the Ethnographic Museum in

Belgrade

Venue and dates: Belgrade, October 2016

FORTHCOMING

Thank you!