About IRCI
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At the UNESCO General Conference of October 2009, authorisation was given for the establishment in Japan of a UNESCO-supported International Centre for Cooperation (UNESCO Category II Centre) for intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region, with UNESCO and the Japanese government concluding an agreement to this effect in August 2010. As a result, in October 2011 the Independent Administrative National Institutes for Cultural Heritage opened the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific region (hereafter IRCI) as a base for stepping up efforts to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region.
The visions of the IRCI are to:
- Form an international research centre for intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- Achieve the objectives prescribed in art.4 para.1 of the Agreement between UNESCO and Japan, through the functions outlined in art.4 of para.2 of the agreement.
- Cooperate with UNESCO and C2 centres in the field of ICH in the region.
- In cooperation with Sakai City, operate projects which utilize the outcomes of the activities of the IRCI.
What's New?
- The inaugural symposium of the IRCI: “Methods of addressing the restoration and succession of endangered intangible cultural heritage” (October 4, 2011) (2011-12-01 at 14:07)
- The IRCI inaugural symposium: “Methods of…
- Opening ceremony (October 3, 2011) (2011-12-01 at 15:06)
- The IRCI opening ceremony was held on October 3,…
- Establishment of IRCI website (2011-12-02 at 14:59)
- The IRCI website was established in December 201…
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