• Instigating Research on Safeguarding Living Heritage for Sustainable Society

ABOUT IRCI

IRCI was established in 2011 as a Category 2 Centre of UNESCO to promote the 2003 Convention and its implementation, and to enhance the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) through instigating and coordinating research in the Asia-Pacific region.

3 KEY ACTIVITIES FOR PROMOTING & SAFEGUARDING ICH

  • RESEARCH PROJECTS

    Research activities for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region in cooperation with UNESCO and other related institutions worldwide

  • REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS

    Outcomes of various research projects and international forums/meetings/seminars

  • RESEARCH DATABASE

    3,026 entries from 48 countries on the safeguarding of ICH 

01/05/2023

IRCI official YouTube channel launched

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19/04/2023

New Director-General of IRCI

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06/04/2023

Booklet on intangible cultural heritage affected by the C...

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29/03/2023

The second and the third online seminars for safeguarding...

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23/12/2022

Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 1st February 2023

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30/11/2021

Public Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 22 December

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06/10/2021

Presentation Abstracts for IRCI Researchers Forum are now...

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10/09/2021

The IRCI Researchers Forum will be held on 29 Oct 2021

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GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS:
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

RESEARCH DATABASE

  • AFGHANISTAN
  • AUSTRALIA
  • BANGLADESH
  • BHUTAN
  • BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
  • CAMBODIA
  • CHINA
  • COOK ISLANDS
  • FIJI
  • INDIA
  • INDONESIA
  • IRAN
  • JAPAN
  • KAZAKHSTAN
  • KIRIBATI
  • KYRGYZSTAN
  • LAOS
  • MALAYSIA
  • MALDIVES
  • MARSHALL ISLANDS
  • MICRONESIA
  • MONGOLIA
  • MYANMAR
  • NAURU
  • NEPAL
  • NEW ZEALAND
  • NIUE
  • PAKISTAN
  • PALAU
  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  • PHILIPPINES
  • REPUBLIC OF KOREA
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • SAMOA
  • SINGAPORE
  • SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • SRI LANKA
  • TAJIKISTAN
  • THAILAND
  • TIMOR-LESTE
  • TONGA
  • TURKEY
  • TURKMENISTAN
  • TUVALU
  • UZBEKISTAN
  • VANUATU
  • VIET NAM

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