17/02/2026

[Deadline extended to 27 February 2026] Call for Participation: Collection of Information on ICH-Related NGOs in Asia-Pacific (IRCI & ICH NGO Forum)

The IRCI secretariat has extended the deadline for NGOs engaged in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region to submit information on their organizations and publications. We invite all related NGOs to seize this valu…

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02/02/2026

Online Seminar ‘Intergenerational Learning for Sustainable Development’ to be held on 12 February 2026

The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, in conjunction with IRCI’s research project ‘Preliminary Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ecosystems’, will host the 10th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region…

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23/12/2025

Call for Collaborators to Conduct Case Studies on ICH and Ecosystems

IRCI is currently calling for collaborators to conduct case studies for its new project ‘Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ecosystems’ starting in April 2026. The case study will be conducted on practical initiati…

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19/12/2025

Call for Participation: Collection of Information on ICH-Related NGOs in Asia-Pacific (IRCI & ICH NGO Forum)

IRCI is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative to systematically collect and provide information on NGOs working in the field of ICH safeguarding. This initiative is being implemented in cooperation with the ICH NGO Forum. While the IRCI …

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28/08/2025

Online Seminar ‘“Spiritual Ecology” and the Protection of Environmental and Cultural Heritage’ to be held on 18 September 2025

The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, in conjunction with IRCI’s research project ‘Preliminary Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ecosystems’, will host the 9th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region …

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12/02/2025

Online Seminar LEVERAGING LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO ENHANCE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY: EXAMPLES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIAN COASTAL COMMUNITIES to be held on 26 February 2025

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding in conjunction with its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is hosting the 8th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pa…

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07/02/2025

Online Seminar INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHANGING WEATHER AND CLIMATE: UNESCO EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN to be held on 21 February 2025

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding in conjunction with its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is hosting the 7th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pa…

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22/01/2025

Call for collaborating institutions to conduct case studies for IRCI project Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region

(Deadline: 20 February 2025) IRCI is seeking research institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to cooperate in its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ (FY 2024–2026), to conduct case stu…

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23/12/2024

[Inviting On-site and Online Participants] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (13–15 February 2025, Osaka, Japan)

The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, a platform for research promotion and cooperation established in 2022 by the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI), is organizing its fir…

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22/11/2024

Call for participants: UNESCO week 2024/25 International Symposium: Sustainable Communities for a Sustainable Future (Organized by MEXT, JNCE, and ACCU)

UNESCO Future Cooperation Platform, hosted by Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), has announced a call for participants for the upcoming event scheduled for 29 November 2024. Please check the following information. If you have any inquiri…

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10/09/2024

[Deadline extended to 10 October 2024] International Symposium ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Perspectives for Integrated Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region’ to be held on 11 October 2024

**The registration deadline has been extended until Thursday 10 October 2024. Please click here to register (by 10 October, 2024). Registration is strongly encouraged by the closing date, however, we will also accept registration at the reception des…

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30/05/2024

Calling for Papers and Panels for the International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (13-15 February 2025)

Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding International Conference New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, a new platform for research promotion and cooperat…

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19/02/2024

[Deadline extended to 15 March 2024] Call for Case Studies on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Actions from Asia-Pacific Region

UNESCO has extended the deadline for interested teams and individuals to submit case studies from Asia and the Pacific that illustrate the roles of and risks to intangible cultural heritage (ICH), as well as strategies for safeguarding ICH in the con…

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10/11/2023

Call for Case Studies on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Actions from Asia-Pacific Region

UNESCO is inviting interested teams and individuals to submit case studies from Asia and the Pacific that illustrate the roles of and risks to intangible cultural heritage (ICH), as well as strategies for safeguarding ICH in the context of climate ch…

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07/03/2023

The third online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 23 March 2023

The online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region launched in December 2022 aim to address various issues and latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region. Its third seminar will be held on 23 March 2023. Inviting presen…

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22/02/2023

The second online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 17 March 2023

As the first programme offered by ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, online seminar series addressing various issues and latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region was launched by IRCI in December 2022. Its second semin…

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23/12/2022

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

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an international symposium under its research project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable …

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25/11/2022

The first online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 13 December 2022

As the first programme offered by ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, online seminars addressing various issues and the latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region will be launched on 13 December 2022. Inviting Ms Masami …

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30/11/2021

Public Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 22 December 2021

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an online public symposium entitled “ICH Contribution to Better Education and Sustainable Communities” on 22 December 2021 as …

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10/09/2021

The IRCI Researchers Forum will be held on 29 Oct 2021

Taking the opportunity of its 10th anniversary, IRCI is holding the IRCI Researchers Forum “Progress and Challenges in the Research for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Towards a Sustainable Future -” on 29 October 2021. 1. Ob…

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08/02/2019

National Artist for literature, Virgilio S. Almario gave a lecture at Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto University (January 2019)

IRCI and Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University coorganised the lecture by Virgilio S. Almario ‘Reconstructing the National Memory towards Nation-Building’ on 31 January 2019 at Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University. Aft…

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20/12/2018

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters was held in Sendai, Japan

IRCI organised ‘Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters’ from 7 to 9 December 2018 at Sendai International Center and in Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The workshop was co-organised by Tokyo Natio…

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29/10/2018

“Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters” will be held in Sendai from 7 to 9 December 2018

IRCI organises “Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters” from 7 to 9 December 2018 at Sendai International Center and in Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The workshop is co-organised by Tokyo Nation…

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20/10/2017

International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” will be held in Osaka from 29 November to 1 December 2017

IRCI is going to organise the International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” from 29 November to 1 December at Conference Room 4, Second Floor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan with National Museum of Ethnology and Agenc…

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