IRCI has been promoting intangible cultural heritage through contributing to the projects carried out by Sakai City. Akio Arata, Director-General of IRCI, gave a public lecture titled “IRCI and the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” on 21 February 2015, at the 10^th Seminar on Understanding Intangible Cultural Heritage.

This seminar was held at Sakai City Museum and was attended by over 70 citizens.