National capacities strengthened and utilised to safeguard intangible cultural heritage,
including indigenous and endangered languages, through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention
Action under this Expected Result will concentrate on strengthening the legal, policy, institutional and human environments that safeguard the intangible cultural heritage and promote creativity, on supporting the effective implementation and monitoring of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and its mechanisms of international cooperation and on reinforcing cooperation at the national, regional and international levels through knowledge sharing and operational partnerships.
The 2003 Convention’s potential as a powerful tool to improve the social and cultural well-being of communities and to mobilize innovative and culturally appropriate responses to the various challenges of sustainable development – climate change and natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, safe water, conflicts, unequal access to food, education and health, migration, urbanization, social marginalization and economic inequities – will be fully explored. Traditional systems of conflict avoidance can help prevent disputes and facilitate peace-building, while also playing crucial roles in recovery and reconciliation. Emphasis will be given to empowering marginalized and vulnerable communities and individuals to participate fully in cultural life through the continued creativity that is a defining characteristic of intangible cultural heritage, and to make cultural choices according to their own wishes and aspirations. Customary practices of environmental protection and resource management will be reinforced to strengthen disaster risk management and support adaptation to climate change.
Particular attention will be placed on the further development of capacity building programmes to support the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention at the national level. This is to be achieved through demand-driven technical assistance and engagement of local and regional expertise, including the training of experts; and the production and dissemination of training materials and tools, including for policy making, data collection and partnership development.
In strengthening the international mechanisms of the 2003 Convention, efforts to increase ratifications will continue to be pursued and the decision-making process of its governing bodies will be facilitated and supported. Its role as a forum for international cooperation will be strengthened, in particular through the effective management of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund and proactive fund raising strategies.
Action to enhance global awareness of the importance of intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous languages and endangered languages, for sustainable development, social inclusion and cohesion, dialogue and peace, will be further developed, notably through knowledge management and strategic cooperation with external partners. Cooperation with African and Arab States, in particular, will be strengthened.
Performance indicator / Baseline / Quantitative and/or qualitative Target/Benchmark
2014-2015 / 2014-2017 / CAP
1 / Governing bodies of the 2003 Convention exercise sound governance thanks to effective organization of their statutory meetings / - General Assembly [1], Committee [2] and Advisory Bodies [6] meetings organized per biennium / - General Assembly [1], Committee [2] and Advisory Bodies [5] meetings organized / - General Assembly [2], Committee [4] and Advisory Bodies [9] meetings organized
2 / Number of supported Member States utilizing strengthened human and institutional resources for intangible cultural heritage and integrating ICH into national policies / - Policies developed or revised in 13 States and human and institutional resources strengthened in 20 States, per biennium / - Policies developed or revised in 24 States and human and institutional resources strengthened in 43 States / - Policies developed or revised in 26 States and human and institutional resources strengthened in 45 States / - Policies developed or revised in 10 additional States and human and institutional resources strengthened in 10 additional States
- Two regions pilot the integrated heritage education programme developed (in collaboration with ERs 1,2,3 and 4) (extrabudgetary)
3 / Percentage of UNESCO-trained female cultural professionals who then contribute to national-level decision-making processes in the field of culture / no data / 10% of UNESCO-trained female cultural professionals then contribute to national-level decision-making processes in the field of culture / 15% of UNESCO-trained female cultural professionals then contribute to national-level decision-making processes in the field of culture
4 / Number of safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous languages and endangered languages, developed and/or implemented by Member States / 100/biennium / 100 plans developed and/or implemented / 200 plans developed and/or implemented
5 / Number of international assistance requests submitted and effectively implemented by Member States, nominations submitted by Member States and best practices submitted by Member States and disseminated by them and other stakeholders / 30 international assistance requests processed and 10 projects implemented per biennium
110 nominations processed per biennium and one best practice promoted per biennium / 30 international assistance requests processed and 10 projects implemented
65 nominations processed and one best practice promoted / 60 international assistance requests processed and 10 projects implemented
130 nominations processed and one best practice promoted / 10 additional projects implemented
4 additional best practices promoted
6 / Number of periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention at the national levels submitted by States Parties and examined by Committee, and number addressing gender issues and describing policies promoting equal access to and participation in cultural life / 30 reports per biennium, of which 5 address gender issues / 75 reports, of which 30 address gender issues and describe policies promoting equal access to and participation in cultural life / 105 reports, of which 50 address gender issues and describe policies promoting equal access to and participation in cultural life
7 / Number of States Parties to the Convention increased / 18 ratifications/biennium; of which 5/biennium from Africa / 10 new ratifications; of which 2 from Africa / 15 new ratifications; of which 4 from Africa
8 / Number of organizations within and outside the United Nations system, civil society, and the private sector contributing to programme delivery / 20 NGOs accredited or renewed per biennium
1 category 2 centre fully contributing to supporting UNESCO's programme for effective implementation of the 2003 Convention / 22 NGOs accredited; 40 renewed
3 category 2 centres fully contributing to supporting UNESCO's programme for effective implementation of the 2003 Convention / 30 NGOs accredited; 65 renewed
7 category 2 centres fully contributing to supporting UNESCO's programme for effective implementation of the 2003 Convention
9 / Number of stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Convention contributing information to the knowledge-management system / 200 stakeholders contributing
150 pages dedicated to capacity-building and policy benchmarking / At least 400 stakeholders contributing
150 new pages dedicated to capacity-building and policy benchmarking / At least 800 stakeholders contributing
160 new pages dedicated to capacity-building and policy benchmarking / 50 additional new pages dedicated to capacity-building and policy benchmarking
Outputs/deliverables linked to ER 6
Performance indicator / Baseline / Quantitative and/or qualitative Target/Benchmark (T)
2014-2015 / 2014-2017 / CAP
Output 1: Governance mechanisms of 2003 Convention effectively supported
1 / Number of General Assembly sessions, Committee sessions and Bureau meetings (including e-meetings) effectively organized / GA: 1/biennium
COM: 2/biennium
BUR: 8/biennium / 1 GA
2 COM
8 BUR / 2 GA
4 COM
16 BUR
2 / Number of Subsidiary, Consultative and Evaluation body meetings effectively organized / SB: 4/biennium
CB: 4/biennium
Eval: 0/biennium / 2 SB
2 CB
2 Eval / 2 SB
2 CB
6 Eval
3 / Additional languages provided for meetings of Committee / 4/biennium / 0 / 0 / +4
4 / Number of statutory operational documents related to the Conventions that reflect gender equality principles / 0/biennium / 1 / 1
5 / Number of NGO accreditation or renewal requests processed to provide advisory services to the Committee / Accreditation requests: 100/biennium
Renewal requests: 0 / Accreditation requests: 50
Renewal requests: 85 / Accreditation requests: 100
Renewal requests: 125
6 / Number of nominations and international assistance requests processed / 110 nominations/biennium;
30 requests/biennium / 65 nominations;
30 requests / 130 nominations;
60 requests
7 / Publication of Lists of the Convention / 3 brochures/biennium
2 leaflets/biennium
dynamic online publication / 2 brochures
dynamic online publication / 2 brochures
dynamic online publication / +2 brochures
8 / Category VI expert meetings effectively organized to provide recommendations to governing bodies / 3/biennium / 2 / 2 / +2
9 / Cooperation mechanism among 2003, 1972 and 2005 Conventions facilitated and promoted / 5 meetings of the Culture Conventions Liaison Working Groups/biennium / Common support platform servicing Secretariats of all Culture Conventions established / Common support platform servicing Secretariats of all Culture Conventions effectively operating / Services of the common support platform fully satisfactory for the Secretariats of all Culture Conventions
Output 2: Technical assistance provided to Member States
1 / Technical assistance provided for development of safeguarding plans for intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous languages and endangered languages, and particularly for international assistance / 0 / 15 / 15 / +15
2 / Technical assistance provided for implementation of international assistance activities, particularly in Africa / 6/biennium / 10 / 10 / +10
3 / Technical assistance provided to Member States to encourage new ratifications, particularly in Africa / 9/biennium / 5 / 5 / +3
4 / Number of category 2 centres provided with technical and governance support / 6 centres receiving technical and governance support / 7 centres receiving technical and governance support / 7 centres receiving technical and governance support
5 / Number of additional information letters encouraging Member States to address gender issues and describe policies promoting equal access to and participation in cultural life when revising Periodic Reports / 0 / 50 / 75
6 / Number of Member States supported with technical assistance to introduce or revise their cultural and non-cultural policies, particularly in Africa / 13/biennium; of which 6/biennium in Africa / 24; of which 12 in Africa / 26; of which 14 in Africa / +10; of which +5 in Africa
7 / Number of Member States supported with technical assistance to introduce national gender-sensitive and gender responsive cultural policies / 0/biennium / 5 / 10 / +5
Output 3: International cooperation mechanisms of the 2003 Convention and decisions of its Governing Bodies
effectively implemented and cooperation with external partners promoted
1 / Number of best practices promoted / 2/quadrennium / 1 / 1 / 4
2 / Number of periodic reports (ICH-10 and ICH-11) analysed and monitored / ICH-10: 30/biennium;
ICH-11: 1/biennium / 60 ICH-10;
15 ICH-11 / 75 ICH-10;
30 ICH-11
3 / Number of new interfaces/utilities to facilitate stakeholders' contribution of information to the knowledge management system / 2/biennium / 2 / 2 / +2
4 / Number of emblem requests treated / 26/biennium / 30 / 60
5 / UNESCO's cooperation with WIPO on questions of intellectual property strengthened / Participation in 1 session/biennium of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore / Participation in 2 sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore and effective follow-up / Participation in 2 sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore and effective follow-up
Output 4: Member States' institutional capacities strengthened through effective implementation of global capacity-building strategy
1 / Number of Member States with institutional resources strengthened (ministries, institutes, NGOs, universities, ICH committees), particularly in Africa / 13/biennium;
of which 6/biennium in Africa / 24; of which 12 in Africa / 26; of which 13 in Africa / +10; of which +5 in Africa
2 / Number of UNESCO-led workshops and capacity-building programmes that raise awareness of gender principles, especially women's roles in intangible heritage / 0/biennium / 8 / 14 / +16
3 / Number of webpages on benchmarking policy development in beneficiary countries of the global capacity-building strategy / 150 / 150 / 160 / +50
4 / Number of heritage education programmes integrating intangible cultural heritage, including indigenous languages and endangered languages, developed and piloted in two regions / 0 / 0 / 0 / +2
5 / Number of formal and non-formal education and awareness-raising initiatives to disseminate heritage values and knowledge among young people in Africa / 0 / 0 / 0 / +5
6 / Number of Member States whose policies/measures to promote women's contributions to cultural life are disseminated as best practices through capacity-building curricula
Output 5: Member States' human capacities strengthened through effective implementation of global capacity-building strategy
1 / Number of supported Member States that have human resources strengthened / 20/biennium / 43 / 45 / +10
2 / Number of persons trained in the field of intangible cultural heritage; of which number trained in Africa / 1000/biennium;
of which 350/biennium in Africa / 1200; of which 500 in Africa / 1500; of which 600 in Africa / +500; of which 200 in Africa
3 / Gender balance amongst experts/participants in human and institutional capacity workshops enhanced / >40% women / >40% women / >40% women
Output 6: Impact and effectiveness of the Convention, its international cooperation mechanisms,
and its capacity-building strategy monitored and evaluated
1 / Evaluation and monitoring system implemented / 0/biennium / Evaluation and monitoring system designed and introduced / Evaluation and monitoring system implemented / More rapid and more effective introduction of the system
2 / Evaluation of the consistency of decisions and application of criteria to all mechanisms provided to Committee / 0 / 1 report on the implementation by the advisory bodies and Committee of the previous decisions of the Committee in connection with nominations, proposals and requests / 1 report on the implementation by the advisory bodies and Committee of the previous decisions of the Committee in connection with nominations, proposals and requests
Targets/Benchmarks for 2014-2015 represent those to be achieved using 1) Regular Programme funds and 2) extrabudgetary funds already in hand at the beginning of 2014. The Targets/Benchmarks for 2014-2017 assume a level of additional Regular Programme funding in the second biennium comparable to that in the first biennium. The Targets/Benchmarks for CAP represent the additional activities that could be accomplished with extrabudgetary resources that may be mobilized in the Complementary Additional Programme but are not yet in hand.