ICOM SEE PARTICIPATION AT THE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE FORUM IN CHINA RESULTS IN THE PROPOSAL TO CELEBRATE THE DATE OF THE UNESCO CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ADOPTION AS THE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE DAY

ICOM SEE representatives Goranka Horjan from Croatia (chair), Tanja Roženbergar (vice-chair) from Slovenia and Biljana Đorđević (secretary) from Serbia proposed during the Forum marking the 17th October as International Intangible Heritage Day since it was the day when in 2003 the UNESCO CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE was adopted in Paris. All participants of the Forum welcomed the proposal and ICOM SEE would like to start with activities to put this initiative into practice. This year an on-line invitation for supporting the initiative is sent addressing the cultural heritage experts in ICOM SEE region to promote the topic by using their social networks and websites.

We propose using #OCT17ICH as a common indicator for promoting the topic and plus every museum or an individual can add photo of the enlisted intangible heritage from national or UNESCO lists.