The Legal Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783319729831
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

7 Conclusion

Live heritage is the most visible testimony of cultural diversity in the world. It shows human creativity, connections between many human communities and offers an opportunity for a renewed dialogue between cultures.

Safeguarding this heritage is our shared responsibility, as individuals, groups and communities. The States, in getting involved in the Convention, commit themselves to ensuring its safeguard at the national and international level.

In implementing the ICH Convention, the results for Burkina Faso are promising. The institutional framework is progressively being created for a concerted and participative management of the Intangible Heritage by means of inventories, elaboration and implementation of safeguarding measures, and promotion and development.

The States have massively adhered to the Convention. Nowadays it comprises more than 140 member States. The challenge of safeguarding Intangible Heritage is here, now. However, rushing towards the inscription on the lists of the Convention (List of ICH in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and Representative List) deserves great attention. Instituted to ensure better visibility for the intangible cultural heritage, for greater awareness of its importance, to favour dialogue in the respect of cultural diversity and to take appropriate safeguarding measures for the intangible cultural heritage that requires an emergency safeguard, these lists are jeopardizing the function of the Convention.

Footnotes

1The national culture policy is divided into four strategic axes. Strategic axis 1 encompasses a certain number of specific objectives related to the Intangible Heritage, among which: protect and develop the Intangible and Material Cultural Heritage; encourage and support local and national initiatives of cultural promotion; promote endogenous values and know-how in development strategies; develop human resources and the potential of actors through specialized professional training and education; develop research in the domain of culture.

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