Wiki Loves Living Heritage launch event

In 2023, Wiki Loves Living Heritage celebrates living heritage on the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Join the launch webinar and start participating in the Wiki Loves Living Heritage campaign, together with numerous heritage practitioners and communities, Wikimedia volunteers, NGOs and other organizations involved in safeguarding around the world.

Program

Opening words

Focal points and civil society in the ICH Convention • Leena Marsio and Jorijn Neyrinck, ENFP European Network of Focal Points in the UNESCO 2003 Convention
20 Years on 2003 Convention • Tim Curtis, Secretary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention, UNESCO
Elevating underrepresented knowledge with Wikimedia projects • Satdeep Gill, Culture & Heritage, Wikimedia Foundation
European Heritage Days : Continent’s Favorite Heritage Festival highlighting Living Heritage • Sergei Bazarya, Programming Coordinator, Council of Europe

What's next?

(30 minutes)

Campaign overview

Introduction to the activities and the website • Susanna Ånäs
Revitalizing local culture in Ghana • Sadik Shahadu
Fallas and Wiki Loves Folklore in Spain • Francesc Fort
Announcing the webinar on ethical online sharing • Giovanna Fontenelle, Bart Magnus

Q&A

We look forward to hearing your ideas and questions on the Padlet! It is still open for contributions.

Further documentation

Event recording on YouTube

and https://linkin.bio/wikimediafoundation/ Wikimedia Foundation, European Heritage Days, Workshop intangible heritage Flanders & Flemish Commission for UNESCO in Belgium, Quebec Council for Living Heritage, Finnish Heritage Agency, Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Federal Office of Culture

Project initiated by the European network of focal points for the UNESCO 2003 Convention (ENFP) and AvoinGLAM and created by organizers around the world.