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SAFEGUARDING

 Safeguarding means:

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  • Protecting and promoting Israel's Intangible Cultural Heritage through research, identification, preservation, enhancement, and education via workshops and cultural activities.

  • Encouraging policies that support Israel's intangible cultural heritage in Israel and around the world

  • Supporting scientific, technical, and artistic studies about the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

  • Promoting the transmission of the intangible cultural heritage of Israel through forums, community spaces and other appropriate settings

  • Working for the recognition, respect and enhancement of intangible cultural heritage in society through: education, awareness and information programs for the general public and young people 

  • Promoting education for the protection of natural spaces and places of memory whose existence is necessary for the expression of the intangible cultural heritage.

  • Ensuring the participation of communities, groups and individuals to maintain and transmit the heritage, and to involve them actively in its management.

  • Carrying out the inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

  • Supporting programs, projects, and activities about intangible cultural heritage 

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​Recognition Requirements: 

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  • Detailed documentation of the element.

  • Proven active participation from communities and individuals.

  • Strategic planning and implementation 

  • Evaluation of the transmission of the element to be safeguarded from generation to generation

  • The role of children and young people as learners and future practitioners.

  • Sustainable development integrates considerations into the element to be preserved: inclusive social development; environmental sustainability; inclusive economic development; and peace and security (peacebuilding, dialogue, respect for cultural diversity). ​

APPLY NOW

Individuals, groups, and communities in Israel are invited to contribute to the research and provide information to the database. Just fill in the form and send it via the application for Registration / Recognition. Community members are encouraged to contribute to the database by submitting the recognition form below.​

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