Joanne Orr, Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO in Scotland talks about theWorld Convention safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and an initiative to record ICH in Scotland using an online wiki style inventory.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO Culture Committee has submitted a response to the public consultation 'World Heritage for the Nation: Identifying, Protecting and Promoting our WorldHeritage', published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
This conference is part of the Making Sense of Our Sites initiative, launched by the UK National Commission for UNESCO in 2009, which supports UK WorldHeritage Sites to communicate messages of WorldHeritage effectively to schools.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) supports the effective implementation of theWorldHeritage Convention within the UK and works to strengthen international links and expertise in the protection and promotion of WorldHeritage Sites.