01-2011, Libreville

Mr Mohamed Ismael Abdillahi is an economist with work experience in the Ministry of Culture and Communications in Djbouti. He has co-ordinated various projects in the areas of culture, environment and the development of ICTs for developing countries.

Belgium, Djibouti, Senegal

07-2012, Abuja
06-2011, Enugu

01-2011, Harare

Mr. Denja Abdullahi has taught English and Literature at various levels of education in Nigeria. He has also worked as a journalist and editorial consultant in several media. He is a writer, poet, playwright and theatre director and Vice President, Association of Nigerian Authors.He now works as a deputy director, performing arts at the National Council for Arts and Culture, Abuja, Nigeria.

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Joseph Etienne Codjovi Adande is a professor specializing in the fields of art history and archeology, he also contributed to the development of several projects on the history of arts in Africa.

Benin

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Ms Najwa Adra is an anthropologist with over 20 years experience in documenting intangible heritage as well as participatory ethnographic methods, including monitoring and evaluation. She has utilized intangible heritage to improve the sustainability of development projects. In 2000 she piloted the highly successful Literacy through Poetry/Heritage project in Yemen.

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

05-2012, Ulaanbaatar
05-2012, Port Moresby

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Ms Noriko Aikawa is currently a visiting professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo (culture and development, managing cultural diversity). She developed the Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme at UNESCO and followed the drafting and adoption process of the Intangible Heritage Convention as Chief and Director. After retirement, she worked as an Advisor to Culture in UNESCO and a Professor at KUIS University (cultural studies), Japan.

03-2011, Sofia

Mr Umut Askungur is currently working for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey as an intangible cultural heritage specialist. He is a Commissioner for the inventory of the Marmara Region. He was a member of the Subsidiary Body on the examination of nominations to the Representative List in 2009 and 2010.

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

06-2011, Enugu

01-2011, Harare

Mr. Silverse Lisamula Anami is an ethnomusicologist widely experienced in community activities. He has served as an Educator, Head of Performing Arts and Director of Culture in Kenya. He participated in the negotiation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention and contributes to its implementation as an examiner, facilitator, practitioner and Committee member.

Kenya

09-2012, Sofia

03-2011, Sofia

Ethnologist and archaeologist, Ms Panayiota Andrianopoulou has worked since 2006 in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, notably on awareness raising around intangible cultural heritage issues. Her field work focuses on social practices, traditional music and everyday life within various communities in contemporary Greece. She has represented Greece since 2007 in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Greece

05-2013, Cap Haïtien
05-2013, Les Cayes
06-2012, Lambarene, Koula-Moutou, Mouila and Oyem
10-2011, Bamako
09-2011, Libreville

01-2011, Libreville

Ms Claudine-Augée Angoué is an anthropologist, professor at the Department of Sociology at the University Omar-Bongo of Gabon. From 2004 to 2007, she was a technical advisor to the Ministry of Culture and Arts and popular education and participated as a Gabonese representative in sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

France, Gabon

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Mr Abderrahman Ayoub is a researcher currently in charge of the Intangible Heritage Institute of Tunisia. He holds a PhD. in Linguistics and has been conducting research for many years on oral literature, ethnography and arts in Maghreb. He is the author of many publications and has recently been working on safeguarding traditional games in Tunisia.

Egypt, France, Gabon, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

10-2012, La Paz
10-2012, Bogota
10-2012, La Paz
07-2012, Quito
06-2012, Quito
Trained in:

03-2011, Havana

Mr Fabian Bedon, a sociologist, is currently the Coordinator for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Region No. 4 of Ecuador, Manabi province, Santo Domingo and the Galapagos within the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (2009-Present). He is also a Professor of Humanities at the University of San Gregorio Portoviejo and a former fellow of the World Heritage Sub Directorate of the Ministry of Culture of Spain.

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Algeria, United Arab Emirates

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Charles Binam Bikoi is an Executive Secretary of the Regional Centre for Research and Documentation on Oral Traditions & Development of African Languages​​, Professor of Humanities & Social Sciences Associate in several African and European universities and an expert on African Union matters cultural. He has contributed and participated in several meetings organized by UNESCO Culture or in connection with UNESCO in Africa and Europe.

Cameroon, Gabon

10-2011, Cetinje

03-2011, Sofia

Ms Chiara Bortolotto, an anthropologist, is currently a researcher at the Free University of Brussels. Her research focuses on the implementation of the Intangible Heritage Convention at the national and local levels (inventories and safeguarding programmes). Over the past five years, she worked on inventorying projects of intangible cultural heritage in France and Italy.

Belgium, France, Italy

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Demba Boundy contributed to the success of various projects in Africa. He was a consultant for the African Platform for Adult Education. He worked in coordination with the Danish Film Institute on the restoration of the national archives and provided interpretation services. As Vice President of the Organizing Committee, he organized the annual festival in Niger which gathered more than 20,000 participants from 17 different countries.

Mali

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Ms Géraldine Chatelard holds a Doctorate in History and Civilization and has published extensively on nomadic cultures in the Middle East. She has been actively involved in the MEDLIHER project, which aims to promote the implementation of the Intangible Heritage Convention in the Mediterranean region. She now works for the UNESCO Office in Bagdad

Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic

06-2012, Vientiane
05-2012, Paro

01-2011, Beijing

Ms Shuba Chaudhuri has been working in the areas of audio visual archiving and ethnomusicology for over two decades. Her fieldwork has been in Western Rajasthan and Goa in India. She has presented papers and attended workshops and seminars on intangible cultural heritage, as well as issues related to intellectual property rights in this area.

India

06-2012, Harare
04-2012, Gaborone
03-2012, Lusaka
03-2012, Harare
03-2012, Lilongwe

01-2011, Harare

Mr Stephen Chifunyise is a former Permanent Secretary for Education, Sport and Culture in Zimbabwe and former member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. He is currently chairing the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee and the Culture Committee of the National Commission for UNESCO. He has facilitated community- based inventorying processes in various Southern African countries. He also works as an arts educator, a playwright and an independent consultant.

Zimbabwe

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

01-2011, Beijing

Mr The Duc Dao holds a Doctorate in anthropology. His research focuses on local knowledge and cultural heritage in South East Asia. He has experience in teaching and was previously an editor for the Xua&Nay (Past&Present) magazine.

Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam

01-2011, Harare

Ms Ana Gita Oliveira is a social and cultural anthropologist, with experience in Amazonian Ethnology. For the past 30 years, she has worked for governmental institutions specialized in cultural heritage. She notably participated in the elaboration of tools for the implementation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention in Brazil.

Brazil

06-2012, Mombasa

03-2011, Havana
01-2011, Harare
01-2011, Beijing

Harriet Deacon is a historian with interests in tangible and intangible heritage management, public policy on heritage, and the intersection between culture and health. Her publications include the Subtle Power of Intangible Heritage (HSRC Press, 2004; available free online). She has been involved in the preparation and delivery of training materials for the implementation of the Intangible Heritage Convention since April 2010.

China, Cuba, Japan, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe

10-2012, La Paz
10-2012, São Tomé

03-2011, Havana

Mr Lucas Dos Santos holds a Master in Social Sciences and has experience in intangible cultural heritage inventorying. He works in cultural retrieval projects in communities under the impact of infrastructural development. He is also a tutor at the virtual class on intangible cultural heritage/CRESPIAL.

Brazil

01-2011, Harare

Ms Emily Drania Drani is a senior manager with more than 10 years of experience in development work with specific emphasis on research, communication, documentation and public relations skills including development programme planning, coordination and resource mobilization.

Uganda, Zimbabwe

07-2012, Damietta

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Mr Ismail Ali El Fihail is a lecturer of Sociology, Anthropology and Folklore, with experience in project evaluation. He was previously a Member of the Subsidiary Body on the examination of nominations to the Representative List (2009-2010).

Qatar, South Sudan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates

04-2013, Dushanbe

03-2011, Sofia

Mr. Illia Fetysov is a well-known Ukrainian researcher of intangible cultural heritage, and leader of "Bozhychi" Folk Ensemble (since 1999) and School of Traditional Folkdances (since 2005). He is also the President of Ukraine Association of Young Researchers of Folklore (since 2001). This organization has successful practices of transmission centers, and experience in activities directed at popularization of intangible cultural heritage, in particular, realization of social advertising campaigns, organization of festivals, etc.

09-2012, Sofia

03-2011, Sofia

Ms Ksenia Fokina is currently working for the State Russian House of Folk Arts as the Chief of the Division of International Relations. She has experience in the coordination of theatre festivals and is preparing a Doctorate at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.

10-2012, Amman
09-2012, Cairo
07-2012, Damietta
06-2012, Beirut

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Mr Mostafa Gad is a Professor specializing in the techniques of conservation and archiving of folklore. He has participated and contributed to various conferences and on cultural and natural heritage in several Arab countries.

Algeria, Egypt, France, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

11-2011, Addis Ababa

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Mr Amareswar Galla is an interdisciplinary specialist in sustainable heritage development, Professor & Executive Director of the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Intangible Heritage, with extensive field work and training experience in safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage.

Afghanistan, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam

08-2012, Phnom Penh
06-2012, Colombo
04-2012, Dili
11-2011, Dili

01-2011, Beijing

Mr Rahul Goswami has a long working experience on issues related to sustainable development and indigenous peoples in India, South-East Asia and the Gulf region. An expert from the Goa Heritage Action Group, an accredited NGO working for rediscovering and rehabilitating cultural and social traditions, he was designated by them to serve the Committee as examiner of two nominations to the Urgent Safeguarding List (in 2009 and 2010) and two international assistance requests (in 2009).

India, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

01-2013, Doha
10-2012, Byblos
10-2012, Amman
07-2012, Madaba

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Specializing in Near Eastern Cultures and Languages, Mr Hani Hayajneh is a professor at the faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. He also serves as Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Center of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. He has published a number of research papers, books and articles on intangible cultural heritage, on its safeguarding and on the impact of tourism on heritage sites in Jordan. He has also been involved in national activities for raising awareness and safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage. He is now participating in the MEDLIHER project that aims at strengthening the implementation of the Convention in the Mediterranean area.

Eritrea, France, Germany, Jordan, United States of America

Mr Marc Jacobs is a Professor in critical heritage studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Since 2008, he has been Director of the Flemish Interface for cultural heritage (FARO), an accredited organization specialized in intangible cultural heritage safeguarding. He participated as representative of Belgium in drafting the Intangible Heritage Convention, in many expert groups and in the first Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention (2006-2008).

Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United States of America

01-2011, Beijing

Mr Dong Jiang (PhD) is currently the Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Dance, China National Academy of Arts. His work focuses on choreology, dance history and world ethnic dances. He is also teaching those subjects as a University Professor.

China

03-2012, Paris

As a cultural anthropologist (PhD) Ms Maya Judd has demonstrated experience in Africa and Europe of using participatory ethnographic methods. She has designed pedagogic materials for workshops and university level courses on different methods relevant for intangible cultural heritage inventorying. She has experience in drafting and working through team work

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Fallo Baba Keita has a vast experience in designing and implementing of professional training courses on the safeguarding and promotion of cultural heritage. He is currently serving as the Director of the School of African Heritage. Mr Fallo Baba Keita previously taught professional courses for staff of African museums. He also coordinated the Africa 2009 Programme ICCROM / UNESCO cultural heritage property in Africa.

Ms Susan Keitumetse’s background is on Archaeology & Environmental Sciences, consolidated into Heritage Studies through a PhD on Sustainable Development. She has been a researcher at University of Botswana since 2006 and has 10+ years experience in community-based heritage conservation. She previously served as a member of the Convention’s Consultative Body.

Botswana, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

10-2011, Bamako

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Ludovic Kibora Ouhonyioué is responsible for research and socio-anthropological studies. In addition to having contributed to scientific research projects, he also participated and conducted several trainings for the evaluation of cultural projects and work with public administrations, NGOs and international aid organizations.

Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Mali

06-2012, Vientiane
05-2012, Paro

03-2011, Sofia

Ms Paritta Chalermpow (PhD), a social anthropologist, is currently teaching at Thammasat University, Bangkok. She is also a consultant for cultural fluency projects in southern Thailand. She previously led a team of researchers to study and build capacity for local and community-based museums in Thailand and has published extensively on related issues.

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

02-2013, Buenos Aires
10-2012, Salta

03-2011, Havana

Ms Monica Lacarrieu is the Director of the Cultural Anthropology Programme of the Institute of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She has taught at the university level since 1992 in areas related to Social Anthropology. Her current research focuses on culture and territory in the city of Buenos aires.

Argentina

02-2013, Buenos Aires
10-2012, Salta

03-2011, Havana

Mr Francisco Lopez Morales is an architect, currently the Director of the Department of World Heritage at INAH, the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico.He has represented Mexico at the Intergovernmental Committee of ICH and recently organized a workshop on inventories of ICH in Chiapas.

Mexico

04-2013, Guatemala

03-2011, Havana

Ms Eva Lilia Martínez Ordóñez holds a PhD in Anthropology, with a focus on Archeology. She is currently serving as the Deputy-Director for Heritage in the Honduras Institute of Anthropology and History. She has teaching experience and has also worked as an independent consultant for various heritage projects.

Honduras

06-2012, Harare
04-2012, Gaborone
03-2012, Lusaka
03-2012, Harare
03-2012, Lilongwe

01-2011, Harare

Mr Lovemore C.J. Mazibuko is presently the Acting Director of National Museums of Malawi. He is the holder of a Master of Science Degree in Biology (Ethno-biology) and a Postgraduate Diploma in the Care and Management of Heritage and Museum Collections. He has been involved in research activities, for both natural and cultural history and has worked with UNESCO on a number of programmes.

03-2013, Santo Domingo
10-2012, La Paz
10-2012, Bogota

03-2011, Havana

Ms Adriana Molano Arenas, an anthropologist, works for the Ministry of Culture of Colombia as a Coordinator for Intangible Heritage. She is involved in the implementation of the Safeguarding Policy of Intangible Heritage, in particular the development of methodologies that promote heritage management by communities.

01-2011, Harare

As a coordinator, lecturer and research of cultural heritage, Ms. Tumelo Monyane was also a teacher in the cultural domain (theory and practice of heritage). She has participated in several projects for intangible heritage.

Lesotho

05-2013, Cap Haïtien
05-2013, Les Cayes
04-2013, Guatemala
11-2011, Santiago

03-2011, Havana

As a communicator specializing in the promotion and diffusion of intangible cultural heritage, Ms Soledad Mujica is Director of the Registry and Cultural Studies Department of the recently created Ministry of Culture of Peru and actively represented her government in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from 2006 to 2010. Author of many publications on traditional dance in Peru, she has more than thirty years of experience in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.

Peru

01-2011, Harare

Mr Julius Mwahunga holds a degree in Education and a Masters in Development Studies. He was trained in disaster mitigation of urban cultural heritage at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. He also drafted nomination files for the Intangible Heritage lists and worked on community-based inventorying projects.

Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Raphael Ndiaye specializes in cultural archives in West Africa, he was a teacher at the school of librarians Archivists and Documentalists in Dakar, Director of Public Libraries of Senegal and President of various library Associations. In addition, he participated in several research projects and published several cultural publications.

Gabon, Senegal

01-2011, Harare

Mr Michael Kotey Neequaye is experienced in capacity building for community-based development projects. He is also skilled on training needs assessment. Recently, he designed a cultural heritage awareness campaign in Cape Coast.

Ghana, United States of America, Zimbabwe

09-2012, Moroni
05-2011, Bujumbura

01-2011, Libreville

Mr Domitien Nizigiyimana is a Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Burundi. He was also Director General of the Ministry of Higher Education for Scientific Research. In addition, he contributed to the publication of various journals.

Burundi, Rwanda

01-2011, Libreville

As an Administrator - Cultural Advisor and formerly Director of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Development, Mr Jean Omer Ntady participated in several workshops inventory and documentation of heritage, sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage and awareness meetings on the Intangible Heritage Convention.

Congo, Gabon, Togo

01-2011, Beijing

Ms Suzanne Ogge holds a Masters degree in Ethnography and is presently the Director of Museums and Heritage Projects at Studio Milou Singapore, an architectural firm. Prior to moving to Singapore, she specialized in international cultural project management and museum development, working for 10 years (1999-2009) as a consultant to UNESCO Headquarter's Division of Cultural Heritage, for both the Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme and the Section for Museums and Cultural Objects.

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Nepal, Singapore

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

01-2011, Beijing

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

03-2013, Tegucigalpa
02-2013, Majagua, Ciego de Ávila
11-2012, Matanzas

03-2011, Havana

Mr Enrique Perez Lopez has worked for 27 years with the indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico, doing research, promotion and diffusion of indigenous cultures and languages and management of cultural projects. He has been Director of the Centro Estatal de Lenguas, Arte y Literatura Indígenas del Consejo Estatal para las Culturas y las Artes de Chiapas since 1997.

11-2012, Beijing
06-2012, Mombasa
11-2011, Addis Ababa
11-2011, Mombasa
09-2011, Libreville

01-2011, Harare

Ms Deirdre Prins-Solani currently serves as the Director for Heritage Development in Africa. She has been instrumental in the development of academic programs in Heritage Management, such as the African Program for Museums and Heritage Studies. She previously was the President of the South African Museums Association and currently serves as President of AFRICOM.

Kenya, South Africa

05-2012, Port Moresby

01-2011, Beijing

Mr Setoki Qalubau holds a Masters of Arts in History and is presently the administrative officer at the Institute of Indigenous Language & Culture of the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs in Fiji, where he manages the Cultural Mapping programme.

01-2011, Libreville

Ms Lala Raharinjanahary is a Professor of Anthropology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar). She is also working as an independent consultant on issues related to the anthropology of development, gender equality and the evaluation of development programmes.

Madagascar

12-2012, Kingston
11-2012, St. George's
11-2012, Belize City

03-2011, Havana

Ms Kris Rampersad (PhD) is a media, cultural and literary consultant, author, researcher, lecturer and journalist. She has more than 20 years in media and more than eight years experience in working at the national and intergovernmental level in the area of culture, gender, agriculture and rural development, and civil society empowerment. She has worked with UN and UN agencies including UNESCO, UNDP, UNIFEM and UN-WSIS, Commonwealth Foundation, Organisation of American States, Inter-American Institute for Agriculture and CARICOM institutions.

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, France, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda

03-2011, Sofia

Mr Raphaël Roig holds a degree in African Contemporary History and International Relations and has several years of experience in political studies in Eritrea (human rights issues), in cultural projects and policies in Ethiopia. He presently works as a Programme Officer at the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Yemen

03-2013, Santo Domingo

03-2011, Havana

07-2011, Broumana

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Mr Ahmed Skounti is an anthropologist at the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage Sciences in Rabat and Associate Professor at the University of Marrakech. He contributed to the drafting of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention and its Operational Directives. He participates in capacity-building workshops, mainly in the Arab States and Africa.

07-2012, Tashkent
05-2012, Sarajevo
05-2011, Minsk

04-2011, Abu Dhabi
03-2011, Sofia
01-2011, Libreville
01-2011, Beijing

Mr Rieks Smeets, a linguist, started his career at Leiden University. He was previously the Secretary of the Dutch Natcom for UNESCO, the Chief of the Intangible Heritage Section at UNESCO and Secretary of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. Since then, he has been involved as trainer and facilitator in the capacity building exercise.

04-2013, Dushanbe
02-2013, Almaty
11-2012, Samarkand
10-2012, Bishkek
08-2012, Dushanbe
03-2011, Sofia

Ms Sabira Soltongeldieva is a Culture Programme Specialist at the Kyrgyz National Commission for UNESCO. She conducts research on cultural anthropology, with a focus on the nomadic cultures and oral traditions of Central Asia.

03-2011, Sofia

Mr Gábor Soós, PhD, has a wide range of experience acquired over 12 years as a university lecturer in cultural heritage and civil servant in the field of world heritage, international cooperation and promotion of cultural heritage. He actively participated in the elaboration of the Intangible Heritage Convention and continues to provide professional advice and training on community-based inventorying and nominations to the Intangible Heritage Lists.

05-2012, Sarajevo
10-2011, Cetinje

03-2011, Sofia

Mr Sasa Sreckovic is an ethnologist and senior curator at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade. He is currently the coordinator for Intangible Cultural Heritage for Serbia. His specialization is in the area of cultural and museum management, and the relationship between heritage and social and economic development. He is also a documentary filmmaker.

01-2011, Beijing

Mr Vellorimo J. Suminguit is an Associate professor at Central Mindanao University. He holds a PhD in anthropology and is experienced in multi-disciplinary research, information exchange, and developing capacity building programs. He is the president of Friends of Lumads and also holds membership in various professional societies including the Anthropological Association in the Philippines.

Philippines

04-2012, Porto-Novo

Benin

07-2012, Madaba
06-2012, Beirut
03-2012, Paris
07-2011, Broumana

04-2011, Abu Dhabi

Ms Annie Thome-Tabet, an anthropologist, is currently Associate Professor at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She has significant experience in teaching and research. She previously participated in the UNESCO Programme "Women, development and intangible heritage". She is actively involved in the implementation of the MEDLIHER project in Lebanon.

Lebanon

03-2013, Tegucigalpa
02-2013, Majagua, Ciego de Ávila
11-2012, Matanzas

03-2011, Havana

Ms. Maria Ismenia Toledo is an Anthropologist with post graduate studies in Public Management. She currently serves as Technical Coordinator of the Liaison Office of UNESCO in the Cultural Diversity Center in Caracas Venezuela, providing technical assistance for the Venezuelan representatives for the Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage. She is a researcher in Venezuelan Cultural Heritage since 1981 and author of several publications related to the issue of Venezuelan Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Museums.

06-2012, Colombo
05-2011, Islamabad

01-2011, Beijing

Ms. Sajida Haider Vandal is the CEO of THAAP, a non-profit organization working in culture, art and architecture in Pakistan. She worked as professor of architecture at National College of Arts, (NCA) Lahore from 2000-2007 and Principal of NCA from 1990-1994, 1999-2007. Her main fields of expertise are: architecture and planning, cultural heritage management and conservation, art and culture education and community development and empowerment of women.

07-2012, Tashkent
04-2012, Astana

03-2011, Sofia

Mr Nikolai Vukov (PhD) is an anthropologist and historian researching on topics of kinship, commemorations and folklore epics. He has been an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Folklore at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 2003 and has long-term experience in teaching and exploring various aspects of intangible cultural heritage.

Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary

01-2011, Beijing

Mr Harry Waluyo is presently the Secretary for Body of Resource Development in the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia. He holds a degree in anthropology and history and has delivered talks on intangible cultural heritage inventories and the experience of Indonesia in managing this heritage in several international forums.

Indonesia