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Advisory committee
on intangible cultural heritage

To create the Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Austria, an Ddvisory Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage was set up when Austria ratified the Convention in 2009.

The Advisory Committee takes decisions using a criteria catalogue for the acceptance of the presented example of intangible cultural heritage in the National Inventories or in the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices by nominating components on national lists to international lists. Furthermore, the Advisory Committee can motivate NGOs to apply for accreditation as an advisory organisation at the intergovernmental committee.

Composition of the Advisory Committee :

  • Representaties from five federal ministeries
  • one representative from the culture departments in each of the nine federal states
  • ten experts on the five areas of intangible cultural heritage set out in the Convention

Members of the Advisory Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage  (in alphabetical order) 

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

FEDERAL STATES

EXPERTS

To safeguard preservation, each State Party shall, in a manner appropriate to its situation, draw up one or more lists of intangible cultural heritage in its territory. These lists shall be updated regularly.

Article 12