Intangible Heritage Patrimoine immatériel Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage / Québec declaration on the pre- servation of the spirit of place / The ICOMOS charter for the interpretation and presentation of cul- tural heritage sites with a bibliography based on documents available at the UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre. Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel / Déclaration de Québec sur la sauve- garde de l’esprit du lieu / Charte ICOMOS pour l’interprétation et la présentation des sites culturels patri- moniaux avec une bibliographie de références issues du fonds du Centre de Documentation UNESCO- ICOMOS. By UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre - August 2011 Par le Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS - Août 2011 Content / Sommaire Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage ............................................................................... 4 I. General provisions ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Article 1 – Purposes of the Convention ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 2 – Definitions ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Article 3 – Relationship to other international instruments ..................................................................................... 5 II. Organs of the Convention ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Article 4 – General Assembly of States Parties ......................................................................................................... 5 Article 5 – Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ........................... 6 Article 6 – Election and terms of office of States Members of the Committee ............................................................ 6 Article 7 – Functions of the Committee ...................................................................................................................... 6 Article 8 – Working methods of the Committee ......................................................................................................... 6 Article 9 – Accreditation of advisory organizations .................................................................................................... 7 Article 10 – The Secretariat ....................................................................................................................................... 7 III. Safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage at the national level ................................................................ 7 Article 11 – Role of States Parties ............................................................................................................................. 7 Article 12 – Inventories .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Article 13 – Other measures for safeguarding ........................................................................................................... 7 Article 14 – Education, awareness-raising and capacity-building .............................................................................. 8 Article 15 – Participation of communities, groups and individuals ............................................................................. 8 IV. Safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage at the international level........................................................ 8 Article 16 – Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ....................................................... 8 Article 17 – List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding ....................................................... 8 Article 18 – Programmes, projects and activities for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage .................. 8 V. International cooperation and assistance ............................................................................................................. 9 Article 19 – Cooperation ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Article 20 – Purposes of international assistance ...................................................................................................... 9 Article 21 – Forms of international assistance ........................................................................................................... 9 Article 22 – Conditions governing international assistance ........................................................................................ 9 Article 23 – Requests for international assistance ................................................................................................... 10 Article 24 – Role of beneficiary States Parties ......................................................................................................... 10 VI. Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund ....................................................................................................................... 10 Article 25 – Nature and resources of the Fund ........................................................................................................ 10 Article 26 – Contributions of States Parties to the Fund .......................................................................................... 10 Article 27 – Voluntary supplementary contributions to the Fund .............................................................................. 11 Article 28 – International fund-raising campaigns .................................................................................................... 11 VII. Reports ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Article 29 – Reports by the States Parties ............................................................................................................... 11 Article 30 – Reports by the Committee .................................................................................................................... 11 VIII. Transitional clause............................................................................................................................................. 11 Article 31 – Relationship to the Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible ....................................... 11 Heritage of Humanity .............................................................................................................................................. 11 IX. Final clauses ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Article 32 – Ratification, acceptance or approval ..................................................................................................... 12 Article 33 – Accession ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Article 34 – Entry into force ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Article 35 – Federal or non-unitary constitutional systems ...................................................................................... 12 Article 36 – Denunciation ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Article 37 – Depositary functions ............................................................................................................................. 13 Article 38 – Amendments ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Article 39 – Authoritative texts ................................................................................................................................. 13 Article 40 – Registration .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel .......................................................................... 14 I. Dispositions générales .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Article premier : Buts de la Convention ................................................................................................................... 14 Article 2 : Définitions ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Article 3 : Relation avec d‘autres instruments internationaux .................................................................................. 15 II. Organes de la Convention ...................................................................................................................................