Name of Institute/Centre International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS), Samarkand, Uzbekistan Year of creation 5 July 1995 UNESCO focal point Tashkent UNESCO Office/Alain Godonou, DIR/CLT/DDD Statutes and agreements • 28 C/Resolution 3.8, 1995 • Agreement constituting the Statute of IICAS (149 EX/34,1996) • Agreement between UNESCO and IICAS (25.04.96.) • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and IICAS concerning the Headquarters of IICAS, its legal status, privileges and immunities on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan (10.01. 97) Thematic specialization Coordination and promotion of multidisciplinary research in domains pertaining to Central Asia , and furthering regional, interregional and international cooperation in its areas of competence: tangible and intangible cultural heritage, archaeology, history, history of art, ethnography, history of religions, environments, historical geography, written and oral literature, social sciences. Geographic coverage Central Asia Is the agreement in No. compliance with UNESCO’s integrated To be noted, in reference to doc. 35C/22, point D.1.3 : the General Assembly comprehensive strategy of IICAS (April 2008) adopted amendments to its Statute where UNESCO is (35 C/22 and Corr.) represented as a full member in the governing body of the Institute; a adopted at the 35th representative of the Tashkent UNESCO Office participates in its sessions of session of UNESCO’s the Academic Council and General Assembly. General Conference in 2009? Governing Board General Assembly; Academic Council UNESCO staff detached N/A Financial contributions 2010-2011 1 Regular programme No (please provide details, i.e. cost of undertaking the feasibility study, activities, implemented through contractual arrangements, costs of participating in the governing boards, other) Extrabudgetary - Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the (please provide Pacific, (ICHCAP, Republic of Korea) – USD 20 873 to details) organize a seminar on intangible heritage and develop an online tool for intangible heritage safeguarding in Central Asia. - Norway (Department of Cultural Heritage, Riksantikvaren) – USD 16 054 for the Sarmishsay Rock Art Site protection and conservation. - UNESCO WHC - USD 52 000 as a contribution to the Rock Art World heritage serial nomination in Central Asia project. Total USD 89 139 Centre or Institute’s Annual contributions from its 10 Member States Budget and sources voluntary and in-kind contributions. of financing Has the Institute or Yes, in 2011, Independent Audit Company “Amulet Centre been Audit” in Uzbekistan. audited, if yes by Conclusion: “financial and economic activities of the whom and what Institute comply with statutory tasks”. were the results? Contribution to The IICAS’s activities contribute to UNESCO’s programme MLA 1: Protecting and conserving immovable cultural properties and natural results at the Main Lines properties, in particular through the effective implementation of the World of Action (MLA) level in Heritage Convention. the 35 C/5 MLA 2: Safeguarding living heritage, particularly through the promotion and implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. MLA5: Integrating intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity into national policies. 2 Does the institute or Yes. Regional, interregional and international cooperation, capacity-building centre contribute to the projects and joint development of research, promotion of conferences, implementation of a workshops in line with UNESCO’s programme have been strengthened UNESCO sector strategy, through programmes and activities of IICAS, which contribute to if yes, please indicate the 34C/4 Overarching objective 4 “Fostering cultural diversity, intercultural how? dialogue and a culture of peace” towards the Strategic Programme Objectives (SPO) set out in the Mid-Term Strategy (34 C/4): SPO9 : Strengthening the contribution of culture to sustainable development SPO 10:Demonstrating the importance of exchange and dialogue among cultures to social cohesion and reconciliation in order to develop a culture of peace SPO 11: Sustainably protecting and enhancing cultural heritage Was a review carried out by UNESCO on the Centre/Institute’s contribution to the Strategic Programme No Objectives of the Organization prior to the expiration of the Institute/Centre’s agreement? If yes, please provide a short synopsis of the results of this review (no more than 100 words max) Last external evaluation N/A Has this centre/institute With its 10 Member States - Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Korea, promoted best practices Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan- the IICAS is itself in promoting South-South, a good example of South-South, North-South and triangular cooperation. North-South and triangular cooperation, if The Institute has promoted good practices through participation in yes, please provide a brief collaborative capacity-building and joint research and scientific/cultural synopsis (100 words max) projects, meetings, and educational projects. Cooperation between 2 institutes category 2 : the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, (ICHCAP, Republic of Korea), joint projects between Turkey, Azerbaijan and other countries of Central Asia are good examples towards building fruitful synergies and developing the networks and partnerships for South-South, North-South and triangular cooperation. 3.