0 com ith/15/10. Com/Decisions Windhoek, December 2015 Original: English/French

DECISION 10.COM 15.c

The Committee,

1. 
   Having examined document ITH/15/10.COM/15.c,
   
2. 
   Recalling documents IOS/EVS/PI/129 REV. and IOS/AUD/2013/06, and Decisions 8.COM 5.c.1, 8.COM 5.c.2, 9.COM 13.e, 9.COM 13.f, 9.COM 13.g, and 9.COM 13.h,
   
3. 
   Acknowledges with satisfaction that the Secretariat has made a good progress in response to the recommendations of the evaluation and audit as well as of its corresponding decisions, and wishes that such effort be continued as planned;
   
4. 
   Recommends to the General Assembly to approve the amendment of all relevant paragraphs of the Operational Directives to increase from US$25,000 to US$100,000 the requests for International Assistance that can be approved by the Bureau of the Committee;
   
5. 
   Commends China for its generous offer of a voluntary supplementary contribution to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund to support the organization of an expert meeting on developing an overall results framework for the Convention,
   
6. 
   Acknowledges the increasing reliance of the Organization on extrabudgetary contributions and requests the Secretariat to submit the proposed coordinated fund-raising strategy for its consideration;
   
7. 
   Further requests the Secretariat to report the progress made on the follow-up on the audits and evaluations for examination by the Committee at its eleventh session in 2016.
   

DECISION 10.COM 16

The Committee,

1. 
   Having examined document ITH/15/10.COM/16, requests for accreditation, as well as quadrennial reports submitted by organizations accredited by the General Assembly at its third session in 2010,
   
2. 
   Recalling Article 9 of the Convention, Chapter III.2.2 of the Operational Directives and Decision 9.COM 14,
   
3. 
   Further recalling Resolution 3.GA 7,
   
4. 
   Considers that the following 24 organizations satisfy the criteria set out in the Operational Directives and recommends to the General Assembly that they be accredited to provide advisory services to the Committee:
   

   Name of organization	Country of headquarters	Request number
   Aşiq Şəmşir Mədəniyyət Ocaği Ictimai Birliyi / Ashiq Shamshir Cultural Center Public Union	Azerbaijan	NGO-90327
   Asociación Cultural e Pedagóxica ‘Ponte ... nas Ondas’ / Cultural and Educational Association ‘Ponte ... nas Ondas’	Spain	NGO-90355
   Associació d’Estudis Fallers (ADEF) / Fallas studies association	Spain	NGO-90350
   L’Association canadienne d’ethnologie et de folklore / The Folklore Studies Association of Canada	Canada	NGO-90360
   جمعية خريجي المعهد الوطني لعلوم الأثار والتراث / Association des lauréats de l’Institut national des sciences de l’archéologie et du patrimoine – ALINSAP	Morocco	NGO-90345
   Association mauritanienne pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel – AMS – PCI	Mauritania	NGO-90347
   Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland, Bundesverband für Kultur, Natur und Heimat e.V / Federal Organisation of the Local Heritage Organisations in Germany	Germany	NGO-90353
   Centre Albert Marinus	Belgium	NGO-90330
   무형문화연구소 / The Center for Intangible Culture Studies – CICS	Republic of Korea	NGO-90336
   Ensemble artistique et culturel TOWARA – EAC	Benin	NGO-90346
   Forbundet KYSTEN / The Norwegian Coastal Federation	Norway	NGO-90349
   Heritage Crafts Association	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	NGO-90323
   Institut Occitan d’Aquitaine	France	NGO-90319
   International Association of Paremiology – IAP / Associação Internacional de Paremiologia	Portugal	NGO-90322
   الجمعية الموريتانية للمأثورات الشعبية / Association mauritanienne pour les traditions populaires (AMTP)	Mauritania	NGO-90343
   Maison de la Métallurgie et de l’Industrie de Liège – MMIL	Belgium	NGO-90324
   Norsk Folkemuseum, Norsk etnologisk gransking (NF/NEG) / Norwegian Ethnological Research	Norway	NGO-90281
   Patrimoine du Musée International du Carnaval et du Masque	Belgium	NGO-90329
   Public Fund Aigine Cultural Research Center – Aigine CRC	Kyrgyzstan	NGO-90335
   श्रेए हनुमान व्यायाम प्रसरक मन्दल् / Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal	India	NGO-90321
   Société française d’Ethnoscénologie (SOFETH)	France	NGO-90314
   Starpnozaru mākslas grupa SERDE / Interdisciplinary Art Group SERDE	Latvia	NGO-90356
   Tribal Cultural Society	India	NGO-90361
   Европейска Асоциация на Фолклорните Фестивали / European Association of Folklore Festivals	Bulgaria	NGO-90338

5. 
   Further considers that the following 59 organizations satisfy the requirements set out in the Operational Directives and decides to maintain their accreditation to provide advisory services to the Committee:
   

   Name of organization	Country of headquarters	Registration number
   African Cultural Regeneration Institute – ACRI / Institut africain pour la régénération culturelle	Kenya	NGO-90119
   Akşehir Nasreddin Hoca ve Turizm Derneği / Association de Nasreddin Hodja et du Tourisme – ANHT	Turkey	NGO-90148
   American Folklore Society	United States of America	NGO-90110
   Artesanato Solidário / ArteSol / Solidary Handicraft / ArteSol	Brazil	NGO-90168
   Associação dos Amigos da Arte Popular Brasileira / Museu Casa do Pontal / Association of Friends of Brazilian Folk Art / Casa do Pontal Museum	Brazil	NGO-90158
   Association européenne des jeux et sports traditionnels / European Traditional Sports and Games Association	France	NGO-90106
   Association nationale cultures et traditions	France	NGO-90043
   Associazione Musa – Musiche, Canti e Danze tradizionali delle Quattro Province / Musa Association – Music, Songs and Traditional Dances	Italy	NGO-90048
   Center for Peace Building and Poverty Reduction among Indigenous African Peoples – CEPPER	Nigeria	NGO-90167
   Center for Traditional Music and Dance	United States of America	NGO-90003
   Centre des musiques et danses traditionnelles et populaires de Guadeloupe – CMDT Guadeloupe	France	NGO-90026
   Centro Daniel Rubín de la Borbolla a.c. / Daniel Rubin de la Borbolla Center, a.c.	Mexico	NGO-90023
   Centro de Estudios Borjanos de la Institucion "Fernando el Catolico" – CESBOR / Centre d’Etudes Borjanos de l’Institution	Spain	NGO-90059
   Centro de Trabalho Indigenista – CTI	Brazil	NGO-90174
   Centro UNESCO de la Ciudad Autonoma de Melilla / UNESCO Centre for Melilla	Spain	NGO-90002
   Centro UNESCO de San Sebastián	Spain	NGO-90005
   Česká národní sekce CIOFF / Czech National Section CIOFF	Czech Republic	NGO-90141
   Česká národopisná společnost / Czech Ethnological Society	Czech Republic	NGO-90140
   CIOFF България / CIOFF Bulgaria	Bulgaria	NGO-90060
   Comité Colbert	France	NGO-90082
   Conservatorio de la Cultura Gastronómica Mexicana S.C. / Conservatoire de la culture gastronomique mexicaine SC	Mexico	NGO-90001
   Contact Base	India	NGO-90120
   Craft Revival Trust – CRT	India	NGO-90066
   Dastum	France	NGO-90029
   La Enciclopedia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial A.C. – EPCI / Intangible Cultural Heritage Encyclopedia	Mexico	NGO-90055
   FARO Vlaams steunpunt voor cultureel erfgoed vzw / Flemish Interface for Cultural Heritage – FARO	Belgium	NGO-90053
   Folkland, International Centre for Folklore and Culture	India	NGO-90172
   Foundation for the Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage	Mongolia	NGO-90151
   Fundação INATEL / INATEL Foundation	Portugal	NGO-90157
   Fundación Erigaie / Erigaie Foundation	Colombia	NGO-90155
   Global Development for Pygmee Minorities – GLODEPM / Développement Intégral des Minorités Pygmées	Democratic Republic of the Congo	NGO-90170
   Goa Heritage Action Group	India	NGO-90011
   Heemkunde Vlaanderen vzw / Association for the Study of Local History in Flanders	Belgium	NGO-90033
   Het Firmament / The Firmament	Belgium	NGO-90161
   Instituut Voor Vlaamse Volkskunst vzw	Belgium	NGO-90054
   Interactividad Cultural y Desarrollo A.C. / Cultural Interactivity and Development, A.C.	Mexico	NGO-90075
   International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF)	Belgium	NGO-90006
   International Council for Traditional Music – ICTM / Conseil international de la musique traditionnelle – CIMT	Slovenia	NGO-90009
   International Organization of Folk Arts (IOV) / Comité international des arts et traditions populaires – IOV	Philippines	NGO-90154
   International Social Sciences Council – ISSC / Conseil international des Sciences sociales – CISS	France	NGO-90072
   Kant in Vlaanderen VZW / Lace In Flanders – KiV	Belgium	NGO-90135
   Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation – CHF	Republic of Korea	NGO-90025
   Madhukali	India	NGO-90041
   Maison des Cultures du Monde	France	NGO-90098
   Norsk Handverksutvikling / Norwegian Crafts Development – NHU	Norway	NGO-90022
   Organisation pour la promotion des médecines traditionnelles – PROMETRA	Senegal	NGO-90010
   Réseau culturel européen de coopération au développement	France	NGO-90067
   Rural Women Environmental Protection Association – RWEPA	Cameroon	NGO-90153
   Società Geografica Italiana ONLUS / Société Géographique Italienne ONLUS	Italy	NGO-90064
   Società Italiana per la Museografia ed i Beni DemoEtnoAntropologici / Italian Society for Ethnographic Museum Studies and Heritage – SIMBDEA	Italy	NGO-90031
   Société française d’ethnomusicologie – SFE	France	NGO-90152
   Sportimonium (formerly Centrum voor Sportcultuur vzw / Centre pour la Culture Sportive)	Belgium	NGO-90144
   Stiftelsen Râdet for folkemusikk og folkedans / The Foundation for Traditional Music and Dance	Norway	NGO-90086
   Tamil Nadu Rural Art Development Centre	India	NGO-90068
   Traditions pour Demain / Traditions for Tomorrow	Switzerland	NGO-90007
   Trung tâm Nghiên cứu, Hỗ trợ và Phát triển Văn hoá (A&C) / Center for Research, Support and Development of Culture – A&C	Viet Nam	NGO-90131
   Volkskunde Vlaanderen vzw / Ethnology in Flanders	Belgium	NGO-90126
   World Martial Arts Union – WoMAU	Republic of Korea	NGO-90024
   جمعية لقاءات للتربية والثقافات / Association Cont’Act pour l’éducation et les Cultures	Morocco	NGO-90074

6. 
   Further decides that the accreditation of the following 38 organizations is terminated given that their contribution and commitment to the work of the Committee are deemed insufficient with reference to paragraphs 94 and 95 of the Operational Directives or given that they have not submitted any quadrennial report allowing the Committee to appreciate their contribution and commitment to its work and encourages these organizations if they so wish to resubmit their requests for accreditation to be examined by the Committee:
   

   Name of organization	Country of headquarters	Registration number
   An Gaelacadamh Teoranta	Ireland	NGO-90122
   Associazione culturale SAT / SAT Cultural Association	Italy	NGO-90008
   Associazione Extra Moenia / Association Extra Moenia	Italy	NGO-90058
   Chinese Arts and Crafts Institute	China	NGO-90077
   Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology	China	NGO-90090
   Federatie van Vlaamse Historische Schuttersgilden / Federation of Flemish Historical Guilds	Belgium	NGO-90039
   Folklor Araştırmacıları Vakfı / Foundation of Folklore Researchers	Turkey	NGO-90057
   Regional Resource Centre for Folk Performing Arts (UDUPI)	India	NGO-90020
   Société internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore – SIEF / International Society for Ethnology and Folklore	Netherlands	NGO-90013
   Uluslararası Mevlâna Vakfı / International Mevlana Foundation	Turkey	NGO-90143
   Arunodaya kala mahila mandali	India	NGO-90047
   Asociacion de Gestores del Patrimonio Historico y Cultural de Mazatlan, AC / Association of Heritage Protectors of Mazatlan	Mexico	NGO-90128
   Associatia Teatrului Folcloric din România si Republica Moldova/ Association du Théâtre Folklorique de Roumanie et de Moldavie – ATFRM	Romania	NGO-90046
   Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal / Institute of Folk Arts and Culture	India	NGO-90069
   Buğday Ekolojik Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği / Bugday Association for Supporting Ecological Living	Turkey	NGO-90159
   Centre UNESCO de Catalunya / Centre UNESCO de Catalogne	Spain	NGO-90004
   Centro Unesco de Navarra / Centre UNESCO de la Navarre	Spain	NGO-90018
   Conseil international des radios télévision d’expression française – CIRTEF	Belgium	NGO-90012
   Dhrupud Sansthan Bhopal Nyas / Dhrupad Institute Bhopal Trust	India	NGO-90062
   Fédération des Associations de Musiques et Danses Traditionnelles – FAMDT	France	NGO-90045
   Fundación Dieta Mediterránea – FDM / Mediterranean Diet Foundation	Spain	NGO-90021
   Het Huis van Alijn / The House of Alijn	Belgium	NGO-90163
   Him Kalakar Sangam, Shimla	India	NGO-90096
   Iniziative Demo-Etno-Antropologiche e di Storia Orale in Toscana – IDAST / Folkloric, Ethnographic, Anthropological and Oral Historic Initiatives in Tuscany – IDAST	Italy	NGO-90035
   International Council of Museums – ICOM / Conseil international des musées	France	NGO-90016
   International Council on Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS / Conseil International des Monuments et des Sites – ICOMOS	France	NGO-90073
   Jaipur Virasat Foundation	India	NGO-90078
   Living Cultural Storybases Inc. – LCS / Bases des Histoires Culturelles qui Vivent	United States of America	NGO-90156
   Meera Kala Mandir	India	NGO-90133
   Milletlerarası Kukla ve Gölge Oyunu Birliği Türkiye Milli Merkezi / Turkey National Center of UNIMA	Turkey	NGO-90100
   National Folklore Support Centre	India	NGO-90101
   Natwari Kathak Nritya Academy	India	NGO-90015
   Sanskriti Pratisthan	India	NGO-90019
   Souparnika Kalavedi	India	NGO-90117
   Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. – SIL International	United States of America	NGO-90166
   Union Pour la Culture Populaire en Poitou-Charentes-Vendée –UPCP-Métive	France	NGO-90162
   Vrinda Kathak Kendra	India	NGO-90079
   Young Mizo Association	India	NGO-90065

7. 
   Encourages non-governmental organizations that meet the criteria for accreditation to submit their requests for accreditation at the earliest opportunity.
   

DECISION 10.COM 17

The Committee,

1. 
   Having examined the proposal of Ethiopia to host its eleventh session,
   
2. 
   Decides to hold its eleventh session in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28 November to 2 December 2016.
   

DECISION 10.COM 18

The Committee,

1. 
   Elects Mr Yonas Desta Tsegaye (Ethiopia) as Chairperson of the Committee;
   
2. 
   Elects Mr Murat Soğangöz (Turkey) as Rapporteur of the Committee;
   
3. 
   Elects Turkey, Bulgaria, Saint Lucia, Republic of Korea and Algeria as Vice-Chairpersons of the Committee.
   

DECISION 10.COM 19

The Committee,

1. 
   Takes note of the request of Viet Nam to transfer the element ‘Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province, Viet Nam’ from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity;
   
2. 
   Further notes that this is the first time since the entry into force of the Convention that such a request was received;
   
3. 
   Commends the State Party for its request to the Committee;
   
4. 
   Recalls Articles 16, 17 and 29 of the Convention and Chapters I.1, I.2, I.7, I.8, I.11 and V.2 of the Operational Directives;
   
5. 
   Considers that the Operational Directives need to be revised in order to establish clear procedures for the removal of an element from a List and the transfer from one list to the other;
   
6. 
   Further considers, as it is the first time that such a request was received, that the request of Viet Nam merits an exceptional treatment and that the experience gained in the examination by the Committee can feed into the reflection on the possible proposal for revision of the Operational Directives;
   
7. 
   Decides, on an exceptional basis and pending the adoption of relevant procedures by the General Assembly in 2018, that, if Viet Nam submits by the deadline of 31 March 2016 both its report on the status of the inscribed element ‘Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province, Viet Nam’ on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and a new nomination of the same element on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Committee will examine them concurrently at its twelfth session in 2017, above the adopted overall ceiling for the 2017 cycle, to take a decision on the requested transfer;
   
8. 
   Further decides that the possible examination of the nomination of the element to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in the 2017 cycle will only take place should the Committee first decide, after examination of the report, on the removal of the element from the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding;
   
9. 
   Further decides to add an item on the agenda of its next session to reflect on a possible proposal for the revision of the Operational Directives in order to deal with the removal of an element from a List and the transfer from one list to the other;
   
10. 
    Decides to convene an open ended intergovernmental working group, to be held before the twelfth session of the Committee, to discuss draft operational directives on the procedure for removal of an element from a List and the transfer from one list to the other; this meeting will be organized on condition that voluntary supplementary contributions to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund are received in due course, and in any case not later than January 2017, in order to cover all of the costs of organizing the meeting and the costs of the participation of representatives of developing countries that are parties to the Convention, whether or not members of the Committee, but only for persons who are experts in intangible cultural heritage.