The Convention’s Lists and Register

States Parties to the Convention have the possibility to inscribe elements of intangible cultural heritage on international Lists. These are the List for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding (USL) and the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (RL). In addition, there is an international Register of Good Safeguarding Practices (Register). The video addresses the rationale behind these international safeguarding and cooperation mechanisms and the role they play in enhancing the visibility and raising awareness on intangible cultural heritage. To this end, the purposes and criteria for inscribing an element on the Lists or including a project in the Register are also introduced, as well as the differences between the Lists of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the World Heritage Convention. Learners will discover that the Lists are one mechanism among many possibilities to strengthen safeguarding on intangible cultural heritage and its visibility.