[Comments solicited during the 2nd Intangible Heritage Committee : ESTONIA]
U N E S C O E E S T I R A H V U S L I K K O M I S J O N
E S T O N I A N N A T I O N A L C O M M I S S I O N F O R U N E S C O
COMMISSION NATIONALE EST ONIENNE POUR L’ UNESCO
Mr. Rieks Smeets
UNESCO
Intangible Heritage Section
1, Rue Miollis
75015 Paris, FRANCE
4 December 2007
Subject: Second ordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: decisions adopted and follow-up
Dear Mr. Smeets,
Referring to letters CLT/CIH/ITH/OL-381 and CLT/CIH/ITH/07/373, I have the pleasure
to forward Estonian comments on the Committee's decision 2.COM.4 extending an
invitation to the State Parties to the Convention to submit names of local, national,
regional and international NGOs, active in the fields covered by the Convention, that
could participate as observers in the next session of the Committee and to the
Committee's decision 2.COM.8 inviting States Parties to comment on the possible
modalities for the participation of communities or their representatives, practitioners,
experts, centers of expertise and research institutes in the implementation of the
Convention. The comments have been prepared at a joint meeting that brought together
representatives of state institutions in charge of developing national policies in the field
of the ICH, researchers, representatives of communities and was chaired by Prof Dr
Kristin Kuutma, Estonian representative in the ICH Committee.
1. Comments to Committee's decision 2.COM 4
Estonia does not propose any NGOs to participate in the next Committee meeting.
We will keep contact and discuss things with relevant local, national and regional
NGOs in our country before the next Committee meeting and take their
considerations on board when formulating the position of Estonia, a member of
the current ICH Committee.
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