NATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN PALAU
(Koror, 23-25 February 2010, Palau)
Programme
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
8:00 – 8:45
Registration
9:00 – 10:30
Opening ceremony (Moderator: Dir. Dwight Alexander)
Invocation
Chant
Welcome address by Mr Masa-Aki Emesiochel, Palau National Commission
for UNESCO
Welcome address by Ms Faustina Rehuher-Marugg, Minister of Community
and Cultural Affairs
Opening remarks by Ngirakebou Roman Bedor, Rubekul Belau
Opening remarks by Dr Visesio Pongi, Director of the UNESCO Apia Office
and Representative of UNESCO in the South Pacific States
10:30 – 11:00
Photo session and tea break
11:00 – 13:00
Session 1: Introduction to the meeting (Moderator :Dir. Dwight
Alexander)
Introduction of participants
Overview of UNESCO’s work in the Pacific in relation to Intangible Cultural
Heritage by Dr Visesio Pongi, UNESCO Apia Office
General discussion
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Session 2: UNESCO’s Programme for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage (Moderator : Dir. Dwight Alexander)
UNESCO’s Programme for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage by Ms Akatsuki Takahashi, Programme Specialist for Culture,
UNESCO Apia Office
General discussion
15:00 – 15:30
Tea break
15:30 – 17:00
Introduction to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage by Ms Akatsuki Takahashi
General discussion
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
8:30 – 10:30
Session 3: National Presentation (Moderator: Sunny Ngirmang)
Presentation by Ngiraked Yukiwo P. Dengokl, Rubekul Belau
Presentation by Ms Martha Lechad, Palau Historical and Cultural Advisory
Board Member
Presentation by Melson Miko, PVA Community and Support Services
Manager
10:30 – 11:00
Tea break
11:00 – 13:00
National presentation – continued
Presentation by Ann K. Sigeo, Chairperson, Ebiil Society
Presentation by Janet Orrukem, Ministry of Education
Presentation by Joe Tutii Chilton, Educator Palau Community College
Presentation by Ms Yumiko Nanaumi, National Research Institute for
Cultural Properties, Tokyo
General discussion
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Session 4: Strategy and Action Plan for Safeguarding Intangible
Cultural Heritage in Palau (Moderator: Sunny Ngirmang)
National presentation by Director Pia Morei, Belau National Museum
National presentation by Oral History Section/BAC
15:00 – 15:30
Tea break
15:30 – 17:00
General discussion
Thursday, 25 February 2010
8:30 – 13:00
Session 5: Closure (Moderator : Sunny Ngrimang)
Discussion on draft Strategy and Action Plan
10:30 – 11:00
Tea break
11:00 – 13:00
Summary discussion
Closing addresses
13:00 - 17:00
Field visit
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