SESSION 1 Eighth Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage 15-16 May 2014. Limassol, Cyprus Author: Martina Šimunnkovic, Senior Expert Advisor, Service for Ethnographic Movable and Intangible Cultural Heritage Ministry of Culture DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions expressed in the above presentations are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city of area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

1. 15-16 May 2014
Eighth Annual Meeting
of the South East European Experts Network on Intangible
Cultural Heritage
Limassol, Cyprus

2. DIRECTORATE FOR CULTURAL
HERITAGE PROTECTION
PROTECTION OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
IN CROATIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
SECTION FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC
AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL
HERITAGE
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
Martina Šimunković
Senior Expert Advisor

3. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
CROATIA

4. REGISTRY - INSCRIBED ELEMENTS OF ICH IN CROATIA
annual spring custom queens – Gorjani village – E Croatia
godišnji proljetni ophod na Duhove kraljice ili ljelje iz Gorjana
kraj Đakova

5. REGISTRY - INSCRIBED ELEMENTS OF ICH IN CROATIA
annual carneval custom bellringers – Northern Coastal
Croatia
godišnji pokladni ophod zvončari na području Kastva

6. REGISTRY - INSCRIBED ELEMENTS OF ICH IN CROATIA
folk and liturgical procession Following the Cross –
island of Hvar - S Croatia
pučko-liturgijska procesija Za Križen, Hvar

7. sword dance and play –city of Korcula - S Croatia
bojna mačevna igra Moreška - Korčula
REGISTRY - INSCRIBED ELEMENTS OF ICH IN CROATIA

8. REGISTRY - INSCRIBED ELEMENTS OF ICH IN CROATIA
gingerbread craft – NW Croatia
medičarski obrt – SZ HR

9. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE 2003 CONVENTION
•The Act on the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Goods
(1999)
•Department for Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of
Culture
•Commission for Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of
Culture
•The ratification of the 2003 Convention

10. MINISTRY OF CULTURE
•Directorate for Cultural
Heritage Protection
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
• Division for Ethnographic and
Intangible Cultural Heritage
DIVISION:
• Issuing a National representative list
• Activities of the Advisory Committee for
Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Coordination of the activities for
inscription on the UNESCO Lists

11. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ICH
• Since 2002
•7 experts from from various scientific and expert
institutions
• Experts for specific types of intangible heritage
• Encouraging its legal and practical protection
• Preservation and promotion
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

12. DEPARTMENT FOR UNESCO
• Croatian Committee for UNESCO
• Raise awareness of the value of ICH
• Promote it in Croatia and throughout the world
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

13. •Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
•University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities,
Department for Ethnology and Cultural
Anthropology
•Croatian Cultural Congress
•Istrian Centre for Intangible Culture
•Traditional Craft Centre, Otocac
•University of Zadar, Department for Ethnology
and Cultural Anthropology
•Croatian Chamber of Trade
•Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb
•Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
•Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia “Lado”
•Croatian National Tourist Board
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaOTHER COMPETENT BODIES

14. •19 conservation departments
•local administrative bodies
•regional and local ethnographic museums
•nongovernmental organizations
•amateur cultural-artistic societies
•tourist boards
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaPROTECTION ON THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL

15. •New Law: 1999 Croatian Act on the Protection and Preservation of
Cultural Goods
•intangible cultural property may be a variety of forms and phenomena of
spiritual creativity that are transferred from one generation to another or
through other methods
•inscribed as intangible heritage goods in the Register of Cultural Goods
of the Republic of Croatia
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaTHE LAW

16. Act for the Protection of Cultural Heritage:
“intangible cultural goods may be various forms and expressions of
spiritual origin transmitted orally or otherwise, especially:
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
THE LAW

17. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaLANGUAGES, DIALECTS, IDIOMS,
TOPONYMS, ORAL LITERATURE

18. MUSIC, DANCE, TRADITIONS,
GAMES, CEREMONIES, CUSTOMS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

19. TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND CRAFTS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

20. 1.List of registered cultural goods (131)
2.List of cultural property under the
preventive protection (6)
3.List of cultural property of the national
significance (emerging)
THE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL GOODS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

21. Each element: - a number and a name
- an official document (resolution)
- in addition: photographs, video and audio recordings
Available online on the official page of the Ministry
http://www.min-kulture.hr/default.aspx?id=621
FORMAT OF THE REGISTRY
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

22. DATABASE OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

23. 137 different ICH elements
150 phenomena under procedure for inscription
The List is continuously amended by the addition of new intangible
cultural goods
The Assistant Minister issues a formal decision
REGISTERED ELEMENTS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

24. Ministarstvo
kulture
Republika
Hrvatska
RESOLUTION

25. 1. PROPOSALS
3. INSCRIPTION
● Conservators – experts from the Ministry of
Culture
• Experts from the Advisory Committee
or other associate
• Confirmation of the bearers
● To the one of 19 Conservation Departments
of the Ministry of the Culture
• Proposals by the NGOs, individuals, experts,
local museums, institutions
● Application Form
● Expert Commission in charge of
establishing and confirming
the properties of cultural
Goods
• Official Document - Resolution
2. EVALUATION PROCESS
Ministarstvo
kulture
Republika
Hrvatska
FROM APPLICATION TO INSCRIPTION

26. Ministarstvo
kulture
Republika
Hrvatska
APPLICATION FORM

27. 1. The element belongs to one or more categories of
intangible heritage, according to Article 9 of the Act
for the Protection of Cultural Heritage;
2. The element is in accordance with international
human rights instruments, requires mutual respect
between communities and is in harmony with
sustainable development;
3. The community has identified the element as part of
its cultural heritage;
4. The element gives the community and individuals a
sense of identity and continuity;
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
NATIONAL LIST - CRITERIA FOR INSCRIPTION

28. 5. The element is part of the community and is transmitted
and constantly recreated;
6. The element contributes to the diversity of the ICH in the
Register, testifying to cultural diversity and human
creativity;
7. The element is submitted with the free, prior and informe
consent of the community concerned following the
participation of the community at all stages of
identification, definition, documentation and nomination;
8. The above-mentioned consent of the community
concerned is accompanied by appropriate documentation
and feasible safeguarding measures according to the
official Application Form for proposal to Establilsh the
Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
NATIONAL LIST - CRITERIA FOR INSCRIPTION

29. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
• Inscription of the elements - awareness
raising
• Increasing the activities on ICH protection
and promotion
• Bottom up principle of popularisation and
promotion of ICH
• The authorities provide moral and
economic support
INCREASING ACTIVITIES

30. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
• Financial support from the Ministry of
Culture
• Public Call for Proposals for Programs in
Culture in the Republic of Croatia
• Since 2008 – more than 300 projects:
• research, collecting, enlisting, education
for transferring knowledge and skills,
seminars, workshops or regular education
programmes, exhibitions, classes,
performances, audiovisual recordings
• Report on the implementation of the
safeguarding projects

31. Safeguarding measures are decided
upon jointly by the bearers, experts and
state institutions.
Various measures have been
undertaken for the safeguard of
intangible heritage in Croatia.
The legal protection of intangible
cultural property.
A number of measures for its
protection are already being
implemented or else are planned in the
near future.
The Ministry of Culture cooperates
intensively with the bearers.
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
SAFEGUARDING MEASURES

32. •Various awareness-raising
programmes
•Exhibitions, festivals, talks,
workshops, open days and other
activities for the general public
and schoolchildren
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
PROMOTION AND AWARENESS-RAISING PROGRAMMES

33. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
MASS MEDIA

34. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
ETHNO POSTERS

35. POSTAGE STAMPS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

36. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS
• 2008 THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE
DAYS - “TREASURE OF
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS”
• In 1995 Croatia started participating
in the event of the European Heritage
Days
• Ministry of Culture and
Ethnographical Museum in Zagreb
• On the topic of intangible cultural
heritage
• ICH inscribed in the National list
• System for protecting ICH in Croatia

37. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL 2010
• 44th INTERNATIONAL
FOLKLORE FESTIVAL IN
ZAGREB
• 2010 - the International Year of
the Rapprochement of Cultures
• participants - representatives of
elements of ICH listed in national
inventories, and on the
Representative List

38. ANNUAL CONCERT OF THE NATIONAL FOLK
DANCE ENSEMBLE OF CROATIA LADO, 2013
Ministarstvo
kulture
Republika
Hrvatska

39. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaEXHIBITION CROATIAN ICH ON UNESCO LISTS

40. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaBROCHURE

41. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaBROCHURE

42. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaCROATIAN CATALOGUE OF NATIONAL RURAL TOURISM

43. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
EDUCATIONAL AND AWARENESS-RAISING PROGRAMMES
• awareness-raising programmes during exhibitions,
festivals, talks, workshops, open days and other
activities for the general public and schoolchildren in
particular
• formal and non-formal educational programmes
• different governmental bodies, cultural artistic
societies, experts and bearers
• local museums and folk universities collaborate with
schools, and thus contribute to the transmission and
the popularization of the intangible cultural heritage

44. • The Open University in Ivanec - a training course for lace-
makers
• The skill of producing children’s toys - included in the
curriculum of the Woodwork Department of the
Secondary School in Oroslavje
• The skill of producing clay pots and objects has been
included in the curriculum of the Secondary Crafts
School in Bedekovčina
- regular - extra-curricular - workshops
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
SCHOOL PROGRAMME

45. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS

46. •ICH was included in a textbook to be promoted
among schoolchildren as part of extra-curricular
activities.
•In 2011, the UNESCO Handbook on world
heritage, “World Heritage in Young Hands” was
presented to the public
•The Handbook contains the first list ever
published in Croatia of all tangible and
intangible elements of cultural and natural
heritage listed by UNESCO
•The Handbook is intended to help teachers
prepare lesson plans and raise awareness
among young people of the need to safeguard
these elements.
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
WORLD HERITAGE IN YOUNG HANDS

47. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
SCHOOL BOOKS

48. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
PROJECT: LET THE CHILDREN ROOTS AND WINGS

49. NEW MUSEUMS:
•the Lepoglava Lace-Making Museum (Northern Croatia)
•the Children’s Toy Museum (Northern Croatia)
•the Alka Museum (Sinj, Southern Croatia)
•the Easter Egg Museum (Central Croatia)
•the Museum of Traditional Fishing and Boatbuilding
(Southern Croatia, Komiža)
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

50. • Institute of Ethnology and Folklore
Research.
• to bring together all institutions in
Croatia and cooperating institutions
in other countries
•to produce a database
•digitalisation
•the setting up of a network through
its website
•to publish documentary material
•compiling material from the field and
information on the activities of NGOs
and the local communities,
particularly elements of ICH inscribed
in the National Registry.
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
THE REFERENCE CENTRE FOR ICH

51. • The Istrian Centre for Intangible Culture of the Ethnographical Museum of Istria
• Research, documenting, caretaking and popularization of Istrian intangible culture
• New communication with members of local communities
• Creating and developing new collections of documents intangible culture of Istria
• Educational programs and tips for the bearers
• Conferences, educational programs and events
• Production and Publishing
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
THE ISTRIAN CENTRE FOR INTANGIBLE CULTURE

52. •Ministry of Culture and its Directorate
for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
•Department for UNESCO and the
Croatian Commission for UNESCO
•Ratification In 2005
•17th country who ratified the
Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaCROATIA AND UNESCO

53. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
MEMBERSHIP
• member of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2008 up to 2012)
• member of the Subsidiary Body of the Committee, up to 2012
• participation in all the Committee’s meetings as well as meetings of
the General Assembly
• various working meetings of international experts on intangible
cultural heritage

54. •The participation in South East European Experts’ Seminars
on ICH:
•2007, Arbanassi, Bulgaria
•2008, Safranbolu, Turkey
•2009, Zagreb, Croatia
•2010, Ramnica Valcea, Romania
•2011, Belgrade, Serbia
•2012, Athens, Greece
•2013, Sofia, Bulgaria
•2014, Limassol, Cyprus
•in 2009, the Croatian Ministry of Culture - workshop in
Zagreb
•in 2011, Category II Centre for the South-East Europe region
in Sofija, Bulgaria
•The participation in Middle European Experts’ Seminars on
ICH:
•June 2013, Vienna, Austria
•September 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
REGIONAL COOPERATION

55.  14 ICH elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Lists
 Representative List:
1. Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area (2009)
2. The festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik (2009)
3. Lacemaking in Croatia (2009)
4. Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar (2009)
5. Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani (2009)
6. Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje (2009)
7. Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale (2009)
8. Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia (2010)
9. The Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj (2010)
10. Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia (2011)
11. Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland (2011)
12. Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia (2012)
13. Mediterranean Diet (2013)
 Urgent Safeguarding List:
14. Ojkanje singing (2010)
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaCROATIAN ICH ON UNESCO LISTS

56. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
CROATIAN ICH ON UNESCO LISTS

57. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
www.min-kulture.hr
MARTINA ŠIMUNKOVIĆ
Phone: + 385 1 4866 631
Fax: + 385 1 4866 680
e-mail: martina.simunkovic@min-kulture.hr
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION