10 th Annual Meeting

of the South-East European

Experts Network on Intangible

Cultural Heritage

“Intangible Cultural Heritage and World

Heritage: synergies and coordination

between the UNESCO 2003 and 1972

Conventions”

Brač, Croatia, 14-15 June 2016

DIRECTORATE FOR CULTURAL

HERITAGE PROTECTION

The implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for

the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in

Croatia

REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

SECTION FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC

AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL

HERITAGE

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

Martina Šimunković Senior Expert

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

CROATIA

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE 2003 CONVENTION

• 1999 - The Act on the Protection and Preservation of Cultural

Goods

• 2002 - Commission for Intangible Cultural Heritage at the

Ministry of Culture

• 2004- Division for Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Ministry

of Culture

• 2005 - The ratification of the 2003 Convention

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

LEGAL PROTECTION - STATUS OF ICH

• Intangible cultural heritage in the Republic of Croatia protects

continuously - its protection is not novelty

• Novelty at national level - legal protection and attributing the

status of cultural property/good.

• It is inscribed in the Register of Cultural Goods - is subject to

legal protection and cultural heritage is treated in accordance

with the Law on the Protection and Preservation of Cultural

Heritage.

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

•Directorate for Cultural

Heritage Protection

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

• Division for Ethnographic and

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia UNESCO

• Croatian Committee for UNESCO

• Raise awareness of the value of ICH

• Promote it in Croatia and throughout the world

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

•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

•University of Zadar, Department for Ethnology

and Cultural Anthropology

•Croatian Chamber of Trade

•Ethnographic Museums

•Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics •Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia “Lado”

•Croatian National Tourist Board

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

•19 conservation departments

•local administrative bodies

•regional and local ethnographic museums

•NGOs

•amateur cultural-artistic societies

•tourist boards

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia PROTECTION ON THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL

•New Law: 1999 Croatian Act on the Protection and Preservation of

Cultural Goods

•inscribed as intangible heritage goods in the Register of Cultural Goods

of the Republic of Croatia

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia THE LAW

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

INSCRIPTION

• LANGUAGES, DIALECTS, IDIOMS,

TOPONYMS, ORAL LITERATURE

• MUSIC, DANCE, TRADITIONS,

GAMES, CEREMONIES, CUSTOMS

• TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND CRAFTS

Number of the elements inscribed on the National Inventory – 148

Register of Cultural Goods:

1. List of Registered Cultural Goods -143

- language, dialects, speeches, toponyms, oral expressions and oral literature of all kind: 19

- folk creativity in the area of music, dance, play, customs, ceremonies, rituals, as well as

other traditional and folk values: 47

- traditional artistry and craftsmanship: 77

2. List of Cultural Goods under Preventive Protection: 5

- language, dialects, speeches, toponyms, oral expressions and oral literature of all kind: 1

- traditional artistry and craftsmanship: 4

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia REGISTERED ELEMENTS

1. List of registered cultural goods

2. List of cultural property under the preventive goods

3. List of cultural goods of the national significance

THE REGISTER OF CULTURAL GOODS Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

• The applicant(s) for the establishment of protection of intangible cultural

property can be all natural and legal persons in the Republic of Croatia

• individuals, communities, institutions, local heritage and city museums, NGOs,

local and regional administrations, institutions, conservation departments of

the Ministry of Culture, etc.

• Proposals for the inscription in the Register are submitted in the Conservation

Departments of the Ministry on the application form produced by the Ministry

of Culture.

PROPOSALS

APPLICATION FORM Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

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 21 Conservation Departments

of the Ministry of the Culture

• Proposals by the NGO's, individuals, experts,

local museums, institutions

● Application Form

● Expert Commission in charge of

establishing and confirming

the properties of cultural

Goods

• Official Document - Resolution

FROM APLLICATIONS TO INSCRIPTION

2. EVALUATION PROCESS

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

•The inscription of the elements both in

the national Registry and on the

UNESCO lists - largely contributed to

raising awareness in the country and

beyond

•This is why the number of activities on

intangible heritage protection has been

increasing, and many institutions

support the implementation of projects

coming from local communities and

bearers.

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia INCREASING ACTIVITIES

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

• research, collecting, enlisting, education

for transferring knowledge and skills,

seminars, workshops or regular education

programmes, exhibitions, classes,

performances, audiovisual recordings

• along with local authorities

• Support various cultural events and

festivals

A great 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.

ICH is being increasingly included in various

local and national development, educational

and scientific programmes and projects

More and more accepted by younger

generations, as invaluable heritage that

should be passed on.

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia SAFEGUARDING MEASURES

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

PROMOTION AND AWARENESS-RAISING PROGRAMMES

Various awareness-raising

programmes take place during

exhibitions, festivals, talks,

workshops, open days and other

activities for the general public and

schoolchildren in particular.

The mass media have also played an

important role in awareness-raising;

newspapers and magazines,

broadcasting stations, television

stations and websites.

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

THE CROATIAN TOURIST OFFICE

POST STAMPS

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia EXHIBITION CROATIAN ICH ON UNESCO LISTS

ESTABLISHING THE REFERENCE CENTRE FOR ICH

In 2015, a Reference Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage

has been established, in accordance with the mission of the

Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research.

The aim of establishing the Reference Centre is to bring

together all institutions in Croatia and cooperating

institutions in other countries, who possess relevant

documentation or scientific material and information,

particularly relating to intangible cultural heritage.

Ministarstvo

kulture

Republika

Hrvatska

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

• All intangible heritage is transmitted within the

community, through various associations, non-

government organisations and cultural societies.

• Except as prat of various associations, these

activities are generally carried out within museums

and educational institutions, as well as within

various extracurricular school programs.

• Museums and community schools mostly

implement educational programs and cooperate

with schools, thus contributing to the transfer and

popularisation of intangible cultural heritage of a

given area.

Ministarstvo

kulture

Republika

Hrvatska

Lectures were prepared by experts from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore, the

Ministry of Culture, curators of the Ethnographic Museum and dancers and singers of

the Lado ensemble.

Workshops of traditional clothing, singing, children's creativity, dance and music, proved

to be successful and rewarding in the dissemination of awareness on the value and

importance of traditional culture and intangible cultural heritage among preschool and

school children.

EXPERT CONFERENCES: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN EDUCATION

Ministarstvo

kulture

Republika

Hrvatska

BROCHURE

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

•Institution concerned and responsible for the cooperation with UNESCO is the Ministry of

Culture and its Section for UNESCO and the Croatian Committee for UNESCO.

•As a state party that in 2005 ratified the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of

Intangible Cultural Heritage, Croatia has been cooperating also on international level in this

field.

UNESCO

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

MEMBERSHIP

• Member of the UNESCO intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (2008 up to 2012)

• Member of the subsidiary body of the committee, up to 2012

• Various working meetings of international experts on intangible cultural heritage

• In 2011, croatia confirmed a representative for activities at the UNESCO

• Centre 2 category for the south-east europe region, in sofija, bulgaria.

•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

2015, Venice, Italy

2016, Supetar, Island of Brač, Croatia

Ministry

of Culture

Republic

of Croatia

REGIONAL COOPERATION

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 Croatia CROATIAN ICH ON UNESCO's LISTS

pučko-liturgijska procesija Za Križen, Hvar

UNESCO

jurjevski običaji Turopolja

bojna mačevna igra Moreška - Korčula

godišnji pokladni običaji iz Međimurja

običaj Lastovski poklad

paška čipka – umijeće izrade - Pag

UNESCO

hvarska čipka – umijeće izrade – Hvar

UNESCO

medičarski obrt – SZ HR

UNESCO

umijeće ukrašavanja uskršnjih jaja, pisanica - SZ Hrvatska

bećarac - tradicijski vokalno instrumentalni napjev –

istočna Hrvatska

UNESCO

dvoglasje tijesnih intervala Istre i Hrvatskog primorja

UNESCO

nijemo kolo – dalmatinsko zaleđe

UNESCO

glazbeni izričaj ojkanje, Dalmatinsko zaleđe

UNESCO

glazbena praksa violine i bajsa u Istri

priprema tradicijskog jela soparnik – južna Hrvatska

priprema tradicijskog jela sinjski arambaši - južna Hrvatska

priprema blagdanske pogače lucišćak – SZ Hrvatska

priprema tradicijskog jela brački vitalac - južna Hrvatska

priprema sira iz mješine, Dalmatinsko zaleđe

priprema tradicijskog kolača greblica - središnja Hrvatska

UNESCO

Klapsko pjevanje

viteška igra Sinjska alka - Sinj

UNESCO

pučka i liturgijska svečanost Festa svetog Vlaha –

Dubrovnik

UNESCO

umijeće izrade tradicijskih dječjih igračaka – SZ HR

UNESCO

umijeće šaranja tikvica na području Slavonije

tradicijski obrt za preradu vune

umijeće izrade slavonskog kožnog prsluka

umijeće izrade šindre za pokrivanje krovova, Lika

tradicijsko ribarstvo – središnja

Hrvatska

umijeće izrade tradicijskog nakita - božićnog lustera – SZ Hrvatska

umijeće izrade tradicijskih božićnih jaslica - SZ Hrvatska

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