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Read more on what is happening in the implementation of the Convention in Finland.
2023
- Winners announced for the Wiki Loves Safeguarding Living Heritage photo contest
- 22 new elements to the National Inventory of Living Heritage
- Wiki Loves Living Heritage – The photo contest invites everyone to participate in the documentation of intangible cultural heritage
- A new card deck for living heritage has been published!
- Theme year of Living Heritage 2023
- Global "Wiki Loves Living Heritage" campaign celebrates intangible cultural heritage in 2023
- Ambassadors of Living Heritage bring more diverse perspectives to traditions
- Finnish Heritage Agency asks for statements for the action plan of intangible cultural heritage by 5th April.
- The National Inventory of Living Heritage is now accepting applications
2022
- New tool The Spinner of Living Heritage leads children to cultural heritage
- Extra funding for the LIVIND project
- Call for Ambassadors of Living Heritage
- Application for handcrafted glass to UNESCO
- A guidebook by Visit Finland and the Finnish Heritage Agency has been published
- Periodic report sent to UNESCO
2021
- Kaustinen fiddle playing inscribed to UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- Nordic clinker boat tradition inscribed to UNESCO Representiative List of the ICH
- Finnish Heritage Agency to lead an international living heritage project in Northern Europe
- Finland reporting to UNESCO for the first time on the 2003 Convention
- Finland joins UNESCO application related to handcrafted glass
- The Circle of clinker boat traditions
- The wheel chart for sustainability and ICH
- A report on the application processes for Finland's first nominations for inscription to the UNESCO lists has been published
2020
- The sauna culture from Finland has been inscribed on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Action plan for 2019-2022 published
- 12 new elements inscribed on the National Inventory of Living Heritage
- ICH AND MUSEUMS TOOLKIT
- Joint Nordic nomination to UNESCO seeks to safeguard clinkerboat traditions
2019
- Call for applications: the National Inventory of Living Heritage 2019
- SAUNA CIRCLE ESTABLISHED
- Survey for the plan of action for intangible cultural heritage 2019-2022
- Discussion cards on crafts
- First submissions from Finland to UNESCO ICH lists
- Children and inventorying of ICH
- Grants for cooperation and development projects under the UNESCO 2003 Convention