“The Implementation of the UNESCO 2003Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Croatia”

1. 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

2. 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

3. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
CROATIA

4. 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

5. 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.

6. MINISTRY OF CULTURE
•Directorate for Cultural
Heritage Protection
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
• Division for Ethnographic and
Intangible Cultural Heritage

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

8. 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

9. •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

10. •19 conservation departments
•local administrative bodies
•regional and local ethnographic museums
•NGOs
•amateur cultural-artistic societies
•tourist boards
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of CroatiaPROTECTION ON THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL

11. •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 CroatiaTHE LAW

12. 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

13. 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 CroatiaREGISTERED ELEMENTS

14. 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

15. 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

16. APPLICATION FORM
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

17. 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

18. •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

19. 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

20.  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

21. 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.

22. Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia
THE CROATIAN TOURIST OFFICE

23. POST STAMPS
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. BROCHURE
Ministry
of Culture
Republic
of Croatia

29. •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

30. 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.

31. •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

32. 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's LISTS

33. pučko-liturgijska procesija Za Križen, Hvar
UNESCO

34. jurjevski običaji Turopolja

35. bojna mačevna igra Moreška - Korčula

36. godišnji pokladni običaji iz Međimurja

37. običaj Lastovski poklad

38. paška čipka – umijeće izrade - Pag
UNESCO

39. hvarska čipka – umijeće izrade – Hvar
UNESCO

40. medičarski obrt – SZ HR UNESCO

41. umijeće ukrašavanja uskršnjih jaja, pisanica - SZ Hrvatska

42. bećarac - tradicijski vokalno instrumentalni napjev –
istočna Hrvatska
UNESCO

43. dvoglasje tijesnih intervala Istre i Hrvatskog primorja
UNESCO

44. nijemo kolo – dalmatinsko zaleđe
UNESCO

45. glazbeni izričaj ojkanje, Dalmatinsko
zaleđe
UNESCO

46. glazbena praksa violine i bajsa u Istri

47. priprema tradicijskog jela soparnik – južna Hrvatska

48. priprema tradicijskog jela sinjski arambaši - južna Hrvat

49. priprema blagdanske pogače lucišćak – SZ Hrvatska

50. priprema tradicijskog jela brački vitalac - južna Hrvats

51. priprema sira iz mješine, Dalmatinsko zaleđe

52. priprema tradicijskog kolača greblica - središnja Hrvatska

53. UNESCO
Klapsko pjevanje

54. viteška igra Sinjska alka - Sinj
UNESCO

55. pučka i liturgijska svečanost Festa svetog Vlaha –
Dubrovnik
UNESCO

56. umijeće izrade tradicijskih dječjih igračaka – SZ HR
UNESCO

57. umijeće šaranja tikvica na području
Slavonije

58. tradicijski obrt za preradu vune

59. umijeće izrade slavonskog kožnog prsluka

60. umijeće izrade šindre za pokrivanje krovova, Lika

61. tradicijsko ribarstvo – središnja
Hrvatska

62. umijeće izrade tradicijskog nakita - božićnog lustera – SZ Hrvatska

63. umijeće izrade tradicijskih božićnih jaslica - SZ Hrvatska

64. 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