presentation of CIOFF at the SETS conference in Martfü.

1. CIOFF ®
International Council of
Organizations for Festivals of
Folklore and Traditional Arts

2. What is CIOFF ®
CIOFF ® – International Council of Organizations for Festivals of Folklore and
Traditions Arts is an non – governmental Organization and official partner of
UNESCO, created in 1970.
The duty of CIOFF ® is safeguarding , promotion and diffusion of traditional
culture and folklore
CIOFF ® worldwide membership covers 89 countries of the world, with 69
National Sections, 11 Associate Members and 30 Corresponding Members

3. What CIOFF ® does
• Over 300 International Folklore Festivals, including International Children’s
Festivals
• 1500 Traditional Arts & Crafts Exhibitions
• 5000 Traditional Dance, Music, Songs & Crafts Workshops
• Seminars and Conferences
• CIOFF ® World Folkloriada (every 4 years)
• Participations in UNESCO programs
• CIOFF ® World Congress & General Assembly

4. National Section of
CIOFF ® Bulgaria
National Section of CIOFF ® Bulgaria was founded in 2001 by Mr. Emil
Pavlov.
As representative of CIOFF ®, have the following objectives:
• dissemination of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
• encourage the organization of national, regional and international
ICH events
• promoting dialogue and networking among CIOFF ® members
• cooperating with international and regional association,
institutions and organizations
• cooperating with others in the establishment of an international
information network

5. Activities
National Section of CIOFF
® Bulgaria and CIOFF ®
Youth Bulgaria
• National Meeting – Seminar of the
choreographers in Bulgaria
• International Folklore Festivals (IFF) in Bulgaria
• Organizes participation of Bulgarian folklore
groups in IFF
• National Review of the Folklore ensembles in
Bulgaria
• International Projects

6. What is CIOFF ®
Youth
CIOFF ® Youth is composed by young people –
between - 15 – 26 years old – who are working
under CIOFF ® National Sections
The main objectives of CIOFF ® Youth are
cooperation with CIOFF ® in safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritage trough cultural
activities and projects.

7. Traditional Games
Programme
The world-wide Programme of Re-valution of Traditional Games is an
initiative proposed by the CIOFF ® Youth Coordination Committee in
2007
Its main objectives are the safeguarding and the diffusion of games as
important part of intangible heritage, that has been transmitted
trough generations and its preservation is essential because of the
imposition of new technologies and digital games
The program is easily adaptable for the different realities of each
country and is implemented through projects elaborated by each
CIOFF ® Youth commission

8. General objectives of
the Program
• to reinforce the cooperation and tolerance, deepening
the intercultural dialogue between the young people of
the world
• to foment the international dialogue
• to analyze the evolution of the games as a results of
evolution of the society, considering the factors that
influence the origin, evolution and/or disappearance
• to generate an intercultural dialogue

9. General objectives of the
Program
• to allow discovery of the importance of the Cultural
diversity and to project the different scopes of the
community
• to preserve the importance of Cultural Identity
• to apply to the initiative of young people who reunite
CIOFF ® to develop projects, of UNESCO and the CIOFF
® International, referred to vulnerable cultures in the
globalization process

10. First relevant
activities
• Exchange activities with seniors (Argentina)
Compilation and analyses of traditional games
practices by seniors in their childhood. These
activities are a good tool to encourage the
intergenerational dialogue between seniors,
young people and children.

11. First relevant activities
• Exchange activities between children and
young people (Argentina)
Activities done in public places and private
institutions (schools). The activity consists of the
explanation and transmission of traditional
games to children trough young people

12. First relevant activities
• Inter – cultural exchange activities(Argentina)
Activities with aboriginal communities with the
main goal to safeguard their traditional games
and different aspects of their culture.

13. First relevant activities
• International exchange activities (The
Netherlands)
This activity consist of workshops for children
where the young people teach in a didactic way
games practiced in different countries. The
results of these workshops are shown in artistic
performances

14. First relevant activities
• Activities with Folk Groups in International
Festivals (Italy)
These activities take place in the frame of
International Festivals. Into the official schedule,
the organizers include a didactic explanation of
a traditional game to the foreign participants.

15. First relevant activities
• Activities with Folk Groups in International
Festivals (Italy)
"TRADITIONAL GAMES DAY", Latium World
Folkloric Festival 2012, Cori

16. First relevant activities
• Games day in International Festivals (France)
The French commission proposed the inclusion
of a “Game Day” into the official schedule of
CIOFF ® festivals in the same level of importance
that parades and animations have.

17. The activities of CIOFF
® Youth Bulgaria
• International Projects
 “The source of the Bulgarian national song”- made in co-
operation with European youth programs and initiatives
“Youth in action” program 2008 – 2010
 Cultural Partnership Initiative (CPI) Program
 “Mask and Masquerades – Multiple faces of Europe”
• Traditional Games Day – International
Folklore Festival Veliko Tarnovo 2015