From June 16–17, 2025, the Director of ISCR-NICH, participated in a UNESCO Expert Meeting on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urban Contexts, held in Paris, France. This gathering was organized by the UNESCO Living Heritage Entity to examine how urbanization processes intersect with efforts to safeguard living heritage worldwide.

At UNESCO’s invitation, Rolando Cocom, Director of ISCR and Belize’s focal point for the 2003 Convention, presented on the topic “Community-Based Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Belize: Practices, Pressures, and Possibilities”.

https://nichbelize.org/belize-joins-unesco-urban-heritage-meeting-in-paris/