| The meeting aims at reinforcing capacities among governmental decision-makers
in the Pacific in order to develop measures and policies for the safeguarding
of their intangible cultural heritage. Governmental representatives
from all Pacific States have been invited to attend.
As a follow-up to the first Pacific meeting on the Convention which
took place in Nadi, Fiji, December 2007, the participants are informed
about the latest developments on the Convention, which has been
fully operational since June 2008. They also receive information
on the procedures followed by Papua New Guinea to ratify the Convention
as well as of other activities in the field of intangible heritage
carried out by UNESCO in the Pacific in 2008.
The meeting is followed by a Tongan national consultation meeting
on the Convention on 5 December 2008. |
