MISSION REPORT

							                           NATIONAL WORKSHOP
     ON THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN PALAU

                            (Koror, 23-25 February 2010, Palau)

                                        Programme

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

8:00 – 8:45        Registration
9:00 – 10:30       Opening ceremony (Moderator: Dir. Dwight Alexander)
                   Invocation
                   Chant
                   Welcome address by Mr Masa-Aki Emesiochel, Palau National Commission
                   for UNESCO
                   Welcome address by Ms Faustina Rehuher-Marugg, Minister of Community
                   and Cultural Affairs
                   Opening remarks by Ngirakebou Roman Bedor, Rubekul Belau
                   Opening remarks by Dr Visesio Pongi, Director of the UNESCO Apia Office
                   and Representative of UNESCO in the South Pacific States
10:30 – 11:00      Photo session and tea break
11:00 – 13:00      Session 1: Introduction to the meeting (Moderator :Dir. Dwight
                   Alexander)
                   Introduction of participants
                   Overview of UNESCO’s work in the Pacific in relation to Intangible Cultural
                   Heritage by Dr Visesio Pongi, UNESCO Apia Office
                   General discussion
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
14:00 – 15:00      Session 2: UNESCO’s Programme for the Safeguarding of the
                   Intangible Cultural Heritage (Moderator : Dir. Dwight Alexander)
                   UNESCO’s Programme for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
                   Heritage by Ms Akatsuki Takahashi, Programme Specialist for Culture,
                   UNESCO Apia Office
                   General discussion
15:00 – 15:30      Tea break
15:30 – 17:00      Introduction to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
                   Cultural Heritage by Ms Akatsuki Takahashi
                   General discussion
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
8:30 – 10:30       Session 3: National Presentation (Moderator: Sunny Ngirmang)
                   Presentation by Ngiraked Yukiwo P. Dengokl, Rubekul Belau
                   Presentation by Ms Martha Lechad, Palau Historical and Cultural Advisory
                   Board Member
                   Presentation by Melson Miko, PVA Community and Support Services
                   Manager
10:30 – 11:00      Tea break
11:00 – 13:00      National presentation – continued
                   Presentation by Ann K. Sigeo, Chairperson, Ebiil Society
                   Presentation by Janet Orrukem, Ministry of Education
                   Presentation by Joe Tutii Chilton, Educator Palau Community College
                   Presentation by Ms Yumiko Nanaumi, National Research Institute for
                   Cultural Properties, Tokyo
                   General discussion
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
14:00 – 15:00      Session 4: Strategy and Action Plan for Safeguarding Intangible
                   Cultural Heritage in Palau (Moderator: Sunny Ngirmang)
                   National presentation by Director Pia Morei, Belau National Museum
                   National presentation by Oral History Section/BAC
15:00 – 15:30      Tea break
15:30 – 17:00      General discussion



Thursday, 25 February 2010
8:30 – 13:00       Session 5: Closure (Moderator : Sunny Ngrimang)
                   Discussion on draft Strategy and Action Plan
10:30 – 11:00      Tea break
11:00 – 13:00      Summary discussion
                   Closing addresses


13:00 - 17:00      Field visit




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