Since the adoption by UNESCO in 2003 of The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage a growing global consensus is emerging as to the importance of celebrating and preserving peoples’ diverse cultural inheritances for the future of humanity.
This summit is one of the outcomes of the work of TILC (Institute of Intercultural Learning and Communication) and the many organisations worldwide that promote intercultural learning and communication. Central to their work is connecting people of different cultures in local and global learning communities and enhancing understanding of peoples’ diverse cultural identities. In this context TILC is currently pioneering a campaign to develop innovative approaches for exploring and explaining peoples’ cultural inheritances.
The 21st century World Women’s Heritage Summit is designed to celebrate and explore approaches to the preservation of women’s cultural heritage to reinforce UNESCO’s 2003 convention, and the British Council’s and the Department for International Development’s global policies and practices. The summit provides an international forum for debate and discussion about women’s cultural heritage and implications for its preservation in contemporary society. It also offers organisations worldwide the chance to debate women’s contributions to global cultural heritage – by exploring contemporary world heritage and development agendas from broad practice, policy and theoretical perspectives.
