During the meeting, Abdel Dayem said that, for the first time, a central unit for the safeguarding of the intangible heritage was established, in implementation of the UNESCO Convention, which Egypt signed in 2003. She pointed to Egypt's richness in intangible heritage, which proves its leadership and forms part of its unique identity. Egyptian Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem had formed a committee under her chairmanship to develop a national strategy for managing intangible cultural heritage in Egypt in light of the studies prepared in this regard by UNESCO. Furthermore, and in addition to the aforementioned, the reports prepared by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Conservation Unit will be submitted to the competent authorities after reviewing, auditing and approving them in their final form, the work of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Unit at the Ministry of Culture will be closely followed up, to overcome obstacles that might come up in coordination with the competent authorities and discuss ways to maximize the benefit from the National Archives for Intangible Cultural. The committee is the only body entrusted with coordinating with the Egyptian National Committee for UNESCO to implement the provisions of international conventions regulating this matter.

Source: Egypt Today September 14, 2020 15:53 UTC