cooperation has been achieved through the participation of national officials and experts in annual meetings of the South-Eastern Europe Network established by the UNESCO Regional Bureau in Venice (2007-2016) and, in 2013, a national representative was nominated to the General Assembly of the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe (Sofia category 2 centre). Since 2016, the country has also been part of the ICH Forum of the group 16+1 (sixteen Central and Southeast European Countries plus China) which aims to foster international and cooperation. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has two elements inscribed on the Representative List, namely the Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in (inscribed in 2013) Štip and Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec (inscribed in 2014), both of which are covered by the current report. In addition to that, an element was inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List in 2015.
cooperation has been achieved through the participation of national officials and experts in annual meetings of the South-Eastern Europe Network established by the UNESCO Regional Bureau in Venice (2007-2016) and, in 2013, a national representative was nominated to the General Assembly of the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe (Sofia category 2 centre). Since 2016, the country has also been part of the ICH Forum of the group 16+1 (sixteen Central and Southeast European Countries plus China) which aims to foster international and cooperation. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has two elements inscribed on the Representative List, namely the Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip (inscribed in 2013) and Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec (inscribed in 2014), both of which are covered by the current report. In addition to that, an element was inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List in 2015.
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