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To thé Permanent Délégations of thé States Parties to thé Convention for thé Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Héritage thé Intangible Cultural Héritage 3 February 2023 Réf.: CLT/LHE/23/L-6 Dear Ambassador, l am writing to invite your country to propose a participant with expertise in intangible cultural héritage safeguarding to take part in thé forthcoming expert meeting to reflect on a broader implementation of Article 18 of thé 2003 Convention for thé Safeguarding of thé Intangible Cultural Héritage (19 to 21 April 2023, Stockholm, Sweden). This new reflection is an initiative that resulted from thé earlier global reflection, undertaken between 2018 and 2022, on thé listing mechanisms of thé 2003 Convention for thé Safeguarding of thé Intangible Cultural Héritage. Thé reflection topics as defined by thé seventeenth session of thé Intergovernmental Committee (Décision 17. COM 10; see also document LHE/22/17. COM10)are: Topic 1 : Improving thé access to and increasing thé visibility of thé Register of Good Safeguarding Practices Topic 2: Towards thé création of an 'obsen/atory' for sharing good safeguarding practices Topic 3: Any other issues to be identified With thé generous support of thé Kingdom of Sweden, this expert meeting is convened to lay thé ground for thé meeting of thé Open-ended intergovernmental working group (4 to 6 July 2023, UNESCO Headquarters) which is entrusted by thé Intergovernmental Committee for thé Safeguarding of thé Intangible Cultural Héritage to explore new ways to better and more broadly share safeguarding expériences which best reflect thé principles and objectives of thé 2003 Convention (see enclosed timeline of thé reflection). Thé gathering of experts in question is organizedas a category VI meeting. According to UNESCO terminology, this means that thé experts will participate in a private capacity and not as représentatives ofany particular United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France T:+33 (0)1 456811 12  -2- government or organization. Moreover, thé recommendations made during thé meeting will not be ascribed to any participant by name. l would be grateful if you could send thé name and CV of an expert that your country wishes to propose before 24 February 2023 to thé following émail address: ichmeetings@ynesc9,QLq. Please note that thé recommendation of an expert does not guarantee his or her participation in thé expert meeting. Thé suggested experts will be appointed by thé Director-Generalof UNESCO,taking into accounttheirprofiles, expérience, geographical balance and gender. Thank you for your interest in thé Convention for thé safeguarding of thé intangible cultural héritage. Yours sincerely, Tim Curtis Secretary, Convention for thé Safeguarding of thé Intangible Cultural Héritage Enclosed: Timeline of thé reflection process ce: National Commissions of States Parties to thé Convention for thé Safeguardingof thé Intangible Cultural Héritage  -3- Timeline for thé reflection on thé broader implementation of Article 18 of thé 2003 Convention Date Meeting Note 13 to 18 Sixteenth session of tnitiationof reflection; December2021 thé Committee Décision 16. COM 14 (Online) (16. COM) 5to7 Ninth session of thé July 2022, Taking note of reflection; Général Assembly (UNESCO Résolution 9. GA 9 (9. GA) Headquarters) 28 November to Preliminary intergovernmental Seventeenth session 3 December 2022 discussion to identify reflection of thé Committee (Rabat, Kingdom topics; (17. COM) of Morocco) Décision 17. COM 10 Expert discussion to lay thé 19 to 21 April Category VI meeting 2023 ground for intergovernmental of experts discussion 4 to 6 Intergovernmental discussion Open-ended July 2023 and proposai on possible intergovernmental (UNESCO amendments to thé Operational working group hleadquarters) Directives 4 to 9 December 2023 Eighteenth session of Agreement on draft amendments thé Committee to thé Operational Directives to (Gaborone, (18. COM) be recommended to thé 10. GA Botswana) Tenth session of thé 2024 Adoption of thé amendments to GénéralAssembly thé Operational Directives (10. GA)