POSTPONED_ IOV World General Assembly and Scientific Conference spring 2019

Dear IOV Member, this is to inform you that due to unexpected circumstances Mr Abdulaziz Al Musallam Chair of Sharjah Institute for Heritage asked to us to postpone the IOV World General Assembly and the Scientific Conference to spring 2019. The new date are in definition I will inform you as soon as possible. They […]

Lost/Looked for/Tamed Cultural Heritage

Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts, The International Organization of Folk Art – Polish Section and the Museum of Toys and Play have the honour to invite you to participate in international academic conference “Lost/Looked for/ Tamed Cultural Heritage”, to take place in Kielce, Poland from 4th to 6th of July […]

Announcements of WGA 2019

Dear IOV-Members, dear friends, Greetings! Here the announcements of WGA  2019 . May we express our sincerest thanks on behalf of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the International Organization of Folk Art (IOV) for your support as a member of our worldwide organisation. I hope to meet all members to […]

Report on the participation as observer in the UNESCO-ICH-NGO FORUM in Nov. 2018

Report on the participation as observer in the UNESCO-ICH-NGO FORUM from Nov. 25th to Nov. 30,th, 2018 in Port Louis, Mauritius In the evening of Nov. 25th this event was opened with a reception of the Ministry of Arts and Culture including music and dance performances of Mauritian groups by the Prime Minister of Mauritius […]

The First Bishkek Forum of Cultures in Kyrgistan

From April 26th to May 2nd this event took place in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgistan. About 50 representatives of cultural organisations from all continents were invited by the city of Bishkek and the International Delphic Committee and the Delphic Committee of Kyrgistan to hold meetings and to discuss the development of international cooperation in […]

New members in the Board of Directors and the Commissions

After the General Assembly last November, the new Executive Committee (EC) members proposed new members for the Board of Directors (BD) and the Commissions. On April 2, these appointments were confirmed by the BD, as follows: Adviser in the EC: Abdullah Saleh, Chair of the Financial Support Commission Members in the DB: Chair Festivals & […]