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 & […]
Schager compliment
Chairman of the World Dance Festival receives Schager Compliment. After the very last performance of the dance groups at the World Dance Festival, Henk Huijser received a Schager Compliment on Saturday evening. He received the award for his dedication to the dance festival in Schagen, which was organized for the fifteenth time this year […]
NGO Forum Highlights the Role of Today’s Youth
The president of the International Organization of Folk Art, Ali Khalifa represented the organization at the UNESCO’s NGO Forum 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 3-4. The 2- day forum, titled “Youth and their Social Impact” was a successful event on all levels, from the impeccable organization to the informative talks held throughout the […]
IOV Magazine, november 2016
Dear Reader, Thank you for taking your time to read this note. We are honoured to present you this new edition of IOV Magazine, released during the 2016 IOV World General Assembly in Bergamo, Italy. We have collected a group of diverse and powerful voices here. They speak about their from Indonesia to Brazil, […]
11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
In fall 2016 has been held the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Marcel Oelbrandt, Secretary General and Emma Chen, Vice President, were present as observer for IOV which as NGO, is an official partner of Unesco. In the edge of this session of the Intergovernmental […]
Alexander and the History of the World of IOV
The Middle East and North Africa regional headquarters of the International Organization of Folk Art (IOV) published a book, which documents the life of IOV main founder Alexander Veigl and the in-depth story of the organization. The book, titled “Alexander and the History of the World of IOV”, edited by the late founder’s wife, Anna […]
IOV in Broad Perspective
IOV is accredited to UNESCO. A five-year-old status where it can be proud of, because in the world there are only 178 accredited NGOs. From 6 to June 13, 2015 took place in Santa Susanna (near Barcelona, Sp.), the first international conference of NGOs accredited to the Intergovernmental Committee of the UNESCO Convention on the […]
25th anniversary of IOV
We look back to 25 years of a purposeful, devoted and idealistic work for folk culture and a Culture of Peace, which allows us to follow a way of mutual understanding and love und to live our lives full of hope, expectations and trust. On the occasion of our 25 th anniversary we want to […]
A Tribute to Artist Salah El Mahdi
Salah El Mahdi passed away on September 12th, medicine 2014. A Tunisian musicologist, order conductor, composer, flautist, music critic and judge, Salah’s friends and students called him ‘Ziryab’ after the famous Muslim singer and composer. Newspapers throughout the Arab world mourned his death and published accounts of his life and accomplishments. Salah was born in […]
