NEWS
VII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS IN CHARGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS
by Biel Pubill Soler in UNESCO
Pere Lavega participated in the Observer category, invited by UNESCO, representing INEFC and AEJeST, in the Seventh International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials in Charge of Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VII) organized by UNESCO, in Baku , Republic of Azerbaijan, June 26-29, 2023.
The conference was coordinated by Mr. Farid Gayibov, Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan and Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences.
20th anniversary of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention
by Biel Pubill Soler in UNESCO
The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is a UNESCO treaty adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on October 17, 2003, an important date for our TSG.
See: https://ich.unesco.org/en/what-is-intangible-heritage-00003
Summary of the year
by Biel Pubill Soler in UNESCO
Dear AEJeST Community, we are about to end this year, 2022. Despite the economic and health difficulties we are currently experiencing, the members of the AEJeST have continued to work in favour of safeguarding the JDT and the social values they promote. The CA has continued to work intensively on each of the projects. A week ago, we organized one last meeting to continue coordinating the actions for the next ones. Among the multiple news, I would like to highlight several topics:
The festival Tocatì, World Cultural Heritage!
by Biel Pubill Soler in UNESCO
Photo: The delegation representing supporters of Tocatì’s candidacy in Morocco included Aga President Paolo Avigo, Aga Vice President Giuseppe Giacon, Valentina Lapiccirella Zingari, Verona Mayor Damiano Tommasi and Culture Councilor and relations with UNESCO Marta Ugolini.
The Tocatì festival become world cultural heritage. The candidacy of the festival of traditional games and sports was supported by several countries (Croatia, Belgium, France, Cyprus)and was positively evaluated during the 17th session of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of Unesco in Rabat, Morocco.
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