GICHWG

Launched in 2011 during the FForest Fawr meeting, the Geopark Intangible Cultural Heritage Working Group is composed, beginning 2012, of representants from:

- Bohemian Paradise Geopark (Czech Republc)
- Hateg Geopark (Roumania)
- Bauges Geopark (France)
- Luberon Geopark (France)
- Réserve Géologique de Haute Provence Geopark (France)
- Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geopark (Germany)
- Psiloritis Geopark (Greece)
- Petrified Forest of Lesvos Geopark (Greece)
- Vikos Aoos Geopark (Greece)
- Marble Arch Geopark (Ireland)
- Copper Coast geopark (Ireland)
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park – Geopark (Italy)
- Madonia Geopark (Italy)
- Arouca Geopark (Portugal)
- Basque Coast Geopark (Spain)
- Sobrarbe Geopark (Spain)
- English Riviera Geopark (UK)
- Geopark Shetland (UK)
- Fforest Fawr Geopark (UK)
- Villuercas Ibores y Jara Geopark (Spain)
- Subbeticas Geopark (Spain)
- Burren and Cliffs Geopark (Ireland)
 

XXIX coordination committee, Subbeticas Geopark March 2012
Geopark Intangible Cultural Heritage Working Group meeting


22 Geoparks are participating in the working group

1-The meeting begins with a presentation of different Geopark experiences around ICH
- Shetland Geopark (UK) has a strong experience in ICH in different domains and several publications (boat construction, dialect, etc ..)
- Rocca di Cerrere Geopark (IT), with a practice of ICH inventory connected with an official program from Sicilian Government
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano Geopark (IT) with a next publication of a ICH book and a ENPI project
- Psiloritis Geopark (GR) work on use of local plant, inventory on traditional stone architecture, work on toponyms, etc ..

- Hateg Geopark (RO) work on relation between Man and Earth and « self- portrait of a community »
- Sobrarbe Geopark (SP), different publications, research on pre romanic toponyms, museum of popular religiosity
- Burren & Cliffs Geopark (IR) ; Artist local work on community memory

Considering the existing experience of several Geoparks, GICHWG take the decision to organize inside the next Arouca meeting a special ICH section of maximum 2 hours long. In this section will be presented power point presentation –10 minutes long- of these different ICH Geopark realisations

2- the 3 different questionnaire draft are presented and adopted
GICHWG take the decision to begin, since now, the ICH inventory on the third different lines (classical ICH, Living Human Treasure, Religious and sacred sites)
It’s suggested that each Geopark begin this inventory in 1 or 2 local community associating strongly the local population in the inventory process.
A global overview of this first inventory stage will be done, by mail, in July thus to be able to present some conclusion and analysis in Arouca meeting.

Babbis and Claudia will transform the present Word questionnaire drafts in an Excel version within one month.
Martina will fullfill as model, the 3 questionnaire and send it, as soon as possible to the GICHWG

3- GICHWG propose to extend the group created by EGN to the GGN. The proposal will be formulated to GGN during the Unzen meeting

4- Guy will strengthen relation and exchange with ICH specialist from UNESCO and IUCN