Cooperation between VIC and the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe

On 18 December 2024, Sofiya Zahova, Director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding, visited the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe, operating under UNESCO's auspices in Sofia. She met with Mirena Staneva and Chayana Istatkova to discuss potential collaboration between the two institutions. The discussion focused on opportunities for joint efforts in developing higher education programmes and researching and promoting multilingualism, knowledge, and oral culture practices as specific forms of intangible heritage.

The Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe is part of the network of the eight category 2 centres dedicated to intangible cultural heritage and contributing to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the only one based in Europe.