The Festival aims to make Gaziantep one of top-five gastronomy destinations. In addition, Gaziantep is the first city from Turkey in UNESCO Creative Cities Network. As this festival is fully supported by local community, this feature of the festival may contribute to the community-related aspect of the network. With one million visitors from all over Turkey and abroad annually, Gaziantep International Gastronomy Festival has significant power and potential for the development of cultural tourism and visibility of ICH. Gaziantep’s cuisine culture, which has been shaped by the local producers’ choice of local products, has reached an international vision through this festival. Chefs with Michelin stars, representatives of other UNESCO Creative Cities Network, representatives of the national and foreign press, universities, gourmets, writers, agricultural producers and farmers got together in this festival. So that, the festival is a remarkable destination for cultural tourism and visibility of ICH.\n\n

ICH Courier is the quarterly magazine on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region issued by ICHCAP since 2009. Every issue has its own theme under the title of the Windows to ICH, and the theme of the Vol 26 is 'HEALING RITUALS AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE.'

ICH Courier is the quarterly magazine on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region issued by ICHCAP since 2009. Every issue has its own theme under the title of the Windows to ICH, and the theme of the Vol 12 is 'ICH AND SHAMAN HERITAGE'.

ICH Courier is the quarterly magazine on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region issued by ICHCAP since 2009. Every issue has its own theme under the title of the Windows to ICH, and the theme of the Vol 35 is 'ICH and City Festivals.'

This report includes presentation papers and a discussion summary of the three sessions that took place during the conference. The first chapter, “What Is the Significance of the 2003 Convention,” includes papers on the historical meaning and current situation of the Convention. The second chapter, “How to Safeguard the Value of ICH,” reviews measures on how ICH can promote cultural diversity, sustainable development of humanity, and social development in developing countries. The last chapter, “How to Promote Better ICH for Sustainable Development,” includes country reports that outline the efforts each participating country has taken to promote and use ICH.