Documentation, dissemination and promotion of traditional knowledge and innovations

Documenting and Promoting Traditional Medical Knowledge and Skills: Midwives as Bearers of Centuries-Old Health-related Traditions

Public Association “Miralina” The initiative aims to document this traditional medical knowledge and promote its use across the country. The information collected during this documentation eefort will be used to update the section on “Traditional Medicine” in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Kyrgyz

Documenting the Petroglyphs of Ak-Bulun (Ak-Suisky District, Issyk-Kulsky Oblast, Kyrgyzstan).

Aigine Cultural Research Center (CRC) In order to document, interpret, and transfer the traditional knowledge imprinted on the Ak-Bulun petroglyphs, Aigine Center will hold training seminars for students, work with students to certify the Ak-Bulun petroglyphs, create an online map, an information stand, and enter the complex into the state register.

Community Based Sustainable Development for Indigenous Peoples

Center for Social Development (CSD) The initiative will primarily focus on the Kharam Tribe. The initiative will aim to enhanced and capacitate the Kharam Tribe of Tuishenphai Village to rethink and restore the ancestral practices such as the Folk Tales, Heritage Site, Equipment used to protect the village, musical instruments, etc and other practices to …

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Promoting Local – Global values of Indigenous Knowledge through Networking and Cultural exchange

Centers of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge (COD-ILK) Promoting respect and recognition of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in local-global knowledge-policy platforms, supporting organisations of Indigenous Peoples and linking them horizontally and vertically for strengthened collaboration based on cultural values and deep relationships between nature and cultures.Particularly, securing continuity of work of the COD-ILK network …

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Popular Education Materials for Transmission of Cordillera Indigenous Knowledge and Culture

Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines, Inc. (PIKP) The initiative aims to contribute to effective transmission of Cordillera indigenous cultural heritage by producing and distributing popular education materials that are easily accessible and understood by children, youth and other residents of Baguio City and Cordillera provinces.

Audio-Visual Learning and Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples

Papuan Voices Association The initiative aims to support the capacity building of the youth Papuan generation in using audio-visual media to document the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, the realities of life, conditions of social relations, and the struggles of the Papuan Indigenous Peoples to protecting their land and natural resources, through 2 (two) objectives: 1) …

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Ulirnairsijiit – Ensuring Inuit Guidance and Culturally Appropriate Evaluation of Arctic Research

Ikaarvik Ikaarvik seeks to empower Inuit youth to be the leaders in reshaping Arctic science. Inuit youth are exploring the potential for an Indigenous-led research assessment tool in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Inuit youth have brought together their community, academic researchers, the Nunavut Research Institute as well as federal government researchers. Expected outcomes: The result will …

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