Ali Darabi Re-elected Chair of Governing Council of Regional Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia

Ali Darabi was elected chair of the Governing Council of the Regional Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia for a second consecutive term at its seventh regular session.

Ali Darabi was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the second consecutive term at the seventh regular meeting of the Board of Governors of the Regional Studies Center for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia.

According to the report of Arya Heritage, Ali Darabi, Deputy Minister and Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage of the country, was elected for the second consecutive term as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Regional Studies Center for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia, which was held this morning, Tuesday, October 21, 1405, at the Lale Hotel in Tehran.

Previously, at the fifth meeting of the Council of Governors of this center in 1402, Darabi was unanimously elected as the head of the council for a three-year term, and now, with re-election, he is holding this responsibility for the second consecutive term.

The Board of Governors of the Center for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Western and Central Asia currently has 11 members, which include the countries of Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Indonesia, India, Lebanon, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Iran.

The Regional Studies Center for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Western and Central Asia operates under the supervision of UNESCO and is based in Tehran. This center was formed with the aim of developing regional cooperation, exchanging experience and specialized knowledge, and strengthening the capacity of member countries in the field of protecting intangible cultural heritage.

The activities of this center in areas such as research, documentation, training and regional capacity building provide the basis for cooperation between West and Central Asian countries for the protection and transfer of intangible cultural heritage.