To apply for membership please download the form, complete it, and send it to the website coordinator: Angela Labrador, alabrador@jhu.edu, who will share your materials with the bureau. 

ICICH membership application form (English-French)

ICICH membership application form (Spanish)

You will need Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader to fill in the form on your computer.

Expert & Associate Members

Name (National Committee)

AKAGAWA, Natsuko (Japan) Expert

AKINDE, Charles (Nigeria) Expert

ALCINDOR, Monica (Portugal) Expert

ALSEMIRAN, Mohammed (Saudi Arabia) Associate

ARANTES, Antonio (Brazil) Expert

AROKIASAMY, Clara (UK) Expert

ASTARI, Asanti (Indonesia) Associate

ATREY, Mrinalini (India) Expert

AWESSO, Padaro Essohanam (Togo) Associate

 

BAAGHIL, Susan (Saudi Arabia) Associate

BEAZLEY, Olwen (Australia) Expert

BHATTACHARYA, Ananya (India) Expert

BORKAKOTI, Sanjib Kumar (India) Expert

BREKKE, Aase-Hilde (Norway) Expert

BUCKLEY, Kristal (Australia) Expert

BUISMAN, Jurjaen Anton Willem (Netherlands)  Associate

 

CABALLERO, Gabriel (Philippines) Associate

CABEZA, Angel (Chile) Expert

CHANG-VARGAS, Giselle (Costa Rica) Expert

CHANGKAKOTY, Dilip (India) Expert

COMER, Doug (USA) Expert

CORREA, Katherine Anne (Philippines) Expert

CRESPI, Ana Maria (Uruguay) Expert

 

D’AGOSTO CASELLI, Aldo Alfredo (Uruguay) Expert

DEORI, Bina Gandhi (India) Expert

DRAPER, Neale (Australia) Expert

DUTTA, Madhura (India) Expert

 

FALCÃO, José (Portugal) Expert

FALK, Eivind (Norway) Expert

FONDEUR GOMEZ, Nerva Eliana (Dominican Republic) Associate

FRANCESCHINI, Nicole (Italy) Associate

 

GARCIA PETIT, Lluis (Spain) Expert

GOMES OLIVEIRA, Claudia (Portugal) Associate

GOMEZ PORTER, Pablo (Mexico) Associate

GONZÁLEZ CAMBEIRO, Sara (Spain) Expert

GONZALEZ IBANEZ, Ana Lucía (Mexico) Expert

GRONDIN, Myriam (Canada) Expert

 

HALL, Andrew (South Africa) Expert

HARRINGTON, Jane (Australia) Expert

HENARES, Ivan Anthony (Philippines) Expert

HUGHES, Richard (UK) Expert

 

ISHAAC, Siame Hanna (France) Associate

IWADARE LIJIMA, Miguel (Mexico) Expert

 

JANSE, Helga (Sweden) Expert

JARAMILLO CONTRERAS, Marcela (Columbia) Expert

JOHNSTON, Chris (Australia) Expert

 

KHANOM, Shahida (UK) Expert

 

LABRADOR, Angela (USA) Expert

LAVA, Riva (Greece) Associate

LEE-NIINIOJA, Hee Sook (Norway) Expert

LEMPEREUR, Françoise (Belgium) Expert

LI, Chao-Shiang Patrick (Taiwan) Associate

LOO, Wallace (UK) Expert

 

MAHARJAN, Monalisa  (Nepal) Expert

MAHDY, Hossam (UK) Associate

MAHER, Waqas Ahmed (Pakistan) Associate

MATTINEN, Maire (Finland) Associate

MAURANO, Carla (Italy) Expert

MCINTYRE-TAMWOY, Susan (Australia) Expert

MEJUTO GONZALEZ, Javier (Honduras) Expert

MOTA BOTELLO, Graciela (Mexico) Expert

MOYSIADIS, Athanasios  (Greece) Associate

MUBARAK, Juan (Dominican Republic) Expert

MULLER, Liana (South Africa) Expert

MUNITA PAVEL, Doina Lilyan (Chile) Associate

 

NAIMI, Shala (USA) Expert

NINO NORTON, Blanca (Guatemala) Expert

NOROV, Urtnasan (Mongolia) Expert

 

PANDIT, Munish (India) Expert

PARK, Tanya (Australia) Associate

PAWLOWSKA-MAINVILLE, Agnieszka (Canada) Expert

PELEG, Shelley-Anne (Israel) Expert

PINTO LEITAO PEREIRA, Mariana (Portugal) Associate

 

R, Lakshmi (India) Associate

RAPOO, Vincent (Botswana) Expert

RAPPOPORT, Paul (Australia) Associate

REZA, Mohammad Habib (Bangladesh) Expert

RITCHIE, James (Canada) Expert

RIVERO CANTO, Raúl (Mexico) Expert

ROJAS, Angela (Cuba) Expert

RUDOLFF, Britta (Bahrain) Expert

 

SÁNCHEZ SUÁREZ, Aurelio (Mexico) Expert

SATTAR, Fazli (Pakistan) Associate

SCOTT, Julie (UK) Expert

SHASHANI, Lila Ramos (Philippines) Associate

SHEARER, Martina (France) Associate

SIDDHANJAN, Ray Chaudhuri (India) Expert

SINGH, Meenal (India) Associate

STEHBERG, Ruben (Chile) Expert

SU, Junjie (China) Expert

SYME, Lance (Australia) Expert

 

TRUSCOTT, Marilyn (Australia) Expert

TURGEON, Laurier (Canada) Expert

TURNER, Megan (USA) Expert

 

VARBANOVA, Valentina (Bulgaria) Expert

VIRASSAMY, Catherine (France) Expert

 

WAIT, Gerald (UK) Expert

WELLING, Menno (Malawi) Expert

WELLS, Jeremy (USA) Expert

WHITING, Dean (New Zealand) Expert

 

YADAV, Vibhuti (India) Associate

 

ZHU, Yujie (Australia) Expert

ZOHOU, Comlanvi  (Togo) Expert

Founding Bureau

ICICH was established in October 2005 with the following Bureau:

President

• HALL, Andrew (South Africa)

Vice Presidents 

• TRUSCOTT, Marilyn (Australia)
• CABEZA, Angel (Chile)
• PANDIT, Munish (India) 

Secretary-General

• MANETSI, Thabo (South Africa)

 

2010 – 2013

President 

• TRUSCOTT, Marilyn (Australia)

Vice Presidents 

• CABEZA, Angel (Americas)
• HALL, Andrew (Africa & Europe)
• PANDIT, Munish (Asia)
• WHITING, Dean (Pacific)

Secretary-General

• LEE-NIINIOJA, Hee Sook (Norway)

 

2014 – 2016

President

• MCINTYRE-TANWOY, Susan (Australia)

Vice Presidents

• AKAGAWA, Natsuko (Asia Pacific)
• AROKIASMY, Clara (Europe)

Secretary-General

• GONZALEZ IBANEZ, Ana Lucia (Mexico)

Membership Secretary

• HARRINGTON, Jane (Australia)

 

2017-2020

President

LEE-NIINIOJA, Hee Sook (Norway)

 

Vice Presidents

PANDIT, Munish (Asia)

ARANTES, Antonio (America South)

CHANG-VARGAS, Giselle (America North)

LEMPEREUR, Françoise (Europe)

 

Secretary-General

TRUSCOTT, Marilyn (Australia)

 

Membership Secretary

FOREST, Corinne Emmanuelle (Mauritius)  

2021-2024

President

PANDIT, Munish (India)

 

Vice Presidents

CABEZA, Angel (Chile) 

TRUSCOTT, Marilyn (Australia)

 

Secretary-General

PELEG, Shelley-Anne (Israel)

 

 

Membership of ICICH is open to all suitably qualified and experienced members of ICOMOS. Members must be able to demonstrate expertise and experience in any field associated with protection, maintenance and conservation of in the field of the intangible heritage values of heritage places cultural spaces, and sites, representing all the world regions.

General Provisions for Members:

• ICICH will include the most recognised experts in this field and seeks to foster young and beginning professionals seeking this specialisation.
• All ICICH members are expected to be familiar with the Statement of Ethical Commitment adopted by ICOMOS in Madrid in 2002, and abide by it at all times.
• New members are admitted to ICICH via a decision of its Bureau; approval of membership may not be refused without justification.
• The categories of members for ICICH will consist of the following, each with specific rights and responsibilities.

Membership Categories:

• ICICH provides for the following categories of membership, which are described further in the following text.
• Expert Members
• Associate Members
• Affiliate Members (non-ICOMOS members and / or Institutional members)
• Honorary Members

Expert Members:

• Shall be members of ICOMOS engaged in activities associated with and having experience with the areas of professional activity relevant to the objectives of ICICH. Such members may apply to be an Expert Member, either upon personal application or proposal by a member of the Bureau of ICICH or of the National Committee to which they belong. Membership is dependent on approval by the ICICH Bureau which will also select Expert Members from among applicants.
• Expert members shall be accepted in unlimited number.
• National Committees of ICOMOS may designate one Expert Member as its representative on ICICH for a term of three years.  No such representative may serve in such a capacity for more than three consecutive terms.
• In the event that ICICH considers the designated member to be unsatisfactory, it can appeal before the Scientific Council which will make a recommendation to the Executive Committee concerning that designation. All other issues and decisions shall be voted on by all Expert Members, without limitation.
• If an Expert Member who serves as the representative of a National Committee does not attend or contribute to three consecutive meetings of ICICH without due cause or should the Bureau for other reasons deem the member to have become inactive it may ask the relevant National Committee to nominate a new representative.
• Voting at elections of the ICICH Bureau and on amendment of the ICICH statutes will be done by Expert Members designated by their National Committees.

Associate Members:

ICOMOS members engaged in activities relevant to the objectives of ICICH and who wish to gain knowledge and build up expertise in the field through active volunteer work may apply to be an Associate Member of ICICH, either upon personal application or proposal by a member of the Bureau of ICICH or of the National Committee to which they belong, or after an approach to a National Committee to build up expertise in that country. Membership is dependent on approval by the ICICH Bureau which will also select Associate Members from among applicants.

Associate members shall be accepted in unlimited number.  They are conditionally accepted for a period of three years, after which time their contribution to the Committee will be evaluated using a transparent and well-understood methodology to assess their contributions to the Committee.  The Associate Membership shall be:

• Extended for another similar period of time, with a maximum of three such triennial extensions, or
• Upgraded to Expert Member, or
• Rejected on the basis of no participation or unsatisfactory performance.

ICICH will strive to incorporate Associate Members in its work.

Associate Members are accorded no voting rights.

Affiliate Members:

This category provides the flexibility to bring in external expertise and may include:

• Non-ICOMOS Members who can make an important contribution to ICICH may be invited to participate in committee meetings and activities and will be encouraged to apply for ICOMOS membership and/or
• Institutional Members – When in the interest of ICOMOS and of ICICH, and at the ICICH’s discretion, the optional category of Institutional Membership may be established by the Bureau according to the Eger-Xi’an principles.

An Institutional member may designate from its staff one person with the required qualifications to be its representative and spokesperson in the Committee. The Committee may accept that individual as an Expert Member.

Honorary Members:

Need not be members of ICOMOS and are appointed by a decision of ICICH in recognition of the services they have rendered to it and/or in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field covered by the objectives of ICICH.  They may be proposed for election by Expert Members of ICICH.  Honorary Members may participate in all activities of the Committee, except elections. Honorary Members may use the title: “Honorary Member, ICICH.”

If you would like to apply for membership of ICICH download the form in your preferred language and submit the filled form along with your Curriculum Vitae by e-mail to the website coordinator of ICICH. Angela Labrador, alabrador@jhu.edu.

Download the ICICH Membership Form