Date: April 10 – 12, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Venue: Hotel Timor

First Day (April 10)

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Participants registration
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony

• Welcome speech by H.E. the Secretary of State of Culture, Virgílio Simith;
• Speech by H.E. the President of Timor-Leste National Commission of UNESCO, Kirsty Sword Gusmão;
• Speech by H.E the Ambassador of Japan in Timor-Leste, Yoshitaka Hanada;
• Speech by the Representative of UNESCO in Dili, Remegio Alquitran;
• Launch of the book: “The Collection of Ai To’os”.

09:45 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee break
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Session 1 – Introduction
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Session 2 – Summary of the Convention
11:30 – 12:15 a.m. Session 3 – Key-Concepts
12:15 – 13:15 p.m. Lunch
13:15 – 14:15 p.m. Session 4 – Who can do what on the Implementation of the Convention
14:15 – 15:15 p.m. Session 5 – Awareness
15:15 – 15:30 p.m. Coffe break
15:30 – 17:00 p.m. Session 6 – Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage under the Convention

Second Day (April 11)

08.30 – 8.30 a.m. Participants registration
08:30 – 09:30 a.m. Session 7 – Involvement of interested communities
09:30 – 10:30 a.m. Session 8 – The Intangible Cultural Heritage and sustainable development
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15 a.m. Session 9 – Safeguard
12:15 – 13:15 p.m. Lunch
13:15 – 15:15 p.m. Session10 – Politics and institutions of intangible heritage
15:15 – 15:30 p.m. Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 p.m. Session 11 – Implementation at the international level

Third Day (April 12)

08.30 – 8.30 a.m. Participants registration
08:30 – 09:45 a.m. Session 12 – Implementation at the international level: international cooperation and assistance
09:45 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee break
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Session 13 – Summary and conclusion
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Session 14 – Evaluation
11:45 – 15:45 a.m. Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 p.m. Closing Session

The workshop program includes visits to the district of Covalima on April 13 and 14.