Saudi Heritage Preservation Society has passed the standards and requirements to become a consultative body in the field of intangible heritage with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Saudi Heritage Preservation Society is the first Saudi andGulf organization to pass standards and requirements upon the recommendation ofthe Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee during the 14th session of theIntergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible CulturalHeritage of UNESCO, which was held during the period 8-14 December 2019 inBogota, Colombia.
This important stage in the Society's march comes afterseveral achievements at the international level, the most prominent of which isthe registration of the Society as an international non-governmentalorganization, in cooperation with the UNESCO, where the Society is an effectiveand influential element in the field of preserving Saudi heritage and awarenessof its importance and national value and benefit from it according to itsvision.
