Procedure for inscription in the Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands

1. The practitioners or the people involved (in consultation with the practitioners) indicate to the Centre that they wish to nominate their ICH for inscribing ICH in the Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands. They do so by communicating their motivation via the "Interest in the Inventory" button on their intangible heritage page.
2. The Center selects communities twice a year, partly based on the motivations, for participating in the course "Setting up a Safeguarding Plan".
3. The practitioners take the course ‘Setting up a Safeguarding Plan’, organized by the Centre, which consists of three dayparts. The UNESCO Convention, the Inventory and safeguarding are explained in this course.
4. The practitioners write their own Safeguarding Plan for which the Center form is used. In addition, they fill in the Nomination Form. During the course "Setting up a Safeguarding Plan" you start filling in the forms, after which the answers are further elaborated at home. The Center consultants provide support in this regard.
5. After the three sessions, the Safeguarding Plan will be finished and is submitted to the independent Review Committee together with the Nomination Form, with signatures and appendices. The Committee reviews the nomination (Nomination Form and Safeguarding Plan) and advises the board of the Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage to include the ICH in the Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands.
6. The Review Committee may suspend a nomination with a request for additional information. After addition, the nomination will be once more reviewed by the Committee.
7. After the decision by the Board of the Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, the ICH can be inscribed in the Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands.
8. Every three years the safeguarding activities are evaluated by the practitioners and the Safeguarding Plan is updated.

In its Activity Plan 2017-2020, the Centre has announced to handle 15 new nominations a year for the Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands. In addition to the motivation given, the diversity (in the broadest sense of the word) of the Inventory is also considered.