Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC) Budget 2023/2024 @KASBCNEWS
Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC) Budget 2023/2024 @KASBCNEWS The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform for the consideration and adoption of the 2023/24 budget vote report (Budget Vote 37) of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC), along with a briefing on the Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC). A series of edits were made to the budget vote report, with the main concerns being around the Auditor-General’s (AG's) recommendations, timeframes to be allocated to recommendations, and a monitoring system for the recommendations implemented. The briefing by the Department on the Intangible Heritage Convention had to do with the ratification of the ICH, and South Africa becoming a member of UNESCO in the context of the ICH. Members of the Committee asked for details of the budget plan, and the composition of the authentication panel. Who were the people serving on the panel? When had it been approved? Had the panel contributed to the submissions made to the Cabine...