KIEN-ICH The Netherlands
Picture: Drs. Saskia van Oostveen, Head of Heritage Safeguarding at KIEN; Marco van Baalen, Director KIEN
Kenniscentrum Immaterieel Erfgoed Nederland – KIEN. The Netherlands Knowledge center for Intangible Heritage is housed at the Open-Air Museum in Arnhem. KIEN is in charge to implement UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage that The Netherlands officially ratified in 2012. Since 10/10/2010 Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba fall under the National UNESCO Commission of the Netherlands. They work together in that context with KIEN on the implementation of the Convention on the islands. The Bonaire Intangible Cultural Heritage website is made possible through this collaboration. For more information about KIEN