YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The schedule of events proceeding from preservation of non-material cultural heritage, protection of its viability was approved at the May 3 sitting of RA government. It was mentioned that holding of the events will contribute to coordination and regulation of problems related to the sphere, formation of non-material forms of culture, their regular development, formation of the respective legislative field, as well as will create conditions for preservation of non-material cultural heritage. As RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hasmik Poghosian informed journalists after the sitting, little attention is paid to non-material cultural heritage in the recent years. Non-material cultural heritage should be preserved as much as material heritage. In her words, 27 events were established by the conception. These events will be aimed at preservation and protectiveness of non-material cultural heritage. In particular, the respective law will be worked out by the end of the year, as well as non-material heritage will be inventoried, the respective manuals will be published and the respective information base will be created. Besides, grants will be provided to individual handicraftsmen, people's handicraft centers will be created. H. Poghosian also said that for implementation of the above mentioned events 30 mln drams (nearly 83 thousand USD) will be additionally provided in 2008, 52 mln in 2009, 60 mln drams in 2010.

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