SERBIA

The National Section of Serbia was founded in 1995, and since then it has been actively mediating in securing folklore groups from abroad to participate in our festivals, as well as securing the participation of our ensembles in international folklore festivals within CIOFF. In 1999, the national section of Serbia hosted the congress of the Southern Europe and North Africa sector, which was successfully organized. After several years of difficulties in work, at the end of 2014, at the annual assembly of the national section. A new board of directors was elected and everything necessary was undertaken to return the section to an international organization. At the CIOFF annual assembly in 2015, which was held in Peru, Serbia again received the status of a full member (Full member) in the international organization CIOFF. in Niš and in which 18 countries participated. The National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia has accepted the patronage of 13 international festivals in Serbia, which work under the auspices of the national section of CIOFF Serbia. Today, the national section of Serbia consists of over fifty members of 13 festivals and about 40 ensembles that work to preserve the intangible cultural heritage of Serbia through the presentation of our folklore tradition at festivals around the world and through the presentation of other cultures at the festivals we organize in Serbia. .