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Cabinet endorses national plan for elements of intangible cultural heritage
By JT - Oct 21,2020 - Last updated at Oct 21,2020
AMMAN — The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the 2020-2024 national plan for the elements of the intangible cultural heritage.
The plan aims at enhancing the protection of the cultural dimension in the national identity, preserving the elements of the intangible cultural heritage, and raising the awareness of society to contribute to collecting and documenting such elements, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The Cabinet also endorsed the appointment of Wael Haiajneh as secretary general of the affairs of epidemics and communicable diseases at the Health Ministry and assigned him to be in charge of the COVID-19 crisis dossier in the Kingdom.
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