Young specialist in the sector of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and its relation to intellectual property with experience in project planning, management of NGOs and public outreach in Mongolia, France and South Korea.

KEY COMPETENCIES/SKILLS
Self-starter, analytical mind, dynamic, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, effective team player, excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluent in Mongolian, English, and French.


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2011-2013 University Rennes 2, Rennes, Upper Brittany, France
Master's degree on Mediation of heritage in Europe. Distinction very good

2008-2010 Chinggis Khaan University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Master’s degree in History. 96.2/A

2003-2007 Chinggis Khaan University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Bachelor’s degree in Political analysis and history. 94/A

1993-2003 Erdmiin Undraa Complex, Elementary & Secondary Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia- Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP), Republic of Korea
(April 2013 - July 2013) Intern
• Duties included: Developing summaries of field studies on ICH safeguarding efforts in 24 countries in five sub-regions of the Asia-Pacific, participating in the development of a manual on the management of intellectual property in the safeguarding of ICH , assisting the project on the organization of a workshop on the documentation and pilot documentation of ICH in Mongolia, as well as a research and translations of data for specific tasks of the Center.
• Accomplishments: Elaborated a summary of field surveys with updates and executive summary, facilitated the communication between the Mongolian and Korean partners for more efficient exchanges in different projects, translated from Mongolian into English and vise versa the papers and presentations of the Mongolian and Korean participants of the aforementioned workshop, translated the table of the restored and digitized archive materials from Mongolian into English, updated the bibliographic research on the relation of intellectual property rights and intangible cultural heritage.

Heritage Day in Le Mans, Cultural Centre of Sarthe region, France
(15 & 16 September 2012)
• Reception of public, distribution of information and brochure on the event
French Centre of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Centre français du patrimoine culturel immatériel – Maison des cultures du monde), France
(January 2012 – July 2012) Intern
• Duties included: Assisting the director of the Centre for implementing diverse projects, and organizing academic and cultural events. (translations, research, maintenance of documentation, archives, carrying out inventory, public and press relations)
• Accomplishments: Established a model for maintaining the mailing list, proposed and organized a concert of Mongolian overtone singing, creation of press review, and inventory of photography.

UNESCO Accredited Foundation for the Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage, Mongolia (February 2010 - present) Project officer
• Duties included: Maintaining external relations, coordination of activities, translation and
interpretation, analysis and elaboration of official documents, arrangement and organization of
academic & cultural events, public outreach and communications.
• Projects taken charge of: Implementation of the 3rd phase of the Mongolian-Korean Joint
Cooperation Project ‘Establishing a Safeguarding System for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mongolia’: publication of a book Intangible cultural heritage of the Mongols in Mongolian and English (2011), categorization& digitization of a part of superannuated and damaged ICH data at the Language and Literature Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and creation of the prototype of the Mongolian ICH website (2011-2012), organization of Mongolia-ICHCAP Joint Project of ICH Documentation Workshop and Pilot Filming in Mongolia (2013).

National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
(May-August 2009) Research fellow
• Participant of the ACPCS 2009 Program - Researcher at the Intangible Heritage Department
• Topic of the research: Documentation of intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Korea

Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, Mongolia
(2008 - 2010) Project officer
• Duties included: Coordination of activities, translation and interpretation, analysis and elaboration of official documents arrangement and organization of a variety of meetings, seminars, workshops etc., communication and public outreach.
• Projects taken charge of: Implementation of the Mongolian-Korean Joint Cooperation Project ‘Establishing a Safeguarding System for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mongolia’: undertook field surveys on the ICH and its bearers in the selected provinces of Western, Central, Eastern and Gobi regions (2008, 2009), organization of the symposium and workshop on the crucial and emerging issues of ICH and safeguarding thereof (2009), elaboration of legal documents on the ICH of Mongolia, nomination and follow-up for inscriptions of 5 ICH elements to the ICH Lists of UNESCO (2009-2010)

Office of the President of Mongolia
(Winter-Spring 2006) Intern
• Duties included: Data entry, data arrangement, award database maintenance, assistance to the distribution of awards at the President’s Awards Office

‘Ongi River Neighborhood’ Civil Movement
(Summer 2004) Office Assistant and Translator
• Duties included: Translation of official letters, publicity packets, and educational brochures for environmental and non-profit organization protecting nomadic families from environmental destruction caused by mining, basic office errands and public outreach

INTERNAITONAL EXPERIENCE
French-German research workshop: Intangible Cultural Heritage in France and Germany: Compared approaches of a new type of heritage, Rennes, France
(22-23 January, 2014)
• Participant, co-presented a paper entitled Les transformations d’un patrimoine immatériel mongol: D’une pratique locale du höömij à l’objet d’une patrimonialisation

International Meeting of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Brittany, Brest, France
(14-15 December, 2012)
• Participant, co-presented a paper entitled Le PCI de Mongolie sur les listes de l’Unesco: traditions musicales et enjeux de sauvegarde

The 1st International Workshop of the Asian Cooperation Program on Conservation Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
(12-14 June, 2012)
• Participant, presented a paper entitled Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in Mongolia: Needs and Challenges

Week of Mongolia in Paris, France/ Mongolian space & heritage, International conference
(7-13 Mai 2012)
• Translation of scientific documents and assistance to secretariat prior to the event

Centre for Environmental Education, Ahmedabad, India
(6-18 December, 2009)
• Co-participant of the Advanced Training Program in Education for Sustainable Development in Formal Education
• Implemented Project title: ESD Alive in ASPNet schools of Mongolia

Sunmoon University, Republic of Korea
(September-December, 2006)
• Student exchange of Asia University Federation

School for International Training
(Spring 2004-Spring 2006)
Translator and guide for American university students completing research in Mongolia
• Served as translator for research projects including: ‘Shamanism in Post-Socialist Mongolia’, ‘Mongolian Constitution’, ‘Origins and Revitalizations of Classical Mongolian Script’, ‘Deforestation and Illegal Mining in Uvurkhangai province’
• Organized and managed meeting between students and local informants, resource people
• Served as a cultural educator to international students

QUALIFICATIONS
• Fluent in Mongolian (mother tongue) and Mongolian traditional script, English (iBT Score 93, November 27, 2007), fluent in French (level C2, 2013), beginner in Korean & Japanese, advanced beginner in Russian
• Proficient in computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, MS Powerpoint, Publisher and internet environment
• Driving license B (Mongolia)

PUBLICATIONS
SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari & CURTET Johanni, Transformations of an intangible heritage of Mongolia: From the local practices of höömij to the object of heritagisation, (in French), French-German research workshop: Intangible Cultural Heritage in France and Germany: Compared approaches of a new type of heritage, University Rennes 2, 22-23 January 2014. Upcoming.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, Sound archive and copyright: Issues on a record publishing of intangible cultural heritage of Mongolia, (in French), Thesis of the 2nd year Master’s program on Mediation of Heritage in Europe, under the supervision of Martine Cocaud, University Rennes 2, Upper Brittany, November 2013. 68p. (Grade: 16.5/20).

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari et CURTET Johanni, « Le PCI de Mongolie sur les listes de l’Unesco : traditions musicales et enjeux de sauvegarde », in Rencontres internationales du patrimoine culturel immatériel en Bretagne, Actes des Rencontres de Brest des 14 &15 décembre 2012, organisées dans le cadre du festival No Bore 02 au Quartz, scène nationale, éd. Bretagne Culture Diversité & Dastum, Brest, 2014, pp.51-61.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, Management of copyright in the safeguarding of traditional music in Brittany: Practices of Dastum, (in French), Thesis of the 1st year Master’s program on Mediation of Heritage in Europe, under the supervision of JM. Lucas, University Rennes 2, Upper Brittany, June 2012. 97p. (Grade: 16/20).

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, « Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mongolia: Needs and Challenges », (in English) in Asian Cooperation Program on Conservation Science, The 1st ACPCS Workshop: Establishing a platform for building a regional capacity, ed. National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejoen, Korea, June 2012, pp.70-80.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, « Methods for Making Diary Products as a Living Heritage, (in English) in ICH Courier », The Intangible Cultural Heritage Courier of Asia and the Pacific, ed. ICHCAP-International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO, Daejeon, Korea, July 2011, p.4.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, On the issues of the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Mongolia: Tradition and Modernization (in Mongolian), Thesis for Master’s degree in History, under the supervision of M.Urtnasan Norov, former secretary-general of the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, May 2010. 137p. (Grade: 96.2 A).

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, « UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Its Implementation in Mongolia » (in Mongolian), in On the Issues of the Protection of Ancient Cultural and Historical Objects, ed. Center for the Historical and Cultural Objects of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 2009, pp.107-114.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, « Torguud Migration: An element of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mongolian Culture » (in Mongolian) in Torguud Studies Journal, Vol. 3, ed. Chinggis Khaan University, Ulaanbaatar, 2009.

SHAGDARSUREN Nomindari, « Issues on the socio-politic situation prior to the foundation of Great Mongolian Empire » (in Mongolian) in Chinggis Khaan studies Journal, Vol. 7, ed. Ulaanbaatar, 2005.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
History, cultural studies, intangible heritage, intellectual property, ecology, drawing, designing, dancing, reading, traveling, music, movies, and macramé handicrafts.

* This CV doesn’t include my experience in the sectors of tourism, cinema and environmental protection. More information available on request.

nomiko.sun(at)gmail.com


ACADEMIA:
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