On 30 August 2019 at the National Intangible Heritage Center, Jeonju, Republic of Korea, ICHCAP held a special roundtable talk facilitated by Dr. Seong-Yong Park, Editor-in-Chief, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the ICH Courier. Among the invited guests were Gaura Mancacaritadipura, Editorial Advisory Board Member; Boram Kim, Editor-in-Chief, UNESCO News for KNCU; Aigul Khalafova, Culture Specialist, UNESCO Almaty Office; and Phuttitarn Linina, UNESCO ICH Facilitator. Additional participants from ICHCAP included KEUM Gi Hyung, Director-General; Michael Peterson, Chief of Communications; Min Jung Kim, Programme Specialist. KEUM Gi Hyung opened the talk with his remarks.

This Book is the outcomes of the 2021 Expert Meeting for Building Network on Maritime ICH, which is held on 29 October 2021. The expert meeting was co-organized by ICHCAP and SPC under the theme of Maritime Living Heritage: Coastal Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region and Their Traditional Food System. This meeting consisted of two sessions with the different approaches to the costal communities and their traditional food system; ecocultural approach and socio-cultural approach. This book contains nine case studies of experts and scholars.