Bangladesh Institute of Theatre Arts (BITA) is a Non Government Organisation established in 2004. The oraganisation works in the sector of performing arts, crafts and oral tradition for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Performing arts (like theatre, Kabi Gaan, folk songs etc.) is the specialization area where the organisation works closely using diverse modalities with engagement of grassroots artists from rural and urban area entangling multiple ingredients of cultural heritage like use of traditional musical instruments, folk cultural forms. The organisation has been working with multiple communities which are mainly derived from disadvantaged and neglected section of the society including fisher folk, ethnic minorities, peasants, blacksmiths, grassroots artisans, slum dwellers, children, youth adolescents, women etc from Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Lakshmipur, Noakhali, Feni and Bandarban Hill District. The extensive use of performing arts have been playing significant role reviving and promoting the cultural heritage from one generation to another in order to expedite human rights promotion, social harmony and sustainable development. The ICH safeguarding activities that they undertake are: skill development- technical improvement, knowledge sharing, workshop activities, use of folk elements, etc. They have initiated cultural exchange and are working within and outside the country. BITA also has documentation and publication both in the form of audio and books. As an organisation, BITA has been successful in engaging youth to take part in ICH practices and activities related to safeguarding and promotion activities of ICH as livelihood options.

Vietnamese Institute for Musicology, formerly the Musicology Division of the Culture and Arts Bureau, was established in 1950. Undergoing many changes in organization structure and belonged directly to such different organizations as Music and Dancing Research Division, Department of Arts, Music and Dancing Bureau, Arts Institute, it was, up to 1976, officially separated to an independent institute with the name of Vietnam Musicology Institute. Vietnamese Institute for Musicology (VIM) at present is an institution belonging to Hanoi National Conservatory of Music under the Ministry of Culture and Information. nWith only 20 staffs in 1976, Vietnamese Institute for Musicology has increasingly developed its staff with the expansion in various activities. Total staff is now up to 50 people of different professional fields at 6 Divisions. They are Collection and Research Division, Scientific Information Division, Technology Division, Showroom for Vietnamese traditional musical instruments, Material and Publication Division, and Administration Division. nWith its specialization, Vietnamese Institute for Musicology is mainly responsible for collection, preservation, research and dissemination of Vietnamese traditional music within the nation and to the World.