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On the site "Living Heritage of Belarus" in the section "Publications" is located brochure "European Heritage Days in Belarus. 2013". The edition was published as part of large scale cultural action started in 1984 by France, which initiated Historic Monuments Open Day, when usually inaccessible monuments were open for public. With time, this initiative spread to other countries, such as Luxemburg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc.), and in 1991 the Council of Europe, supported by the European Union, officially announced European Heritage Days. Since 1999, this programme is run jointly with the European Union.

The booklet «Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation» was published after the Regional Consultative Expert Meeting and UNESCO Capacitybuilding Training “Strengthening National Capacities for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage” (18 – 21 May 2011). The Expert Meeting was organized by Institute of Arts, Ethnography and Folklore named after K. Krapiva of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus the UNESCO Moscow Office.