The Arts Education and Intangible Heritage Centre is a government institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture.

The Arts Education and Intangible Heritage Centre implements national cultural policies in the field of intangible cultural heritage and its associated fields of amateur arts as well as in culture education.

The Centre cooperates with national and local government institutions, research institutions, educational establishments and non-governmental organizations, with a particular care for the following:

•  -  the preservation, accessibility and popularization of intangible cultural heritage;
  
•  -  the organization of the Latvian Nationwide Song and Dance Celebration and coordination of preparations on a national level;
  
•  -  organization of international festivals – International Folklore Festival “Baltica” and International Folk Dance Festival Sudmaliņas.