The article is devoted to defining the role and areas of cooperationCooperationamong BRICSBRICS in the field of preservation of intangible culturalIntangible cultural heritageheritageHeritage in its correlation to international agenda. An analysisAnalysis of recent documents and materials of the BRICS summits and meeting clearly demonstrates a strong interest in deepening cooperation in this area. The article provides an overview of the diverse heritageHeritage of the BRICS countries and examines national approaches to its preservation and promotion. The authors identify the features of the collaboration among the BRICSBRICS countries in the field of safeguarding intangible cultural heritageIntangible cultural heritage and analyze the main challenges related to the development of collective measures to preserve intangible cultural heritage. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.