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The 9th session of the CRIHAP Governing Board kicks off in Beijing
2020-01-17 
CRIHAP holds a training workshop in Tonga. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP) held the ninth session of the Governing Board in Beijing on Jan 14.

China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Xu chaired the meeting. About 60 members and officers from the CRIHAP Governing Board, the Center Advisory Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, the National Commission of China for UNESCO, the UNESCO Representative Office in China, the UNESCO International Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage and International Information, and other organizations attended the meeting. Those at the meeting reviewed and approved the Asia-Pacific Center's 2019 annual work report and 2020 annual work plan.

CRIHAP is a Category 2 UNESCO center. It was established in 2012 in Beijing, according to the agreement signed by the Chinese government and UNESCO. It is responsible for providing intangible cultural heritage capacity-building training to countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2019, CRIHAP held 11 intangible cultural heritage capacity building training courses in Uzbekistan, Fiji, Thailand, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Mongolia.

Trainees and intangible cultural heritage transmitters exchange ideas at a training workshop held by CRIHAP in Nepal. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

UNESCO is very grateful to the CRIHAP for its important contribution in cultivating teachers in Central Asia and supporting the implementation of UNESCO's capacity-building strategy in the region.

Since 2014, CRIHAP has held intangible cultural heritage protection capacity-building training in the Pacific region every year, and has successfully held six sessions.

The Fiji training course aims to teach cultural sector officials in Pacific Island Small Island Developing States government knowledge of the Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (the "Convention"). The training was positively acknowledged and received many valuable suggestions. The head of cultural affairs at the UNESCO Apia Office said that the training was very successful.

CRIHAP has always been its important partner. It has provided training to the region for six years. CRIHAP is in the Pacific region. Its importance continues to rise. Through this training, CRIHAP responded to the strategic needs of UNESCO headquarters. The training outcome document, Development Plan for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Pacific Region, will become an important reference for the Apia office to make the conservation work plan for the region’s intangible cultural heritage for the next five years.

To fully summarize the training effectiveness of the center since its establishment eight years ago, and look forward to future work, CRIHAP held "Review and Prospects: Asia-Pacific Center Intangible Cultural Heritage Capacity-Building Training" from Oct 16 to 19, 2019.

Trainees in group discussion at a training workshop held by CRIHAP in Vanuatu. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

With the continuous development and expansion of business, the visibility and influence of the CRIHAP in the region is increasing, and countries are generally looking forward to continuing to work with CRIHAP in the field of intangible cultural heritage capacity building, intangible cultural heritage and education, and the training of intangible cultural heritage teachers.

Some countries also presented clear training thematic needs to the CRIHAP, such as "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development", "Intangible Cultural Heritage in an Emergency", "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Media", "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Youth", "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Policy Development", "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Gender", "National Periodic Report Writing", "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Disaster Prevention and Reduction", "Intangible Cultural Heritage and Non-Governmental Organizations", "Intangible Cultural Heritage International Assistance", and " Intangible Cultural Heritage and Higher Education ".

To meet the growing needs of countries in the Asia-Pacific region on intangible cultural heritage protection capacity building, in 2020 the CRIHAP will continue to intensively work in countries that have already held training, and further expand the "training territory" to other countries to conduct rich intangible cultural heritage-themed training activities.

At present, CRIHAP is actively collecting dynamic information on the protection of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region and at the global level by actively building a database of experts, trainees and trainers, collecting relevant information and participating in seminars at national, regional and international levels. To further improve the training model and content, it will support training target countries to carry out follow-up intangible cultural heritage protection and research activities through training assessment and publication of training results documents.

Trainees show their group assignment at a training workshop held by CRIHAP in Vanuatu. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The Governing Board highly appraised the work of CRIHAP and said it believed that CRIHAP could actively carry out intangible cultural heritage capacity-building training activities in accordance with the spirit of the Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The intangible cultural heritage protection work provides intellectual support and technical assistance, which greatly promotes the development of intangible cultural heritage protection work at the national and regional levels, and assists and advances UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage capacity-building strategy in global implementation.

Zhang Aiping, Chairman of the CRIHAP Advisory Committee, hosted the seventh meeting of the Advisory Committee on Jan 13, 2020. The advisory committees made recommendations on the development of CRIHAP’s future business work and the center's long-term work goals.

As one of the seven second-class centers in the field of UNESCO's global intangible cultural heritage, CRIHAP, since its establishment, has been committed to providing the 48 countries in the Asia-Pacific region with the Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage Capacity-building training services for intangible cultural heritage under the framework. Up to December 2019, CRIHAP has held 46 intangible cultural heritage capacity- building trainings for the Asia-Pacific region, with 40 beneficiary countries.

For eight years, CRIHAP has carried out continuous and effective training activities themed "approval", "compliance", "community-based intangible cultural heritage inventory development training", "protection plan development" in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Pacific.

Through the training from UNESCO trainers on key concepts of the Convention, the complexity of inventory development and the important role of the "community" among them, CRIHAP conveyed the concepts and methods of intangible cultural heritage protection to cultural affairs officials, community representatives, intangible cultural heritage practitioners, experts and scholars and other groups. The trainings let "on-site students" pass on what they learned through follow-up training and activities.

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