Field Study-Traditional Ceramic Making of Uzbekistan.

In addition, the trainees also had a field study of the traditional Ceramic making of Uzbekistan. Taking the safeguarding and inheritance of this ICH element as an example, they discussed the relationship between ICH and sustainable development in the context of over-commercialization, especially the cross-domain content of ICH and sustainable tourism. When organizing the workshop, CRIHAP debuted an online registration system and created a database of trainees to incorporate big data in the workshop preparation and follow-up evaluation.

To better understand the participants feedback on the workshop and their further training needs, for the first time, the working group of CRIHAP interviewed some of the participants during the training, gaining positive affirmation and valuable suggestions. Mr. Giovanni Scepi said the training was very successful. CRIHAP has always been an important partner of UNESCO, and its importance in the Asia-Pacific region had been increasing. The capacity of ICH safeguarding in Central Asia is relatively weak, thus he hoped the centre will continue to provide support for capacity-building in the region together with UNESCO Headquarters. The trainees said the workshop provided them with valuable opportunities to exchange and learn from each other, and knowledge gained in the workshop would be an important basis for them to guide other relevant parties in their own countries on ICH safeguarding.

Field Study-participants try to learn about the status of safeguarding and transmission of traditional ceramic making.

In order to effectively strengthen summary and evaluation of the workshop, during the training the working group of CRIHAP discussed and agreed with relevant parties such as UNESCO Headquarters, the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office, the UNESCO Tashkent Office and facilitators on the framework of “The Report on the Three Training of Trainers (Russian Speaking) Workshops for Central Asia”. CRIHAP will maintain close communication with all parties and complete the report as soon as possible so as to support UNESCO in developing further capacity-building plans for Central Asia.

As of this workshop, CRIHAP has organized 36 training workshops on capacity-building in the Asia-Pacific region, covering 32 countries and regions with 1,130 direct beneficiaries.

(Original story provided by Tang Haijiao, edited by Shen Ce)

Field Study-participants try to learn about the status of safeguarding and transmission of traditional ceramic making.