CRIHAP’s director-general Liang Bin said, as a Category 2 center under the UNESCO, CRIHAP has always taken training youths as an important task and the three-year training program is designed to help youths explore ICH items in local life and participate in ICH transmission and safeguarding. Liang said he hopes the workshops of the three-year training program will provide with the youths an effective platform for communication and friendship.

The workshop attracted about 150 young trainees aged between 18 and 28 from South Korea, Japan, Mongolia and China. Running until end of the month, the training adopted a dual mode of online classes and offline video-shooting.

During the online classes from Aug 1-4, UNESCO-accredited ICH facilitators Deirdre Prins-Solani and Linina Phuttitarn both gave trainees detailed explanations of knowledge related to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. With a digital multimedia platform, they adopted diverse teaching methods, including case studies, group discussions, fun games and quick exams to ensure the trainees remained fully engaged and actively participated in sharing and exchanging during the classes, as well as to enhance interactivity and ensure effective understanding of the training.