Mounir Bouchenaki, Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO for cultural heritage, and Bamo Qubumo, Vice President of the China Folklore Society, both expressed their appreciation for CRIHAP’s practice of increasing efficiency in training by seeking synchronization with all parties under the framework of the Convention.

As its business continues to develop and expand, CRIHAP's visibility and influence in the region are increasing. In 2023, CRIHAP is expected to keep fulfilling its responsibilities as a Category 2 Centre and cooperate with UNESCO's capacity-building strategy to provide training services for member states in the Asia-Pacific region under the framework of the Convention.

CRIHAP plans to hold 11 training workshops in 2023. The workshops will include four regional sessions, five sub-regional sessions, and two national sessions. The main themes will continue in line with UNESCO's established capacity-building courses in intangible cultural heritage safeguarding, and will continue to focus on UNESCO's key issues such as youth and training of trainers. At the same time, CRIHAP will explore cross-disciplinary topics, such as further integrating ICH and education, ICH and climate change, ICH in urban areas and ICH and sustainable tourism.

CRIHAP is actively collecting and organizing information, participating in national, regional and international seminars, compiling the bilingual International Newsletter for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, hosting international exchanges and cooperation and sharing information on intangible cultural heritage, and completing the English edition of the Basic Documents for the Convention and Capacity Building Training Practices.

CRIHAP has also used other means to closely monitor and research the latest developments in UNESCO's strategy for capacity-building in intangible cultural heritage and the latest focal points in the development of ICH safeguarding worldwide. CRIHAP is expected to further grasp ICH safeguarding situations in countries where training is conducted, develop targeted training programmes and incorporate content into training courses so these achievements can better serve ICH safeguarding in more countries. At the same time, through forms such as training assessments and follow-up publication of training outcomes, CRIHAP will support countries where training is conducted to carry out follow-up activities related to ICH safeguarding and research.

To fully implement UNESCO's overall requirements for capacity building in the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, and in conjunction with the diverse needs of relevant countries in the Asia-Pacific region for international training over the past decade, CRIHAP will strengthen its tracking and interpretation of UNESCO's strategies, policies, and measures related to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, such as intangible cultural heritage and education, youth, gender, small island developing states, and the reform of the listing mechanism of the Convention and other latest policies related to the Convention. CRIHAP will strive to ensure that training practices are in line with these strategies and themes. In addition, CRIHAP will cooperate with UNESCO headquarters in evaluating CRIHAP's work, in preparation for renewal of agreements.

The board holds the view CRIHAP’s 2023 work plan is closely linked with UNESCO's strategies and caters to the needs of countries where training is conducted. The plan's contents are rich and feasible.

Li Xiaosong, Bamocubu Moni, Monir Buschnaki and Consultative Committee member Noriko Aikawa-Faure all expressed their hope that CRIHAP would pay attention to the 20th anniversary of the Convention in 2023, improving its design while continuing to hold high-quality training courses and promoting the Convention in the Asia-Pacific region.