Participating countries were assisted to develop the overall framework for conducting literacy needs assessments, prepare outlines of plans for LIFE implementationatthe national level and to build an effective support mechanism at national, regional and global levels for LIFE implementation.
Twenty-five specialists in the field of ICH, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic and educational institutions and communities will be trained on theimplementation of the 2003 Convention atthe national level.
He also stressed that among the major topics to be discussed in the meeting are the ratification of the Convention, theimplementation of the normative instrument atthe national level, the preparation of nominations for the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and of inventories of expressions of the intangible cultural heritage.