Zhang Jing, Deputy Director-General of CRIHAP,  gives a speech at the opening ceremony, April 7, 2018.

A training workshop on capacity-building for active youth of the Kyrgyz Republic on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from April 7 to 15. It was co-organized by the International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO and the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO.

Representatives attended the opening and closing ceremonies of the workshop and made speeches on the sessions, including Mr. Zhang Jing, Deputy Director-General of CRIHAP, Ms. Khalafova Aigul, representative of the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office, Ms. Makhmudova Mukhayyo, representative of the UNESCO Office in Tashkent, Ms. Sabira Soltongeldieva, Secretary General of the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO, and Ms. Cholpon Tentieva, head of the Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage of Ministry of Culture. A total of 26 active youth engaged in ICH safeguarding from all over the country participated in the workshop.

Ms. Khalafova Aigul, representative of the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office, gives a speech at the opening ceremony, April 7, 2018.