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- 306. The delegation of Jamaica remarked that in the spirit of its continued commitment to the Convention, it had participated in the open-ended working group in Chengdu in June 2017, and it extended its gratitude to China and UNESCO for the organization of this important consultation. Jamaica's cultural identity was inextricably linked to its rich and diverse intangible cultural heritage, with descendants from Africa, East India, Asia and Europe out of which a unique and vibrant cultural ethos emerged. Given its cultural reality, the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport had been working hard not only on building the capacities of its cultural agencies but, more importantly, on enhancing the capacities of traditional communities to safeguard their cultural heritage through documentation and the creation of inventories. As an active participant in the implementation of the Convention, Jamaica recognized the need to have appropriate and robust monitoring and evaluation regimes in place to enable it to effectively assess its work in this regard. Jamaica commended the Secretariat for organizing the working group and therefore supported its recommendations, which resulted from intensive consultations and discussions.
- 307. The delegation of the Republic of Korea congratulated the Chairperson on her chairpersonship and able leadership, and it warmly welcomed the new Bureau members. It appreciated the e xperts' and the Secretariat's efforts in developing the overall results framework and thanked the government of the People's Republic of China for its support that enabled the two meetings that had led to this f ramework. As mentioned in the Secretariat's report, the Republic of Korea once again placed emphasis on the tertiary educational institutions, which play a key role in training future administrators and decision-makers in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. In this regard, the Cultural Heritage Administration, a governmental agency, which had supported the CollAsia programme together with ICCROM in training a conservation expert since 2012, would like to suggest a training programme in the field of intangible cultural heritage. The Cultural Heritage Administration, in charge of managing cultural heritage in the country, established the National Intangible Heritage Center to safeguard and promote Korean intangible cultural heritage. The delegation firmly believed that the National Intangible Heritage Center could play a crucial role as an educational institution for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. In collaboration with UNESCO and category 2 centres, the National Intangible Heritage Center established educational curricula and courses for experts and decision-makers in intangible cultural heritage, including the overall results framework. The Republic of Korea was ready to support such action and it welcomed others willing to make joint efforts.
- 308. The delegation of Indonesia congratulated the Chairperson on her election. It appreciated the very comprehensive draft overall results framework presented by the Secretariat. However, it wished to propose an additional idea with regard to core indicator 5 on ' Transmission and education ' . It was noted that it focused solely on primary and secondary education, however Indonesia had experience in conducting and creating intangible cultural heritage education in schools at the tertiary level, in addition to primary and secondary education. Programmes in vocational studies had also been successfully undertaken.
- 309. The delegation of Senegal began by thanking the Secretariat for this very clear report, as well as China for hosting the two workshops that had led to the development of the overall results framework. Having taken part in this work, especially at the Chengdu meeting in June 2017, the delegation remarked that this work was the culmination of a long process of reflection and efforts conducted in an inclusive, participatory way that mobilized experts from many States and with a strong mobilization of NGOs. It was important to acknowledge the brilliant work carried out, which had resulted in consensus on a set of indicators that could be used to determine the success and progress in the implementation of the Convention. These factors of appreciation were designed as outcomes to evaluate these indicators, which would improve the periodic reporting process, especially with the option of results-based reporting. In addition, it was also a regional cycle format based on capacity-building workshops. It was noted that during the past sessions, the Committee regretted that not enough reports had been submitted, as countries were perhaps unable to produce reports owing to human resources or a lack of expertise. This framework would therefore resolve this issue. Also, the explanatory notes would ultimately help to design and implement these