- 280. The delegation of Venezuela proposed a new paragraph 6, which would read, 'R equests the Secretariat to redouble its efforts in favour of greater International Assistance, including support in the preparation of inventories, capacity building and the implementation of the initiative to mainstream the intangible cultural heritage into formal and informal education, with a view to improving the effectiveness and the scope of the Convention at national, regional and global levels '.
- 281. The Chairperson suggested replacing 'redouble its efforts' with 'strengthen its efforts' or 'intensify its efforts'.
- 282. The Secretary remarked that after many discussions with Education Sector colleagues, the use of ' mainstreaming ' intangible heritage might be problematic. Some countries were looking towards mainstreaming, but this implied the inclusion of all aspects of the curriculum, which was difficult to implement, and thus 'integrate' was used in these cases. Also, ' integrate ' allowed greater flexibility than mainstreaming. Thus, changing 'mainstream' to 'integrate' would retain the sense of the amendment, while making it easier to work with colleagues in Education.
- 283. The delegation of Venezuela explained that this paragraph intended not only to reflect the views expressed during the debate, but also to reflect the proposal contained in the Secretariat 's report in paragraph 21. Thus, for the sake of consistency and in light of the discussion, it wished to see intangible cultural heritage included in school curricula.
- 284. The delegation of the Philippines thanked Venezuela for its proposal, which complemented the previous paragraph adopted and it fully supported it.
- 285. The delegation of Morocco had no objections to the spirit of this paragraph, but agreed with the Chairperson that the Secretariat could not go beyond its limited resources and thus wished to add 'taking into account the means at its disposal to streng then International Assistance'.
- 286. The delegation of Palestine thanked Venezuela for the paragraph, which was a logical consequence of paragraph 5 that had just been adopted. However, it sought to clarify the wording and to correct the amendment with regard to 'mainstream', as agreed by Venezuela, and 'intensifying the efforts' instead of 'redoubling'.
- 287. The delegation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines thanked Venezuela for its proposal, which was in line with its intervention about the use of the Funds in the preparation of inventories and capacity building. However, it did not support the proposal by Morocco as the Convention was plentiful in terms of voluntary contributions given the US$10M in the Fund when other Conventions had no additional funds . Thus, the amendment ' bearing in mind the resources at the disposal of the Secretariat ' could be deleted .
- 288. The delegation of Ecuador thanked Venezuela for its proposal, which it endorsed. It also agreed with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that there was no need to include any reference to the availability of resources, and thus Morocco's proposal could be deleted.
- 289. The delegation of Morocco explained that it was also thinking of the human as well as financial resources given the limited staff in the Secretariat. It thus wanted to hear from the Secretariat on the feasibility of the requested task.
- 290. The Chairperson remarked that the amendment spoke of 'intensifying efforts' and the Secretariat agreed that the amendment could be deleted.
- 291. The delegation of Cuba supported the proposal by Venezuela, which was fully consistent with the Operational Directives adopted by this Assembly. It was also compatible with the criteria for requests for International Assistance.
- 292. The delegation of Djibouti congratulated the Chairperson on her appointment as Chair, as well as the elected Bureau members. It also congratulated the Secretariat for the fundamental role it plays in the promotion and development of the Convention. The delegation thanked