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- Venezuela for its proposal, adding that it should take into account the priorities and therefore 'capacity building' should be placed before 'preparation of inventories'.
- 293. The Secretary also wished to clarify that the text of the Convention referred to ' non-formal education ' and not ' informal education ' , which should also be corrected in the paragraph.
- 294. The delegation of Viet Nam supported Venezuela 's proposal with the change to 'intensify the efforts'. It also wished to see the names of those that supported Venezuela on the screen.
- 295. The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic supported the relevant proposal by Venezuela. It sought a clarification from the Secretariat concerning formal and non-formal education and whether their meaning encompassed the overall objectives that this decision sought to achieve. The delegation surmised that a broader chapeau could include formal and non- formal education.
- 296. The Secretary remarked that this was taken care of in the resolution adopted on the Secretariat's report for which there a 20 per cent budget and instructions to work on formal and non-formal education. The Secretary therefore did not think it necessary to reopen another chapeau on this issue as it was already in line with its budget forecasts.
- 297. The delegation of Bangladesh thanked Venezuela for the amendment, which it supported.
- 298. The Chairperson then proceeded to the adoption of the new paragraph 6, which was duly adopted. Paragraph 7, approving the plan for the utilization of the resources of the Fund, was duly adopted. Paragraph 8 on the possible readjustment of the budget plan, was duly adopted. Paragraph 9, using voluntary contributions, was duly adopted. Paragraph 10, authorizing the Committee to use any voluntary contribution for specific purposes, was duly adopted. Paragraph 11, taking note of the amount fixed by the Committee for the Reserve Fund, was duly adopted. Paragraph 12, taking note of all the generous contributors to the Fund, was duly adopted. Paragraph 13, thanking all the contributors who had supported the Convention, was duly adopted. Finally, paragraph 14 on the transfers between budget lines was also adopted. Turning to the adoption of the draft resolution as whole, the Chairperson declared Resolution 7.GA 8 adopted .

## ITEM 9 OF THE AGENDA: DRAFT OVERALL RESULTS FRAMEWORK Document: ITH/18/7.GA/9 Resolution: 7.GA 9

- 299. The Chairperson then turned to agenda item 9 on the draft overall results framework for the Convention. Following a long process that began in 2013, the General Assembly was invited to take a decision on this key monitoring instrument that had been developed in recent years.
- 300. The Secretary reminded the Assembly that this item originated from the evaluation of the standard- setting work of UNESCO's Culture Sector conducted by UNESCO's Internal Oversight Service (IOS) in 2013. According to IOS, it was difficult to understand the progress made with regard to the implementation of the Convention if the objectives, indicators and benchmarks were not clearly defined. At its eight session in 2013, the Committee had therefore decided to develop an overall results framework for the Convention. From the beginning, at its ninth session in 2014 the Committee had emphasized the need for an inclusive process of consultation and discussion in the development of such a framework, and asked that an open-ended working group discuss it. In 2016, the Committee acknowledged the outcomes of a preliminary meeting of experts, generously hosted in September 2016 by the National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO in Beijing. It satisfactorily took note of the results map that the experts had produced, calling it a ' thinking tool for developing an overall results framework '. In June 2017, UNESCO organized an open-ended working group in Chengdu, thanks to the generous support of the Centre of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Chengdu and the Ministry of Culture