Local communities around cultural sites, conservation centres, and the Region at large are sensitized for the importance and potential of culture and heritage and actively involved in the identification of cultural heritage resources in their environment. In order to capacitate people to utilize such resources for improving their livelihoods, result-oriented training programmes in the following areas are offered:
- Cultural heritage and natural resource management
- Culture and Tourism business skills and entrepreneurship
- Tour guiding skills
- Hospitality and customer services