UNESCO has prioritized engaging youth to help document and learn about their living heritage to help transmit these practices to a new generation. Focused capacity-building programmes have helped encourage young people to become new practitioners.
For example, UNESCO brought together communities, scholars and young people in the Socotra archipelago, which is also home to the ancient Soqotri language, a form of ancient Southern Arabic that has been preserved through oral tradition. It is at risk of extinction due to the lack of a written alphabet, hindering its transmission to younger generations. The workshop was held to develop an alphabet that accurately represents its sounds and includes all dialects.