As part of the awareness activities concerning the rehabilitation of "Hosh Al-Syriac for the adaptive reuse as guest house" project, which is funded by the Italian Government, via the Italia Cooperation Office in Jerusalem, through the Palestinian Municipalities Support Programme (PMSP), Bethlehem Municipality, in cooperation with CCHP held a lecture regarding the "Tourist significance of Hosh Al-Syriac project", targeting scouts groups of Bethlehem among the age 12-15 years old, mainly from Della Sal, Syriac and Virgin Mary Joseph girls, on Friday the 11th of May, at Vienna Hall of Bethlehem.

Bethlehem Municipality and the Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation (CCHP) started with the rehabilitation works of the Syriac Hosh for the adaptive reuse of the municipality as a guesthouse; one of the pioneer projects that were selected during the implementation of the Bethlehem Area Conservation and Management Plan.

As a part of the advocacy campaign that accompanies the implementation of the "Management and Conservation of Natural and Cultural Resources in Bethlehem Governorate: Battir Landscape Eco-museum project"; the Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation – Bethlehem (CCHP) organized a field trip on Saturday, 28 April 2012.  The trip targeted the students of Hotel Management and Tourism – Bethlehem University who explored the hiking trail that connects Al-Makhrour/Beit Jala with the Village of Battir.

Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation (CCHP) completed the rehabilitation works of Hosh Hanania in Bethlehem on the 1st of February 2012.

Mrs. Dalal Desagneaux; the wife of the French Consul General in Jerusalem Mr. Frédéric Desagneaux, accompanied by Mrs. Hind Khoury, former Palestinian ambassador to France, and a delegation of twelve other women visited the Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Bethlehem to learn more about efforts to preserve the cultural heritage assets in Bethlehem governorate.