It was France that instigated the inclusion of handmade glass production on the UNESCO list; alongside the Czech Republic, the initiative was also supported by Germany, Hungary, Finland and Spain. Czechia succeeded in having UNESCO list traditional blown-glass beaded Christmas decorations from the Rautis workshop in Poniklá in the Krkonoše Mountains in 2020. The scope is far wider now - it covers literally the whole of glass production. From the viewpoint of UNESCO, Czechia is exceptional: in other countries, it is just one of the techniques used to make glass by hand that is listed, whereas in Czechia all those techniques are represented to this day; glass production in this country spans every step, from the very beginning through to the end consumer.