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While promoting the free flow of ideas and
advancing the mutual understanding of all people.
Join us on Youtube for International Literacy Day 2021 on the theme Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide ILD 2021 will explore how literacy can contribute to building a solid foundation for a human-centred recovery, with a special focus on the interplay of literacy and digital skills required […]
Happening now and the next 2 weeks Consultations towards the project Build Resilience of Caribbean SIDS to Disasters and Climate Change through Enhancing the Culture Sector’s Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response The Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO has been contracted by the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean to facilitate the […]
We recognise you, Odane Brooks, for participating in the UNESCO Training for Youth-led Organizations on Project Planning and Meaningful Youth Engagement, 15 July 2021. We hope that you were able to obtain some tools that can help the work you lead.
We recognise you, Odane Brooks, for participating in the UNESCO Training for Youth-led Organizations on Project Planning and Meaningful Youth Engagement, 15 July 2021. We hope that you were able to obtain some tools that can help the work you lead.
In alignment with approved projects and programmes, there are resulting events, conferences and promotional events.
12th Session, Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), 23-24 September 2021,
It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Cheryl Brown on Sunday 7 March 2021. Cheryl was not only a brilliant attorney-at-law, who has contributed tremendously to the work of the IBC with her sharp and inspiring mind from 2010 to 2017, but also […]
The two-day public meetings will discuss the main work topics of the IBC for 2020-2021 on the Principle of Protecting Future Generations, and on the Ethical Issues of Neurotechnology, as well as the work topics of COMEST for 2020-2021 on Land Use Ethics and on the Ethical Implications of the […]
