Handing over of Edward Seaga Collection
educationThe University of the West Indies (UWI) paid tribute to former Prime Minister and Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Edward Seaga, at a function in the Council Room at Mona, marking the handing over of his collection (9 Mar). The collection includes books, documents and artifacts saved by […]
| READ MOREEffective and Proper Use of Social Media Workshop
Communication & InformationThe University of the West Indies Open Campus on St. Kitts hosted a three day workshop “Training Media Workers in the Effective and Proper Use of Social Media’ 14 -16 May 2019 The purpose of the workshop was to introduce media workers in St. | READ MORE
Promotion of information literacy examples from Jamaica
EducationThe Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has received Two Gold Muse awards in the International Muse Creative Awards Competition for 2018. The BCJ advertisements that received awards were the very popular “Pinchy Dead” video, and the BCJ’s most recent release – “Ordinary People“, which warns parents to be more aware of […]
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Inna de Yard, Video Documentary
communication-informationInna de yard Launch Bernard Jankee, ICJ/JMB attended ICH Bureau meeting as rapporteur. Whilst there, at the request of JNC-UNESCO, he participated in the launch of “Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica” which is a video documentary on reggae. | READ MORE
Community-based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Kingston
stakeholders-collaboration-partnershipsThe African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), in collaboration with the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, coordinated a pilot, community-based, training workshop on the inventorying of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the urban context of Kingston on March 11, 2019 […]
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UNESCO Funds Youth Leadership Training In Heritage Preservation and Protection
youthJamaica held a World Heritage Workshop ‘Youth Leadership Training in Heritage Preservation and Protection’ to create an awareness of World Heritage in Jamaica and to build capacity among its young people from the different parishes. The workshop is organized to be held in two phases. | READ MORE
Jamaica Elected to Information for All Programme (IFAP) Governing Body
educationMr. Cordel Green, Chair of the Information Advisory Committee, is Jamaica’s representative for the period 2017-2021. | READ MORE
23 projects were received
activity-financing4 are approved for funding: Jamaica Microscience – USD22,000 Empowerment At Risk Youth – USD15,000 BCJ Virtual Digital Literacy – USD18,000 Positive Fathering – USD20,000
| READ MOREKNCU 2015 Web Development Project
educationThe Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) has launched the 2015 Web Development Project with three Caribbean and Central American National Commissions for UNESCO. Since 2013, KNCU has been running the Website Development Project annually, with the aim of enhancing the communication and networking capacities of fellow National Commissions. | READ MORE
KNCU 2014 Website Development Training
educationThe Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) in conjunction with the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO hosted this website development training. It is the second in a series of trainings sponsored by KNCU and is to enhance the capacity of national commissions in the Caribbean. | READ MORE