News – Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO https://jncunesco.gov.jm "it is in minds of women and men that the defences of peace must be constructed." - UNESCO Constitution Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:03:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-logo-32x32.png News – Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO https://jncunesco.gov.jm 32 32 Build Resilience of Caribbean SIDS to Disasters and Climate Change through Enhancing the Culture Sector’s Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/08/12/build-resilience-of-caribbean-sids-to-disasters-and-climate-change-through-enhancing-the-culture-sectors-disaster-preparedness-for-effective-response/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/08/12/build-resilience-of-caribbean-sids-to-disasters-and-climate-change-through-enhancing-the-culture-sectors-disaster-preparedness-for-effective-response/#respond Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:41:46 +0000 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/?p=2098 The Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO has been contracted by the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean to facilitate the pilot initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. The proposed duration of the project is five months commencing in August and ending in December 2021.
Jamaica are among four countries engaged to encourage culture and disaster actors to better integrate their work plans, build a network of technical persons, develop necessary strategies and action plans to ensure that the culture sector fully integrates disaster management in its planning and collaborate and cooperate moving forward.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/08/12/build-resilience-of-caribbean-sids-to-disasters-and-climate-change-through-enhancing-the-culture-sectors-disaster-preparedness-for-effective-response/feed/ 0 IFCD approves 72,197 USD for “Validating Jamaica’s Cultural & Creative Industry through Economic Impact Assessments and National Statistical System” https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/19/approved-by-ifcd-72197-usd-for-validating-jamaicas-cultural-creative-industry-through-economic-impact-assessments-and-national-statistical-system/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/19/approved-by-ifcd-72197-usd-for-validating-jamaicas-cultural-creative-industry-through-economic-impact-assessments-and-national-statistical-system/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:07:27 +0000 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/?p=1930 The Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions has
approved the application submitted by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) to implement the project entitled “Validating Jamaica’s Cultural & Creative Industry through Economic Impact Assessments and National Statistical System (JAM NSS-CCI)” (in Decision 14.IGC 8). An amount of 72,197 USD will be allocated from the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) to this project.

Please note that for communication purposes, the modified title is “Evaluation of Jamaica’s Cultural and Creative Industry through economic impact studies and the National Statistics System (JAM NSSCCI)”.

The year 2021 is the International Year of Creative Economy. The project will undoubtedly contribute to strengthening the creative economy in Jamaica.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/19/approved-by-ifcd-72197-usd-for-validating-jamaicas-cultural-creative-industry-through-economic-impact-assessments-and-national-statistical-system/feed/ 0 World Radio Day 13 February 2021 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/05/world-radio-day-13-february-2021/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/05/world-radio-day-13-february-2021/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:43:02 +0000 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/?p=1920 Join us as we celebrate WRD 10th anniversary.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/02/05/world-radio-day-13-february-2021/feed/ 0 PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME PROJECTS 2020-21 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/01/19/unesco-executive-board-meeting-of-the-working-group/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/01/19/unesco-executive-board-meeting-of-the-working-group/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:57:47 +0000 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/?p=1855 Participation Programme Projects, 2020-21 approved:

“Talk Up Yout” (Youth, C&I)

“Capacity Building in Climate Change Resilience” (Natural Sciences)

Addressing the Gap of Gender-based Violence: Phase II (Social Sciences)

Empowering Revival Communities in Jamaica in Safeguarding their Heritage, USD20,000

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2021/01/19/unesco-executive-board-meeting-of-the-working-group/feed/ 0 New Vice Chair, IFAP https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2020/05/04/1642/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2020/05/04/1642/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 15:46:20 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1642 Cordel Green has been elected Vice-Chairman of the International Bureau for UNESCO’s Information For All Programme (IFAP). He will represent the member states of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC).
Cordel Green is the Executive Director of BCJ and Chair, JNC-UNESCO C & I Advisory Committee.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2020/05/04/1642/feed/ 0 Minister Grange elected VP of 40th UNESCO General Conference https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/11/13/minister-grange-elected-vp-of-40th-unesco-general-conference/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/11/13/minister-grange-elected-vp-of-40th-unesco-general-conference/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:28:39 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1530 The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has been elected a Vice-President of the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference which is underway in Paris, France.

The General Conference, which happens every two years, brings together the 193 members of UNESCO to decide on the policies and work of the organisation.

Minister Grange was elected Vice-President in her absence. She will leave Jamaica on Wednesday (tomorrow) to participate in the General Conference as well as the meeting of the powerful UNESCO Executive Board.

The 58-member Executive Board is responsible for the overall management of UNESCO. Jamaica is serving the Board on a 4-year term, which will end in 2021.

Minister Grange said she was “delighted by the news” of her election as Vice President for the General Conference, adding that it is another opportunity “to serve and to ensure that the voices of countries from the Caribbean and Latin America as well as Small Island Developing States are heard and that we all benefit from UNESCO’s work.”

Minister Grange’s election follows her just-concluded successful two-year term as Chair of the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations; and her recent re-election as Vice Chair of the Culture Committee of the Organisation of American States.

While in Paris, Minister Grange will also serve as a panellist at the High-Level Meeting of Ministers of Culture.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/11/13/minister-grange-elected-vp-of-40th-unesco-general-conference/feed/ 0 Jamaican selected as panelist for 25th Anniversary of the UNESCO/China (the Great Wall) Co-sponsored fellowship. https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/jamaican-selected-as-panelist-for-25th-anniversary-of-the-unesco-china-the-great-wall-co-sponsored-fellowship/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/jamaican-selected-as-panelist-for-25th-anniversary-of-the-unesco-china-the-great-wall-co-sponsored-fellowship/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:59:48 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1509 Aisha Alexis Subria (Jamaican, fellow of Session 2017-2018)

She was invited as one of the former fellows of the Programme to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the UNESCO/China (the Great Wall) Co-sponsored fellowship. She was selected as one of the Panelists after her entry was read and was interviewed by Skype.
Seven fellow representatives from different country of origin were invited as panelists to the event. Ms Aisha Alexis Subria Thompson was chosen as the representative from Latin America and the Caribbean to share her experience as Great Wall Fellows in the Stakeholders Panel
Dedicated to the 25 anniversary of the Programme, this event will give focus to the good practice and success stories shared by different stakeholders, including the donor government, UNESCO, receiving institutions in China, former beneficiaries and the participating countries.
It will be held on 13 November 2019 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France as a side event of the 40th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/jamaican-selected-as-panelist-for-25th-anniversary-of-the-unesco-china-the-great-wall-co-sponsored-fellowship/feed/ 0 Tree Planting Project, National Hero’s Day, 21 September 2019 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/tree-planting-project-national-heros-day-21-september-2019/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/tree-planting-project-national-heros-day-21-september-2019/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:53:26 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1506 Minister Pearnel Charles Jr., Principal, Teachers, students, parents, members from the Forestry Department and  Ambassadors and volunteers of JNC-UNESCO Youth Committee gathered at the Trinity  Preparatory School in Linstead, St. Catherine  for the first Tree Planting and School Renovation Project on National Hero’s Day, 21 September 2019
They planted several fruit and ornamental trees on the school compound and renovated 2 classrooms by cleaning the area and applying a fresh coat of paint.
]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/30/tree-planting-project-national-heros-day-21-september-2019/feed/ 0 Our 2 Chevening Scholars, 2019 https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/23/our-2-chevening-scholars-2019/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/23/our-2-chevening-scholars-2019/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:07:53 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1494 CONGRATS Najuequa Barnes AND Odayne Haughton.
Naj is Vice President, (Jamaica Federation of UNESCOClubs, Centres & Associations (JFUCCA)
Odayne is a member of JNC-UNESCO Youth Committee AND has represented us at the UNESCO Youth Forum.

]]> https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/23/our-2-chevening-scholars-2019/feed/ 0 Amb Monteith Plenary Presentation https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/23/1491/ https://jncunesco.gov.jm/2019/10/23/1491/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:08:41 +0000 https://jncunesco.80gigs.com/?p=1491 Her Excellency SHEILA SEALY MONTEITH
Ambassador/Permanent Delegate of Jamaica during her statement to the Plenary of the 207TH SESSION of THE UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD

Mr. Chairman
Madame Director Général
Distinguished Colleagues
Thé délégation of Jamaica aligns itself with thé statement delivered by Brazil on behalf of GRULAC.
We find it necessary to refer with regret, sympathy and solidarity, to thé dévastation occasioned to another member of thé UNESCO SIDS family, thé Commonwealth of Thé Bahamas, by Hurricane Dorian in September of this year.
This development serves as another reminder that climate change is real. Its destructive impacts on SIDS demand increased attention and focus from this august body. Viewed in that context, thé recently-held Caribbean Forum Advocating for SIDS was indeed timely, as it brought into sharp focus a number of important already-known realities and corresponding proposais for action, in relation to thé SIDS agenda. We wish to highlight its affirmation of thé catalytic rôle of thé National Commissions, by which thèse bodies were able to présent their views on how to strategically reposition thé UNESCO SIDS Action Plan. Thé Forum also allowed for a SIDS consultation process with Permanent Delegates, in préparation for thé SAMOA Pathway High-level Review at thé United Nations Général Assembly.
It is now patently clear that in our response to thé SIDS imperatives, it cannot be business as usual. SIDS must be a global priority plan for UNESCO, like Gender and Africa before it.

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