UNESCO Culture Conventions Stakeholder Meeting, 19 Feb 2021

UNESCO Culture Conventions Stakeholder Meeting

Hosted by the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO with input from the Caribbean Cluster office and with stakeholders from Ministry of Culture Gender Entertainment and Sport, African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, etc

UNESCO’s Six Culture Conventions – Six Funding Opportunities to Protect Our Heritage and Foster Creativity

• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) and its two Protocols (1954 & 1999). Fund for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (2nd Protocol)

• Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970). The Fund of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation

• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972). World Heritage Fund (WHF)

• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001). Protection measures, Capacity-building, Reporting and information sharing

• Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund (ICHF)

• Convention for the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005). International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)