World Humanities Conference 2017
social-and-human-sciencesThe 2017 staging of the World Humanities Conference was held in Liege, Belgium on August 6-11. This Conference brought together academics, leaders and members of the youth cohort such as myself.
Third International Youth Forum (IYF3) On Creativity and Heritage
news120 delegates from over 85 countries attended the Third International Youth Forum (IYF3) on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Road, in UNESCO designated creative cities of Changsha and Nanjing, China. Twelve delegates from the Caribbean; Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, the Bahamas, St Kitts & Nevis, the Dominican Republic […]
First International Bioethics Conference
national-bioethics-committee-of-jamaica-nbcjThe Omani National Bioethics Committee (NBC) in collaboration with the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), the Research Council (TRC) of Oman and UNESCO organized the First International Bioethics Conference in Muscat, Oman, from 8 to 10 March 2015. Cheryl Brown, as a member of the IBC, attended this First International Bioethics […]
International Conference for Youth Volunteering and Cooperation Among UNESCO Designated Sites
stakeholders-collaboration-partnershipsThe Youth Volunteering Conference was attended by Programme Manager Dr. Maria Smith.
Creative Cities of Music Sub-Network Meeting
stakeholders-collaboration-partnershipsThe four-day meeting, (16 -18 February 2018) which was held in the Caribbean for the first time, aims to strengthen ties between designated Creative Cities of Music and serves as a platform for discussions on musical creativity. Delegates attending include representatives from the cities of Hamamatsu, Japan; Katowice, Poland; Glasgow, […]
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES (CARBICA) MEETING
newsCaribbean Branch of the International Council on Archives (CARBICA) hosted a meeting in Philipsburg, St Maarten to effect regional approaches to disaster recovery and heritage preservation. In light of the devastation wrought in the Caribbean as a result of the 2017 tropical Atlantic hurricane season, which saw the passage of […]
Intergovernmental Meetings of the Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications, Paris
educationDameon Black (Commissioner, Executive Director, Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission)
First Youth Forum (JNC-UNESCO Youth Committee in partnership with The Ministry of National Security and The Department of Government
youthOctober 2017 at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Caribbean SIDS: a roadmap to biosphere nomination
newsMarch 2018 – Caribbean SIDS: a roadmap to biosphere nomination (MAB 4 days workshop)/Awareness meeting in Brown’s Town