
CONGRATS
Front Page NewsCongrats to our Deputy Chair, Lenford Salmon, cultural engineer, on his 2022 Musgrave gold medal
| READ MOREInternational Prize for the Creative Economy
CultureCall for nominations 2023 of the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy. DEADLINE: 10 December 2022. | READ MORE
UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize
Front Page NewsCall to the 1st edition of the UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the promotion of young scientists in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. DEADLINE: 15 November 2022 Nominate an outstanding STEM researcher for a chance to highlight their work and the importance of science, engineering, technology and mathematics. | READ MORE
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 2022
Communication & Informationhttps://youtu.be/0hQdDLQsKJs Interview undertaken on the value of audio visual heritage in Jamaica as we commemorate World Day for Audio Visual Heritage: Interview by Dr Anna Paolini, Director, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and Beverley Lashley, Executive Director, National Library of Jamaica/MOW Chair on Sunrise at CVM Globally […]
| READ MOREGlobal Media and Information Literacy Week 2022
Communication & InformationTheme: “Nurturing trust: A Media and Information Literacy Imperative“. Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO (24-31 October 2022) The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa, explained the importance of having reliable information recently in the following terms: “a world without facts means a world without truth and […]
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Dr Dameon Black appointed as chair of the Governing Board of UNESCO’s Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), 2022-2024
EducationDr Dameon Black, Commissioner/Executive Director of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission. Dr Black is Jamaica’s representative to this UNESCO Committee having been elected at the 41st General conference in 2021 on the recommendation of Minister Olivia Grange, Chairperson of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO and Minister with responsibility for […]
| READ MOREJNC-UNESCO exhibition, Black River, 8 Sept-3 Oct
Front Page NewsCome visit the St. Elizabeth Parish Library in Black River and learn about UNESCO/ JNC-UNESCO and the work that is being done towards the development of Jamaica in education, culture, sciences, gender, information and communication. | READ MORE

CONGRATULATIONS to our awardees
Front Page NewsThey have been added to the National Honours & Awards list 2022: Hon Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, CD, MP for her sterling contribution to cultural development and political administration in Jamaica (Order of Jamaica, OJ), She is the chairperson of JNC-UNESCO. Professor Ronald Edward Young for his contribution in the field […]
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