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WBCD 2023

UNESCO Participation Programme 2023

Four projects were successful and received funding totaling USD 75,685. They are: – Training Women and Youth in Innovative Agricultural Technologies for Food Security and Employment – NCU for 21.April 21, 2023 | READ MORE

MONDIACULT 2022 Final Declaration

UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 Final Declaration We, the Ministers of Culture of the Member States of UNESCO, met at the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 in Mexico City, from 28 to 30 September 2022, 40 […]

Build Resilience, Animation2

https://jncunesco.gov.December 15, 2022 | READ MORE

CONGRATS

Congrats to our Deputy Chair, Lenford Salmon, cultural engineer, on his 2022 Musgrave gold medal

International Prize for the Creative Economy

Call for nominations 2023 of the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy. DEADLINE: 10 December 2022.November 25, 2022 | READ MORE

UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize

Call 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.November 4, 2022 | READ MORE

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, 2022

https://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 […]

Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022

Theme: “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 […]

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

Dr 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 […]