World Book & Copyright Day 2023
Communication & InformationAt the UWI Mona Faculty of Law PROGRAMME included Programme Chairs: Myrna Douglas, UWI Mona Law Librarian Beverley Ecceleston-Burte, Librarian, Mona-WJC Library Feature address: Everton F. Hannam, JP Secretary General, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO as well as Prayer: Rosemarie Runcie, Head of Cataloguing, UWI Mona Library Greetings Mrs. | READ MORE
UNESCO Participation Programme 2023
Front Page NewsFour 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. | READ MORE
MONDIACULT 2022 Final Declaration
CultureUNESCO 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 […]
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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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