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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 […]

JNC-UNESCO exhibition, Black River, 8 Sept-3 Oct

Come 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.September 14, 2022 | READ MORE

International Literacy Day 2022

CONGRATULATIONS to our awardees

They 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 […]

Happy Jamaica 60

International Fund for Cultural Diversity, 13th call

13th call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)’s within the framework of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. DEADLINE: August 4th, 2022, noon, Paris time,  A maximum of 4 projects (a maximum of 2 projects from public authorities/institutions and a […]

9th Interregional Meeting of National Commissions, 13-15 June 2022

Jamaica will chair this meeting and it is the first time that a National Commission from the Americas will chair this meeting, which will bring together over 190 National Commissions representing all 5 UNESCO Groups. Secretary-General Everton Hannam will be the President in presentia.June 8, 2022 | READ MORE

Barbara Gloudon, 1935-2022

Born Barbara Joy Goodison in 1935,  Barbara Gloudon OD, OJ, IOJ journalist, author, playwright extraordinaire. She served with distinction as a member of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO.May 16, 2022 | READ MORE

Brainstorming… AI ETHICS RECOMMENDATION

Jamaica’s Cordel Green was one of the speakers at the AI ETHICS RECOMMENDATION. He was one of 125 experts and stakeholders around the globe, to share their views on how to implement UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.May 2, 2022 | READ MORE