Oct102022
Color, Sip and Jam: The Mental Health Edition

Color, Sip and Jam: The Mental Health Edition was held 9-10 October 2022 in association with the African Union Youth Assembly and the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO.

Sep142022
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.

Aug052022
Jun082022
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.

Mar312022
Empowering Revival Communities in Jamaica in Safeguarding their Heritage

Empowering Revival Communities in Jamaica in Safeguarding their Heritage. – YouTube Empowering Revival Communities Seminars and presentation of the book “Revivalism: representing an Afro-Jamaican identity was held 22 March – St James Parish Library, Montego Bay (link above) 23 March – St Ann Parish Library, St.

Dec022021
IDEVAW: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV), November 25 – December 10

🟠UNESCO joins the 16-days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and will highlight Caribbean youth-led activism to promote gender equality. During this time, we will feature contributions from youth activists who successfully graduated from the Caribbean Sheroes Summer School and Regional Training, which was organized in partnership with the Institute for […]

Dec012021
UNESCO helps SVG preserve living heritage during disaster

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Commission for UNESCO in partnership with the UNESCO Kington Cluster Office is holding a workshop under the theme, “Safeguarding and Promoting Living Heritage in Crisis Situations in St.

Nov262021
12th UNESCO Youth Forum with Jada Powell

Jada Powell, Jamaica’s representative,  spoke about her experience at the 12th UNESCO Youth Forum. “It’s been a privilege representing Jamaica and the LAC region.

Nov092021
UNESCO 75

PM Andrew Holness on UNESCO’S 75 anniversary