National Anti-Doping Compliance CommitteeThe Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that Jamaica will establish a National Anti-doping Compliance Committee as part of measures to enhance the national programme to keep sports clean. The Committee will ensure that Jamaica conforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s code and […]
UNESCO Assistant Director-General of Culture (Ernesto Ottone Ramírez) Visits JamaicaErnesto Ottone Ramírez, the Assistant Director of Culture at UNESCO, visited Jamaica as Hon. Minister Grange’s special guest for the Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony.
Community-based Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage in KingstonThe African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), in collaboration with the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, coordinated a pilot, community-based, training workshop on the inventorying of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the urban context of Kingston on March 11, 2019 […]
First Youth Forum JNC-UNESCO Youth Committee (JNC-UNESCO Youth Committee in partnership with The Ministry of National Security and The Department of Government Mr. Yuri Peshkov, the Honourable Olivia Grange, Senator the Hon.
9th Annual UN Global Student Video Conference was held on the theme “Remember Slavery: Recognising the Legacy and Contributions of People of African Descent”. This included a Video Presentation on The Ark of Return, The Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a Presentation […]
Beyond Reparations: Strengthening the Slave Route ProjectUNESCO Sub-Regional Seminar Beyond Reparations: Strengthening the Slave Route Project in the Caribbean Region was held from 7-8 July, 2015, at the St. Kitts Marriott Hotel.
