News and Events
23/8/2022
Event | UNESCO SHINES A LIGHT ON AFRICA’S CREATIVE FUTURE
UNESCO continues to shine a light on a Creative Africa by participating in the second edition of FAME Week Africa taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on 24-26 August 2022. UNESCO will promote its new report The... › Read more
12/7/2022
Event | Digital Transformation of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Republic of Moldova - Official launch
On 21 July, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, in cooperation with Artcor, will hold a kick-off meeting for the official launch of the “... › Read more
27/5/2022
Event | Second edition of the Latin American and Caribbean online Film Festival
In the framework of the Latin American and Caribbean Week, which will be celebrated at UNESCO Headquarters from May 30 to June 2, 2022, the second edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival (SALC 2022)... › Read more
20/5/2022
Event | UNESCO honors African cinema at the 75th Cannes Film Festival
UNESCO is organizing a major round table to promote African cinema on May 24 in Cannes, on the occasion of the 75th edition of the International Film Festival. The event will underscore the huge potential for... › Read more
18/5/2022
Event | Launch of the UNESCO’S Global Report “Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity” in the Republic of Korea
UNESCO’s flagship publication, entitled, Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity, will be launched in Seoul, Republic of Korea on May 24 on the occasion of the celebrating the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue... › Read more
28/4/2022
Event | The time to invest in creativity is now!
In celebration of the 2022 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) has the pleasure to invite you to a special event featuring keynote speeches... › Read more
1/4/2022
Event | Launch of the Plan for the Recovery of Cultural Industries and the Arts in Peru to 2030
On Monday 4 April 2022, the Ministry of Culture of Peru and UNESCO will launch the National Plan for the Recovery of Cultural Industries and the Arts to 2030. In direct response to the COVID-19 crisis, this... › Read more
1/2/2022
Event | Virtual panel: Policies for Creativity: Making a Lasting Difference
Webcast (10 Feb / 4pm - 5pm UTC+1)In the framework of the celebration of the 10-year strategic partnership between UNESCO and the European Union and the final stage of the project “EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the... › Read more
15/11/2021
Event | Peer-to-peer learning workshop on policies for creativity
UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture of Namibia, is organizing a “Peer-to-peer learning workshop on policies for creativity: Monitoring and implementing the 2005 Convention for the... › Read more
13/11/2021
Event | Regional training on media diversity and cultural pluralism in Eastern Africa
On 15, 18, 22 and 25 November 2021, the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, and National Offices in Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa, in collaboration with the Entity for the Diversity of Cultural... › Read more
11/11/2021
Event | Award Ceremony for the 2021 UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy
The UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy was created in 2020 to recognise and reward exceptional initiatives of an individual or organization that support... › Read more
25/10/2021
Event | National awareness-raising workshop on the 2005 Convention in Botswana
UNESCO and the government of Botswana are organizing an awareness-raising workshop on the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of the Cultural Expressions in Botswana on 2 and 3 November 2021... › Read more
18/10/2021
Event | Launch of UNESCO publication on the African Film Industry at FESPACO
UNESCO will launch the new publication entitled "The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth" during a high-level panel to be held on Thursday, 21 October, 2021 as part of the 27th edition... › Read more
30/9/2021
Event | Launch of publication "The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth"
UNESCO will launch the new publication entitled "African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth" at an event on 5 October 2021. The publication is the fruit of an exploratory study launched in... › Read more
15/6/2021
Event | Cubically Imagined Exhibition at UNESCO HQ
In the framework of the celebration of the 2021 International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, UNESCO in close partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea... › Read more
