News and Events
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
20/5/2021
Event | Meeting: Preliminary UNESCO results on Africa’s film industry
The film and audio-visual industry holds immense economic potential for African States and acts as a powerful force for promoting the continent's cultural diversity. During UNESCO’s Forum of Ministers of Culture held on... › Read more
20/5/2021
Event | Launch event of UNESCO Special Edition "Gender & Creativity: progress on the precipice"
In the framework of the 8th session of the Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which will take place online from June 1 to 4, the launch... › Read more
5/5/2021
Event | Third Civil Society Forum
The third edition of the Convention's Civil Society Forum will take place online on 31 May 2021 from 12.30-5.45 pm (UTC + 2 hours)Register here! The Civil Society Forum is a biennial event, held before each... › Read more
17/3/2021
Event | ResiliArt UNIMA/UNESCO : The art of puppetry between tradition and future in times of the pandemic
In the past year, COVID-19 and worldwide lockdowns have had a devastating impact on the performing arts sector, refraining performers and other artists from creating and sharing their work with the public and... › Read more
25/1/2021
Event | Sub-Regional Online Meeting on the Promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries and the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty organises a Sub-Regional Online Meeting on the Promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries and the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural... › Read more
