Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity

The Ambassador of the European Union in Cuba, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, Ambassadors to Cuba of EU Member States and the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, Anne Lemaistre, visited the Santa Clara Convent in Havana today to see first-hand the progress of its restoration works. 

The Transcultura programme supported the participation of the Caribbean hip-hop artists Alexx A-Game, from Jamaica, and Delma T1, from the Dominican Republic, in the event Urban counter-cultures and social movements in the Black Atlantic. The musicians gave a concert on 29 July at the SAVVY Contemporary cultural centre in Berlin, in the first presentation of their artistic projects in Europe.

The Transcultura programme has joined forces with the Goethe Institute and the Centre for InterAmerican Studies of Bielefeld University in Germany to showcase The Caribbean hip-hop beat in Europe. This event will be held in the framework of the inter-regional festival and symposium Re-inventing Europe from the Caribbean. Urban cultures, translocal identities and social movements in the Black Atlantic, which will take place at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, from 28 to 31 July 2022. 

Carnivals, one of the most deeply rooted popular celebrations in the Caribbean, are also a powerful tool for social cohesion and sustainable development. This was one of the conclusions of the UNESCO Transcultura programme workshop ‘Carnival of diversity: organization, management and creative value of carnivals and festivals in the Caribbean and Europe’, which took place on 5 and 6 July 2022 in the framework of the renowned Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba.

Carnivals and festivals are among the Caribbean cultural expressions that fuse traditional knowledge, culture and creativity with great benefits to the wider economy. The UNESCO Transcultura programme has joined forces with the Caribbean Festival of Santiago de Cuba, to organize the workshop: 'Carnival of diversity: organization, management and creative value of carnivals and festivals in the Caribbean and Europe', on 5 and 6 July 2022.

Nine young Caribbeans with projects in early stages of development, participated in mentoring and coaching sessions with leading Caribbean entrepreneurs and representatives of incubator from the region and Europe, during the event IncYOUTHbator, held in Kingston, Jamaica, on 29 and 30 June 2022. 

The UNESCO Transcultura Programme, funded by the European Union, hosts the event 'IncYOUTHbator: boosting youth’s creative potential for a sustainable future' on 29 and 30 June 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica. The event will start with a public panel discussion on 29 June (registration link on Zoom). 

The selection committee of the UNESCO Transcultura Call for Young Caribbean Hip-Hop Artists has chosen the artistic projects Règleman Afè Popilé feat. Vanessa Jeudi, from Haiti, DelmaT1, from the Dominican Republic, and Alexx A-Game, from Jamaica, to perform in the framework of The Caribbean hip-hop beat in Europe.

Transcultura announced the names of the entrepreneurs selected to participate in the professional meeting 'IncYOUTHbator: boosting youth's creative potential for a sustainable future', which will take place in Kingston, Jamaica, on 29 and 30 June 2022.