News and Events
21/11/2018
News | Lao PDR: supporting artistic freedom and the mobility of artists
‘Networking and collaboration are the strategic tool arts practitioners use to navigate and survive complex, challenging and sometimes hostile working conditions.’ That was one of the highlights featured in the ... › Read more
20/11/2018
Event | Central Asian Forum on Cultural Policy and Management
The UNESCO Almaty Office, in partnership with the Public Foundation Cultural Dialogue and with the support of the Goethe Institute, the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Asia-Europe... › Read more
14/11/2018
Event | Create | 2030
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During the 12th Intergovernmental Committee, a series of talks – Create | 2030 – will take place to discuss how investments in creativity can have a direct impact... › Read more
11/11/2018
News | International Call for candidatures (DEADLINE EXTENDED: 3 December) - Renewal of the UNESCO-EU Expert Facility
A call for expression of interest is launched for the renewal of the UNESCO-EU Expert Facility aimed at supporting capacity development initiatives for the implementation and promotion of the 2005 Convention on the... › Read more
6/11/2018
Event | Launch of UNESCO’s Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies” in Brazil
UNESCO’s 2018 Global Report Re|Shaping Cultural Policies will be launched in Sao Paolo, Brazil on 6 November 2018 in the framework of the first Brazilian Creative Industries Market (MICBr) The Report assesses... › Read more
22/10/2018
News | 4 New projects awarded under UNESCO-Sabrina Ho initiative
“You Are Next”, a UNESCO-Sabrina Ho initiative, rewards four outstanding projects which will be presented at UNESCO Headquarters on Tuesday 11 December 2018.[[{"fid":"26149","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"... › Read more
15/10/2018
News | Debating Artistic Freedom and Internet Universality on #AccessToInfo Day
The International Access to Info Day on 28 September featured the exhibition launch ‘Internet Universality Beyond Words’ and a debate on artistic and Internet freedoms in Bangkok. Artists, film... › Read more
12/10/2018
News | Kenya: supporting the rights of artists
Kenya National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa organized a two-day capacity building workshop on the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist on 11 and 12... › Read more
12/10/2018
News | Comoros: supporting the status of its artists
UNESCO mobilized stakeholders in the field of culture and creative industries in Moroni, Comoros for an information-sharing session on UNESCO Global Survey on policies and measures taken around the world to support the... › Read more
1/10/2018
News | Croatia: the IFCD supports local cultural governance in Dubrovnik
One of the main objectives of Kultura Nova Foundation’s 2016 project "Participatory Governance Approach to Cultural Institutions" was to build a platform for dialogue between NGOs and public authorities. At the end of... › Read more
27/9/2018
News | Morocco: supporting cultural policy development with the IFCD
Any mapping of creative industries requires a fine understanding of an audience’s consumption patterns. Between December 2015 and June 2016, as part of the project "Developing an Effective Policy for the Promotion of... › Read more
24/9/2018
Event | Discussing artistic freedom on International Day for Universal Access to Information
On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information on 28 September, UNESCO is launching a collaborative exhibition at Thailand’s Creative and Design Center, hosting 11 Thai artists and... › Read more
19/9/2018
Event | OECD Conference on Culture and Local Development
Save the date: 6-7 December 2018, VeniceRegistrations will open in October 2018Join us in Venice to review culture’s impact on local development in presence of high-level representatives from national and... › Read more
19/9/2018
Event | Inauguration of UNESCO Chair on Cultural Policy at Istanbul Bilgi University
On 21 September 2018, UNESCO will inaugurate a new Chair in Cultural Policy and Cultural Diplomacy at the Instanbul Bilgi University (Turkey).The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme was created in 1992 to promote... › Read more
17/9/2018
Event | Launch of UNESCO’s Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies” in Canada
UNESCO’s 2018 Global Report Re|Shaping Cultural Policies will be launched in Ottawa and Quebec on 25 and 28 September.The Report assesses the impact of the most recent policies and measures taken around the world to... › Read more
