News and Events
13/3/2020
Call | Call for applications open for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (16 March-27 May 2020)
UNESCO accepts applications for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) from 16 March to 27 May 2020. The IFCD finances initiatives that stimulate the Cultural and Creative Industries in developing... › Read more
27/2/2020
News | Call for Expression of Interest: project implementation in Mexico
Call for Expression of Interest for project implementation in Mexico EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries: Support for new regulatory frameworks to strengthen the cultural... › Read more
20/2/2020
News | Creativity in the digital space at the heart of global discussion
The 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) took place at UNESCO’s Headquarters from 11 to... › Read more
13/2/2020
News | UNESCO project enables ten African female filmmakers to work with director Naomi Kawase in Japan
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase on Thursday announced the names of the ten winners of the UNESCO-Nara Residency for Young African Female Filmmakers, in a side event of... › Read more
12/2/2020
News | UNESCO funds nine new projects to support culture in developing countries
Nine proposals that will boost the cultural and creative industries in nine developing countries were approved on Wednesday by the Committee of UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity... › Read more
12/2/2020
News | Made-in-Kinshasa: boundless creativity revealed in city's first culture survey
Kinshasa, a UNESCO Creative City of Music, bears witness to the rapid growth of creative initiatives, movements and explorations. Despite this creative boom, no thorough study on urban cultures - all cultural, artistic... › Read more
11/2/2020
News | “Artistic, creative, visionary” - Thandiwe Muriu photographs Nairobi’s creative renaissance
Thandiwe Muriu is a leading Kenyan photographer who uses the medium to tell the story of “her Africa”, full of colours and energy. Muriu’s work, part of her editorial series CAMO (2015), was selected as the cover image... › Read more
10/2/2020
News | Palestine: Community-based theatre inspires the youth in Gaza
Community theatre has the power to bring people together. It can also help community members acquire new skills, foster community spirit and develop artistic appreciation. Basma Society for Culture and Arts uses their... › Read more
10/2/2020
News | Call for Expression of Interest - Project implementation in Uganda
Call for Expression of Interest for project implementation in Uganda EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries: Support for new regulatory frameworks to strengthen the cultural... › Read more
7/2/2020
Event | Create | 2030 (13IGC)
Create | 2030 is a series of talks hosted by UNESCO to discuss how investments in creativity can have a direct impact on achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.During the 13th session of... › Read more
7/2/2020
Event | Screening of "Rona, Azim's Mother (Rona, Madar-e Azim)"
In the context of the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee, UNESCO will screen the film Rona, Azim's Mother (Rona, Madar-e Azim), winner of the Prize for Cultural Diversity under the patronage of UNESCO at... › Read more
5/2/2020
News | Mexico: VR broadens the horizon of women in digital creation
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most discussed new technologies in recent years. Its practical applications are broad, and a theater production in Mexico is one such example. VR is injecting fresh momentum into the... › Read more
30/1/2020
News | Your Guide to the 13th Intergovernmental Committee
Global leaders and non-governmental actors will meet at UNESCO Headquarters to discuss the implementation of the UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Expressions at the 13th... › Read more
15/1/2020
News | Art reinvents public space in Albania
The fusion of art and public space is at the heart of the project set up by Ekphrasis Studio, a non-profit organization in Albania. The project, Engaging Tirana Communities in Public Art and Politics, has been supported... › Read more
11/1/2020
News | Reviving Malagasy cinema through professional trainings
Encouraging young people to use cinema as a means of expression for the establishment of a film industry, a project funded by UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD), has concluded in Madagascar.... › Read more
