News and Events
18/3/2021
News | Namibia/Zimbabwe peer learning on local contents
On 24 September, cultural policymakers and key cultural actors from Zimbabwe and Namibia met to share their experience in designing measures to support local content production and revising copyright legislation. ... › 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
16/3/2021
News | Call for Expression of Interest: Policy Brief “Diversity and Representation in audiovisual content”
This call is for institutions or legal entities (i.e. for-profit or not-for-profit organisations) IntroductionThis call for expressions of interest is for a consultant company or institution to author the second... › Read more
16/3/2021
News | Call for Expression of Interest: Policy Brief “Cultural organizations and the diversity of cultural expressions”
This call is for institutions or legal entities (i.e. for-profit or not-for-profit organisations) IntroductionThis call for expressions of interest is for a consultant company or institution to author the first... › Read more
15/3/2021
Call | Call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) is now open
Submission deadline: 16 June 2021From 17 March to 16 June 2021, UNESCO will receive applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). Established under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and... › Read more
15/3/2021
News | Costa Rica's music sector to be strengthened with assistance from UNESCO and the European Union
Costa Rica is one of twelve countries worldwide that have been selected to benefit from the EU/UNESCO programme “Supporting new regulatory frameworks to strenghten cultura and creative industries and promote South-South... › Read more
11/3/2021
News | Central Asian Scriptwriting Lab (CASL) – Call for Applications
UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty opens call for young talented scriptwriters to attend the Central Asian Scriptwriting Lab (CASL), which will take place in the framework of the "Strengthening of the Film... › Read more
24/2/2021
News | Parties to the 2005 Convention address the impact of COVID-19 on cultural and creative industries and the role of the creative economy in overcoming the crisis
Under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Park Yang-woo, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee was held online from 1 to 5 February 2021... › Read more
11/2/2021
News | Submit progress made and challenges encountered in the development and implementation of national digital roadmaps
In 2019, the Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions approved an open roadmap for implementing the Convention in the digital environment and... › Read more
2/2/2021
News | UNESCO funds six new projects to support creativity and creative industries in developing countries
On February 4, 2021, the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions approved funding for six new projects by the International Fund... › Read more
1/2/2021
News | Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism H. E. Mr Park Yang-woo of the Republic of Korea chairs the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee
The 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was opened on 1 February 2021. This year, the Committee is held online... › Read more
31/1/2021
News | BTS, Parasite and more – Diverse cultural expressions animate the 14th Intergovernmental Committee
The music videos of Idol and Dynamite by BTS, a globally popular K-Pop group, kick off the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions,... › 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
25/1/2021
News | 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
18/12/2020
News | The UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy to be established
The establishment of the “UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy” was unanimously approved by acclamation at the 210th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board. The... › Read more