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Planning (IIEP)World Heritage Convention (WHC)ABCIKMPSTUV News UNESCO and Bangkok’s Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit celebrate 2024 International Jazz Day in the Thai capital21 May 2024 News Strengthening cultural diversity16 May 2024 News Mexico strengthens Acapulco and Coyuca cultural revival after Hurricane Otis through UNESCO's Heritage Emergency Fund10 May 2024 News UNESCO biosphere sites as educational sites to sustain our ocean in South-East Asia26 April 2024 News Wenhui Award Honours Innovative Solutions for Learning Recovery in the Asia-Pacific Region26 April 2024 Story Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, as an example of coexistence and creativity in South-East Europe20 December 2023 News UNESCO Peru and BBVA Foundation recognise the impact of Innovative Education Project in Cusco school13 December 2023 Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023 News New UNESCO’s collaboration with Guanajuato drives educational innovation and research19 October 2023 News Towards a Connected 20302 October 2023 News A new programme to strengthen community rural tourism in Yucatan, Mexico14 September 2023 Story Abejas de Barrio, a dignified tourism in Mexico accelerates Food Security10 September 2023 News Cultural and Creative Industries in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan: Mapping of Educational Platforms14 August 2023 News South Sudan: New UNESCO project to support creativity and artistic freedom3 August 2023 News How to Develop Digital Capacities in the Creative Industries in Central Asia? Practical Recommendations27 July 2023 News UNESCO partners with FabCafe Bangkok to launch NewView XR Lab for Young Creatives17 July 2023 News UNESCO Almaty will present recommendations for digital skills development for Cultural and Creative Industries in Central Asia17 May 2023 News Cultural and Creative Sectors in Tajikistan: Facts and Numbers with Filmmaker Sharofat Arabova22 April 2023 News Digital skills among the representatives of cultural and creative industries in Kyrgyzstan: Interview with Erke Dzhumakmatova21 April 2023 News Call for Expression of Interest for a National Expert (Uganda)25 October 2022 News Sustainable Rural Regeneration Conference24 May 2022 Story Peruvian Arts Practitioners in Pursuit of a Fairer Law4 March 2022 Story 16 days of activism against gender-based violence: female-artists from South-East Europe, Culture Territory project27 November 2020 News Launch of the national survey on the “Perception of the Impacts of COVID-19 in the Cultural and Creative Sectors in Brazil”11 June 2020 News Querétaro and Mérida join UNESCO's Creative Cities Network31 October 2019 News UNESCO publishes a Kiswahili version of the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression9 July 2018 News Senegalese artists showcase their work through a video mapping installation at UNESCO HQ9 December 2016 News Les politiques pour la créativité à l'honneur au Burkina Faso (in French)6 December 2016 News Le Sénégal présente son premier rapport périodique quadriennal de la Convention UNESCO de 2005 (in French)1 December 2016 News UNESCO participates in a reflection on the use of ICT in Education in Senegal (in French)16 November 2016 News Culture gives cities social and economic power, shows UNESCO report19 October 2016 News Pourquoi il faut revaloriser le patrimoine culturel colonial (in French)11 July 2016 News Montreal, City of Creativity and Living Together: meeting with the Mayor Denis Coderre16 June 2016 News UNESCO Director-General highlights the potential of UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Development6 June 2016 News Vice Premier Liu Yandong Highlights China’s Commitment to 2030 Agenda in meeting with Director-General5 June 2016 News UNESCO Creative Cities Network to focus on creativity and sustainable urban development at Beijing summit2 June 2016 News UNESCO Director-General on official visit to Afghanistan25 May 2016 News International Jazz Day proves to be a global movement1 May 2016 News International Jazz Day transforms the White House into a jazz club30 April 2016 News International Jazz Day gets a U.S. Congressional send-off on Capitol Hill29 April 2016 News Cultural goods, an economic driver in the digital age10 March 2016 News 47 cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network11 December 2015 News First UNESCO report on impact of 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions9 December 2015 News New report shows cultural and creative industries account for 29.5 million jobs worldwide4 December 2015 News UNESCO and the Comité Colbert unite to promote cultural heritage and creativity23 June 2015 News “Culture and creativity are our ultimate renewable resource,” says the Director-General5 June 2015 News Through the lens of creativity and societal transformation. IFCD invests in South-East Europe23 March 2015 News Gender Equality, Heritage and Creativity: Now Available in Chinese, Spanish, English and French4 March 2015 News UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock announce fourth annual International Jazz Day26 February 2015 News The Director-General on a visit to Bulgaria1 December 2014 News 28 cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network1 December 2014 News Launch of the French edition of the Creative Economy Report in Dakar29 November 2014 News Director-General to attend the 15th Francophonie Summit in Dakar28 November 2014 News The Creative Economy -- New driver for development2 October 2014 News Irina Bokova to promote creative industries and scientific cooperation in a visit to Italy2 October 2014 News The International Musicological Society brings the Cantus Planus conference to Venice23 July 2014 News UNESCO Launches Creative Economy Report at Press Event in China4 June 2014 News French architecture overseas: award ceremony of the 2014 AFEX Grand Prix and Special Jury Prize in Venice29 May 2014 News Voices of Jazz and Human Rights30 April 2014 News Everybody on stage for International Jazz Day!30 April 2014 News Understanding and Appreciating Cultural Diversity. An Impetus for Cross-cultural Cooperation for and by Youth28 March 2014 News Director-General on an Official Visit to Albania28 March 2014 News UNESCO supports recovery of the Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina25 February 2014 News World Culture Forum: Bali Promise calls for integration of Culture in Post-2015 Development Agenda20 December 2013 News UN General Assembly adopts by consensus a new Resolution on Culture and Development13 December 2013 News Enghien-les-Bains (France), Paducah (United States) and Sapporo (Japan), new members of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network21 November 2013 News Creative industries boost economies and development, shows UN Report14 November 2013 News Irina Bokova Promotes the Arts for Sustainable Cities22 October 2013 News UNESCO Director-General Promotes the Power of Creative Cities in Beijing20 October 2013 News UNESCO Director-General in China to Promote the Power of Creative and Learning Cities18 October 2013 News Director-General’s Official Visit to the Congo15 July 2013 News International Fund for the Promotion of Culture : Over 1,500 applications received28 June 2013 News Urban Cultural Policies at the Heart of the Hangzhou Congress14 May 2013
News UNESCO and Bangkok’s Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit celebrate 2024 International Jazz Day in the Thai capital21 May 2024
News Mexico strengthens Acapulco and Coyuca cultural revival after Hurricane Otis through UNESCO's Heritage Emergency Fund10 May 2024
News UNESCO biosphere sites as educational sites to sustain our ocean in South-East Asia26 April 2024
News Wenhui Award Honours Innovative Solutions for Learning Recovery in the Asia-Pacific Region26 April 2024
Story Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, as an example of coexistence and creativity in South-East Europe20 December 2023
News UNESCO Peru and BBVA Foundation recognise the impact of Innovative Education Project in Cusco school13 December 2023
Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023
News New UNESCO’s collaboration with Guanajuato drives educational innovation and research19 October 2023
News Cultural and Creative Industries in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan: Mapping of Educational Platforms14 August 2023
News How to Develop Digital Capacities in the Creative Industries in Central Asia? Practical Recommendations27 July 2023
News UNESCO Almaty will present recommendations for digital skills development for Cultural and Creative Industries in Central Asia17 May 2023
News Cultural and Creative Sectors in Tajikistan: Facts and Numbers with Filmmaker Sharofat Arabova22 April 2023
News Digital skills among the representatives of cultural and creative industries in Kyrgyzstan: Interview with Erke Dzhumakmatova21 April 2023
Story 16 days of activism against gender-based violence: female-artists from South-East Europe, Culture Territory project27 November 2020
News Launch of the national survey on the “Perception of the Impacts of COVID-19 in the Cultural and Creative Sectors in Brazil”11 June 2020
News UNESCO publishes a Kiswahili version of the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression9 July 2018
News Senegalese artists showcase their work through a video mapping installation at UNESCO HQ9 December 2016
News Le Sénégal présente son premier rapport périodique quadriennal de la Convention UNESCO de 2005 (in French)1 December 2016
News UNESCO participates in a reflection on the use of ICT in Education in Senegal (in French)16 November 2016
News Montreal, City of Creativity and Living Together: meeting with the Mayor Denis Coderre16 June 2016
News UNESCO Director-General highlights the potential of UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Development6 June 2016
News Vice Premier Liu Yandong Highlights China’s Commitment to 2030 Agenda in meeting with Director-General5 June 2016
News UNESCO Creative Cities Network to focus on creativity and sustainable urban development at Beijing summit2 June 2016
News First UNESCO report on impact of 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions9 December 2015
News New report shows cultural and creative industries account for 29.5 million jobs worldwide4 December 2015
News “Culture and creativity are our ultimate renewable resource,” says the Director-General5 June 2015
News Through the lens of creativity and societal transformation. IFCD invests in South-East Europe23 March 2015
News Gender Equality, Heritage and Creativity: Now Available in Chinese, Spanish, English and French4 March 2015
News UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock announce fourth annual International Jazz Day26 February 2015
News Irina Bokova to promote creative industries and scientific cooperation in a visit to Italy2 October 2014
News The International Musicological Society brings the Cantus Planus conference to Venice23 July 2014
News French architecture overseas: award ceremony of the 2014 AFEX Grand Prix and Special Jury Prize in Venice29 May 2014
News Understanding and Appreciating Cultural Diversity. An Impetus for Cross-cultural Cooperation for and by Youth28 March 2014
News World Culture Forum: Bali Promise calls for integration of Culture in Post-2015 Development Agenda20 December 2013
News UN General Assembly adopts by consensus a new Resolution on Culture and Development13 December 2013
News Enghien-les-Bains (France), Paducah (United States) and Sapporo (Japan), new members of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network21 November 2013
News UNESCO Director-General in China to Promote the Power of Creative and Learning Cities18 October 2013