International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

  The St. Kitts-Nevis National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to inform the general public that International Day for the Eradication of Poverty in which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the lead agency will be commemorated on October 17th. The theme for this year is “Answering the Call of October …

SKN National Commission For UNESCO Advises about World Radio Day

SKN National Commission For UNESCO Advises about World Radio Day World Radio Day in which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the lead agency will be celebrated on the  13 February 2017,  the anniversary of the day the United Nations established United Nations Radio in 1946. This day was proclaimed on 3 November …

World Teachers’ Day Message

Joint Message from Agency Heads on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day 2016 50th anniversary of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers Valuing Teachers, improving their Status 5 October 2016 Every year on World Teacher’s Day we celebrate the limitless contributions made by teachers around the world. Day after day, year in …

September 8 is International Literacy Day

ILD 2016 Poster Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Literacy Day, 50th Anniversary 8 September 2016 For fifty years, International Literacy Day has celebrated literacy as an empowering force for women and men and for society as a whole. We have seen great progress since the proclamation …

2 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE IN MARINE MANAGEMENT

MARINE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS Caribbean Nationals of Commonwealth Countries are invited to apply: From head of UNESCO- IOC REgional Secretariat IOCARIBE. Apply for the QES Diamond Jubilee Scholarship to attend the Master of MArine Management degree programme at Dalhousie University. The Scholarship is fully funded for one year from September 2016 to September 2017. For further …

UNESCO OECS To Host Consultation on Ethical Dimensions of Internet

UNESCO NATCOM: The St Kitts Nevis National Commission for UNESCO, in collaboration with the Department of Technology and the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector (Knowledge Society Divison) at Head Quarters Paris, will conduct a capacity-building workshop, and Consultation entitled; “The Ethical Dimensions of Internet” on September 23-24, 2015 in St. Kitts. The workshop is intended …

Announcing Reparations Symposium of Experts

“PIPE DREAM OR REALITY” SYMPOSIUM The Fight for Reparations in the Caribbean Sub-Region Tuesday July 7th 2015 7:30pm – 10:30pm Sir Cecil Jacobs Auditorium – Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (eccb) Bird Rock Basseterre St. Kitts UNESCO SUB-REGIONAL CONFERENCE   Beyond Reparations: Strengthening the Slave Route Project in the  Caribbean Region 7th – 8th July 2015 St. Kitts and Nevis …

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO TO JOIN IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO TO JOIN IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY  (NATCOM) – St. Kitts, February 20, 2015: A day aimed at developing a fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions around the world as well as promoting unity in diversity and international understanding, through multilingualism and multiculturalism; International Mother Languages Day, will …

National Commission for UNESCO to Join International Committee is Celebration of World Radio Day

(EMU) – St. Kitts, February 10, 2015: The National Commission for UNESCO is calling on youth of the Federation to let their voices be heard by way of the proliferation of media houses which have become available in the Federation over the past decade. According to Secretary General of the National Commission Mr. Antonio Maynard, …