UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launches a call open to governments and public institutions, as well as civil society organizations, to support initiatives aimed at protecting and promoting the status of the artist and artistic freedom.

UNESCO has released a call for an external consultant for its Diversity of Cultural Expressions programme, based at its Paris headquarters.

The AlUla Fellowships Programme 2025, jointly offered by UNESCO and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), is a fully funded fellowship lasting 24 months that selects 10 fellows in the fields of Heritage Research, Conservation and Management.

As part of its mandate, the Special Projects and Partnerships (EO/SPP) unit is responsible for overseeing the preparation and implementation of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies – MONDIACULT 2025, to be held in Barcelona from 28 September to 1 October 2025. To ensure the successful organisation of the Conference, the unit requires additional support in key preparatory activities.

Established under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) is a voluntary multi-donor fund which supports the emergence of dynamic cultural sectors in developing countries.

The consultant will support the preparation and implementation of MONDIACULT 2025, with a particular focus on the production and revision of knowledge and information materials.

UNESCO with funding from France, Canada and the government of Quebec (Canada), launches a call open for governments, to support initiatives aimed at protecting and promoting cultural diversity in the digital environment.

UNESCO is commissioning a desk study to assess the landscape today for persons with disabilities in terms of the right and access to, and participation and employment in culture.

The EU-funded UNESCO programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity launches a call for applications for young artists and tourism entrepreneurs from the Caribbean to participate in its Creative Tourism Capacity-building and Training Workshops in St George, Grenada (24–28 February 2025) and Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines (17–21 March 2025).

UNESCO is calling for qualified companies to submit electronic tenders as follows for the evaluation of the UNESCO- Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals, covering the 2022-2024 period.