Press Releases

February 2, 2022

Meeting with the Honorable Minister for Information

The Secretary-General of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO and the officer in charge of Communication and Information met with the Honorable Minister for Information this morning […]
January 31, 2022

PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME 2022-2023 / 2022 REQUEST FOR PROJECT PROPOSAL

UNESCO’s Participation Programme is aimed at supporting national, sub-regional or regional activities of Member States that are in line with the Organization’s Regular Programme priorities. UNESCO’s […]
January 31, 2022

Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2022 Campaign

Resilience and Re-mobilization towards World Heritage The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Projects for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Campaign 2022 ‘Resilience […]
January 27, 2022

JAMESTOWN – YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW: AN EXHIBITION ON GA MASHIE BOXING HERITAGE

Today, the Ghana Commission for UNESCO joined the Imagining Ghanaian Futures team at the maiden exhibition of Ga-Mashie Boxing Heritage. Hon. Fritz Baffour, former Minister for […]
January 25, 2022

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence […]
January 24, 2022

UNESCO EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO GHANA ON APIATE DISASTER

UNESCO Representative to Ghana, Mr. Abdourahamane Diallo has written to express the UN Agency’s condolences to Ghana and particularly to the residents of Apiate, near Bogoso […]
January 21, 2022

IEPA Joins Other UNESCO Educational Centres Worldwide To Celebrate International Day Of Education 2022

The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre for West Africa, located at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast – […]
January 18, 2022

Journalist killings decline in 2021 but alarming threats remain

Fifty-five journalists and media workers were killed around the world in 2021, according to UNESCO data, the lowest annual death toll in over a decade. However, […]
January 17, 2022

Ghana To Host World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture 2022

Each year on January 24, World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture celebrates the many vibrant cultures of the African continent and African Diasporas around the […]