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Jamaica (2018 - 2022)Project
Strengthening capacities for preparing nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention in Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean
1 June 2023 – 1 June 2025Amount (US$) 75,000
Community-based inventorying of intangible heritage in urban areas
1 January 2018 – 1 December 2021Amount (US$) 566,000
Supporting local income-generating activities with the Charles Town Maroons of Jamaica
1 June 2021 – 1 December 2021Amount (US$) 5,000
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage of Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago through strengthening their capacities for implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
1 June 2012 – 1 December 2015Amount (US$) 300,000
Action plan for safeguarding the Maroon Heritage of Moore Town
1 August 2005 – 1 June 2008Amount (US$) 179,960