Strengthening capacities for preparing nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention in Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean

Benefitting country(ies): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Overview:

In the context of the 2003 Convention’s global capacity-building programme, this project aims at building capacities of Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean on the preparation of nomination files for the Lists of the 2003 Convention, with a view to improve the effective safeguarding of living heritage across the region and contribute to greater geographical balance of the elements i ›››

News and activities:

• 2025-06-12 – Experience-exchange meeting on preparing nominations under the 2003 Convention in Caribbean Small Island and Developing States (SIDS)
• 2023-10-05 – Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean strengthen their capacities for the preparation of nomination files

Strengthening capacities at the national and local levels for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Dominica

Benefitting country(ies): Dominica

Overview:

This project aims at enhancing capacities for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Dominica. The need for support was expressed in the context of the periodic reporting exercise in Latin America and the Caribbean, which brought to the fore that, to date, the implementation of the Convention in Dominica had not progressed significantly since the ratification in 2005. Therefore, this ›››

Revitalisation of Traditional Masquerade Performing Arts and Costume Making

Benefitting country(ies): Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia

Overview:

Masquerade performing arts and costume-making traditions in the Caribbean derive from traditions of enslaved persons brought to the region during the three hundred year Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. These performing arts, that are rich in symbolism and social values, encompass various significant narrative and creative traditions, and play a vital role in maintaining the cultural identity within a community. However, they ›››