UNESCO Call To Artists & Entrepreneurs In Tourism Sector

Young artists and tourism entrepreneurs from the Caribbean are invited to participate in the Creative Tourism Capacity-building and Training Workshops of the programme “Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity”.

The five-year programme is being implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana with the financial support of the European Union.

To be eligible for the UNESCO Transcultura Creative Tourism workshops, applicants must be ages 18 to 35, citizens or legal residents of one of the 17 Caribbean countries within the geographical scope of the Transcultura programme. Those countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Women who have launched a creative tourism business are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Havana time (GMT – 4 hours) on Sunday, January 26, 2025. 

Through the programme’s holistic approach, a total of 50 participants will benefit from one-week capacity-building workshops in St. George’s, Grenada, from February 24 to 28, 2025, and in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from March 17 to 21, 2025.

The overall purpose of the programme is to deepen cultural integration in the Caribbean and to strengthen people-to-people cooperation and exchange within the region and with the European Union. It is built on two components. The first focuses on strengthening the skills and capacities of young cultural professionals and the second on enhancing opportunities through knowledge transfer and exchanges. 

The sustainable tourism component of the programme aims to strengthen destination management and capacities in the Caribbean, enhancing opportunities for sustainable tourism development in the region through culture and creativity. Specifically, it focuses on supporting sustainable business development and expanding opportunities for young cultural professionals by connecting their products and services to the tourism market.

Participants will gain knowledge and practical skills to carry out their own projects and contribute to the development of a sustainable and innovative tourism ecosystem in the Caribbean by linking the cultural and creative industries to the dynamics of Caribbean tourism destinations.

The UNESCO Transcultura programme will cover all expenses for participation in one of the capacity-building and training workshops, and international mobility and accommodation. For more information on the programme and to complete an application, persons may click here.