Hangzhou, China | 19–23 May 2025 – A delegate from Timor-Leste joined 24 other international participants for the International Course on Impact Assessment in a World Heritage Context, organized by ICCROM and WHITR-AP under the auspices of UNESCO. This immersive program aims to equip heritage professionals with practical skills to assess the potential impacts of […]
Manila, Philippines 20-22 May, 2025, International Workshop on Quality Designation of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia as a continuation of the Training Program on “Updating the Tentative List and Harmonization for Southeast Asia held last year on 27-30 August 2024 This workshop took place with the participation of international experts in the field of […]
The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU), working together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry through the Secretariat of State for Forestry, held a meeting to establish the National Committee for Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Timor-Leste. Based on the meeting with all entities held last year on December 16, 2019, and […]
National Events held during two (2) days from 29 to 30 April at Delta Nova are the National Seminar with the theme “Path to the recognition of Tais as a Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” to share the results of the impact of the Urgent Safeguarding Plan for Tais 2025, including Tais […]
On April 24, 2025, in Ataúru, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) partnered with the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) to hold the inauguration ceremony for two Community Learning Centers (CLCs) located in Ataúru and Aileu. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU), officials of the […]
Ermera 14 February 2025, Communication and Information Coordinator of the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) Mr. Emiliano G. da Costa e Silva held a seminar on the memory of the world in the municipality of Ermera, the administrative post of Ermera-Villa, which said that in 1992 UNESCO established a program for the memory of […]
The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU), working with the National Institute of Science and Technology of Timor-Leste (INCT) and UNESCO Jakarta, organized the first workshop to conduct a National Consultation on the implementation of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. This activity took place at the Pusat Budaya Indonesia (PBI) in Dili over […]
The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) held the inauguration of three (3) Community Learning Centers in the administrative post of Lospalos, Lautem Municipality. TLNCU through the Bridge Project continues the inauguration of three (3) Community Learning Centers, such as SKA Valor (Vision and Action Lautem Oan Rasik), SKA Creative Baucau, and SKA Roman ba […]
Timor-Leste became the 193 State Party to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 31 January 2017. Having ratified the Convention, Timor-Leste joins the broader international community committed to ensuring the identification, protection, conservation, presentation, and transmission to future generations of the cultural and natural heritage situated in its territory. Since Timor-Leste ratified the convention, there […]
The Ministry of Education, through the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) Science Division team, every year always celebrates World Science and Mathematics Day, which are also celebrated in the international world on November 10. This commemoration has been held for the 12th time. This year the commemoration of World Science and Mathematics Day was […]
The Secretary of State for Arts and Culture (SEAK), through the services of the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU), and the cultural team developed resources to launch a history book on oral tradition for the preservation of the ISNI language. The publication of this book is to transmit the local history of the origin […]
Dili, 15 November 2024The National Commission of Timor-Leste for UNESCO, together with the Secretariat of State for Arts and Culture, the Secretariat of State for Social Communications, the Secretariat of State for Equality, and the National Institute of Statistics of Timor-Leste, IP, held a national workshop on the theme: Increasing Understanding of UNESCO Convention 2005 […]
