05 Jun 2025

The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) signs an agreement with the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) on the VISUS-UNESCO Methodology Service on access to school facilities and providing critical information to leaders.

Dili, Timor-Leste — June 5, 2025 — The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO (TLNCU) has signed a historic agreement with the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) to implement the UNESCO-VISUS Methodology Service, a strategic initiative aimed at assessing access to school facilities and providing vital safety information to educational leaders and policymakers. The signing marks […]

01 May 2025

The Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO(TLNCU), together with the member institutions of the National Committee for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Timor-Leste, held the closing of the Urgent Tais Safeguarding Project 2022 – 2025.

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 […]

19 Feb 2025

National Open Science Survey Consultation Workshop

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 […]

22 Dec 2024

Inauguration Ceremony of three (3) Community Learning Centers (SKA) – Valor Lautem, Creative Baucau, and Roman ba Futuru Ainaro

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 […]

09 Dec 2024

Capacity Building Workshop: Developing Timor-Leste World Heritage Convention Tentative List

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 […]

04 Dec 2024

Commemoration of World Science and Mathematics Day in Maubisse 2024

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 […]