UNESCO trains students for entrepreneurship in the creative arts
To further promote and protect the diversity of cultural expressions in Africa, the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding trained 20 additional students in entrepreneurial skills for careers in the creative and cultural industries.< /p>
Welcoming attendees to the event held at his office at the Presidential Library Olusegun Obasanjo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, the director of the institute and former executive secretary of the National Commission of Universities (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, told UNESCO through the institute is passionate and committed to equipping many young Africans interested in the creative arts with the knowledge and skills to become entrepreneurs successful in the cultural and creative industries.
He said the belief is that after training, students would now or in the future make a career; produce goods and provide services in both industries.
Represented at the free training program, the third in the series, by Nigeria's former High Commissioner to India and now Senior Program Advisor at the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, Ambassador Adebola Labiran, Okebukola said the opportunity the interns, who are mostly from Nigeria and Benin Republic, had, especially compared to people in the industry in the past, is that they could explore the digital environment and do their job more efficiently and cost-effectively.
He said the institute fully understands that the cultural and creative industries have become essential industries for economic growth, reducing inequalities and achieving the goals set out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
He said that was the reason why the institute was making frantic efforts to uplift many more young people in Africa in this regard.
He noted that part of the effort is to train more than 100 young people by next year in making various cultural goods.
He said that on behalf of UNESCO, the institute will continue to raise awareness for the realization of the 2005 UNESCO convention which aims to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and also encourage signatory countries to use the digital environment to promote the convention. .
He implored participants to understand that cultural goods and services are not mere commodities or consumer goods like any other, but goods that convey cultural identity, values and meanings.
To further promote and protect the diversity of cultural expressions in Africa, the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding trained 20 additional students in entrepreneurial skills for careers in the creative and cultural industries.< /p>
Welcoming attendees to the event held at his office at the Presidential Library Olusegun Obasanjo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, the director of the institute and former executive secretary of the National Commission of Universities (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, told UNESCO through the institute is passionate and committed to equipping many young Africans interested in the creative arts with the knowledge and skills to become entrepreneurs successful in the cultural and creative industries.
He said the belief is that after training, students would now or in the future make a career; produce goods and provide services in both industries.
Represented at the free training program, the third in the series, by Nigeria's former High Commissioner to India and now Senior Program Advisor at the UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, Ambassador Adebola Labiran, Okebukola said the opportunity the interns, who are mostly from Nigeria and Benin Republic, had, especially compared to people in the industry in the past, is that they could explore the digital environment and do their job more efficiently and cost-effectively.
He said the institute fully understands that the cultural and creative industries have become essential industries for economic growth, reducing inequalities and achieving the goals set out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
He said that was the reason why the institute was making frantic efforts to uplift many more young people in Africa in this regard.
He noted that part of the effort is to train more than 100 young people by next year in making various cultural goods.
He said that on behalf of UNESCO, the institute will continue to raise awareness for the realization of the 2005 UNESCO convention which aims to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and also encourage signatory countries to use the digital environment to promote the convention. .
He implored participants to understand that cultural goods and services are not mere commodities or consumer goods like any other, but goods that convey cultural identity, values and meanings.
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