Singapore National Commission for UNESCO

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<p><img alt="" src="/-/media/Images/unesco_natcom_sg_logo_blue_2021_320x281.png" style="height:281px; width:320px;" /></p> <p>Ever wondered how the Government of Singapore works with UNESCO? The Singapore National Commission (SNC) was set up to coordinate all of Singapore's activities and programmes with UNESCO, and is a part of a worldwide network of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.unesco.org/en" target="_blank">National Commissions for UNESCO.</a></p> <p>Established on 28 May 2007, SNC is supported by various ministries, agencies, institutions, and individuals working for the advancement of education, science, culture and information.</p> <p>The SNC's main functions are:</p> <ul> <li>To advise on matters related to UNESCO policies and activities.</li> <li>To disseminate information and requests from UNESCO to all relevant government bodies, organisations and individuals, and vice versa.</li> <li>To coordinate efforts from Singaporean representatives in all national, regional and international UNESCO-related activities.</li> <li>To achieve UNESCO's goals by encouraging participation of governmental and non-governmental institutions in UNESCO programmes.</li> <li>To advise and support national programmes on UNESCO accreditation.</li> </ul> <p><a href="/-/media/List-of-SNC-activities-from-2019-to-2022.pdf">Find out more about SNC's recent activities.</a></p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="container"> <div class="careers_container"> <div class="expand-careers"> <a class="expand-all"> Expand all <img src="/Cwp/assets/Mccy/images/careers-list-arrow.png" alt="careers-list-arrow"> </a> <a class="collapse-all"> Collapse all <img src="/Cwp/assets/Mccy/images/careers-list-arrow.png" alt="careers-list-arrow"> </a> </div> <div class="careers-list"> <div class="careers-item"> <h2 class="open"> Structure of SNC <i><img src="/Cwp/assets/Mccy/images/careers-list-arrow.png" alt="careers-list-arrow"></i> </h2> <div class="careers-item-con"> <p>SNC is chaired by Edwin Tong, Minister for Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and there are four sub-commissions under the SNC. Singapore also maintains a Permanent Delegation to UNESCO led by Non-Resident Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Rosa Huey Daniel.</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Singapore National Commission for UNESCO</span></strong> </p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table"> <tbody> <tr style="font-size:20px;background-color:#bec0bf;"> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Chairperson</strong></td> <td style="text-align: left;"><strong>Secretary-General</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Mr Edwin Tong<br /> Minister<br /> Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth</td> <td style="text-align: left;">Dr Lee Tung Jean<br /> Deputy Secretary (Culture & Sports)<br /> Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p> <strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Singapore to UNESCO</span></strong></p> <p><strong>Ambassador Rosa Huey Daniel<br /> </strong>Non-Resident Permanent Delegate to UNESCO</p> <p> <strong>Mr Mark Chang<br /> </strong>Deputy Chief of Mission and Alternate Permanent Delegate to UNESCO<br /> Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in France</p> <p>Address:<br /> Embassy of the Republic of Singapore<br /> 16 Rue Murillo<br /> 75008 Paris, France<br /> Tel: +33 (0)1 56 79 68 00<br /> Fax: +33 (0)1 56 79 68 29<br /> Email: <a href="mailto:dl.singapore@unesco-delegations.org">dl.singapore@unesco-delegations.org</a><br />  </p> </div> </div> <div class="careers-item"> <h2 class=""> Our work <i><img src="/Cwp/assets/Mccy/images/careers-list-arrow.png" alt="careers-list-arrow"></i> </h2> <div class="careers-item-con"> <p><strong>Culture</strong></p> <p>Heritage and Creativity are two of the key areas under the Culture Sector, which UNESCO believes to be crucial in developing cohesion, inclusivity and innovation. The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth heads the Culture Sub-Commission for Singapore.</p> <ul> <li><strong>UNESCO World Heritage List: Singapore Botanic Gardens</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Singapore Botanic Gardens</a> is Singapore’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was inscribed at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee, in 2015. The Gardens is recognised for its historical and environmental significance, notably as a hub for science, research and plant conservation. To date, it is the first and only tropical botanic garden inscribed on the list, and is currently managed by the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nparks.gov.sg/" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">National Parks Board</a>.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img alt="singapore-botanic-garden" src="/-/media/MCCY-corp/Sectors/rsz_singapore-botanic-gardens.jpg?h=378.248&w=250.778&hash=2B5C07B6773DE4AB4244418D23189D15" style="top: 378.69px; width: 250.778px; height: 378.248px;" /></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><strong>UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Creative City of Design</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Singapore is recognised in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a Creative City of Design. Singapore is one of two cities in Southeast Asia with such a designation. Singapore was designated in 2015, in recognition of Singapore’s efforts in incorporating design and innovation in sustainable development policies and initiatives. The bid was submitted by <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://designsingapore.org/about-us/unesco-creative-city-of-design/ " target="_blank" id="https://designsingapore.org/about-us/unesco-creative-city-of-design/">DesignSingapore Council</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://designsingapore.org/about-us/unesco-creative-city-of-design/ " target="_blank" id="https://designsingapore.org/about-us/unesco-creative-city-of-design/">.</a></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><strong>Hawker Culture in Singapore</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Hawker Culture in Singapore was successfully inscribed as Singapore’s first element on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 16 December 2020. The inscription recognises the role of hawker centres as community dining spaces for all Singaporeans as well as the mastery of skills by hawkers as bearers of hawker culinary practices. Hawker Culture in Singapore also reflects Singapore’s multicultural society and is a living culture practiced in a highly urbanised environment.<br /> <br /> The inscription of Hawker Culture in Singapore was supported unanimously by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is the international committee that decides on the nominations submitted by different countries.</p> <p><strong>Education</strong></p> <p><strong></strong>UNESCO aims to engage with educational tools to achieve its goals, mainly “to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development”. <span>It is leading the Global Education 2030 Agenda under Sustainable Development Goal 4 - <em>Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all</em>.  The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.moe.gov.sg/" target="_blank"><span>Ministry of Education, Singapore</span></a>, heads the Education Sub-Commission for Singapore.</span></p> <ul> <li><span><strong>UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre: Temasek Polytechnic</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"> <span style="color: black;">In May 2019, Temasek Polytechnic was accepted as a member of the UNEVOC network. </span><span>The UNEVOC Network lives off the pro-active engagement of its members and provides an environment for exchange, cooperation and mutual assistance. </span><span style="color: black;">The establishment of a </span><span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://unevoc.unesco.org/go.php?q=UNEVOC+Network+-+Centre&id=3084" target="_blank"><span>UNEVOC centre</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"> at Temasek Polytechnic allows Singapore to play an active role in strengthening international and regional cooperation in </span><span>Skills Development and Life Long Learning.</span></p> <ul> <li><span><strong>UNESCO Chair of Social Policy Design in Asia</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span>The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/list-unesco-chairs.pdf" target="_blank">UNESCO Chair for Social Policy Design (SDP) in Asia</a> was established at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS) in March 2017 for four years. The UNESCO Chair for SDP focuses on building capabilities of governmental, non-governmental and international actors in social policy design. This is done through research, teaching, training and networking programmes. Professor M Ramesh at LKYSPP is the Chairholder and joins a select group of international scholars in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.unesco.org/en/unitwin" target="_blank">UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme</a> which aims to build research capacities of universities to address pressing social problems and promote sustainable development.</span> </p> <ul> <li><span><strong>UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management in Asia</strong></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span>In May 2020, UNESCO and the National University of Singapore (NUS) <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.sde.nus.edu.sg/arch/new_ay1920_nus-and-unesco-establish-chair-on-architectural-heritage-conservation-and-management-in-asia_200520/" target="_blank">established the UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management (AHCM) in Asia</a>. The UNESCO Chair will be hosted in NUS for four years under the guidance of Professor Ho Puay Peng, Head of Department of Architecture at the NUS School of Design and Environment. Prof Ho joins the ranks of over 800 international scholars in the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme.</span> </p> <p><strong>Information</strong></p> <p><strong> <span></span></strong><span>The Information Sector supports the UNESCO Constitution in promoting “free flow of ideas by word and image”. The </span><span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.mci.gov.sg/" target="_blank"><span>Ministry of Communication and Information</span></a></span><span> heads the Information Sub-Commission for Singapore. </span></p> <p><span><strong>Science</strong></span></p> <p><span> The goal of the Science Sector is to promote inclusivity between and within societies, through knowledge creation and sharing. The <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.nus.edu.sg/" target="_blank">National University of Singapore</a> heads the National Science Sub-Commission for Singapore.</span></p> <ul> <li><span><strong>UNESCO Bioethics Programme<br /> </strong> <br /> The UNESCO Bioethics Programme under UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector is primarily responsible for Secretariat of two advisory bodies – the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/ethics-science-and-technology/ibc" target="_blank">International Bioethics Committee (IBC)</a> and the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/ethics-science-and-technology/igbc" target="_blank">Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC)</a>. Established in 1993, and made up of 36 independent international experts, the IBC, being the only global forum on bioethics, keeps track of progress in life sciences and its applications to ensure respect for humanity dignity and freedom. It meets at least once a year to make recommendations on bioethics issues for adoption by consensus. The IGBC was created in 1998 and comprise 36 Member States whose representatives meet at least once every two years to examine the advice and recommendations of the IBC for follow-up by Member States. <br /> <br /> The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC), supported by the BAC Secretariat in the Ministry of Health, leads Singapore’s participation in the activities of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme. Professor Lee Eng Hin, Emeritus Consultant at the National University Hospital, is a member of the IBC for a four-year term from 2020 to 2023.  Singapore is also member of the IGBC for a four-year term from 2018 to 2021.</span></li> </ul> <p><span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="careers-item"> <h2 class=""> Getting support on UNESCO accreditation <i><img src="/Cwp/assets/Mccy/images/careers-list-arrow.png" alt="careers-list-arrow"></i> </h2> <div class="careers-item-con"> <p>Should you require support for applications, initiatives and programmes in line with UNESCO's goals, please reach out to the SNC at <a href="mailto:mccy_unesco@mccy.gov.sg">mccy_unesco@mccy.gov.sg</a> for an official letter and written approval.</p> <p>The Secretary-General<br /> Singapore National Commission for UNESCO<br /> Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth<br /> 140 Hill Street, #03-00<br /> Singapore 179369</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="updated-date"> Last updated on 04 July 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