Sunken Secrets of the Caribbean Sea:
Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage
Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage
WHERE: Kingston, Jamaica
WHEN: 11-13 March 2026
The initiative
The UNESCO 2001 Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) Accredited Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in collaboration with UNESCO, the UNESCO Jamaica National Commission, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), the National Museum Jamaica, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Kinston Creative, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), and the University of West Indies Mona (UWI Mona) with the support of the AECID are organizing a stakeholder outreach event in Kingston, Jamaica with the goal of sensitizing the public, cultural officials, local law enforcement, and other
stakeholders in the Caribbean to the looting and trafficking of underwater cultural heritage
while advocating their alternative environmental, cultural and economic value.
You can join and attend the events and presentation taking place on 11 March at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and on 13 March at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) by clicking on these links and you can find out more about the programme by clicking on the button below!
Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
ACUA
Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo A.C.
CINDAQ
Photographs by Ashb Media.
Day 1 at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (11 March 2026)
Day 2 at The University of West Indies Mona and at Port Royal (12 March 2026)
Day 3: The Mural Unveiling and the Symposium at the Institute of Jamaica (13 March 2026)
Yuri Peshkov (Head of Culture Programme, UNESCO Regional Office, Caribbean) and Garry Momber (Chair of the Accredited NGOs to the 2001 Convention) talk about the Initiative at CVM Sunrise on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The Unveiling
East Street, Kingston
Friday 13 March 2026
The Speeches at the Unveiling
David Brown
Director Policy and Research National Cultural & Creative Industries Council Facilitator for the 2003 UNESCO Convention
Garry Momber
Chair of the Accredited NGOs to the 2001 Convention
Minister Olivia Grance
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
Eric Falt
Director and UNESCO Representative for the UNESCO Regional Office, Caribbean
Christopher E. Kelman
Managing Partner at Myers, Fletcher & Gordon Attonewys at Law
Doris Gross (Art District Pod Lead, Director of Kingston Creative) and
Keddan Savage (The Artist)
Patricia E. Green
Architect at Patricia E. Green Architects
