Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hosts Capacity-Building Session on the World Heritage Convention

UNESCO's World Heritage Centre held, from 17 to 19 March 2026 in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a capacity-building workshop on the World Heritage Convention, bringing together key national actors from three Small Island Developing States (SIDS) working towards the preparation of their first World Heritage nominations: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and the Bahamas.

The workshop was organized in collaboration with the National Commissions for UNESCO of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada, with financial support from the Governments of Azerbaijan and the United States of America.

With over 30 participants, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture and Creative Industries, Hon. Kashaka Cupid, and Granada's Minister of Tourism, Creative Economy and Culture, Hon. Adrian A. Thomas, joined other dignitaries in the opening, and stressed the importance of preserving heritage and the aim to advance on the joint transboundary nomination of the Grenadines Island Group as a World Heritage site between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.