Regional Committee
UNESCO’s Memory of the World Program Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (MOWLAC) was established in June 2000 to promote the Programme in the Region.
The MoWLAC Regional Committee is made up of nine members appointed in a personal capacity by UNESCO based on the proposals received from the National Commissions for Cooperation with UNESCO.
UNESCO ensures the permanent Secretariat of the Regional Committee through its Regional Advisor on Communication and Information for Latin America and the Caribbean, who facilitates and promotes the work of the Committee and acts as a link between the Regional Committee and the International Advisory Committee of the Programme.
What does the MOWLAC Committee do?
- Advise the UNESCO Secretariat and the International Committee of the Memory of the World Program in the implementation of the Program’s guidelines in the region
- Promote and disseminate the Memory of the World Program in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Encourage the creation of National Committees in each of the countries of the Region and monitor their activity
- Formulate regional projects, promote national projects and support the management of funds for their execution
- Create and promote the Registry of Latin America and the Caribbean, and promote and monitor the National Registries in the region
- Formulate recommendations on the management and mobilization of funds and their allocation to projects in the region
- Promote the nomination of documentary heritage to the Program’s World Register
Committee Members
MOWLAC President:
- Laura Sánchez (Colombia)
Vice-President:
- Mauricio Ferreira (Brazil)
- Kathy Birch Mc Diarmed (Saint Lucia)
Rapporteur:
- Gregory Prince St Jean (Dominica)
Members:
- Peter Scholing (Aruba)
- Laura RodrÃguez (Costa Rica)
- Martha Romero (Mexico)
- Vicente Arrúa (Paraguay)
- Ana Ribeiro (Uruguay)
Regional Advisor:
- Vitor Fonseca (Brazil)
Secretary:
- Rosa M. González (UNESCO)
Twenty years of proceedings at your fingertips
This bilingual document allows the reader to follow the path of the Regional Committee since its inception.
Histórico de las actas de las reuniones del Comité del Programa Memoria del Mundo de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe (MOWLAC) 2000 –2020
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