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UNESCO Aruba celebrates its 35th anniversary as a UNESCO member

of UNESCO Paris, the NGO The Council consists of Mrs.
receives the funds to fi- Marushka Tromp as Secre-
nance the project. tary General of the NUC,
Mrs. Nora Eleonora as a
UNESCO Aruba specialist in education,
UNESCO Aruba comprises and Mrs. Ruby Eckmeyer
a National Commission for as a specialist in culture.
UNESCO (NUC) and a sec- Mr. Marck Oduber is a spe-
retariat. cialist in Science, and Mrs.
Suhail Zaandam is a docu-
The NUC is presided over by mentarist of the secretariat.
the Minister of Culture, Mrs.
Xiomara Maduro. The Vice- For more information
President is Mrs. Annemarie about UNESCO Aruba and
Proveyer-Groot. The mem- the jobs done by many
bers are Mr. Peter Schol- of its stakeholders, please
ing, Mrs. Regine Croes, visit UNESCO Aruba on
and Siegfried Dumfries. Facebook.q

Oranjestad – During a re- to interconnect societies Instruments on the local
cently held press confer- around the world in a way level
ence in connection with that they reach a culture of UNESCO Aruba functions
the 35th-anniversary cel- peace. in practice with experts in
ebration, UNESCO Aruba's each area and with stake-
Secretary General, Mrs. UNESCO International holders to work on the
Marushka Tromp, shared works on these areas themes in each field.
information about UNESCO based on the programs,
Aruba and what they do. projects, and recommen- Each expert is an expert
dations for policies and in their field and the UNES-
According to Mrs. Tromp, agreements. UNESCO Aru- CO International program.
the main objective of the ba works with local and They use this approach
National Committee of international stakeholders based on, among others,
UNESCO Aruba is to for- to realize each theme in all investigation, priority, inno-
tify the execution of the areas. Some are in a more vation, and inter-sectoral
mandates of UNESCO by advanced stage, some are collaboration to work with
structurally informing the more visible, and their im- relevant stakeholders to
community and creating pacts are palpable, while give content to the themes
awareness about the du- some are in continuous de- on the management level,
ties of UNESCO Aruba and velopment. Mrs. Tromp em- program, project, and/or
their importance for Aruba. phasized the importance combination.
of grasping what connects
Work areas of UNESCO the themes. What does UNESCO has a Participa-
The Secretary General of culture have to do with cli- tion Program that provides
UNESCO Aruba disclosed mate? How does culture in- financial support to NGO
the work areas of UNESCO. fluence science, and edu- projects in the areas of
These include Education, cation? How is sport a cat- UNESCO. Every two years,
Science, Culture, Commu- alyst for peace and mental countries can submit a
nication, and Information. health? maximum of seven proj-
UNESCO's final objective is ects. With the agreement