DHAKA, 15 October 2021, (TON): After attending the COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit Paris, France in the second week of November to attend the prize-giving ceremony of the Unesco-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen shared the information while talking to reporters at his residence on his recent visits to Romania and Serbia.

Asked whether the prime minister will hand over the award, Dr Momen said “we want Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to do the honours at the program, hosted by Unicef.”

“Tentatively, the event will be held on November 11,” said the foreign minister, before adding that the $50,000 prize money will be awarded on a biennial basis, initially for three iterations of the prize.

The first award ceremony will be held on the occasion of Unesco’s 41st General Conference in November and subsequent award ceremonies will be held on the occasion of the Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

According to Unesco documents “the prize will create a knowledge-sharing mechanism by capturing, celebrating and communicating best practices in the development of creative entrepreneurship.”

The objectives of the program are in line with the strategic objectives of eight of Unesco's Medium-Term Strategy for 2014-2021 and with the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.