EDUCATION FOR PEACE .
An article from the Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud de Costa Rica
Music is a powerful tool to generate change; that is why the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ) has launched the “Song of Peace for the Ocean” contest, so that a Costa Rican artist can compose the music for this hymn to the ocean.
video of the contest
The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, through the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), assumes the commitment to the environment and the culture of peace, extended to human relations with the ocean, to encourage good conservation and protection practices.
This is the goal of promoting Costa Rican musical composition, a song in an orchestral format with a choir which will be performed by MCJ artists, within the framework of the Third United Nations Conference on the Ocean (UNOC), tol be held in June 2025, in Nice, France.
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This goal will be achieved with the support of the La Libertad Metropolitan Park Foundation, the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion, the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism.
Given the relevance of the aforementioned conference, the Ministry of Culture and Youth will contribute with an artistic-cultural contribution through the presentation of the “Song of Peace for the Ocean.” This work will be performed by the Costa Rican Youth Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Choir of Costa Rica, highlighting Costa Rica’s cultural heritage and musical heritage.
This initiative is part of joint actions to conserve and protect the marine environment, as part of the “Declaration of Peace for the Ocean” that was signed by ministers, government representatives, members of civil society, the academic and scientific community, as well as other stakeholders, at the high-level event on “Ocean Action: Immersed in Change”, which took place in San José, Costa Rica, from June 7 to 8, 2024.
The “Song of Peace for the Ocean” proposes to bring together instruments and voices to motivate the global movement for a more sustainable management of marine resources.
Please see the participation rules here.
Proposals meeting the eligibility requirements will be received from October 9 to 25, 2024.
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