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In Focus UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education opens with call to address global challenges
“Higher education institutions play a strategic role in finding solutions to today’s leading challenges in the fields of health, science, education, renewable energies, water management, food security and the environment,” said UNESCO’s Director-General Koďchiro Matsuura.
In Focus Online forum stirs debate before World Conference on Higher Education, July 5-8
The three-week forum, which ran from June 2 to 20, took as its main theme the response of higher education and research to the global economic crisis.
In Focus Girls are focus of World Day against Child Labour, June 12
The spotlight is turned on them on June 12 for this year’s World Day Against Child Labour under the title “Give girls a Chance: End child labour.”
In Focus WCHE e-forum now open!
A different theme will be highlighted each week; Internationalism, Regionalism and Globalization; Equity, Access and Quality and Learning, Research and Innovation.
In Focus Special Rapporteur focuses on the right to education of persons in detention
The annual report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education notes that a disproportionate number of persons in prison come from poor, discriminated and marginalized groups.
In Focus UNESCO International Literacy Prizes: nominations extended to 10 July
UNESCO invites Governments and International Non-Governmental Organizations maintaining formal consultative relations with the Organization to solicit and submit applications by programmes that promote literacy as a means for nurturing inclusive societies.
In Focus UNESCO Future Forum will discuss prospects of knowledge acquisition
To identify the challenges and consequences of this trend, UNESCO is devoting the second session of its Future Forum to the role and impact of ICTs in the knowledge process and to their potential for enhancing education, the sciences and culture.
In Focus Global Action Week 2009: Open Books, Open Doors
– How to Promote Reading
The theme of this year’s annual advocacy campaign, held from 20 to 26 April 2009, was “Youth and adult literacy and lifelong learning.”
In Focus Unless trends change, 700 million adults will still be illiterate in 2015, says UNESCO’s Director-General
His comments came during the 2009 Global Action Week which this year focuses on youth and adult literacy and life-long learning.
In Focus The Big Read promotes literacy during Global Action Week, 20-26 April
Worldwide, some 776 million adults lack literacy skills, 75 million children are out of school and millions more leave school early without acquiring basic literacy and numeracy skills.
In Focus Turn knowledge into action for sustainable development declares Bonn Conference
The conference, titled Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade, was organized by UNESCO and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO.
In Focus Chinese Water School project works for a living Yangtze, Bonn Conference March 31-April 2
The project is part of an exhibition of 25 ESD projects from across the world which will be housed within the conference venue.
In Focus United Nations General Assembly to debate Education in Emergencies, March 18
The daylong debate will gather top UN experts, representatives of Member States, civil society, teachers and learners to press for concrete measures to ensure the provision and protection of education in situations of crisis and emergency.
In Focus International Women’s Day, March 8 - Women in Niger and Afghanistan speak out on education
Gender disparity is still deeply entrenched in education. Two-thirds of the 776 million adults in the world who cannot read are women and girls account for more than half of the 75 million children who are out of school.
In Focus Task Force addresses global EFA teacher gap
In Focus The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: What Impact on Multilateralism and UNESCO? March 2
Nicholas Burnett, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, was one of the speakers on the panel “Investing out of the Crisis – in Education, Social Services, Science, Culture and Knowledge.”
In Focus India: Preparatory Regional Conference on Higher Education, February 25-26
The conference is being organized by India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, in collaboration with UNESCO.
In Focus International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2009
The day, which will close the International Year of Languages 2008, will include a roundtable attended by grassroots practitioners from around the world, the screening of the film The Linguists and a prize ceremony for the winner of the best 2009 IMLD poster.
In Focus Francophone countries prepare for CONFINTEA VI, 11-13 February, Lyon
The meeting will bring together ministers and directors of education and culture, NGOs and representatives of bi- and multi-lateral agencies on the theme of knowledge as a lifelong skill using methods that adapt to changing needs.
In Focus UN Literacy Decade sets direction for remaining years 2009-2012
Sixty experts from five continents gathered at UNESCO, Paris to discuss a strategic action framework for the second half of the UNLD.
In Focus United Nations Literacy Decade, Strategic Framework Symposium January 26-28
The strategic framework builds on the outcomes of the mid-decade review and the six UNESCO Regional Conferences in support of Global Literacy.
In Focus Launch of UNESCO International Year of Astronomy
This United Nations year is a worldwide celebration of astronomy, with activities in almost 140 countries.

The Year is also intended to provide a platform for informing the public about recent discoveries in astronomy, while demonstrating the central role that astronomy can play in science education.
In Focus Chinese and Egyptian laureates to receive UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education on 14 January
In Focus Coming up in the first quarter of 2009 on Education
The regional conference on higher education in South, South-West and Central Asia will gather ministers, educationists, NGOs, policy makers and other senior experts from 14 countries in New Delhi, India from 25 to 26 February 2009. This conference paves the way to the 2009 World Conference on the New Dynamics of Higher Education, being held in Paris in July 2009.
In Focus Arab education conference will explore learning societies, January 5 to 7
The conference, “Investing in Adult Learning: Building Knowledge and Learning Societies in the Arab Region,” is one of five regional UNESCO meetings taking place in 2008-2009 to prepare for the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in Brazil in May 2009.
In Focus Send your season’s greetings in a UNESCO Education E-card
The UNESCO Education Sector wishes you all the best for the end-of-year celebrations.
In Focus Financial meltdown means we must intensify our efforts concludes High Level Group on Education for All
In Focus First United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, Geneva, December 15-16
The Forum, “Minorities and the Right to Education”, aims to provide an annual platform for dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to people of national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
In Focus UNESCO commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The activities are: an exhibition of learning materials, “Learn about Human Rights Education”, (2-10 December 2008, UNESCO HQ, Salle des Actes); “UNESCO Works for Human Rights: A poster exhibition on the street” (2 December 2008 - 27 February 2009, Railings of UNESCO HQ, 125 Avenue de Suffren) and a round table, “Putting human rights into practice: role of education” (10-11 December, UNESCO HQ, Paris).
In Focus “Keep the Promise” is the message for World AIDS Day December 1
Events will take place around the world to highlight existing programmes, launch new initiatives and raise awareness of key HIV and AIDS-related issues.
In Focus 2009 Education for All Global Monitoring Report
In Focus International Conference on Education targets inclusion, November 25 to 28
How to include them is the theme of the International Conference on Education, organized by UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education (IBE) from 25 to 28 November in Geneva (Switzerland).
In Focus 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Education for All - November 12 to 14
In Focus Conference on youth and adult learning in Africa – November 5 to 7
The conference is part of a regional series leading up to the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), which will take place in Brazil in May 2009.
In Focus International Conference on the Right to Education
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In Focus Parliamentarians from Asia Pacific join forces to advance Education for All on 24-25 October
In Focus Danish conference spotlights education for intercultural dialogue
The conference, Education for Intercultural Understanding and Dialogue, takes place in Copenhagen and present at the opening will be the Director-General of UNESCO Mr Koichiro Matsuura, the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Per Stig Moller and the Secretary-General of the Arab League Mr Amr Moussa.
In Focus Education key to eradicating poverty
According to the World Bank, 1.4 billion people in developing countries were living in extreme poverty (on less than US$1.25 per day) in 2005. Nearly 10 million children die under age 5 every year mostly of preventable diseases and the current financial crisis coupled with rising food and oil prices is likely to aggravate the situation.
In Focus UNESCO publication profiles the global literacy challenge
A new UNESCO publication, The Global Literacy Challenge, produced at the halfway point in the UN Literacy Decade (UNLD 2003- 2012), examines the many dimensions of youth and adult literacy set in the context of development and shows how it connects with other societal challenges such as gender equality, and poverty reduction.
In Focus Literacy challenge needs more aid, concludes UNESCO report
The report, which also shows concern at the slow progress being made in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, was presented to the United Nations General Assembly on October 6, at a halfway point in the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012) for which UNESCO is the lead agency.
In Focus Teachers matter!
The day, an annual acknowledgement of the essential role teachers play in the education of children, young people and adults, will be marked on 3 October 2008 by a ceremony and expert panel discussions at UNESCO headquarters and by celebrations worldwide.
In Focus At UN Summit, UNESCO highlights role of education for reaching MDGs
Nearly 100 Heads of State and Government will be joined by heads of UN agencies, leaders from the private sector, foundations and civil society groups to the High-Level Event on the MDGs convened by the UN Secretary-General and the president of the UN General Assembly.
In Focus White House Symposium on Literacy
The symposium, entitled “Advancing Global Literacy: Building a Foundation for Freedom,” is hosted by US first lady Laura Bush, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the UN Literacy Decade.
In Focus Peace education in South Africa wins UNESCO prize
The jury chose the Institute, “for its outstanding efforts in building sustainable reconciliation through education and in addressing systemic injustice in Africa.”
In Focus UNESCO hosts meeting on financing basic education
Established in 2002, the EFA-FTI is a global partnership between donor and developing countries to help low-income countries achieve free, universal basic education by 2015.
In Focus Advisory Group to UNESCO Prepares for High-Level Group Meeting
Discussions of this International Advisory Panel will center on the structure and agenda of the High-Level Group meeting, being held for the first time in a donor country. The overarching themes of the meeting will be financing, management and teachers, and will be largely based on data and case studies from the 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report: “Overcoming inequality: why governance matters”. The main goal of the meeting will be to produce recommendations that will make all relevant EFA partners accountable in continuing the momentum towards achieving the goals by 2015.
Contact: k.shaheen@unesco.org
In Focus UNESCO conference to review literacy and adult education challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hosted by the Government of Mexico and organized with the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA), the conference will bring together ministers of education and other representatives of governments and multilateral partners, regional NGOs, experts and stakeholders from the private sector, universities and the media. More
In Focus International Literacy Day - 8 September 2008
The prize-giving recognises programmes in Brazil, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zambia and forms part of this year’s special focus on the strong link between literacy and health.
In Focus Education for All on the Global Stage
This begins with participation in the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana (2-4 September) to be attended by ministers from over 100 countries, heads of bilateral and multilateral agencies and civil society organizations.
In Focus UNESCO to lead two workshops on sustainable development during the 4th World Youth Congress
With a theme of “Youth-led Development”, the Congress will enable youth representatives to discuss challenges posed by sustainable development, share best practices and experiences and identify - alongside representatives of governments – ways in which they can contribute to achieving a sustainable present and future.
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