Africa

Lesotho

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The country is covered by the UNESCO Cluster Office in Windhoek, Namibia.

Lesotho’s government is implementing initiatives to improve the country’s education situation. These programmes aim to ensure that primary and secondary school attendance remains high, while also providing a higher number of institutions and qualified personnel to aid in the formation of scientists and researchers. 

It is also an active member of the International Network of Government Officers in Science and Technology Education (INGOSTE).

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Water for human needs: Capacity-building towards improving groundwater for rural water supply in sub-Saharan Africa More

- Southern Africa Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (SA FRIEND)

- UNESCO Chair in Water Management established in 1997 at the National University of Lesotho More

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)
 

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

Basic Sciences

- Capacity-building in the basic sciences: Support for the organization and participation of scientists in national or international workshops and/or conferences More

Science Policy and Sustainable Development

- Science and Technology Policy country study More