LIVE Webcast: 40th Session of the World Heritage Committee >> http://whc.unesco.org/include/tool_stream.cfm … #40WHC #WorldHeritage

Dynamic learning led by children themselves has been a resounding success at 119 pilot schools in the West Bank and Gaza. More than 30,000 children and their teachers have benefited from a programme run by UNESCO Ramallah office in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and UNRWA that teaches the curriculum through themes like music, nature, peace, gender and culture to teach.
Read more: on.unesco.org/29uWysk

Today the world is home to more displaced persons than at any time in recorded history, leading to complex challenges for many countries as they try to manage these flows and successfully welcome these new citizens.

Yet these challenges are made even harder by a lack of accurate, accessible information in the media, where myth and misinformation are prevalent. At best, coverage concentrates on refugees as victims and the wider humanitarian implications, and at worst focuses on the challenges involved or the imagined threat of a sudden influx of outsiders. Almost completely missing from media coverage are the multiple benefits for the host countries, and the countless stories of individuals, often highly educated and eager to work, seeking a new life and contributing positively to their new societies.

7 FACTS you should know about media myths on refugees and migrants: http://on.unesco.org/29bYhVQ 

South Sudan herders sat down in their first ever classroom to become community trainers as part of a joint UNESCO - FAO funded project by EU.
This project, taking place in 5 counties in the Lakes State region, helps integrate livelihood and education to reach pastoral communities in cattle camps.
Read more on.unesco.org/29qUXVX 

Most refugees from Syria are young men?
Read about the top 7 media myths about migration: http://on.unesco.org/29bYhVQ 

3 in 4 Syrian refugees are women & children. Read about the top 7 media myths about migration: http://on.unesco.org/29bYhVQ
#refugees #withrefugees

‪World Heritage‬ Committee to meet in Istanbul from 10 to 20 July.

The Committee will examine proposals to inscribe 26 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 40th session : nine natural, 14 cultural and three mixed sites, i.e. properties that are outstanding both for their natural and cultural characteristics.

It will also examine the state of conservation of 108 sites already on the World Heritage List and of 48 sites on the World Heritage in Danger List.

Follow ‪#‎WorldHeritage‬ Committee LIVE on :
http://whc.unesco.org/include/tool_stream.cfm … … ‪#‎40whc‬

More >> http://on.unesco.org/28W1ARC

We have just launched the first edition of our Education Podcast on SoundCloud. We’ll be giving you news, updates and highlights on the Organisation's key activities in education.
This month we focus on World Refugee Day and our work on the prevention of violent extremism through education.

Follow us on SoundCloud to stay updated! 

7 FACTS you should know about media myths on refugees and migrants >> http://on.unesco.org/29bYhVQ
‪#‎refugees‬

7 FACTS you should know about media myths on refugees and migrants >> http://on.unesco.org/29bYhVQ

We are pleased to announce the winners of the ‪#‎Wordsoftolerance‬ photo competition: http://on.unesco.org/29bWiMO
The photo competition aimed to promote books and reading and spread the message of tolerance. It has been launched alongside World Book and Copyright Day, celebrated by UNESCO every 23 April.
Photo by Ahmed Hamed
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayers mat".
Naguib Mahfoz
Place: Old Cairo (Egypt)

Just Published! Special Issue: World Heritage in Turkey.

The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held from 10 to 20 July 2016 in Istanbul (Turkey) http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/40com.

Turkey is a country at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, with a diverse heritage of civilizations that have been a cultural and historical influence worldwide.This issue is dedicated to the country’s fifteen fascinating World Heritage sites, from the Historic Areas of Istanbul to Pergamon with its acropolis. These include the Historic Areas of Istanbul, the Archaeological Site of Troy, Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape, and many others.

Read the full e-version of the issue: http://on.unesco.org/29olUbP