Publications by English title: letter A
A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)
This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to think about when exploring how to use OER most effectively.
A Guide to human rights: institutions, standards, procedures
This work is an attempt to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of human rights institutions, standards and procedures, presented in a single publication.
A Journey through Digital Society
This book invites you to a journey through digital society with the people that are making it happen, to discover a world that we don’t necessarily know: our own. Our world, whose limits and constraints sometimes frustrate us, can be seen in a better light here, as a wonderful, constantly renewed land to be explored, and a call to release the unlimited potential of the human spirit, innovation and creativity.
A Journey through smart cities: between datapolis and participolis
This book is a journey within some among the largest cities in the world to describe how each one has addressed its challenges and what solutions were adopted. More than a pure list of technological solutions, the book aims to provide the reader with an analysis of the uses and impacts of ICT solutions and innovative "smart" in the daily life of citizens. This publication aims to contribute to the understanding of strong changes in our societies and how information and knowledge play a major role through ICTs.
Accéder à l'information c'est notre droit
Produced with the specific Moroccan context in mind, the guide Access to information is our right provides general information about freedom of information as a universal right, as well as more practical details on the means to access public information in Morocco. In addition, the publication includes recommendations addressed to different stakeholders, seeking to ensure that freedom of information is effectively guaranteed in practice implementation in Morocco, as well as some good practices or success stories in promoting it.
Acesso às novas tecnologias: Brasil no rumo da inclusão
Access to new technologies is the first volume in the series Technology, information and integration, which focuses on the contribution of new technologies to social development in Brazil. This volume is composed of four folders.
Acesso às novas tecnologias: o papel das ONGs
Access to new technologies is the first volume in the series Technology, information and integration, which focuses on the contribution of new technologies to social development in Brazil. This volume is composed of four folders.
Acesso às novas tecnologias: o papel do governo
Access to new technologies is the first volume in the series Technology, information and integration, which focuses on the contribution of new technologies to social development in Brazil. This volume is composed of four folders.
Acesso às novas tecnologias: telecentros no país
Access to new technologies is the first volume in the series Technology, information and integration, which focuses on the contribution of new technologies to social development in Brazil. This volume is composed of four folders.
Antiphonarium sedlecense: antiphonary of Sedlecense
The CD-ROM contains all the visual information related to the entire manuscript as well as a database of descriptions made from the point of view of codicology, musicology and history of art.
Assessment of media development in Bhutan
Completed in 2010, the Bhutan Media Development Assessment Report provides a detailed and informed assessment of the Bhutanese media environment with an aim to serve as a framework for evidenced-based intervention. Bhutanese media are active participants in the process of change, creating new realities and sustaining traditional values.
Assessment of media development in Croatia
In the course of its accession to the EU, Croatia had to meet EU media and information society requirements. This led to significant development of the Croatian media system. However, there remained a number of areas that could be further enhanced and problems to be identified in the media policy framework and its implementation. The Media Development Indicators (MDIs) Assessment was undertaken with the goal of further improvement and analysis of media development in Croatia.
Assessment of media development in Curaçao
Curaçao is the first country in the Caribbean to utilize UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDIs) to assess its media landscape. Curaçao’s media landscape is vibrant one, with no less than 28 licensed radio stations, eight newspapers and three television stations for the island's population of just over 150,000 inhabitants.
Assessment of media development in Ecuador
Ecuador was the first country in Latin America to apply UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDIs). In 2011, the year the report was completed, there were referendums underway in Ecuador with questions directly focusing on media. The study presents a comprehensive assessment of the state of media development in Ecuador and also a series of recommendations to be taken into account by relevant sectors to improve current conditions and construct a more independent, plural and participatory media platform.
Assessment of media development in Egypt
In 2013 an in-depth Assessment of Media Development was completed in Egypt. Following the demonstrations of 2011 and the downfall of the Mubarak regime there was a pressing need for an assessment of the media in Egypt and immediate calls by civil society for significant reform of the legal framework governing the media. The UNESCO Media Development Indicators (MDIs) Report was completed within this context.
Assessment of media development in Gabon
The media landscape of Gabon has been liberalized since 1991. Nevertheless, it has evolved slowly caused by a media monopoly held since the 1980s. Today however the media is growing in its plurality and diversity. In 2010, the Gabonese authorities had expressed a desire to revise the current laws on media. This Report uses the Media Development Indicators (MDIs) to analyse the different aspects of the media environment in Gabon and make recommendations to aid the government improve the media laws to foster media development in a plural and diverse manner.
Assessment of media development in Jordan
The report on Media Development in Jordan was carried out in 2015 as part of the Support to Media in Jordan Project, funded by the European Union (EU). The MDI assessment in Jordan was complemented by a comparative analysis of better public service media (PSM) practices in selected European countries and the contemporary practice in Jordan. Together, the MDI assessment and the comparative PSM analysis are intended to form the basis for a review of the government’s Action Plan for the Media Strategy.
Assessment of media development in Mozambique
Mozambique has experienced a dramatic growth of its community media sector and a general expansion of its media environment over the last 10 years. The Government of Mozambique requested UNESCO to carry out a study that would use the Media Development Indicators (MDIs) to assess its evolving national media landscape.
Assessment of media development in Myanmar
The MDI report on media development in Myanmar, published in June 2016, is the result of a collaboration between the UNESCO Bangkok Office and press freedom NGO International Media Support (IMS). National ownership of the assessment process was ensured through the involvement of the department of journalism at the National Management College of Myanmar as well as through various multi-stakeholder consultations.
Assessment of media development in Nepal
Nepal’s media have developed tremendously over the past decades. UNESCO’s pioneering base-line study “Assessment of Media Development in Nepal”, launched on 19 December 2013, provides comprehensive material to analyze the country’s media landscape. Applying the UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators, the Study contributes to present discussions on constitutional and legal reforms and media self-regulation mechanisms.
Assessment of media development in Palestine
This report aims to inform and support the development of Palestine’s media sector through the conduct of a comprehensive assessment of the media environment, based on international legal standards and good practice.
Assessment of media development in the Maldives
Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators (MDIs) this Report assesses the overall state of media development in the Maldives. In 2008 the Maldives adopted a new Constitution. However, there is still much to be done with respect to media freedom in the Maldives. The MDIs Report takes into account the special situation of the country, particularly in terms of its size and consequent relative lack of capacity, and makes recommendations to assist the Maldives with their media development.
Assessment of media development in Timor-Leste
Only gaining effective independence from Indonesia in 1999 and formally declaring its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has had a turbulent recent history, including decades of struggle against Indonesian occupation. This Report assesses the overall state of media development in Timor-Leste in light of these difficulties. It takes into account the special challenges facing the country, including its relative poverty, small population, geographic isolation and the wider challenges associated with its recent emergence from colonial rule and foreign occupation.
Assessment of media development in Tunisia
It is widely recognized that the media have a central role to play in the transition to democracy and the strengthening of political rights and civil liberties. This study, based on the Media Development Indicators (MDIs) of UNESCO, examines progress that has been made in media development in Tunisia since the Arab Spring of 2011. The MDIs provide a comprehensive framework for analyzing strengths and weaknesses of the current media environment in Tunisia, drawing on a proven methodology that is based on international standards and good practice.
Audiovisual archiving: philosophy and principles
A revision of the Philosophy of Audiovisual Archiving published by UNESCO in 1998. This revised and renamed document reflects the changes that have occured in the audiovidual archiving field, in the intervening period ranging from the challenges of digitization and technological changes.
Audiovisual archiving: philosophy and principles (3rd edition)
Published under UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme, this third edition of Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principle provides the rationale and theoretical basis of audiovisual archiving and has been updated to reflect the contemporary realities faced by practitioners in the field.