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JULY 15-16-18 Global Advisory Committee Meeting of the UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Organized by UNESCO and UNGEI Secretariat, Paris, France Contact: Florence Migeon, UNESCO Paris E-mail: f.migeon@unesco.org 18 and 21 Coordination Group of the Collective Consultation of NGOs on EFA Paris, France Contact: Sabine Detzel, UNESCO Paris E-mail: s.detzel@unesco.org 18 - 21 Fast Track Initiative Meetings Paris, France Contacts: Khawla Shaheen and Hilaire M’putu, UNESCO Paris E-mails: s.shaheen@unesco.org and h.mputu@unesco.org 19 - 21 6th Meeting of the Working Group on Education for All Paris, France Contact: Abhimanyu Singh, UNESCO Paris E-mail: abh.singh@unesco.org 21 - 22 LIFE Partnership Meeting UNESCO Paris Contact: Shigeru Aoyagi, UNESCO Paris E-mail: s.aoyagi@unesco.org AUGUST 1 - 3 Experts Meeting on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Joint Projects in the Arab States Organized by UNESCO Beirut and UNESCO-UNEVOC, Amman, Jordan Contacts: Sulieman Sulieman, UNESCO Beirut and Rupert Maclean, UNESCO-UNEVOC E-mails: s.sulieman@unesco.org and r.maclean@unevoc.unesco.org 10 - 13 Sub-regional Seminar on UNEVOC Networking and Improvement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Orienting it for Sustainable Development Organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC • Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Rupert Maclean, UNESCO-UNEVOC E-mail: r.maclean@unevoc.unesco.org SEPTEMBER 8 International Literacy Day 9 - 10 Vocational Content in Mass Higher Education: Responses to the Challenges of the Labour Market Organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC, UNESCO European Centres for Higher Education (CEPES) and the Research Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organizational Performance (SKOPE) University of Oxford , Bonn, Germany Contacts: Astrid Hollander, UNESCO-UNEVOC and Peter Wells UNESCO CEPES E-mails: a.hollander@unevoc.unesco.org and p.wells@cepes.ro 10 - 11 Academic Freedom Conference: Problems and Challenges in Arab and African Countries Organized by UNESCO and the Arab and African Research Center (AARC), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Swedish Institute, Alexandria, Egypt Contact: Lamya El Amrani, UNESCO Paris E-mail: l.el-amrani@unesco.org 11 - 14 5th International Conference on the Capability Approach “Knowledge and Public Action” Organized by UNESCO and the Human Development and Capability Association, the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, and the Centre d’Economie et d’Ethique pour l’Environnement et le Développement Contact: Kaori Adachi, UNESCO Paris E-mail: k.adachi@unesco.org 12 - 13 Third Scientific Committee Meeting for the Arab States Organized by the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge Alexandria, Egypt Contact: Lamya El Amrani, UNESCO Paris E-mail: s.aoyagi@unesco.org AUGUST 1 - 3 Experts Meeting on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Joint Projects in the Arab States Organized by UNESCO Beirut and UNESCO-UNEVOC, Amman, Jordan Contacts: Sulieman Sulieman, UNESCO Beirut and Rupert Maclean, UNESCO-UNEVOC E-mails: s.sulieman@unesco.org and r.maclean@unevoc.unesco.org 10 - 13 Sub-regional Seminar on UNEVOC Networking and Improvement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Orienting it for Sustainable Development Organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC • Bangkok, Thailand Contact: Rupert Maclean, UNESCO-UNEVOC E-mail: r.maclean@unevoc.unesco.org SEPTEMBER 8 International Literacy Day 9 - 10 Vocational Content in Mass Higher Education: Responses to the Challenges of the Labour Market Organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC, UNESCO European Centres for Higher Education (CEPES) and the Research Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organizational Performance (SKOPE) University of Oxford , Bonn, Germany Contacts: Astrid Hollander, UNESCO-UNEVOC and Peter Wells UNESCO CEPES E-mails: a.hollander@unevoc.unesco.org and p.wells@cepes.ro 10 - 11 Academic Freedom Conference: Problems and Challenges in Arab and African Countries Organized by UNESCO and the Arab and African Research Center (AARC), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Swedish Institute, Alexandria, Egypt Contact: Lamya El Amrani, UNESCO Paris E-mail: l.el-amrani@unesco.org 11 - 14 5th International Conference on the Capability Approach “Knowledge and Public Action” Organized by UNESCO and the Human Development and Capability Association, the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, and the Centre d’Economie et d’Ethique pour l’Environnement et le Développement Contact: Kaori Adachi, UNESCO Paris E-mail: k.adachi@unesco.org 12 - 13 Third Scientific Committee Meeting for the Arab States Organized by the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge Alexandria, Egypt Contact: Lamya El Amrani, UNESCO Paris E-mail: l.el-amrani@unesco.org