19-02-2010 (Bangkok) UNESCO’s Bangkok Office starts new ICT in education project funded by Korean government
‘Facilitating Effective ICT-Pedagogy Integration’ is a three-year project, supported by the Korean-Funds-In-Trust (KFIT) to promote better collaboration between teacher-education institutions and the network of primary and secondary schools. Through this project, pre-service teachers can get a taste of the school environment, while those who are already in service can update their knowledge with new teaching practices using ICT.
18-02-2010 (Istanbul) UNESCO organizes South-East European meeting on media accountability in Istanbul
Professional journalistic standards and codes of ethics are the premise of good journalism. To address these important issues, UNESCO is organizing a regional South-East European meeting on media accountability from 22 to 23 February 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
18-02-2010 (Paris) UNESCO lays foundations for International Coordination Committee (ICC) for Haitian culture
UNESCO laid the foundations for an International Coordination Committee (ICC) for Haitian culture at a meeting on 16 February in Paris, opened by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. The meeting was chaired by Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassègue, Haiti’s Minister of Culture and Communication, and Françoise Rivière, the Organization’s Assistant Director-General for Culture.
17-02-2010 (Paris) Master class to analyse broadcast regulation for elections next month in Paris
An election is a test of political commitment to democracy in which both broadcasters and regulators play an important role. To explore this role, UNESCO and Albany Associates organize an international Master Class in Broadcast Regulation for Elections at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, from 24 to 26 March 2010.
16-02-2010 (Paris) Director-General condemns murder of Nepalese media owner Jamim Shah
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the murder of Jamin Shah, a Nepalese media owner, in Katmandou on 7 February, and voiced concern about threats to journalists in the country.
16-02-2010 (Windhoek) Training on e-government to take place in Angola next month
UNESCO’s Windhoek and Brasilia Offices, in partnership with the Angolan National Commission for UNESCO, will hold a two-day training workshop for 20 local participants on the UNESCO E-Government Toolkit for Developing Countries, in Luanda, Angola, on 10 and 11 March 2010.
12-02-2010 (Quito) IPDC supports training of Latin American media professionals on Radio Journalism 2.0
Within the framework of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), the UNESCO Office in Quito is supporting the Latin American Association for Radio Education (ALER) in the implementation of an advocacy and training project on Journalism 2.0.
11-02-2010 (Malé) UNESCO sponsors workshops on public service broadcasting in Maldives
Last January the Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) held a series of workshops on public broadcasting, funded by UNESCO. Conducted in the Maldivian capital, Malé, the workshops gathered together top executives and the Chairman of MNBC, parliamentarians, government ministers and representatives of NGO’s and of commercial broadcasting.
09-02-2010 (Maputo) National conference on UNESCO-supported study of Mozambique’s media landscape opens tomorrow in Maputo
A national conference will take place on 10 February 2010 to discuss and finalize a report assessing the level of media development in Mozambique. The report, prepared by MISA-Mozambique in collaboration with UNESCO, provides a comprehensive analysis of the country’s media sector based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDIs).
08-02-2010 (Windhoek) Workshop on gender in media training to take place in Windhoek this week
UNESCO’s Office in Windhoek in cooperation with Gender Links, a regional NGO based in Johannesburg, will be hosting a follow-up workshop to the Gender in Media Education Audit that assessed the situation in two institutions, the Polytechnic of Namibia and the University of Namibia.
05-02-2010 (Brasilia) UNESCO Brasilia Office hosts sixth edition of Web4Dev conference
To apply Internet-related technologies to social development, UN, UNESCO, CEB Secretariat, UNFPA and UNCTAD are hosting the sixth annual edition of the Web for Development (Web4Dev) Conference. The event will take place on 25 and 26 February 2010 in the Grand Bittar Hotel in Brasília, Brazil. The Conference is also supported by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br).
04-02-2010 (Paris) UNESCO-supported Boundless Project promotes diversity and cross-border journalism
Promoting cultural diversity and cross-border journalism is a key objective of the Boundless Project, which provides multimedia and television professionals with the opportunity to participate in the Young Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Intercultural Journalism. 12 young journalists took part in the training hosted by Deutsche Welle in Bonn, Germany, from 30 November to 11 December 2009.
03-02-2010 (Bangkok) Popular e-learning CD on ICT in education now available online
When UNESCO’s Bangkok Office announced the release of its E-Learning Series on Information and Communication Technology in Education in June 2009, it was beyond expectation that 3,000 CD-ROMs would run out in just a few months. Requests for copies came literally from everywhere. To satisfy users’ demand, the Bangkok Office makes now its CD available online.
01-02-2010 (Rabat) UNESCO trains Maghreb public service broadcasters to reduce gender stereotyping
UNESCO’s Rabat Office initiates a series of training-the-trainers workshops for media practitioners in Maghreb countries to produce gender-sensitive media content and to reduce stereotyping. The first training targeting public TV professionals will take place in Rabat from 2 to 4 February 2010.
28-01-2010 (Quito) 200 participants attend workshops on media development indicators in Ecuador
About 200 people attended the Workshops on the Application of Media Development Indicators (MDIs) organized by UNESCO’s Quito Office, in collaboration with CIESPAL and the Universo Foundation. The seminars, which took place on 12 January in Quito and on 14 January in Guayaquil, aimed at collecting inputs on the methodology of implementation of MDIs.
25-01-2010 (Paris) Director-General condemns the murder of Mexican journalist José Luis Romero
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the killing of José Luis Romero whose dead body was found on 16 January.
20-01-2010 (Brasilia) UNESCO’s comparative survey on right to access information translated into Portuguese
UNESCO’s Office in Brasilia, with the support of Mato Grosso State Government, launches the book Liberdade de informação: um estudo de direito comparado in print and online version.
19-01-2010 (Windhoek) UNESCO and Rhodes University develop syllabus on reporting Africa
In their attempt to upgrade the capacities of media training institutions to offer high-quality training and journalism education, UNESCO and Rhodes University have teamed up to set up an online discussion that will culminate in developing and disseminating a possible syllabus on reporting Africa, based on the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education.
18-01-2010 (Paris) WSIS Forum 2010 open consultation: Call for participation
UNESCO, together with ITU, UNCTAD and UNDP, is organizing an open consultation for the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2010. All individuals, networks and organizations interested in this issue are invited to participate in the three-fold process, consisting of an online discussion, a questionnaire and a review meeting.
15-01-2010 (Paris) The future development of the Information for All Programme on the Agenda of the IFAP Bureau this week at UNESCO
The sixteenth meeting of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) ended today in Paris. The two-day event brought together representatives of the 8 Member States elected to the Bureau.
11-01-2010 (Paris) UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Bulgarian journalist Bobi Tsankov
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, condemned today the murder of Bulgarian journalist Bobi Tsankov, who was shot dead by two unidentified attackers in Sofia on 5 January. He was the author of a book and a series of articles on organized crime in Bulgaria.
07-01-2010 (Quito) Application of Media Development Indicators kicks off in Ecuador
The application of UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDIs) in Ecuador will officially start next week, after the Indicators are presented to a large group of representatives of the Ecuadorian communication sector: private, public and community media, university professors and students, government officials, freedom of expression NGOs, parliamentarians, lawyers and other concerned groups.
04-01-2010 (Paris) Director-General condemns murderous attack on Peshawar Press Club
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the suicide bombing of the Peshawar Press Club (Pakistan) in which four people died and many were injured on 22 December.
04-01-2010 (Paris) Director-General Irina Bokova condemns murder of Kyrgyz journalist Gennady Pavlyuk
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the killing of Kyrgyz journalist Gennady Pavlyuk and asked for an investigation into this crime.
24-12-2009 (Tirana) Media ownership on agenda of UNESCO-supported roundtable in Albania
“Newsroom-Based Mechanism and Self-Regulation Attempts in Albania” was the theme of the national roundtable organized in Tirana last month by UNESCO, in cooperation with the Albanian Media Institute and OSCE. The roundtable was attended by 40 participants, including editors, journalists, university lecturers, media experts and representatives of journalists’ associations.
