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“A door opens for Mongolian citizens to improve their professional skills, and continue their studies and work.” – Yo.Baatarbileg, Mongolia’s Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport Mongolia joined the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the...

Kris Sanguanpiyapand’s TEDxBangkok talk was itself performance art, relating in the context of a Peter Pan skit how he had overcome multiple hurdles to found Blind Theatre Thailand, encouraging cultural projects featuring blind and sighted people working...

To promote sustainable development at heritage sites in Thailand, notably through sustainable tourism, UNESCO and DASTA are entering a new era of cooperation, with the signing of a MOU covering 2019-2022. The event took place at 10am on 28 January 2019 at...

NADI, 22 November, 2018 – This week, more than 30 Ministry and teacher training participants from 12 countries in the Pacific are meeting in Fiji to review the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Teacher Competency Framework for the Pacific, draft...

[ภาษาไทย] How do we assure a free, open and accessible Internet for all? How can we best realize the potential of online expression and interactions for sustainable development? What are the actions that could positively influence artistic freedom and...

กรมศิลปากร กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม และองค์การยูเนสโก กรุงเทพมหานคร ได้ร่วมดำเนินโครงการความร่วมมือด้านการฟื้นฟูภูมิปัญญาช่างฝีมือด้านสถาปัตยกรรมไทยเพื่อการอนุรักษ์มรดกโลก ระยะที่ 2 (ปีที่ 1 พ.ศ. 2561)...

ระหว่างวันที่ 23-25 กรกฎาคม 2561 ณ โรงแรมโฟร์วิงส์ สุขุมวิท 26 กรุงเทพมหานคร รัฐบาลไทยและหน่วยงานภาคประชาสังคมได้มีความพยายามช่วยเหลือเด็กที่ไม่มีสัญชาติไทยให้สามารถเข้าถึงโอกาสทางการศึกษา ในปัจจุบันเด็กเหล่านี้ รวมทั้งเด็กข้ามชาติกว่า 150,000 คน...

23-25 July, 2018 Four Wings Hotel, Sukhumvit 26, Bangkok An estimated 150,000 non-Thai children, including migrant children, have been enrolled in Thailand’s education system because of the efforts of the Government of Thailand and NGOs. However, more than...

‘The people are the ones that embody and own the knowledge.’ That observation, made by Benjawan Buakwan, a researcher from the College of Local Wisdom at Thailand’s Thaksin University, illustrates one key aspect of intangible cultural heritage – and how...

An estimated 250 million children younger than 5 in low and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their potential due to stunting, poverty and disadvantage. That statistic highlights a shocking dereliction of duty owed to the most vulnerable...

BANGKOK, 30 May 2018 – On the very first day of school, a child could already face serious, even insurmountable, challenges to access quality education. As the 3rd Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and 2018...

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 4.5 commits all UN Member States to address all forms of exclusion and inequality in access, participation and learning outcomes, from early childhood to the elderly. Persons with disabilities are among the...

Governments, UN agencies and civil society partners strategise on steps needed to reverse current trends BANGKOK, 12 April 2018 – In Southeast Asia, child marriage, early unions and teen pregnancy continue to rise in some countries and are not falling...

Women web/mobile developers are invited to join the “UNESCO-Microsoft Women’s Hackathon for a Culture of Peace”, with the creators of the winning app to receive a trophy in the name of Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The hackathon is an...