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The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a platform for supporting countries in the regional implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Forum provides an Asia...

Pioneering coordinator of UNESCO’s ‘Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All’ (APPEAL), has passed 27 February 2022, aged 86. Until his retirement from UNESCO Bangkok in 1995, T. M. Sakya (1936–2022) designed, coordinated and implemented programmes and...

As part of the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group (MLE WG), the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) is hosting the fifth session of its regional webinar series. This webinar will focus on opportunities and...

ยูเนสโกมีพันธกิจในระดับโลกด้านการส่งเสริมภูมิปัญญาและวัฒนธรรมพื้นเมือง ซึ่งรวมถึงการเป็นกำลังให้ชุมชนสามารถจัดการทรัพยากรธรรมชาติอย่างยั่งยืน ควบคู่ไปกับการพัฒนาความเป็นอยู่ในด้านต่าง ๆ ยูเนสโกและสถาบันวิจัยสังคม จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย...

This is the fifth in the series of Higher Education Conversations in the leadup to the 3rd World Higher Education Conference (Barcelona, 18 – 20 May 2022) and to support the operalization of the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications...

On this year’s International Mother Language Day (21 February 2022), UNESCO and Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center (Bophana Center) kicked off a five-day, capacity-building workshop in which Indigenous youth from Cambodia’s Ratanakiri Province learned how...

SDG 4 Education 2030 Coordination and Monitoring in Asia-Pacific, 5 – 7 June 2022, Bangkok The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok), the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, and the UNICEF Regional Office for...

UNESCO is calling youth participation through consultations to raise your voices and change HED systems in the upcoming World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022) - Barcelona, 18 to 20 May 2022 - the decade's Conference that will open the door to...

Representatives of UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and the Japanese government meet to review current projects and affirm continued collaboration 21 February 2022 – The SDG4-Education 2030 Agenda in Asia-Pacific; the Happy Schools; and...

For many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, higher education systems have struggled to adequately respond to the challenges of COVID-19, including provision of quality online and blended learning and the need to offer more flexible, outcome-driven...

In countries across the Asia-Pacific region, prolonged school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the education, health and well-being of all learners, with data on the medium and longer term impacts still to be assessed. Such evidence from...

Dr Rujaya Abhakorn was a dear friend and colleague of UNESCO Bangkok. He was an eloquent and tireless champion for safeguarding and promoting cultural and documentary heritage across the Asian region. Our close collaboration stems from his time as the...