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Cat VII – Seminar and training

Ancestral hydrotechnologies as a response to climate, health and food emergencies

March 7, 2022 - March 14, 2022

Integrating memories of culture, peace and conflict in Colombia

After 60 years of armed conflict how can former combatants be integrated into peaceful societies

January 14, 2022

New methods to boost intercultural competencies

Intercultural competencies are essential for peace and social cohesion They help us to develop listening and communication skills to learn about other cultures and to perceive behind our differences everything that brings us together and constitutes our shared humanity

January 17, 2022

Jobs for young people to restore heritage in Yemen

Yemens Old City of Sanaa a UNESCO World Heritage Site has been inhabited continuously for 2500 years A centre for the spread of Islam in the 7th and 8th centuries it is famous for its multistoried rammedearth towerhouses and other remarkable vestiges of Yemens ancient civilizations

January 19, 2022

[TRAINING] My exemple article for training

This article will be about artificial intelligence

February 17, 2022

Regional Perspectives | Africa

A Final Declaration was adopted at the closing ceremony of the second edition of the Biennale of Luanda PanAfrican Forum for the Culture of Peace from 27 to 30 November 2021 The Alliance of Partners for a Culture of Peace and NonViolence in Africa a mechanism developed to be the main tool for building multistakeholder and crosssectoral partnership was also launched This Alliance will support the scaling up of successful flagship initiatives at the local or subregional level in Africa The Continental Experts Workshop on the Restitution of Cultural Property and Heritage was held at the Museum of Black Civilization in Dakar Senegal from 30 November to 2nd December Organized by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of Senegal and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa The key objective of the workshop was to develop a strong Common African Position Paper on the Restitution of Cultural Property and Heritage and to produce a Framework for Action on the Negotiations for the ReturnRestitution of Illicitly Trafficked Cultural Property from the Continent The Draft Common African Position Paper on the Restitution of Cultural Property and Heritage once finalized will be presented to the AU policy organs for endorsement and dissemination in the AU Member States With a view to support research and documentation of traditional knowledge systems UNESCO has published East African case studies on living heritage and climate change featuring seven case studies carriedout in 2021 as part of communities intangible cultural heritage linked to biodiversity conservation climate change and disaster risk reduction based on UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention and Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Programme

January 10, 2022

At G20 Ministers’ meeting UNESCO calls for more Investment in Culture

Regional Perspectives | Latin America and the Caribbean

Work is underway to implement the IberoAmerican General Secretariat SEGIB initiative to establish an IberoAmerican Institute of Indigenous Languages Approved earlier this year at the XXVII IberoAmerican Summit of Heads of State and Government The new institute aims to promote the use preservation and development of the indigenous languages spoken in Latin America and the Caribbean There are more than 100 indigenous languages that constitute shared or crossborder languages This initiative brings together nine IberoAmerican countries Bolivia Ecuador Paraguay Panama Mexico Colombia Nicaragua Guatemala and Peru The initiative recognise the importance of indigenous languages for social cohesion and inclusion cultural rights health and justice as well the usefulness of indigenous languages for sustainable development and the preservation of biological diversity as it involves ancestral and traditional knowledge that links humanity with nature In the same vein it insists on the rights of indigenous peoples to education in their mother tongue and to participate in public life using their languages The recovery of the culture and creative industries from the devastating impact of the COVID19 pandemic featured prominently when the Regional Cultural Committee of The Caribbean Community CARICOM met for its 29th Meeting 23 December to devise the way forward in setting the sectors on a sustainable path Participants including the Caribbean Development Bank Caribbean Export the University of the West Indies and UNESCO also discussed issues pertaining to the future of the Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA financing the regional cultural agenda implementing a regional strategic framework for the development of the sector and the Regions continuing pursuit of Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery

January 5, 2022

President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia opens 11th session of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee in Addis Ababa

November 28, 2016

Regional Perspectives | Arab States

Ministers of Education of the Arab Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization ALESCO have endorsed a strategy for the development of theatre in schools across the Arab region The Arab Theatre Authority is tasked with implementing a strategy for school theatre in line with the needs of each country as per the recommendation of the ministerial meeting that took place November 2325 Whilst the Arab Theatre Authority has worked with some education ministries for several years this move will deepen cooperation to incorporate theatre into the curriculum The 4th Arab Digital Content Forum was held in October resulting in a set of recommendations to boost the presence of Arabic language online Among key recommendations were the promotion of Arabic domains for easier access to Arabic content as well as join efforts to support innovative projects to boost online content in Arabic The Islamic World Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ICESCO has proclaimed Cairo as Capital of Culture in Islamic World for 2022 during a press conference held at the Cairo Opera House on December 7 just prior to the 14th Session of ICESCOs General Conference hosted also by Egypt

January 5, 2022

Regional Perspectives | Asia and the Pacific

The inaugural eexhibition of the ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive website was unveiled on 26 November at an event Forging History Metals in the Crucible of ASEANs Transformation which aspires to promote ASEANs rich and diverse cultural heritage to a wider audience through engaging storytelling while also inspiring museums galleries and libraries to explore innovative ways to present their collections using digital technology To date 267 cultural assets from Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar and Thailand are available to the public At the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS held on November 12 an Action Plan was validated for the Year of Folk Art and Cultural Heritage in 2022 including about ninety events to preserve the traditions of folk art historical and cultural heritage cultural heritage in the field of arts literature as well as in the field of sports and tourism In late October CIS countries also gathered to discuss a multiyear program of museum cooperation covering topics from decorative arts to the use of the Russian language in the museums Separately film studios of CIS Member States intend to expand mutually beneficial cooperation as discussed at a meeting of the heads of national film studios held on November 22 Furthermore the VI International Congress World Heritage of the CIS countries brought together more than 60 experts from CIS countries and Russia to discuss the process of nominating cultural heritage sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List in the context of new requirements for research work and new trends in the selection of relevant sites including transnational serial nominations as well as cultural landscapes The Pacific Community adopted its 10year strategic plan during its Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations held in Nov 30Dec 2 Pacific indigenous languages have been incorporated for the first time in an SPC strategic plan through the values that will guide the organisation aroha care kaitiakitanga stewardship enginkelap generosity and gida gaituvwa unity In the meeting Food systems were highlighted by SPC DG as an example of how the new strategy would guide the organisation toward more integrated ways of working that respond to member needs Finally the Asia Pacific Economic Council held a meeting on 12 November during which the host New Zealand particularly advocated for the needs of all the 270 million indigenous peoples across the AsiaPacific region

January 10, 2022

The Tracker Culture & Public Policy | Issue 1

This monthly Tracker is produced by UNESCO to monitor the role of culture in public policy with regards to the UN Sustainable Development Agenda It highlights developments within national and regional contexts as well as emerging debates on cultures contribution to sustainable development Drawing on a variety of sources it provides a broad overview of cultural policy trends worldwide at the national regional and international level and looks at ways in which countries integrate culture into other policy areas

October 2, 2020

Cultural Policy Highlights

This section showcases a selection of the latest developments in cultural public policy Whilst reactive measures to the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the cultural sector are expected to largely guide cultural public policies throughout 2021 there are positive signs that countries are transitioning from recovery measures to longer term strategies to build resilience in their cultural sectors

October 5, 2020