UNESCO Chairs launch a journalism education platform for universities in Central Asia

The presentation was supported by UNESCO Almaty and the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) and combined with a dialogue for new potential members of the global network of UNESCO Chairs UNITWIN to support sustainable development goals, implementation of international standards in higher education and support for professional excellence.

• Journalism Student Feedback on the UNESCO MOOK on Conflict Sensitive Reporting

The event was attended by:

• Magnus Magnusson, Acting Director, UNESCO Almaty Office
• Ardak Bekenova, representative of the Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO
• Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Satpayev Technical University
• Kazakh-German University

Participants discussed strategies for teaching quality reporting on climate change, journalism safety, as well as gender-sensitive reporting regarding ongoing conflicts in the Central Asian region. As well as cooperation among UNESCO Chairs and in the framework of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme.

Access to the journalism education platform is available here:

• MOOC on the safety of journalists
• MOOC: Conflict-sensitive reporting
• MOOC: Reporting on climate change and sustainable development
• MOOC: Reporting on violence against women and girls

All MOOCs are available in 8 languages: Russian, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Azery, Armenian and Georgian.