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UNESCO Quito, with representation for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, provides assistance and technical support to these countries for the design of policies, plans and programmes, as well as support for capacity building and exchange of good practices in the areas of the Organization's mandate: education, natural, social and human sciences, culture and heritage, and communication and information; through collaborative and synergistic work with governments, academia, civil society organisations and other international cooperation agencies for the achievement of sustainable development, respect and care for nature with citizen participation, education and the construction of a culture of peace based on human rights, gender equality and social justice, "leaving no one behind".
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