Tag: UNESCO

UNESCO is seeking nominations for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2020

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO invites the governments of Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, as well as international and regional professional non-governmental organizations, active in the field of press freedom, to nominate candidates for next year’s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. This Prize was established by UNESCO’s Executive Board, in 1997, in honour of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who died in the exercise of his profession. Its purpose is to reward each year a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion…

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On International Day of Education, UNESCO mobilizes leading thinkers and citizens to work on the futures of education

Stuart Mitchell

On the occasion of the second International Day of Education, 24 January, UNESCO will shine the spotlight on the Futures of Education by hosting a conference, Learning for People, the Planet, Prosperity and Peace, launch an online tool to measure progress in education around the world, and host the first meeting of eminent global thinkers appointed to steer UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative (28 and 29 January). Organized in partnership with France’s Centre of Interdisciplinary Research (CRI), the conference at UNESCO’s Headquarters on 24 January will highlight the many ways…

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UN General Assembly highlights UNESCO’s leading role in the Education 2030 Agenda

Stuart Mitchell

On 19 December 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution ‘Education for Sustainable Development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. The General Assembly resolution Education for Sustainable Development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, introduced by the Group of 77 and China, calls upon the international community to scale up education for sustainable development in order to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The decision relates to various aspects of education for sustainable development and more broadly the implementation of SDG 4 as…

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UNESCO and Iceland establish center for sustainable use of natural resources and societal change

Stuart Mitchell

Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson today signed an agreement establishing the International Center for Capacity Development, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Societal Change, as a Category 2 Center under the auspices of UNESCO. GRÓ – the Center for Capacity Development – focuses on areas where Iceland has valuable expertise, i.e. geothermal energy, gender equality, fisheries and land restoration. The center is the first multidisciplinary Category 2 Center in UNESCO’s network, bringing together these four areas of expertise and…

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UNESCO highlights the role of sports in fostering inclusion of persons with disabilities in Iran

Stuart Mitchell

On 16 December 2019, UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office co-organized an event for supporting the fruitful initiatives being developed by the Iranian government and national organizations aiming at fostering inclusion of persons with disabilities through sports and physical education. Numerous Iranian stakeholders joint UNESCO in the organization of this occasion, which was celebrated in the Olympic Academy of Iran: the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Iranian National Olympic Committee, Iranian Paralympic Committee, Ministry of Sports and Youth, Municipality of Tehran, University of Tehran, Iranian Federation for the Disabled, Iranian Federation of…

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