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What you need to know about UNESCO's new AI competency frameworks for students and teachers
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our world and changing the way we live, work and learn. To help education systems keep pace, UNESCO is launching two new AI competency frameworks - one for students and one for teachers.
on Sep 6
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Ocean plastic pollution an overview: data and statistics
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Plastic is one of the most enduring materials man has created. It can take hundreds of years for it to degrade. What are the consequences?
on Sep 6
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Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change
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The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is a global partnership aimed at promoting and defending information integrity on climate change.
on Tue, 7PM
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Un nouveau rapport publié par l’UNESCO à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, célébrée le 3 mai, alerte sur les actes de violence et d'intimidation croissants à l'encontre des journalistes couvrant l'environnement et le dérèglement climatique. Au moins 749 journalistes...
on Nov 12
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The unbearable burden of the technosphere
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In the geological blink of an eye, a new sphere has emerged, and is evolving at a furious pace. Weighing thirty trillion tons, this is the technosphere. It includes a mass of carbon dioxide which is industrially emitted into the atmosphere – the equivalent of 150,000 Egyptian Pyramids!
on Nov 9
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This Phoenician city, where a triad of deities was worshipped, was known as Heliopolis during the Hellenistic period. It retained its religious function during Roman times, when the sanctuary of the Heliopolitan ...
on Nov 3
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Observatory of Killed Journalists - Grid
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Monitoring the killing of journalists and media workers across the globe.
on Nov 2
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UNESCO Archives in Venice: a gateway to cultural heritage
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The online archival description of Venetian monuments and works of art restoration and preservation projects is now accessible on UNESCO Archives AtoM.
on Oct 29
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Call for initiatives: International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024-2033)
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Fostering science for all
on Oct 29
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Discover the sessions and panelists of Global Media and Information Literacy Week’s Feature Conference in Amman, Jordan.
on Oct 25
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UNESCO - Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community
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The folk art of the Roman Catholic Matyó community in and around the town of Mezőkövesd in north-eastern Hungary is characterized by floral motifs that are found in flat-stitch embroidery and ornamented objects. Matyó embroidery decorates the traditional dress of the region, worn by local people...
on Oct 25
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Global Media and Information Literacy Week
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Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2024
on Oct 24
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Launch of global consultation: Developing data policies for crisis facilitated by open science
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UNESCO in partnership with the Committee on Data (CODATA) is launching a consultation to explore how the principles of open science could guide efficient policies for data sharing in times of crisis.
on Oct 22
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In the face of war, UNESCO's action in Ukraine
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As a result of the war in Ukraine, UNESCO has mobilised to denounce violence against journalists, promote the importance and therefore the protection of cultural institutions, and work for the maintenance of education to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong...
on Oct 22
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Launch of global consultation: Developing data policies for crisis facilitated by open science
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UNESCO in partnership with the Committee on Data (CODATA) is launching a consultation to explore how the principles of open science could guide efficient policies for data sharing in times of crisis.
on Oct 22
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Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre
on Oct 20
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Ce rapport est un outil qui doit permettre de mobiliser des efforts nationaux et internationaux pour autonomiser, recruter, former et soutenir les enseignants dans des systèmes éducatifs résilients, afin de promouvoir une profession enseignante collaborative, innovante et cohérente. Il s’agit...
on Oct 10
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The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
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This is the most outstanding, intact example of a troglodyte settlement in the Mediterranean region, perfectly adapted to its terrain and ecosystem. The first inhabited zone dates from the Palaeolithic, while later ...
on Oct 6
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The serial property, located in the Highland Region of Scotland, is considered the most outstanding example of an actively accumulating blanket bog landscape. This peatland ecosystem, which has been accumulating for ...
on Oct 2
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Small language models (SLMs): A cheaper, greener route into AI
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When properly trained and optimized with relevant datasets, SLMs become powerful tools from which higher education institutions can derive significant benefits.
on Sep 29
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International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2024
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Hosted by the government of Ghana and UNESCO on 1-2 October 2024, the theme of the 2024 Global Conference on Universal Access to Information is "Mainstreaming Access to Information and Participation in the Public Sector".
on Sep 28
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Día Internacional por el Acceso Universal a la Información
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28 de Septiembre
on Sep 28
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The climate agenda is a young person’s agenda. After all, anyone born in the 21st century will be feeling the effects of climate change for the entirety of their lives.
on Sep 19
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World Heritage site personnel meet with UNESCO to review the essentials of archives management
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UNESCO recently concluded the first of its three-country workshops at the famed Borobudur Temple Compounds World Heritage Site, in Magelang, Indonesia
on Sep 15
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Sudan: UNESCO raises the alarm on reports of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage
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UNESCO is deeply concerned about the recent reports of possible looting and damage of several museums and heritage institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum, by armed groups. The Organization calls on the international community to do its utmost to protect Sudan's heritage from...
on Sep 14
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Acquisition of multilingual competencies for medical and health students in Cameroon
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Multilingual training for medical students in Cameroon enhances communication, improves patient care, and bridges language gaps in healthcare.
on Sep 10
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Gateways to public digital learning
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Making digital education a public good
on Sep 4
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The second edition of Digital Learning Week will take place on 2-5 September 2024 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
on Sep 2
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Digital Public Goods: Open Solutions and AI for Inclusive Access to Knowledge
on Aug 28
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Empowering communities by fostering resilience and preparedness for a sustainable future.
on Aug 28
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Strengthening urban resilience and sustainability through nature-based solutions.
on Aug 26
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Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this property presents monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age between ...
on Aug 26
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Towards an International Instrument - Ad Hoc Expert Group
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UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has convened a multidisciplinary group of 24 high-level experts geographically and gender balanced, called the Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG), to prepare a first draft of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology. The composition of the group is as follows
on Aug 23
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UNESCO Launches Open Consultation on New Guidelines for AI Use in Judicial Systems
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Draft Guidelines Developed following UNESCO Survey on the Use of AI by Judicial Operators
on Aug 23
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Lake Turkana: First comprehensive survey in 50 years highlights key findings
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The initial findings from the 10-year research project led by UNESCO and WFP, funded by the Dutch Government, reveal high fish potential in Africa's fourth-largest lake.
on Aug 8
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The Tower of Hercules has served as a lighthouse and landmark at the entrance of La Coruña harbour in north-western Spain since the late 1st century A.D. when the Romans built the Farum Brigantium. The Tower, built ...
on Aug 8
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Global cooperation for accelerating inclusion and equality in water
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Participation of the Multi-stakeholder Coalition at the 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia
on Aug 7
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UNESCO’s network of centres of excellence are using science to catalyse sustainable development
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There are currently 62 centres of excellence around the world that operate under the auspices of UNESCO and specialize in science and engineering. These centres contribute to the execution of UNESCO’s programmes: they are fostering responsible forest management, developing early warning systems...
on Aug 7
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UNESCO highlights the importance of the Open Education Policy Game, available for free download
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Open Education Policy Game is a technology to promote knowledge democratization and policies on open educational resources (OER).
on Aug 5
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Many arguments have been made for Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the debate of revovery from the pandemic. This think piece by Ian Gough makes the alternative case for Universal Basic Services (UBS) as more egalitarian and sustainable than UBI. Importantly, it argues, UBS is also politically...
on Aug 3
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Within its mandate on ethics of science and technology, UNESCO has started emphasizing the importance of developing ethical regulation in the field of neurotechnology.
on Aug 1
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new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Nominations to be examined Cultural properties Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic Complex in America (Mexico) Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral ...
on Jul 30