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As a part of the Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference, the International Glaciers Forum took place on 10 June in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. This event was co-organized by UNESCO, the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), in partnership with Tajikistan's Committee on Environmental Protection under the Republic of Tajikistan and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The forum aimed to raise awareness for the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP 2025).

The opening ceremony featured speeches from Mr Sulaimon Ziyozoda, Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan, and UNESCO’s Director-General Ms Audrey Azoulay, who emphasized Tajikistan's pivotal role in water preservation and glacier protection. The event highlighted involvement of the AF-funded GLOFCA and the GEF-UNDP-UNESCO Cryosphere UNESCO projects, both of which contribute to the implementation of IYGP 2025.

In addition to co-organizing the forum, UNESCO actively participated in other events throughout the Conference. Notably, a side event on the GLOFCA project further emphasized regional collaboration by facilitating knowledge exchange on glacier lake monitoring and risk assessment. These efforts aim to ensure that Central Asian countries are better equipped to tackle the challenges posed by climate change, securing sustainable development for the region.

UNESCO in cooperation with the Central Asian Alliance for Climate Change Education (TsAKO) launched the Climate Change Education Ambition in Central Asia. Within the ambition, the Regional Climate Change Education Ambition Report has been developed. The report reviews the ambitions for Climate Change Education (CCE) in four Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It provides a brief overview on climate change in Central Asia focusing on nascent issues and challenges for the four countries in the study. The report synthesis a regional perspective on current cooperation around climate change, areas of complementarity, emerging trends, and potential areas for joint action. It includes national-level analyses with profiles for each country that detail the status of action on CCE as well as national policy trends. Each profile provides a summary of the national commitments and strategies that guide responses to climate change and CCE, an overview of national planning, financing and assessments of CCE, and a review of noteworthy CCE practices in each country. The review concludes with a summary of the key messages and recommendations that emerge from the analysis.

On 8-12 April 2024 UNESCO Almaty held a “Strengthening Regional Capacity in Central Asia for Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness for Culture” workshop focused strengthening the capacities of World Heritage managers in the field of emergency preparedness. This activity was funded by the Heritage Emergency Fund. During the event participants from the Central Asian region also discussed the topics on Heritage Risk Preparedness in Türkiye, Experience at the Carpet Museum in Baku and The Status Quo and Experience of Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness for the Representative Component Properties of the '' World Heritage Property.

On 6-7 March, UNESCO Almaty hosted the Third Regional Exchange Workshop of the GLOFCA Project, in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. This workshop brought together policymakers, governmental representatives, and experts in disaster risk reduction from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The primary focus was on the progress made in installing Early Warning Systems (EWS) to combat Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and on fostering regional cooperation to mitigate the impacts of GLOFs on vulnerable communities and infrastructure. The workshop concluded with a strong emphasis on enhancing gender and youth engagement, sharing best practices, and continuing regional collaboration to strengthen resilience against GLOFs.

The GEF-UNDP-UNESCO Cryosphere Project initiated a regional workshop in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, on 3-4 April, to strengthen Central Asian resilience to climate change through enhanced cryosphere monitoring and data management. Participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, alongside international experts, engaged in discussions on best practices for cryosphere monitoring, sustainable water resource management, and climate adaptation strategies. Building on the regional workshop's foundation, a series of national workshops took place in key cities of Central Asia: Bishkek on 29-30 May, Almaty on 6-7 June, Dushanbe on 18 June, and Tashkent on 20-21 June.

Understanding the importance of  model in teacher professional development as well as to address the particular challenges faced by rural teachers and empower them to become agents of change, UNESCO in partnership with  (UK), TeachersLab and Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University initiated the pilot project on Rural and Remote Schools (RARS) to create professional learning communities through development of  in 11 pilot schools in 3 regions of Kazakhstan. The pilot project has been initiated by the financial support of the National Commission for UNESCO and IСESCO of Kazakhstan. This is the first project of this kind in the region and was implemented before in Kazakhstan with a . Publication can be found .

The aim of the current project (RARS) is to empower and enable rural teachers to take the initiative to develop strategies to overcome the challenges of the teaching profession in remote rural schools and create professional learning communities among the teachers.

This practice has been successfully implemented in 20 countries around the world through teachers' own initiatives.

In May and June 2024, several trainings in the fields of ethnodesign, restoration of archaeological artifacts, as well as preparing of periodic reporting on Intangible Cultural Heritage took place in the Central Asian Region. All of them were organized in the framework of the "Silk Roads Heritage Corridors in Central Asia – International Dimension of the European Year of Cultural Heritage" Project funded by the European Union and implemented by UNESCO.