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the Future of the Profession” highlighted at this year’s World Teachers’ Day Celebration30 October 2019 Discovering Ability: Celebrating Art Created by Persons with Disability30 October 2019 The First AU Continental Teacher Prize honors Teachers for their contributions29 October 2019 Celebration of the rehabilitation of the Palestinian Initiative for Supporting Students (ESNAD) office in Surda28 October 2019 Journalists, academics, human rights defenders and government discuss Palestinian’s cybercrime law28 October 2019 YEM Regional Workshop on Digital and Entrepreneurial Skills in the South Mediterranean17 October 2019 UNESCO Beirut participates in the Visualize 2030 Youth Camp17 October 2019 Lebanese students receive “UN Aware” Phase III Certificates16 October 2019 UNESCO and the Government of Norway officially handed-over the Gender Policy Institute (GPI) to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA)15 October 2019 First Regional Partners Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean11 October 2019 Role of oceans, culture and UNESCO sites discussed at PreCOP2511 October 2019 UNESCO introduces Culture at PreCOP2511 October 2019 Director-General and UAE Minister of Culture sign landmark agreement for Mosul’s Christian heritage and cultural diversity10 October 2019 Official launch of the project “Mapping the Culture Sector/Statistics in Culture for Development” and “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies for the Promotion of Fundamental Freedoms and the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in Palestine”6 October 2019 UNESCO Beirut reflects on the Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Arab Region in Achieving SDGs4 October 2019 UNESCO Beirut and partners reflect on “The Right to Access to Information Law” in Lebanon3 October 2019 KSRelief and UNESCO sign three agreements to implement educational projects in Yemen3 October 2019 UNESCO celebrates the 4th International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI 2019) and Arab Regional Digital Inclusion Week1 October 2019 Female military trained by UNESCO in protecting cultural property1 October 2019 ITU-UNESCO Digital Inclusion Week for Arab States29 September 2019 “Memory of the World” programme: a consultation meeting at UNESCO Beirut25 September 2019 UNESCO warns that, without urgent action, 12 million children will never spend a day at school20 September 2019 UNESCO presents outcomes of the project “Inventory of Cultural Heritage Sites in the Gaza Strip”’19 September 2019 UNESCO to support Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces in the field of communication17 September 2019 UNESCO warns that, without urgent action, 12 million children will never spend a day at school13 September 2019 US $14 billion needed to achieve universal literacy in countries with lowest literacy rates and E-9 countries10 September 2019 UNESCO and USJ launch the "University Diploma in Pedagogical Counselling"9 September 2019 “The Culture of Dialogue & Tolerance among Youth”: A High-Level panel9 September 2019 Istanbul to host UNESCO Creative Cities Annual Conference in 20215 September 2019 Celebrating World Press Freedom Day 2019 in Ramallah and Gaza2 September 2019 UNESCO Beirut launches a Project Management Professional Training Program27 August 2019 First technical workshop to develop a Conservation Management Plan for RKIF22 August 2019 National Strategy for Alternative Education Pathways8 August 2019 While recognizing progress on parity in access to education, UNESCO calls for increased efforts on quality and completion to ensure equal opportunities for girls and boys5 July 2019 UNESCO and G7 countries raise the alarm about bullying and join forces against violence in education4 July 2019 UNESCO and EU launch the “Youth Empowerment” project8 April 2019 PRESS RELEASE: Young Entrepreneur Boot Camp 201928 January 2019 TERCE study: Student performance improves in Latin America, but inequality and other factors continue to affect learning30 July 2015 TERCE shows that primary school pupil performance 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National authorities from Mexico and Central America and the Caribbean meet in Havana to discuss a common strategy for World Heritage Tentative Lists30 October 2019
“Young Teachers, the Future of the Profession” highlighted at this year’s World Teachers’ Day Celebration30 October 2019
Celebration of the rehabilitation of the Palestinian Initiative for Supporting Students (ESNAD) office in Surda28 October 2019
Journalists, academics, human rights defenders and government discuss Palestinian’s cybercrime law28 October 2019
YEM Regional Workshop on Digital and Entrepreneurial Skills in the South Mediterranean17 October 2019
UNESCO and the Government of Norway officially handed-over the Gender Policy Institute (GPI) to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA)15 October 2019
Director-General and UAE Minister of Culture sign landmark agreement for Mosul’s Christian heritage and cultural diversity10 October 2019
Official launch of the project “Mapping the Culture Sector/Statistics in Culture for Development” and “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies for the Promotion of Fundamental Freedoms and the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in Palestine”6 October 2019
UNESCO Beirut reflects on the Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Arab Region in Achieving SDGs4 October 2019
UNESCO Beirut and partners reflect on “The Right to Access to Information Law” in Lebanon3 October 2019
UNESCO celebrates the 4th International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI 2019) and Arab Regional Digital Inclusion Week1 October 2019
UNESCO warns that, without urgent action, 12 million children will never spend a day at school20 September 2019
UNESCO presents outcomes of the project “Inventory of Cultural Heritage Sites in the Gaza Strip”’19 September 2019
UNESCO warns that, without urgent action, 12 million children will never spend a day at school13 September 2019
US $14 billion needed to achieve universal literacy in countries with lowest literacy rates and E-9 countries10 September 2019
While recognizing progress on parity in access to education, UNESCO calls for increased efforts on quality and completion to ensure equal opportunities for girls and boys5 July 2019
UNESCO and G7 countries raise the alarm about bullying and join forces against violence in education4 July 2019
TERCE study: Student performance improves in Latin America, but inequality and other factors continue to affect learning30 July 2015
TERCE shows that primary school pupil performance improved in the region between 2006 and 20134 December 2014