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UNESCO : L'obélisque d'Axoum sera réinstallé en Éthiopie le 4 juin
2008-05-25 13:00:00 L'Obélisque d'Axoum sera réinstallé sur son site d'origine le 4 juin en Éthiopie, a annoncé jeudi à Paris, le directeur du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, Francesco Bandarin.«La réinstallation de cette stèle est un grand projet pour l'Unesco et pour l'Ethiopie. Il est d'une importance majeure car elle est devenue le symbole de l'identité du peuple éthiopien», a-t-il déclaré au cours d'une conférence.Haut de 23,4 mètres, l'Obélisque qui pèse 152 tonnes a été inscrit en 1980 sur la liste du patrimoine mondial.
UNESCO - 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa: looking beyond primary educa
2008-05-11 15:58:00 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa: looking beyond primary education http://portal.unesco.org/educat-ion/en/ev.php-URL_ID=56452&-URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION-=201.html The 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa, the foremost education meeting in the region, is under way in Maputo, Mozambique (May 5-9, 2008). Discussions will focus on post-primary education, one of the principal challenges facing education systems in Africa today. Some 600 stakeholders, including all African ministers of ...
UNESCO- EDUCATION FOR ALL BY 2015: WILL WE MAKE IT?
2008-05-11 15:55:00 Education for All - Global Monitoring Report EDUCATION FOR ALL BY 2015: WILL WE MAKE IT? http://portal.unesco.org/educat-ion/en/ev.php-URL_ID=49591&-URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION-=201.html A mid-term assessment of where the world stands on its commitment to provide basic education for all children, youth and adults by 2015. What education policies and programmes have been successful? What are the main challenges? How much aid is needed? Is ...
Feliz Aniversario, Libro
2008-04-25 02:00:00 Ayer se celebró el Día Mundial del Libro. Chile reconoce la fecha oficialmente y en nivel de gobierno ?tanto central como comunal-, lanza iniciativas destinadas a promover la lectura. Pero, ¿estamos haciendo lo suficiente? Promover la lectura parece claramente una tarea del Estado. Por diversos motivos: porque el Estado tiene que velar por la educación ...
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Galle Fort Hotel wins UNESCO Heritage Award of Distinction
2008-04-11 16:29:00 The 2007 UNESCO Asia - Pacific Heritage Award of Distinction, for heritage conservation, was presented to Galle Fort Hotel by Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific region at a presentation ceremony jointly organized by UNESCO and the Galle Heritage Foundation. 2007 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards “This carefully considered transformation of ...
Spain - UNESCO World Heritage Cities
2008-04-07 09:16:00 UNESCO World Heritage Cities in Spain: hundreds of stories to be told in buildings that have stood for centuries, most witnessing civilization's progression from the Romans, through the occupation by the Moors, to our time in the 21st century.
2nd UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit at eLearning Africa 28-05-08 Ghana
2008-04-05 18:07:00 2nd UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit at eLearning Africa 28th of May 2008 in Accra, Ghana. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly important in education and training. They are opening up new learning pathways and can provide more widespread access to education and training. Yet in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), the use of ...
Bharatpur bird sanctuary may lose Unesco recognition
2008-03-13 12:59:00 India’s famous Keoladeo National Park at Bharatpur in Rajasthan is facing de-recognition from the list of Unesco’s world heritage site after a two-member team of the world organisation pointed out the persistent water crisis in the sanctuary.
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UNESCO official muses on African educational development
2008-02-28 12:29:00 Source: APA UNESCO official muses on African educational development APA ? Dakar (Senegal) The weakness of the education system forces sub-Saharan African nations to take further national and sub-regional sustainable development action, the director of the Dakar office of UNESCO (BREDA) Professor Komlavi Francisco Seddoh told APA on Thursday. “Education poses a challenge to sub-Saharan African countries ...
Sarkozy wants French Food to have a UNESCO World Heritage Listing
2008-02-23 19:32:00 From news.com.au: “FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wants to see French cuisine listed as a world heritage item by the United Nations. “Agriculture and the jobs which produce it every day are the source of our country’s gastronomic diversity. It is an essential element of our heritage,” Mr Sarkozy said at the opening of France’s huge ...
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UNESCO official muses on African educational development
2008-02-22 11:17:00 Source: APA UNESCO official muses on African educational development APA ? Dakar (Senegal) The weakness of the education system forces sub-Saharan African nations to take further national and sub-regional sustainable development action, the director of the Dakar office of UNESCO (BREDA) Professor Komlavi Francisco Seddoh told APA on Thursday. “Education poses a challenge to sub-Saharan African countries ...
New Vedio Encyclopedia with the association of UNESCO about kerala
2008-01-14 09:37:00 Kerala.indiavideo.org is a vedio encyclopedia by Invis multimedia in association with United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), New Delhi Office. This website is an online cultural atlas with professionally made high quality video clips of life, culture, heritage, artforms of kerala. Kerala.indiavideo.org also consist of information of different festivels, traditional art forms and tourism. This website gives visitors to add a videoroll to the their website or blogs which consist of 5 videos selected by the editors. So do visit this to get a glimpse of kerala.
Evaluation of UNESCO?s Community Multimedia Centres Final Report
2008-01-09 12:53:00 Source: Soul Beat Africa 98 Subscribe to The Soul Beat - http://www.comminit.com/en/user-/register/38 or email Seipati Fountain sfountain(at)comminit(dot)com Evaluation of UNESCO’s Community Multimedia Centres Final Report This evaluation examines the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) initiative, which was conceptualised as a potential solution to mitigate the digital divide in marginalised communities around ...
UNESCO book: Promoting Literacy in Multilingual Setting
2008-01-08 11:08:00 Although this publication has Asian content, I am posting it here because it may be of interest. In 2007 UNESCO published “Promoting Literacy in Multilingual Settings” by Kimmo Kosonen, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. ISBN 92-9223-100-6 Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Linguistic Diversity, Literacy and Education Chapter 2: Education in Ethnic Minority Communities: Questions to Consider and Problems to ...
Chandigarh may join UNESCO's World Heritage sites list - Economic Times
2007-12-30 15:12:00 Chandigarh may join UNESCO's World Heritage sites listEconomic Times, India - 5 hours agoCHANDIGARH: An icon of modern architecture, Chandigarh has been placed on the tentative list of the world heritage sites, which has been prepared by the ...
UNESCO year of our Planet Photo contest 2008
2007-12-23 04:15:00 UNESCO invited young photographers from all round the world to attend photography contest in 2008, year of Earth Planet. UNESCO has announced a photography competition for young photographers of 15 to 20 years old. Photos should be submitted to photocontest@unesco.org by 11th of January 2008 along with a completed submission form. Names of the 40 top rated ...
UNESCO web site for International Year of Languages
2007-12-21 18:57:00 UNESCO is in the process of publishing a web site for the International Year of Languages. A draft version can be seen at http://portal.unesco.org/cultur-e/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=35097&-;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTIO-N=201.
UNESCO edita Guía Práctica sobre Software Libre, su selección y aplicació
2007-11-21 19:18:00 Fuente: EQSOFT y Vía Libre La UNESCO, publicó la “Guía Práctica sobre Software Libre, su selección y aplicación local en América Latina y el Caribe” (Bajar .pdf 8,27MB.), bajo la autoría de Fernando da Rosa de Uruguay y Federico Heinz de Vía Libre de Argentina. La guía sirve de herramienta de difusión, apoyo, y aplicación de políticas ...
By: Luna Antagonica
Pakistan to participate in Unesco conference in Delhi
2007-11-17 05:15:00 Pakistan to participate in Unesco conference in Delhi
Video: Tel Aviv Hailed By UNESCO
2007-11-10 02:50:00 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization (or UNESCO for short) has hailed Tel Aviv as a World Cultural Heritage site due the fact of its many impressive modern buildings.(Israel Times) Tel Aviv offers the world's largest concentration of buildings in the international style and unique architectural gems.European artists fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s sprayed the Bauhaus architectural style. The White City is located in the heart of Tel Aviv, along Rothschild Boulevard around Dizengoff Circle and on Bialik Street. In 2003, Tel Aviv was named a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization, joining the prestigious list of 830 sites throughout the world deemed to be of outstanding value to universal human culture, such as the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids.Anyone who has ever visited Israel will probably agree that Tel Aviv is a marvel to look at, especially at night! The modern buildings are an ...
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VENUS WILLIAMS LAUNCHING UNESCO WOMENS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
2007-11-08 04:58:00 busted.
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Venus Williams Presents UNESCO-Sony Ericsson Gender Equality Campaign
2007-11-08 01:59:00 Venus, is that you? Lol. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the world?s leading global sport for women, announced today the selection and funding of women?s leadership programs in Cameroon, Liberia, China, Jordan and the Dominican Republic, along with a new global advertising ...
ISRAEL - Tel Aviv named a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO
2007-11-05 07:56:00 Tel Aviv offers the world’s largest concentration of buildings in the international ...
By: Israel-Times.com
Pedirán a UNESCO declarar gastronomía peruana Patrimonio Cultural de la Hum
2007-11-05 03:11:00 Lima, nov. 04 (ANDINA).- En enero del 2008 el Perú entregará a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) el expediente técnico para que la cocina nacional sea declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Así lo anunció Cecilia Bákula, directora del Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC), entidad que elabora el expediente respectivo y que el último 26 de octubre declaró a la gastronomía peruana como Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación. "La declaración no es solamente emotiva, sino implica un trabajo de investigación que demuestre que existe un valor ancestral, de calidad y novedad en nuestra comida", afirmó la funcionaria del INC. Para leer ma ANDINA
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Nine new member joins UNESCO's World Heritage Committee - Times of Indi
2007-10-26 04:59:00 Nine new member joins UNESCO's World Heritage CommitteeTimes of India, India - 4 hours agoNEW YORK: Nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ...UJNESCO World Heritage Site In Pakistan Damaged By Militants AHNall 18 news articles
Arjun urges Unesco to tackle poverty and illiteracy
2007-10-21 05:44:00 Arjun urges Unesco to tackle poverty and illiteracy
Lijiang honored by UNESCO for heritage conservation
2007-10-12 16:43:00 Lijiang honored by UNESCO for heritage conservation(1)Lijiang, an ancient town in southwest China's Yunnan Province, has won UNESCO's 2007 Award of Merit for its restoration of ancient buildings, UNESCO official Richard Engelhart announced in the town, on Monday.
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UNESCO : 260.000 dollars pour consolider la paix au Burundi
2007-09-21 00:16:00 L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) va octroyer 260.000 dollars US au gouvernement burundais afin de l'aider à mener à bien une campagne nationale de sensibilisation à la cohabitation pacifique entre les personnes rentrant d'exil et les populations restées au pays, a-t-on appris de source officielle à Bujumbura.La campagne débutera par une formation de formateur à la cohabitation
UNESCO Captures 33 New Biosphere Sites: Bureaucratic Land Grab On A Global
2007-09-20 12:30:00 Experts from around the world have gathered to consider some 33 new sites for inclusion into the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. read more Bookmark/Search this post with: delicious | digg | reddit | technorati
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UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education for 2008-2009
2007-09-10 16:27:00 The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is an international institute for water education that was established in 2003. UNESCO-IHE continues the work that was started in 1957 when IHE first offered a postgraduate diploma course in hydraulic engineering to practicing professionals from developing countries. http://www.unesco-ihe.org/about-/academic_departments Water EngineeringThe Water Engineering Department carries out academic education, research and projects related to:Environmental ResourcesTraining of professionals in key environmental issues is pivotal to the sustainable use of natural and environmental resources. The Department of Environmental Resources provides postgraduate education, training and research in the fields of aquatic and wetland ecology, resource management and… Management and InstitutionsThe Department of Management and Institutions (MAI) addresses the themes of water management and governance, in order to contribute to the sustainable management and...
The making of a Unesco World Heritage site - Telegraph.co.uk
2007-08-25 01:23:00 Telegraph.co.ukThe making of a Unesco World Heritage siteTelegraph.co.uk, Unite-d Kingdom - 5 hours agoIn fact - as I now know, because I read it on Unesco's World Heritage website - I was alongside a well-developed coastal landform of cave-bays, ...
UNESCO world inheritance in Germany
2007-08-24 10:45:00 Getting gate LuebeckFor some years I planned to look at the German UNESCO world inheritance places all. Here times a list, which the 32 places I already “check off ” can!Aachener cathedral: n/a Cathedral to Speyer: n/aWürzburger residence with yard garden and residence place: n/aPilgrimage church on pointed: n/aLocks Augustusburg and falcon desire in Brühl: n/aCathedral pc. Mariae and Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim: n/aPorta Nigra, Amphitheater of Trier, emperor hot springs, Konstantinsbasilika, Barbarathermen, Roman bridge, Igeler column, Trierer cathedral and dear woman church in Trier: n/aLuebeck with getting gate: seen 8 2007Potsdam and Berlin: seen several times between 1989 and 2007Abbey and old person cathedral of the monastery Lorsch: n/aMine Rammelsberg and the old part of town of Goslar: n/aBamberg, largest intact received town centre in Germany: seen 8 2005Monastery Maulbronn (Cistercian abbey): seen felt 100x between 1982 and 2007 (very far of it did not grow up)Pin ...
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The WartburgCastle: A UNESCO World Heritage Sight
2007-08-12 15:01:00 The WartburgCastle: A UNESCO World Heritage Sight It is an outstanding monument of Feudal Period in Central Europe, having Cultural Values of Universal Significance, a wonderful piece of history and architecture. The castle (Burg) is situated at a height of about 400 meters on a dangerously steep hill, over looking the city of Eisenach. It was founded in 1067 by a landgrave Ludvig der Springer. The legend is that the castle got its name when its founder laid his eyes on the hill on which now it sits majestically; enamored by the site he is supposed to have exclaimed, "Warte, Berg -- du sollst mir eine Burg werden!" ("Wait, mountain -- thou shalt become a castle for me!"). In addition, he is said to have clay from his lands transported to the top of the hill, which was not quite within his lands, to be able to swear that the castle is built on his ground. Wartburg was the seat of the Thuringian landgraves until 1440 , and as a place of courtly cu...
Unesco evaluará impacto de acciones de alfabetización en el Perú
2007-08-10 23:18:00 El Ministerio de Educación solicitó la participación de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (Unesco) para realizar, a fin de año, una evaluación del impacto de las acciones que desarrolla el Programa Nacional de Movilización por la Alfabetización (Pronama) en todo el paÃs.Además de la participación de la Unesco en este tema, se convocará a una licitación pública o concurso en el afán de buscar una empresa privada nacional que evalúe lo actuado por el Pronama durante el año, dijo el director técnico ejecutivo de dicho programa, Ãngel Velásquez.De esa manera, dijo, no será sólo el misterio de Educación el que evalúe lo actuado sino también instituciones de prestigio internacional como la Unesco. “El ministro José Antonio Chang y la Alta Dirección quieren que la supervisión sea lo más transparente e imparcial posibleâ€, remarcó Velázquez.Aseguró que las acciones de alfabetización -que actualmente atiende...
Wants some ideas of places to visit? Check out the UNESCO World Heritage li
2007-08-07 20:13:00 If there’s a group of people that knows more about fantastic places of nature, heritage and culture, it’s got to be UNESCO World Heritage. To make it onto the UNESCO World Heritage lists, a candidate site has to be genuinely unique and pretty much considered to be a national treasure within its country. Gaining entry ...
Gota De Leche: Another UNESCO Awardee
2007-08-06 14:12:00 Tutubi knows that this has been the subject of numerous blogs already, but here's Tutubi's own perspective of this award-winning building in a nondescript and congested part of Manila where Tutubi used to pass by during his college days (Tutubi lived 10 years in Sampaloc, by the way)After the FEU tour, the group went, on Tutubi's suggestion, to Gota de Leche by crossing Nicanor Reyes St (formerly Morayta) passed by FEU gym and right turn to SH Loyola.Gota de Leche, which means "drop of milk," was modeled after the Ospedale degli Innocenti, an orphanage in Florence created by Brunelleschi, a renowned Renaissance architect. Constructed in 1917, the building has been the home of La Proteccion de la Infancia, a charitable organization providing free pediatric care and food to poor "people in the neighborhood" of which Manila has so many of.The building has an adjacent arcade with windows that shields the windows, with capiz (mother of pearl) shells, the hot tropical sun. Its archit...
RI seeking Unesco?s recognition for batik
2007-08-05 13:09:00 Indonesia is to host an International Batik Week in the Central Java town of Pekalongan on September 1-5 as part of its efforts to gain UNESCO?s acknowledgement that the painted material is an indigenous Indonesian product, an official said."We have already met with the UNESCO ambassador who said the UN body fully supported our efforts to make batik an icon of Indonesian culture," Indonesian Batik Foundation chairman Iman Sucipto Umar said here yesterday.To obtain UNESCO?s acknowledgement, he said, the government should first ratify the UNESCO convention on intangible cultural heritage which was adopted in October 2003.Meanwhile, director general of small and medium enterprise affairs Sakri Widhianto said over 800,000 people in Indonesia were working in the batik industry which production costs totaled Rp2.9 trillion a year.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
First lady Ani Yudhoyono addresses UNESCO literacy conference
2007-07-31 14:00:00 Visiting Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono addressed a UNESCO Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy here on Tuesday, focusing on Indonesia`s success in speeding up illiteracy eradication programs."I am committed to continuing the task of overcoming illiteracy. I dream that any time in the future all Indonesian households will become smart ones and Indonesia will become a prosperous nation in the world," she said before 150 delegates from 22 Asia Pacific countries.As a big country, Indonesia which is made up of more than 17,000 islands, now had a population of 245 million, 43 million of them aged between 4 and 15, she said.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
New UNESCO Site on Madagascar
2007-07-30 19:13:00 Recently UNESCO voted the rainforest area Atsinana on Madagascar to their World Heritage List. Atsinana, the eastern part of Madagascar, have six national parks well worth a visit: Marojejy, Zahamena, Masoala, d’Andringitra, Ranomafana, Ihorombe and d’Andohahela. Masoala is the largest national park in Madagascar and have been recreated in Masoala Rainforest at Zürich’s Zoo in Switzerland.
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Weekend Beat/ UNESCO's World Heritage sites: Communities hope to ... -
2007-07-28 03:26:00 Weekend Beat/ UNESCO's World Heritage sites: Communities hope to ...Asahi Shimbun, Japan - 2 hours agoBY YUICHI SHINTANI, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN News that the ruins of a centuries-old silver mine in Oda, Shimane Prefecture, would be registered as a World Heritage ...
New UNESCO World Heritage sites - San Jose Mercury News
2007-07-09 18:50:00 New UNESCO World Heritage sitesSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 4 hours agoAP WELLINGTON, New Zealand?UNESCO has added 22 new natural and cultural sites to its World Heritage list, but it also stripped a region from the list for ...
UNESCO not in favor of the new 7 wonders
2007-07-09 12:56:00 LISBON (AFP) - The UN body for culture on Sunday blasted a private initiative that drew nearly 100 million Internet and telephone voters to choose seven “new” wonders of the world. “This campaign responds to other criteria and objectives than that of UNESCO in the field of heritage,” said Sue Williams, the spokeswoman for UNESCO, ...
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New sights added to the list of UNESCO
2007-07-06 21:13:00 The list of UNESCO world heritage objects was extended with new cultural monuments and natural sights. Now a plenty of objects are under protection of this authoritative international organization, these objects are the Swiss region Lavo at Lake Geneva, Atsinanana rainforest in Madagascar, karsts of southern China, beechen woods of the Carpathians, a botanical landscape ...
By: DaTravelers.com
UNESCO denounces on-line art traffic
2007-07-06 15:51:00 Paris, July 6 (Prensa Latina) The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued guidelines enumerating measures to stop illegal traffic of works of art and historic objects on the Internet.
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New UNESCO World Heritage Sites
2007-07-06 12:18:00 There are no Brazilian sites on the list of new World Heritage Sites announced by UNESCO. A list of the Brazilian sites (and other Latin American sites as well) on the UNESCO waiting list was published by De Viaje a Brasil, the Spanish counterpart of this blog, a few days ago. Share This
Sydney Opera House and the nature of Cheju island were added to UNESCO Worl
2007-07-02 23:25:00 UNESCO World Heritage List continues to replenish. Historical city centre of Bordeaux located in the Southwest of France was added recently. It became known about inclusion of several more objects some days ago. One of these objects is in Japan - old silver mines Iwami Ginzan in the Southwest of Honshu island. Other objects are ...
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UNESCO expresses concern over six Chinese World Heritage sites ... - Intern
2007-06-29 14:03:00 Shanghai DailyUNESCO expresses concern over six Chinese World Heritage sites ...International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours agoAP SHANGHAI, China: UNESCO has expressed concern over development at Tibet's Potala palace and five other Chinese World Heritage sites and urged that ...World Heritage Sites increase to 851 XinhuaUNESCO expresses concern over 6 Chinese World Heritage sites Canada EastSeven new world heritage sites Bangkok PostReuters - Xinhuaall 34 news articles
UNESCO names Iraqi holy city of Samarra a World Heritage Site - Daily Star
2007-06-28 21:55:00 Daily Star - LebanonUNESCO names Iraqi holy city of Samarra a World Heritage SiteDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 1 hour agoThe new sites were announced by UNESCO's World Heritage committee meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The committee also listed two natural sites and one ... |
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