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Building capacity to safeguard living heritage for sustainable development The project contributes to implementing the two priorities of the 2003 Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, namely capacity building and education, building upon the achievements gained from the previous biennium. The capacity building activities will focus on strengthening knowledge and skills essential for the safeguarding of living heritage and maximizing its contribution to sustainable development among youth stakeholders in the Mekong cluster countries. In the field of education, the project will finalize the set of resource materials on bringing living heritage to the classroom and disseminate them to relevant stakeholders in a broader Asia-Pacific region.
Information Management System (2022-2023) "Information Management System" is the budget line voted by the World Heritage Committee under the World Heritage Fund for the period 2022-2023, to support the management of the information systems of the World Heritage Centre.
Protecting UNESCO Marine World Heritage in a changing climate (2019-2020) The overall purpose of this project is to strengthen the conservation of the UNESCO marine World Heritage sites in a changing climate. The project has 2 main objectives: 

- Strengthen south-south cooperation across marine World Heritage sites in South Africa, Mauritania, Seychelles, Yemen and Sudan to improve conservation of the sites' Outstanding Universal Value while leveraging the status for jobs and income generation. 

-Improve capacity of the World Heritage Marine Programme through the provision of technical support to the evaluation and monitoring of World Heritage marine sites that are subject to review by the World Heritage Committee.
CAMEROUN GPE - IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY FEES Dans le cadre du nouveau modèle de financement du GPE en particulier pour le renforcement de capacités, l'UNESCO, l'UNICEF et la Banque Mondiale se sont réunies autour d'un consortium sous le lead de l'UNESCO pour accompagner le Gouvernement dans l'analyse des facteurs favorables et l'élaboration du Pacte de Partenariat. L'UNESCO est chargé de gestion fiduciaire des fonds. Le présent Template vise à garantir les frais de gestion de l'UNESCO qui représentent 7% du montant des activités retenues au titre du projet (12 536 dollars USD)
Innovation Laboratory for the Development of Public Policies UNESCO Mexico, at the request of the Ministry of Education of Guanajuato, will provide technical assistance to support the implementation of the "Laboratory of Educational Innovation for the Development of Public Policies", in order to strengthen the actions established in the Social Pact for Education. UNESCO will also seek connections between the educational policies of the state Ministry of Education with the 2030 Agenda. Finally, UNESCO will support the construction of new alliances between the public, public- private and civil society spheres to achieve the goals, particularly to address the problems of school dropout, lag in learning, and the lack of specific support for teachers.
Promouvoir des politiques publiques efficaces pour un développement inclusif, la promotion des droits humains, la compréhension interculturelle et la lutte contre les discrimination et racisme dans la région de l'Afrique de l'Ouest -Sahel En collaboration avec ses partenaires stratégiques, SHS/Dakar focalisera essentiellement son action sur le renforcement des capacités de ses 7 Etats membres pour l'élaboration de politiques participatives fondées sur la production de nouvelles connaissances, promouvant les meilleures pratiques et soutenant des programmes nationaux axés sur l'égalité des genres, l'inclusion de la jeunesse, le bien-être et la culture de la paix. La nouvelle stratégie s'articulera ainsi autour de 2 axes programmatiques globaux qui rassembleront un ensemble d'activités ayant pour priorité thématique la jeunesse et l'égalité des genres : 1) le renforcement de l'aide à la décision politique pour une Afrique émergente et 2) les routes du dialogue et de la paix en Afrique.
Projet d'appui à l'amélioration d'une éducation de qualité des enfants rapatriés, retournés et déplacés internes des provinces de Cankuzo, Makamba, Rumonge, Rutana, Muyinga, Ruyigi Le projet vise à contribuer à la mise en œuvre du Plan de Réponse du MENRS et du programme d'appui à la continuité des apprentissages dans le cadre des urgences financé par le GPE. Il vise à assurer l'accès à une éducation de qualité inclusive et pertinente pour toutes les filles et garçons rapatriés, retournés et déplacés internes âgés de 3 à 18 ans dans les provinces de Cankuzo, Makamba, Rumonge, Rutana, Muyinga, Ruyigi. Il s'agit de créer un environnement d'apprentissage qui permettra à ces enfants de se réinsérer efficacement dans le système scolaire en consolidant leurs compétences pédagogiques.
Support to the Amadou Hampate Ba Foundation for Enhanced Preservation and Accessibility of its Collections This project seeks to strengthen knowledge and capacity by the Foundation to preserve, conserve or restore, including by digitization, any of its collections that may be at risk of degradation and destruction. In addition, through this intervention, UNESCO will work with the Foundation for heightened awareness among memory institutions as well as memory support stakeholders about the significance of documentary heritage and the need to preserve it not only in Cote d'Ivoire but also in other African countries.
Support for the development and use of digital technologies in the Maghreb countries for sustainable development The COVID pandemic has highlighted the preponderant and unavoidable role of new digital technologies in the resilience of societies and economies to such crises. The proper use of these technologies depends on the capacity of humanity to assimilate their content and use them to innovate adequate solutions for the sustainable and inclusive development of societies. The development of these technologies in the Maghreb countries is experiencing significant dynamism, but it has not yet reached the stage required for a digital transformation of the economies of these countries. The activities proposed in this Bienium aim to promote STI in the Maghreb countries through the strengthening of policies and capacities, as well as the improvement of digital education.
Institutional Capacity Developed to Safeguard and Promote Living Heritage of Pakistan for Sustainable Development The intervention will contribute to enhancing the capacity of relevant institutions in community based inventorying of living heritage and develop its linkages with socio-economic and environmental aspects of sustainable development.
Apppui à l'accès à l'information A un moment où les médias de nos pays en développement sont confrontés à un avenir économique incertain, la question de la viabilité des médias se trouve sous le feu des projecteurs.
Une initiative visant à renforcer la viabilité des médias ivoiriens permettra d'étudier l'ampleur de la crise des médias d'information indépendants et consultera les parties prenantes pour trouver des solutions.
Cela en vue de partager les connaissances entre les médias et de produire des recommandations politiques pour soutenir la viabilité des médias d'information.
UN Strategic Foresight Community of Practice This project will support the Secretary-General's broader efforts to transform and modernize the Organization into a United Nations 2.0 with a "Quintet of Change" in data, digital, innovation, strategic foresight and behavioural science. The purpose is to build stronger skills and expertise to effectively deliver on UN mandates and to better assist Member States in navigating the opportunities and challenges of the twenty-first century. 
The CoP will be facilitated by UNESCO.
Strengthening Jamaica's resilience to food and water insecurity This Project aims to fill existing gaps in Jamaica's database and tools to inform the design of strategies and programs that assist populations affected by the food, water and financing crises, and strengthen the farming ecosystem. It will provide policy recommendation and identification of key interventions for rural development, integrated water management for food production, poverty and farmers' exodus mitigation. It will furnish elements to understand the socio-economic impacts of the crisis on vulnerable groups, namely women farmers. It will enhance existing Government of Jamaica sex-disaggregated data collection and methodology on water management.
EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries: Creating a new regulatory environment for the cultural and creative industries and South-South cooperation Building upon the EU-funded project implemented between 2010-2015, the project provides, through EU/UNESCO Expert Facility, on-demand provision of expertise including support for designing policies and implementation plans. It will build on local expertise and reinforce human and institutional capacities in order to achieve ownership, sustainability of results and policy change in developing countries through targeted mentoring, capacity-building and advocacy work. It will also facilitate peer-to-peer learning, among government officials and experts, with a focus on South-South cooperation, to share experiences and transfer knowledge on governance of culture.
Reinforcing capacities of national education systems in South Asia to adapt inclusive and equitable education for sustainable development To uphold the right to education for all and to build education systems that are resilient and responsive to contemporary challenges, UNESCO New Delhi will contribute to eliminating exclusion and marginalization, notably for those at greater risk of being left behind. Member States in the South Asian region will be supported to develop rights-based, inclusive and equitable education systems through stronger partnerships, increased cross-sectoral collaboration, and engagement in policy and technical dialogues. Special effort will be made to uphold international commitments to ED, promote digital inclusion and learner's online protection for all marginalized and vulnerable groups, and the right to equal opportunities for educational progress and life-long learning after the pandemic.
Support to IHP Family in Africa for exchange of experience, communication and scientific network The implementation of the ninth programmatic phase (IHP-IX) will rely heavily on the active participation of the IHP national committees and the other members of the water family. The external mid-term evaluation of IHP-VIII, recommends that each national committee should (a) have clearly defined functions, including specific roles, specific targets, and increased interaction with and support to policy makers; and (b) that each UNESCO water family be accountable for the implementation of specific outputs of the programme. Addressing the operational function and limiting capacity of national IHP committees is essential for successful implementation and monitoring of IHP strategic plan. This activity aims to enable exchange of experience and knowledge among various IHP committees.
Support for social stability through education and vocational training for out-of-school youths following the security and health crises in the Sahel and eastern regions of Burkina Faso The main objective of the project is to promote stability in the eastern and Sahel regions of Burkina Faso by providing children of school going age and young people with skills for employment, enhanced capacities to deal with violent extremism, and committed to peace and citizenship through education and vocational training. The activities to be carried out aim to train 150 young people, aged 18 to 24 years old, who dropped out of school. Cross-cutting aspects of this project is the acquisition of knowledge and life skills in terms of promoting peace, citizenship and the fight against certain pandemics such as COVID-19 for both students in vocational training and in bridging centers
Les jeunes tisserands de la paix dans les régions transfrontalières du Gabon, Cameroun et Tchad: Volet Gabon Face à l'insécurité et à la criminalité grandissantes aux frontières du Gabon, du Cameroun et du Tchad dans un contexte de présence insuffisante des services publics, du manque d'opportunités économiques et de participation citoyenne, ce projet vise à la création d'un réseau de 1 800 jeunes Tisserands de la paix, pour les rendre acteurs dans la prévention des conflits et la consolidation de la paix dans les régions transfrontalières des trois pays.
UNESCO global initiative for excellence in journalism education Through a series of consultations across Africa, UNESCO will help build the capacities of African journalism education institutions by promoting excellence standards. Using its networks of journalism schools, UNESCO will initiate a collaborative programme that aims to result in an update of the journalism education and training programmes run by 10 leading journalism schools on the African continent, enabling them to better respond to the major changes in the communication environment. An estimated 100 schools will exposed to the update.
Climate Resilience and Adaptation for Water (CaRe4Water) - Turkwel The Turkwel River basin within Turkana County is in the ASAL region of north-western Kenya. The main source of water for various uses comes from underground sources. Groundwater recharge in the county comes primarily from precipitation and surface water flows that infiltrate into the soil and replenish the aquifers. The main groundwater body in the basin is the Turkwel aquifer, which is the most important aquifer for water supply, particularly for irrigation and domestic use. The proposed project focuses on conducting a study on Managed Aquifer Recharge that is a water management method of refreshing groundwater stock in areas where a number of boreholes have been developed.
UNESCO-KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL-KHALIFA PRIZE FOR THE USE OF ICT IN EDUCATION The objectives of the Prize are consonant with UNESCO's goals and policies aimed at enhancing the quality of learning, teaching and overall educational performance through appropriate use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Its purpose is to reward projects and activities of individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organizations for excellent models, best practice and innovative use of ICT in education.
Building capacities and innovating sustainability models for Open Solutions Within the domain of Open Access, UNESCO will implement activities to assess different open and equitable modalities for knowledge creation, their transparencies and distribution processes, including the use of FAIR principle. It will do so by advocating frameworks to strengthen capacities to adopt and use Open Solutions policies for Digital Common Goods and promote sustainability models and innovation. These activities will contribute to the implementation of the OA Strategy, adopted by the 36th Session, and build on the 41st General Conference's advocacy for Open Science in Support of Digital Goods. UNESCO's activities in Open Solutions will also promote the use of new technologies for openness of data, its generation and assimilation, and address disinformation in climate change.
Japanese JPO in World Heritage Centre (WHC) for the Policy and Statutory meetings Unit Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the general supervision of the Chief of the Policy and Statutory meetings Unit the incumbent shall participate in the planning and implementation of the activities related to statutory meetings.
Central Asia: FOE/ATI This activity aimed to improve environment for freedom of expression and media pluralism in Central Asia, by support Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to achieve strengthened capacities and raised awareness to enhance norms and policies related to freedom of expression, press freedom, safety of journalists, including women journalists, and the right to access information, online and offline.

Support will be given particularly to policies related to capacity building, awareness-raising, law reform, technical advice, monitoring and rule of law enhancement.
Hooked On Peace This project is the first new project to be launched under the UNESCO Bangkok's Together for Peace (T4P) Initiative and aims to promote digital story-telling in indigenous and mother-tongue languages of Asia. The stories will be developed by young indigenous people through dialogue with elders and communities from their ethnic groups, and will enhance understanding and awareness of traditional knowledge and practices as they relate to peace and sustainable development. It will provide a practical example of action for T4P.
Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe (InsSciDE) Domestic and transnational initiatives have long used science in global diplomatic engagements, in a diversity of ways and contexts. But this practice is fragmented, unrecognized, or lacking an overall model for leveraging and consolidation. InsSciDE - Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe - will reveal, formalize and communicate this intangible capital, develop its conceptual bases and elaborate tools to help European SD emerge and blossom. From first questions to final tools and training, InsSciDE project will lead this process from inside science diplomacy - hand in hand with its practitioners, potential practitioners and other stakeholders.
THE UNESCO/EMIR JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH PRIZE The Prize has been established in 2002 and to be renewed in 2016, the UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize aims at rewarding outstanding activities of individuals, organizations or centres that promote inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in society. The Prize is awarded every two years (USD 40.000). The document for the renewal of the Prize is submitted for the approval of the Executive Board of UNESCO at its 199th session. Available funds amounting USD 251,948 will be used for the 1st circle (2016/17) and 2nd circle (2018/19) of the Prize. Additional financial contribution for the 3rd circle (2020/21) will be provided by the Government of Kuwait.
Implementing the Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap The primary objective is to facilitate the implementation of key elements of the Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap, thereby increasing African engagement and leadership in the Ocean Decade. It will focus on three main pillars: fostering a conducive environment for the Africa Roadmap including further development of a framework Decade programme for sustainable ocean management in Africa, enhancing Marine Spatial Planning to contribute to the sustainable ocean management focus of the Decade in Africa, and promoting Ocean Literacy within the Ocean Decade's implementation in Africa to fulfil relevant priorities of the Roadmap.
Capacity development for marine science and technology in Africa The critical mass of experts required for research and management of the oceans and coasts is still not available in many of the African coastal countries. IOCAFRICA's capacity development initiatives aims to enhance expertise to achieve the following results:
(i)	Increased understanding of ocean and coastal processes around Africa, and how they impact on environment and resources.
(ii)	Increased technical capacity for monitoring and early warning for coastal and oceanic natural hazards
(iii)	Improved understanding of how African Oceans and Coastal areas will be impacted by changing climates.
(iv)	Enhanced capacities of experts and institutions in Africa for research and management of the coastal and marine areas.
Supporting the implementation of UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI in South Asia While frontier technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for human empowerment towards an equitable, fair and sustainable future, these technologies also pose significant challenges. This workplan will support both the regional strategy for UNESCO's actions in bioethics and ethics of science and technology for Asia and the Pacific, as well as actions that specifically target the countries in South Asia, with the aim of supporting the regional implementation of the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI.
UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet): collaborative action research on the role of schools in achieving SDGs in Asia-Pacific The role of teachers is often highlighted in preparing learners as active change agents for making the world more just, inclusive and sustainable. The purpose of the project is to actively engage teachers to produce new knowledge from the school perspective in relation to curricula, pedagogy and assessment. The project will mobilize the UNESCO ASPnet in Japan, Thailand and Viet Nam to design and implement a collaborative action research, including classroom observations, focused group discussions, workshops at the national and regional levels. Interactions among students between the three countries will also be built in the action research design.
Supporting Improved Use of Education Data and ICT for Education Planning in Iran and Turkmenistan UNESCO Tehran, with the support of UNESCO Bangkok, will build on the completed activities of the 40 C/5 by continuing to provide technical support in the advancement of EMIS and ICT in education. UNESCO Tehran, in collaboration with UNESCO Bangkok, will conduct follow-up activities to build national capacities in strengthening EMIS. In addition, in line with the expressed needs and priorities of Iran and Turkmenistan, support will be provided to both Member States in the strengthening of ICT in Education policies.
MAB Governance MAB Secretariat is entitled to provide support to the implementation of MAB statutory framework. It organizes all statutory bodies' meetings, prepare working documents and draft strategic documents for the decision of the MAB International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) and implement activities so the MAB ICC fully fulfill its mandate described in its Statutes. By providing technical assistance and policy advice, the MAB Secretariat shall support the implementation of the Lima Action Plan (2015-2025) through communication, awareness raising, production of knowledge and tools, reinforcement of capacity and skills as well as improvement of the networking framework, especially in the context of the Global agenda for biodiversity and Paris Agreement for CC,
Technical Expert Advice to Establish a National Multi-Hazard Early Warning System - Oman The Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation (DGMAN) was tasked by the government of Oman to develop and establish a National Multi Hazard Early Warning System (NMHEWS). Within this framework the Ministry of Transport and communication of Oman and UNESCO signed a Self Benefit Fund in Trust (SBFiT) in 2009 towards developing NMHEWS under the technical assistance of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). The project is fully funded by Oman and was launched in 2010.
Carry Over International Assistance 2020-2021 This administrative mechanism was put in place in 2006 to carry forward into the following biennium International Assistance requests funded by the World Heritage Fund which have not been fully implemented in the preceding biennium. 
This carry-forward concerns International Assistance requests approved in 2020-2021 and not yet implemented.
#CoronavirusFacts: Addressing the infodemic by empowering journalists and citizens As part of the Covid-19 response,this project will bring WHO and UNESCO's strengths into a multi-layered approach aiming to achieve two overall objectives:
•	Journalists trained over six months through regular interactive briefings with experts and mentors 
•	Citizens have access to accurate and understandable information on #CoronavirusFacts. The project also aims to enhance radio producers' capacity to ensure continuity of their work in case of confinement or financial difficulties, thus ensuring misinformation will continue to be countered by information.