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SAFEGUARDING OF BAYON TEMPLE OF ANGKOR THOM, PHASE VI This project was designed to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia and more in particular the APSARA National Authority, to enhance management and operational capacities and to benefit from international exchange to conserve and restore one of the most important monuments of the site of Angkor- "The Bayon Temple".
Fit for Life Asia Pacific This workstream supports UNESCO's global flagship Fit for Life through activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. Sport and physical activity play an important role in healthy lifestyles, emotional well-being and performance, including academic performance. Fit for Life brings together data, policy and action to strengthen the role and impact of sport and physical activity as a development tool. Key areas of action include physical education in schools, motivating youth as champions for sport and using sport for social change.
Develop institutional and individual capacities to implement media and information literacy actions in Lebanon & Syria UNESCO will work on two main axes through this activity; first, UNESCO will support media faculties as well as teachers' training institutions to integrate Media and Information Literacy (MIL) into their curriculum. In addition UNESCO Beirut will continue its support to youth and marginalized groups in rural areas to enhance their skills and build their resilience to combat disinformation, hate speech and violent extremism in those critical times for both Lebanon and Syria. This activity will also support stakeholders to network and exchange experiences through the celebration of the regional MIL week taking place at the end of October.
Fostering the Role of the Judiciary Systems in promoting Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists The project is aimed at training judges and judicial actors (including privacy/data protection commissioners) in international standards and regional jurisprudence on freedom of expression, access to information, privacy, digital challenges of Internet and safety of journalists. As such, at the end of the project a critical mass of judges and judicial actors will be more susceptible to apply these standards in their decisions. In that respect, one of the long-term objectives of the project is to promote a safe environment for journalists and media workers, in particular women journalists, to ensure that perpetrators of attacks and crimes committed against them are brought to justice.
Enhancing Employability for Vulnerable Youth in Ninawa The project aims to enhance employability of graduates in relevant economic sectors meeting the needs of the labour market in Ninawa, Iraq.
UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy was established by the 210 Executive Board in Dec. 2020. It offers a monetary reward of US$50,000 on a biennial basis to exceptional initiatives of an institution or another entity or NGO which devised/delivered innovative projects/programmes that promote youth entrepreneurship in the creative economy. The Prize is funded by the Government of Bangladesh and contribute directly to UNESCO's Global Priority on Gender Equality and UNESCO's Operational Strategy on Youth. The inaugural rewarding ceremony is planned during the 41th session of the General Conference in November 2021.
Social Media 4 Peace The overall objective of this project is to strengthen resilience of fragile societies to potential harmful content spread online, in particular hate speech inciting to violence while enhancing the promotion of peace through digital technologies, notably social media in three pilot countries namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia and Kenya.
Strengthening capacities to promote and protect linguistic diversity and multilingualism in Africa The activity supports the implementation of the Global Action Plan of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) in Africa, in particular the use of multilingualism in cyberspace, through awareness-raising, capacity-building and regional cooperation for linguistic diversity and multilingualism. Actions are designed to increase the engagement of Governments, indigenous peoples' organizations and regional organizations mandated to promote African languages to take the lead in the implementation of IDIL in Africa.
Appui à la création de la "Route du patrimoine UNESCO" en Tunisie Le projet a pour objectif global d'appuyer la création d'une route thématique intitulée "Route du patrimoine UNESCO", à travers la formation des principales parties prenantes, la mise en valeur des sites et éléments du patrimoine inscrits sur les listes de l'UNESCO et constituant les étapes de cette route, ainsi que la communication et le marketing autour du projet. Celui-ci s'inscrit dans la réalisation de l'Objectif stratégique 2 (OS2) "Diversification et renforcement de la qualité de l'offre touristique" du programme "Tounes wijhetouna", financé par l'Union européenne ainsi que des agences de coopération de certains de ses Etats membres, en faveur de la Tunisie.
Capacity-building programme for the nomination of World Heritage sites in the Africa Region This programme aims at reinforcing the capacities of African heritage experts in order to increase the number of African sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, while ensuring that present and future African World Heritage properties remain in a good state of conservation. With priority given to States Parties with no properties inscribed, the programme built around two components ("Building a base" and "Building sustainability") will focus on inventory, Tentative listing and nomination, while also covering the areas of conservation and management, communication and community/stakeholders engagement for sustainability.
Provision of basic general literacy and pre-vocational skills to youth and adults in the Southeastern Region Within the UNDP Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan, UNESCO will be providing basic general literacy courses and pre-vocational skills to 6333 youth and adults (70% women and adolescent girls)
SIDS Capacity Building Project: Safeguarding Heritage in the Caribbean through Developing Sustainable Tourism Strategies The main aim of the project is to strengthen the capacities of the World Heritage site managers and other key stakeholders in the Caribbean SIDS for planning and managing sustainable tourism at World Heritage properties in the Caribbean.
Semaine Africaine - Editions 2019-2023 La semaine africaine est célébrée tous les ans au Siège de l'UNESCO, pour coincider avec la journée mondiale de l'Afrique (25 mai), à l'initiative du Groupe africain et en coopération avec l'UNESCO/le Département Afrique. L'UNESCO apporte à la fois une contribution financière et sur le plan du contenu pour soutenir cet événement (tables-rondes, communication, visibilité, etc). La contribution financière couvre notamment les frais techniques, l'hospitalité, l'interprétation et la location des espaces utilisés.
UNFPA-UNESCO Collaboration Design and Implementation of a Futures Literacy training and Futures Literacy Laboratory to support the strategic foresight work undertaken by the UNFPA thus far. 
25 Staff members trained as experts in strategic foresight by unpacking the "future of programming" as a case for learning. The lab will also help validate the foresight strategy developed by UNFPA.
Strengthen national capacities in Haiti in the field of tangible cultural and natural heritage Cette activité vise a renforcer des capacités dans l'Etat Partie en matiere d'identification, conservation et gestion du patrimoine culturel d'Haiti pour assurer la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel et naturel face aux menaces croissantes qui pèsent y compris les effets du changement climatique, les catastrophes naturelles, la pression urbaine, les pratiques touristiques non-durables, voire des attaques délibérées contre le patrimoine culturel, ce projet vise a contribuer à la mise en œuvre de la Convention du Patrimoine Mondial de 1972 ainsi qu'à promouvoir la Recommandation sur le paysage urbain historique de 2011.
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania Tanzania has made achievements in expanding enrolment and gender parity at the primary education level. The completion rate at that level remains a challenge with 13% of children failing to complete in 2014. Girls' transition from primary to lower secondary education is lower compared to boys. Girls' drop out is attributed to cultural norms promoting early marriage and teenage pregnancy. The project aims to educate adolescent girls and young women to successfully transition into adulthood through promotion of gender equality and holistic comprehensive approaches to quality education. It will be implemented in four Districts: Ngorongoro, Sengerema; Kasulu and Mkoani in Pemba.
The education system in Bangladesh is equipped to promote inclusion, address marginalization and advance rights, including in crisis-affected contexts. The overall purpose of the work plan is to promote inclusive education in the policy, planning, curriculum, textbooks, and teacher training. It will facilitate an assessment of the status quo of the right to education in Bangladesh in line with SDG 4 targets to prepare for the updating and revision of national legislative and policy documents including the National Education Policy 2010. It will also focus on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education through a review of the effectiveness of textbooks developed in five ethnic minority languages and explore the feasibility of developing textbooks expanding to other ethnic minority languages. In addition, it will contribute to the celebration of ILD, IMLD, WTD, and IDE in Bangladesh with different government entities.
ASIAN PROGRAMME OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIO DEVELOPMENT (CHINA) This is the voluntary contribution from the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO to run APEID activities, in particular activities relating to educational innovations. The Teacher Programme of UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education assists the Chinese National Commission and the Chinese Society of Education in organizing the Wenhui Award for Educational Innovations in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Virtual Museum of stolen cultural objects The project aims at designing the first virtual immersive reality museum of stolen cultural objects at a global scale. It will contribute to raising awareness among general public to the consequences of illicit trafficking of cultural property and contribute to the recovery of stolen objects. Visitors will be able to explore virtually spaces as in a real museum and get access to educational digital materials. The museum will also include stories and testimonies from local communities. It will be conducted jointly by UNESCO and INTERPOL in collaboration with other key technical partners and local communities.
Furthering freedom of expression and safety of journalists in the Sahel This initiative seeks to contribute to the protection of fundamental rights, namely freedom of expression, through awareness raising on (1) international standards on freedom of expression; and (2) the importance to guarantee the safety of journalists, including women journalists, towards the realization of sustainable development goals (SDG 16) in the Sahel region.
JERICO-S3 JERICO-S3 will provide a state-of-the-art, fit-for-purpose and visionary observational Research e-Infrastructure on European coastal and shelf seas in support to scientists and users by offering access to dedicated services and a more science integrative approach to better observe the coastal ecosystem. Major user-driven improvements will be realised in terms of observing the complexity of coastal seas and continuous observation of the biology, access to facilities, data and services, best practices and performance indicators, innovative monitoring strategies.
Oatrimoine documentaire et innovations Le projet soutient l'accès universel à l'information et au savoir, notamment grâce au Programme Information pour tous (PIPT), ainsi qu'à des solutions ouvertes et à l'identification, la préservation et l'accessibilité du patrimoine documentaire
Capacity Building in States Parties (2022-2023) "Capacity Building in States Parties" is the budget line voted by the World Heritage Committee under the World Heritage Fund for the period 2022-2023, to implement activities at both the regional and international levels to address the needs of World Heritage practitioners, institutions and other networks and communities. Such activities are implemented in the framework of the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011) (Decision 35 COM 9B).
Online Consultation platform and follow-up support for the draft text of Recommendation on Ethics of AI Pursuant to the resolution adopted by the General Conference at its 40th session to elaborate a recommendation, the preparation of the Recommendation has been launched with a view to present to Member States a draft document at the General Conference in 2021.
In order to meet the requirements of the roadmap of the Recommendation process an on-line consultation platform will be developed by UNESCO.
Streamlining Global Blue Carbon Ambition The project Streamlining Global Blue Carbon Ambition aims to streamline and accelerate mitigation and adaptation activities related to blue carbon ecosystems, including via sustained investment in marine and coastal Nature-based Solutions, further contributing to the protection of biodiversity and increased resilience to climate change. The project activities will be conducted under the umbrella of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC), co-coordinated by IOC-UNESCO, and will contribute to establishing a high-level ambition group within the IPBC and to providing guidance for high-quality investments in blue carbon protection and restoration activities.
Renforcement des capacités pour la mise à jour du PAQUET (2025-2030), appui à l'élaboration du pacte partenarial et appui technique Ce projet a pour objectif d'accompagner le nouveau cycle de planification du secteur de l'éducation au Sénégal, de renforcer le mécanisme de coordination, d'aligner les financements des partenaires et définir un pacte de partenariat.
41 C/5 OP8: Technologies and digital innovations leveraged to ensure more inclusive, effective and relevant learning UNESCO will strengthen its observatory function by supporting research on frontier technologies and their implications for education, and share foresight on digital innovation and the futures of learning. Additonally, UNESCO will develop a framework to guide the planning and building of technology-enabled inclusive and resilient school systems. Efforts will be made to support and expand the reach of repositories of digital public goods for education by curating open digital learning platforms, digital tools, and openly licensed content with a view to promoting equity and inclusion and bridging the digital divide.
Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) project Phase 3 The BILT 3 project supports Member States in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions in making progress in integrating new qualifications and competencies in their TVET systems and institutional practices. At its third phase of implementation, BILT 3 will focus on adjusting skills/competence definitions; standards; curricula; teaching; qualifications and learning delivery and processes. 
For the duration of the project, the focus will be on 'Digitalization and NQC' and on 'Greening and NQC' and their convergence, which will facilitate an understanding of the state-of-play, generate new knowledge and share information on national TVET practices.
Education response to COVID-19- Consortium of Grant Agents: UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank are joining forces to achieve the principal goal of keeping children learning through COVID-19 crisis. The consortium will do this by helping GPE ESPIG-eligible countries adopt evidence-based strategies and measures to respond to the crisis.
Improving the resilience and halting biodiversity loss of the greater Amazon Basin This project in partnership between UNESCO and LVMH aims to create an integrated model of landscape management addressing the pressures and needs for the long-term sustainability of biosphere reserves (BRs) in the Amazon region. The project intends to improve resilience and halting biodiversity loss of the BRs by determining the scientific conditions and criteria for sound and sustainable ecosystem management, and by identifying, supporting and disseminating "good practices", building capacity and contribute to innovative solutions with and for the benefit of local communities. The experience gained and approaches developed will provide knowledge of direct relevance for the WNBR.
Strengthening Capacities and Promoting Networking in STEM in Central Asia Central Asia and other countries are advocating for new STEM education and market responsive curriculum to accelerate development, yet they often lack capacities and up-to-date knowledge. This activity will contribute to the regional STEPAN network through promoting capacity in research, education and training, high skills development and innovation in STEM/SETI area. Integrating innovative and science-based approaches in the teaching of STEM will be emphasized, to help developing 21st century skills in students, that include creativity, innovation, problem solving. Moreover, youth will be targeted as agents for change and gender equality in STEM will be promoted. Science diplomacy tools will be further explored, and citizen science approaches promoted in cooperation with other activities
National Conference of Community and Traditional Leaders to Promote Cultural Social Cohesion and Peacebuilding in South Sudan The intended conference is aimed to bring together community and traditional leaders of South Sudan to a 3-day meeting to feel and exchange with various leaders contributing to cultural dialogue for peace and the safeguarding the culture of South Sudan. The specific objectives are, to raise awareness among various stakeholders about the role of culture in bringing people together and safeguarding of such measures, to build capacity among communities to promote their culture and preserve them for future generations. It will also provide the opportunity to document cultural elements which will add to the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage list of South Sudan.
JPO Culture and Cultural Heritage The JPO will be under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Officer of the CLT Team in the Amman Office. Since the Office's portfolio on cultural heritage has been steadily expanding, new capacities, particularly with a law back ground and with a sound level of knowledge about UNESCO and its Conventions are needed. UNESCO Amman office has been playing a prominent role in Jordan in the protection and rehabilitation of the unique cultural heritage of the country. The KSA funded JPO will be placed in the CLT team, so that synergies and an increased level of coordination can be realized. The JPO will be able to contribute to the visibility of the programs in the safeguarding of heritage.
IOC Governing Bodies The Intergovernmental Oceanographic commission is established as a body with functional autonomy within UNESCO. The Commission defines and implements its programme according to its stated purpoe and functions and within the framework of the budget adopted by its Assembly.
The Governing Bodies of the Commission consist of an Assembly, an Executive Council and such subsidiry bodies as it may establish.
Strengthening stewardship through cooperation in an economically and biologically significant high seas area - the Sargasso Sea This project aims to undertake a detailed diagnostic analysis which will identify science-based evidence of threats and potential impacts and will then further provide a concrete demonstration of how cooperation and associated partnerships can play a leading role in sustaining and restoring the health, productivity and resilience of an area beyond the jurisdiction of any one country but encompassed by the regime established within the mandate of the UNCLOS, consistent with the associated precautionary approach and the concepts of cooperation of States to adopt measures for the conservation and management of living resources in the area beyond national jurisdiction.
Projet d'appui à la sylviculture et à l'autonomisation agroéconomique et énergétique des femmes et des jeunes dans les communes rurales de Siby et de Bancoumana dans le cercle de Kati, région de Koulikoro (PARSAF) La zone d'intervention comprend les communes rurales de Siby et Bancoumana avec une population totale estimée à 102 803 habitants (selon RGPH 2020). L'objectif global est de contribuer au renforcement de l'écosystème de la zone du projet et à la résilience des femmes et des jeunes aux effets des changements climatiques et s'articule autour de trois (3) grands axes d'intervention : l'apiculture couplée au Maraîchage et la vulgarisation de 3500 foyers améliorés métalliques artisanaux et le reboisement de 35 hectares.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovations to strengthen Inclusion and Equity of Education in Africa The integration of AI and advanced IT in education can provide suggestions to policy makers, teachers and learners, ensure personalized education and strengthen inclusion and equal access to quality education. Technological advancements in this area provide immense potential, especially for inclusive education. AI and advanced IT based tools may essentially enhance educational outcomes and provide critical services to those most in need. The project will contribute to UNESCO's Africa priority, gender equity and inclusion objectives in achieving the Education 2030 agenda and SDG 4.
SmartCulTour (Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions) The project, in which UNESCO is one of the 10 partners under the leadership of Leuven University, relates to a Horizon 2020 Call for proposals on "Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism (ID: TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020)". Its objective is to conceptualize and validate an innovative, community-led approach to sustainable cultural tourism with a view to supporting sustainable development of European regions, with special focus on rural regions and declining cities, and contributing to their resilience and inclusiveness.
Research, foresight, public policy debate in Eastern Africa Over the last 2 years (2020-2021, education systems in Eastern Africa, as in much of Africa, have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, affecting teaching and learning and the provision of education to millions of children. Going forward, it is reasonable to expect many disruptions - nature- or human-induced. The extent to which future disruptions will impact on education is not very clear at the moment. It is important therefore to provide to governments to be aware of the potential consequences of future through regional fora based on results of research; preparation and dissemination of policy briefs for ministers and senior government officials.
Building Community Resilience through Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme UNESCO-IOC through the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOTIC) in UNESCO Office Jakarta, plays an active role and supports the member states in capacities for assessment of risk in Indian Ocean. Under the partnership agreement between UNESCO-IOC and the Government of Indonesia, through the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics of Indonesia (BMKG), the IOTIC implemented program and activities to strengthen national capacity and the Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System through a series of activities focusing on capacity building for the implementation of UNESCO-IOC programme on Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.