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Addressing students' learning gaps to ensure quality learning for all children and prevent drop-out in Asia-Pacific The UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Bangkok (UNESCO Bangkok) aims to support countries in Asia-Pacific build teachers' capacity to identify learning gaps/needs and address them so that all learners are able to progress and meet at least minimum proficiency in learning. In particular, the project will focus on building teachers' capacity in assessment for learning (formative and diagnostic assessment) and differentiated learning pedagogies. These teaching and learning approaches are proven to be key for ensuring quality learning in an equitable and inclusive manner, improve learners' engagement and reduce drop-out.
ICC-Angkor/Sambor Prei Kuk As the follow-up of the decision of the First ICC-Angkor, held in Tokyo in 1993, the working procedures of the Committee were established. It was decided that the Committee would be co-chaired by France and Japan in collaboration with the APSARA Authority, UNESCO provides the Secretariat. The financial mechanism established on the initiative of Japan and France also foresaw that the cost of the ICC-Angkor meetings should be borne by these two countries and UNESCO. Respectively, since 2009, 2019 the APSARA and Sambor Prei Kuk National Authorities have also financially contributed to the ICC meetings. The Site of Sambor Prei Kuk, inscribed on the World Heritage List, was officially included in the mechanism of ICC-Angkor in 2019.
Emergency intervention to secure museums and monuments in Libya Contribute to the protection and promotion of the cultural heritage in Libya. Strengthen the technical and institutional capacities of the DoA /Ministry of Culture for the enhancement and protection of the cultural heritage in the country.
Améliorer les réponses aux éruptions volcanique en Afrique centrale dans un contexte de changement climatique L'UNESCO accompagne ses Etats membres dans la préparation de réponses post-catastrophe, à travers une approche d'engagement multi-risques, multi-disciplines et multi-acteurs, en adéquation avec le Cadre de Sendai pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe 2015-2030 et les ODD 1, 4, 9, 11, 13 et 15. Les principaux efforts de l'UNESCO se concentrent sur l'amélioration des connaissances et le renforcement des capacités des pays en développement, en particulier l'Afrique et les PIED. 
La présente activité vise à renforcer les capacités en Afrique centrale sur le rétablissement et la reconstruction après une catastrophe volcanique, à travers le partage de connaissances et d'expériences d'Asie, d'Amérique et d'Europe.
Strengthening and improving the use of Arabic Language in UNESCO under the strategic partnership framework agreement with Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation Language is perhaps the most distinctive and defining feature of any human society. It is pivotal in the realm of information technology, the tool that all modern sectors use, and the foundation on which modern human communication is established.
With the aim to enhance multilingualism, and address the many-faceted relations between Arabic and the system of knowledge acquisition, a set of activities will be implemented under the strategic focus to promote linguist diversity and intercultural dialogue.
UNESCO Global Geoparks According to the Statutes of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme approved by the 38th General Conference (see Operational Guidelines for UNESCO Global Geoparks, paragraph 6), this Special Account will allow UNESCO "to promote UNESCO Global Geoparks and to organize, facilitate and support capacity-building activities".
Projet d'Appui à l'Opérationnalisation du Module de Gestion des Ressources Humaines du SIGE Burundi Globalement, le but du projet est d'aider le Gouvernement à améliorer la gestion des ressources humaines, en particulier le personnel enseignant, au sein du Ministère de l'Education nationale et de la recherche Scientifique (MENRES)à travers de développement d'un module de gestion de ressources humaines intégré à la plateforme StatEduc du SIGE central
Core Systems Redesign Programme (UNESCORE) The purpose of this Special Account is to accommodate income, expenditure and reporting related to the re-started work on the redesign of UNESCO's core planning, monitoring, reporting, and financial systems, and the progressive delivery of a new integrated core digital platform - UNESCORE - delivering transactional, informational and collaborative functions accessible by Member States, Secretariat and other stakeholders.
Empowering Civil Society in Strengthening Media and Information Literacy in Jordan This project will support in strengthening Jordan's key MIL stakeholders' capacity to understand and contribute to the creation; subsequent implementation; and monitoring and evaluation of the national MIL framework. It will do so by a) making national stakeholders aware of international standards and best practices on MIL and b) through research and the creation of specific MIL content, increase the awareness of these stakeholders of the importance and complexity of MIL, in particular, in the context of Jordan.
Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage and Developing Cultural Tourism in Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner districts in Rajasthan The project is aiming towards the development of 10 cultural tourism destinations in the 4 districts of Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Barmer and Bikaner involving 1500 traditional performing artists and handicraft artisans. It will result in the safeguarding of ICH, increased footfall at the artists' villages, and increased average days of stay by visitors. This will lead to the promotion of cultural tourism based on music and craft traditions with an aim of benefitting artists' communities, recognition for the villages and artists and new income opportunities for the tradition bearers as well as the larger community.
International Assistance - Additional funding 2022-2023 Additional funds for International Assistance can be provided to help the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to protect the World Cultural or Natural Heritage located on their territories and inscribed on the World Heritage List, the List of World Heritage in Danger or on Tentative Lists.
Media development is strengthened (IPDC Earmarked project series 2021) This concerns all of the projects supported by the IPDC Bureau in 2021 with EARMARKED funding, specifically: 
-	11 Earmarked projects approved on 18 January 2021 through the rapid response email mechanism with funds from the Netherlands and Lithuania.
-	1 earmarked project with funds from Lithuania (Letter of contribution 15/06/2021)
-	The 65th IPDC Bureau approved on 18 June 2021: 4 earmarked projects with funds from Luxembourg and 1 project with funds from The Internet Society (ISOC).
-	7 Earmarked projects approved on 4 October 2021 through the rapid response email mechanism with funds from the Netherlands.
Yemen Education Sector Plan 2024-2030 Development At the Yemen Local Education Group (LEG) 2022 Annual Meeting, LEG members re-confirmed their commitment to supporting the education sector in Yemen and to strengthening their partnership and collective efforts under a common national vision for education. In October 2022, the LEG also agreed to conduct a review of the implementation of the current Transitional Education Plan (TEP) to inform the development of a full-fledged Education Sector Plan (ESP) for 2024-2030 with the support of UNESCO-Beirut and UNESCO-IIEP. This project aims at supporting the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Yemen, in cooperation with Yemen education partners, in developing an ESP for 2024-2030.
Program of teacher communities of practice in Guatemala The Education Sector of the UNESCO Office in Guatemala, in alliance with other educational institutions in the country, will support the professional development of teachers through their participation in communities of practice aimed to the design of innovative proposals based on their successful experiences during the closure of schools. Likewise, it will be promoted that teacher's communities of practice address their mental health and socio-emotional support of their students.

To this end, a participatory compilation, systematization and pooling of innovative initiatives successfully implemented in the context of the pandemic by Guatemalan school leaders and teachers will be carried out.
Fostering preservation and access to information and documentary heritage through open solutions and MoW Continuing its role as a regional facilitator of the 2015 Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage including in Digital Form, UNESCO Bangkok proposes capacity building activities to support the digitization of documentary collections using open source technology to increase public access and knowledge in Southeast Asia. 

To that end, this project will engage custodians of documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific in numerous activities including information exchange, sharing of good practices across regions, training and networking.
Supporting Member States in building robust and transformative STI ecosystems to accelerate the achievement of SDGs The activity aims at strengthening Member States capacities to improve STI policies and governance for the achievement of the SDGs, access to scientific and technological advancements and knowledge sharing by providing technical advice and guidance, fostering international scientific cooperation and mobilising multi-stakeholder participation. Therefore, UNESCO will work with Member States, relevant UN partners, Category 2 Centres and UNESCO Chairs, donor agencies and NGOs in designing standard setting-instruments for roadmaps and policy development in STI for SDGs, supporting the development and implementation of new frameworks and mission-oriented policies that contribute to improving STI governance and building appropriate national and regional STI ecosystems, capacities and resources.
CapED Programme - Education Response to the COVID-19 crisis The CapED Programme is an extrabudgetary programme created in 2003 based on the understanding that education reforms will not be effective if countries lack the capacities to make them operational. With an overarching capacity development approach, CapED seeks to improve the quality of education and increase learning opportunities, especially for girls and women and disadvantaged population groups. Under "Education Response to the COVID-19 crisis", CapED will address urgent needs to respond to school closures and ensure continuity of learning through distance-learning modalities and crisis-sensitive, contingency planning.
Safeguarding of Intangible cultural heritage through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention Capacity Building and follow up activities of strengthening the national capacities for the effective implementation of 2003 Convention in Bangladesh
Attain Objective one (1) of the Flagship Programme 3 and Implement Regional Action Plan (2021-2027) Under Global Priority Africa and in line with the Regional Action Plan 2022- 2027, the Secretariat will implement and promote the Regional Action Plan 2022-2027 and Flagship Programme 3: Fostering cultural heritage and capacity development. It will support capacity building, the increase of African experts, and involve youth. The Secretariat will primarily support 12 countries with no properties on the WH List, assist 15 sites on the List of the WH in danger, mentoring experts and support conservation to achieve targets of the SDGs and Aspiration 5 of the Agenda 2063. Support will focus on the participation of the States Parties, the African World Heritage Fund, universities, experts, civil society, youth and other partners in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Convention.
Program support cost L'appui du PME obtenu, permettra à la Côte d'Ivoire d'opérationnaliser les solutions identifiées lors des Etats Généraux de l'Education Nationale et de l'Alphabétisation, pour la transformation durable du système éducatif. Le Gouvernement et le GLPE ont désigné l'UNESCO Agent Partenaire pour le fonds du PME pour l'appui technique à l'élaboration du Pacte de partenariat.
Climate Change Impact on Ocean & Coastal Ecosystems Accelerating climate change and expanding human uses exert tremendous pressures on marine ecosystems. Combined effects of climate change (CC) and other stressors, in particular eutrophication and deoxygenation, were reported for marine productivity, biodiversity and species distribution. There is a need to understand/quantify further the effects of CC on the marine biota of the world's oceans, on ecosystems goods and services and on social-ecological systems. Main actions under this activity will include the implementation of the Ocean Decade Global Ocean Oxygen Decade programme, the provision of guiding principles for multiple stressor research and new assessments focusing on pollution and changing phytoplankton communities.
Supporting Africa and SIDS to Benefit from AI Technologies while Addressing Ethical Risks This project aims to strengthen capacities and policies of Member States in Africa and SIDS to benefit from AI technologies and to address the associated ethical risks. This will be pursued through the development of innovative capacity-building tools, including the ethical impact assessment and readiness assessment methodology as outlined in the Recommendation on Ethics of AI, which upholds protection, promotion and respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, human dignity and equality as its objective. Once developed, these tools will be piloted in 6 countries and then rolled out in a further 12 countries in the region and eventually launched globally.
Development of policies and measures to promote the diversity of cultural expressions in East Asia The UNESCO 2005 Convention was ratified by three of the five countries of the Beijing cluster - China, Mongolia and the Republic of Korea. Building on achievements, recommendations and lessons learnt from past interventions targeting the effective implementation of the UNESCO 2005 Convention in Mongolia, support will continue to be provided to Mongolia in integration with existing extrabudgetary resources and on a demand-drive basis to other Member States. Activities will focus on capacity-building and technical assistance for the design, implementation and monitoring of policies and measures that promote the diversity of cultural expressions and contribute to participatory systems of governance for culture.
Support to national capacity building to realize Girls' Right to Education in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan. The project is designed to respond to some of the challenges with regard to girls' primary education. It will also investigate into the underlying factors responsible for a repressing transition rate of girls from primary to lower secondary education through empirical research. The project aims at supporting the efforts of Government of Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan in increasing access, retention and improving the quality of girls' education through capacity building and targeted interventions at both institutional and community levels.
Sustainable Water Security for Human Settlements in Developing Countries under Climate Change The project aims at supporting Member States' effort in achieving water security in view of the challenges they will be facing due to climate change. It seeks to first model the effects climate change will have on the country and then develop a strategy and an operational plan for engineering works that can be undertaken to enhance the resilience of the country to them. The project contains an element of strengthening the human resources capacity of the beneficiary country on the methodology used to continue the process even after UNESCO's support is provided.
Building information and knowledge societies for all (IFAP Project Series 2021) IFAP's projects and activities financed by the IFAP Special Account as approved by the 32nd Meeting of the Bureau of the IFAP Intergovernmental Council, held on 15,16 and 28 June 2021.
Restoration and Rehabilitation of the House of Prayer, the Conventual Church of Our Lady of the Hour (Al-Saa'a Church), Mosul Within the framework of the Mosul Initiative, this project proposal, aims at rehabilitating the so-called House of Payer, in the Old City of Mosul, as multi purpose educational and cultural center for the local community. It will be implemented within the framework of the Mosul Initiative and, as such, will contribute to the overall impact of strengthening the Moslawis capacity, including minorities, to lead the recovery of their city, safeguard their heritage and benefit from a peaceful coexistence.
Soutenir la résilience du secteur culturel et créatif et les politiques publiques pour la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles en Afrique de l'Ouest Sahel Ce biennium initiera des actions innovantes pour soutenir les politiques publiques dans des nouveaux Etats Parties à la Convention tel que le Cabo Verde et accompagner l'élaboration des rapports périodiques nationaux en Gambie et Niger, poursuivre les actions fortes d'appui à l'égalité des genres et le soutien aux femmes créatrices avec une couverture régionale et enfin continuer l'accompagnement des Etat Membres dans le renforcement de la résilience du secteur culturel et créatif dans un contexte de pandémie de COVID 19.
Building a climate resilient future: capacity development on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in selected UNESCO Designated sites of South East Europe The project aims to contribute to a more climate-resilient South East Europe region, through developing capacities of managing authorities and stakeholders in UNESCO designated sites (with special focus on WH and BRs) in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, in line with relevant guidelines and policies on climate change and disaster risks reduction. The project will also improve the understanding of the impacts of climatic change and natural hazards on natural and cultural sites, and of the importance to ensure effective and appropriate heritage management and site governance to enhance climate and disaster resilience.
Asia-Pacific Strengthening Open Science Implementation mechanisms and STI policies This worplan will implement strategic directions defined within the regional Core support strategy for SETI Priorities and Implementation Means (https://bit.ly/coreSETIstrategyAP) including "Promoting and encouraging access of science to all with Open Science movement, scientific and ethical aspects of AI and inclusiveness of science, tackling the regional digital divide for youth, girls and women" and STEPAN as the umbrella support network to implement the regional strategy and strengthen institutional and human capacity in developing and implementing effective, inclusive science policies. The workplan will support the implementation of STEPAN action plan on SETI governance (https://bit.ly/STEPANActionPlan2021) specifically on regional Open Science implementation mechanism.
Reviving Mosul and Basra Old Cities_Phase Two This project was prepared as a response to Covid-19 and its socio-economic impact in Iraq. The overall objective of this project is to contribute to economic recovery as well as to social cohesion through creation of decent jobs in re-construction of historical urban centres of Mosul and Basra as well as support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) active in various sectors and the cultural and creative industries through a financing mechanism. It will build up on the ongoing activities in both cities implemented by UNESCO and IOM in order to provide a quick response to the pandemic and ensure immediate impact on local economies.
Comprehensive Resilience Building in the Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts of Zimbabwe The overall objective of the project is to reduce the vulnerability of communities in the Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts to natural disasters, such as floods, droughts and landslides; and to enhance water resource management as well as ecosystem services in response to the uncertainty of future climate change. The establishment of a new Biosphere Reserve as part of the project has the objective to ensure longer term sustainable development to further build resilience to anticipated negative climatic impacts.
Addressing Climate Risk and Building Adaptive Capacity in South Africa's Biosphere Reserves: Towards Sustainable Water and Ecosystem Management The severe impacts of droughts in South Africa over the last decade highlight the vulnerability of the country to water scarcity, which is expected to worsen as a result of climate change. The project addresses this challenge by introducing a novel bottom-up approach to climate change adaptation, providing an adequate planning pathway for decision making at the local, regional and national level. In combination with adequate monitoring and early warning tools, climate informed decision-making is significantly facilitated. Targeted training and technology transfer will further enable the development of effective ecosystem-based adaptation strategies, with active community participation.
Enhancing the capacities to promote and protect linguistic diversity and multilingualism The countries in the Jakarta cluster contains a rich linguistic diversity. In Indonesia, around 700 languages are spoken across its 17500 islands, in Malaysia around 130 languages are spoken, in the Philippines around 120 languages are spoken, whereas in Timor-Leste about twelve languages are spoken in the island state. Nevertheless, as in other parts of the world, many of these indigenous languages are under threat and are in danger of being forgotten. Many of these languages are also not available natively on the Internet, making it difficult to attract younger generations to use and interact digitally in their indigenous languages.
Appui institutionnel pour améliorer la gouvernance de l'Eau au Mali Relecture des textes de la Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique adaptés à la GIRE, mise en place des agences de l'eau , appui a l'évaluation et au suivi de l'indicateur ODD 6.5.2 au Mali dans le cadre de la coopération sur les eaux transfrontières et la création du comité national PHI
Protection of Iraq's Cultural Heritage The dramatic situation of cultural heritage in Iraq and its intentional destruction by armed groups reached an unprecedented degree and the state of deterioration of inaccessible cultural sites is very difficult to determine. This situation led to a growing phenomenon of illicit trafficking in Iraq and its neighbouring countries.
The project aims to monitor cultural sites and assess the damage incurred, mitigate the loss of cultural heritage through capacity building activities, fight illicit trafficking, raise awareness to the general public and coordinate with Italian entities which are active in Iraq's cultural heritage protection and documentation.
Learning with intangible cultural heritage for a sustainable future in Latin America and the Caribbean Under the overall coordination of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Santiago and funded by the generous support of the Netherlands to the ICH Fund, this project focuses on implementing, and evaluating pilot projects in Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru and Chile to demonstrate how living heritage can effectively be integrated in education programs. The project will facilitate the integration of ICH in formal and non-formal education and policy dialogue, thereby contributing to Target 4.7. It will also strengthen teachers and educators' capacities in this new area and promote the sharing of information and lessons learned among policymakers and practitioners at the regional level.