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Reshaping cultural policies for the promotion of fundamental freedoms and the diversity of cultural expressions This project aims to raise the level and quality of knowledge and bridge capacity gaps on the 2005 Convention through the capacity development interventions on policy monitoring, information and data collection, indicator building involving a diverse stakeholders in 16 developing countries, and the production of a 3rd edition of the Global Report (planned publication in June 2021). It is expected that governmental and non-governmental actors will work together to better highlight effective policies and strategies that promote fundamental freedoms. This will serve to support evidenced-based policy, also strengthening transparent, participatory and democratic systems of governance.
SDG 4-Education 2030 effectively coordinated through UNESCO's global leadership and mandate Building on the achievements and lessons learned during 40C5, Beirut Office will consolidate its office-wide efforts with HQ and FOs in the region to strengthen the leadership role in support of Member States' continued progress towards the Education 2030 progress. During the 41C5 biennium, UNESCO Beirut office will aspire to reflect the newly established Global Education Coordination Mechanism (GCM) in the Arab region that is expected to accelerate SDG 4 efforts toward the year 2030, supported by relevant evidence and policies. Thus, the C5 workplan will center around supporting this effort through continued capacity development, analysis, and policy and technical dialogue.
Training and improvement of biosphere reserves in Latin America and Africa to meet the MAB Excellence Strategy and to fulfil the criteria of the Statutory Framework of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves This initiative aims to assist the Biosphere Reserves (BR) in Latin America and in Senegal that are currently included in the MAB Excellence Strategy .
To support the sites, each BR will go through an assessment that will analyse the technical (zonation, biophysical, cultural and socioeconomic), administrative and management characteristics, which will allow the identification of gaps and needs. 
The following BR will be covered by this project: Pilon Lajas; Ulla Ulla, Beni, Yasuní, Maya; Rio Plátano, Bosawas, Rio San Juan and Samba Dia.
Enhancing media and information literacy (MIL) and Digital Competencies in South Asia The activity will seek to strengthen institutional and human capacities in South Asia to integrate media
and information literacy (MIL) in policies and strategies, and to bridge the digital and knowledge divides,
through the development of digital skills and competencies, in particular among women and girls and
marginalized groups
Support for Ukraine in culture and education through UNESCO This project provides an emergency mid-term response to support journalists and media in Ukraine through three key outcomes:1)The safety of Ukrainian and international journalists inside Ukraine is reinforced, with a focus on protection, monitoring, psychological support and capacity-building. 2)Ukrainian media outlets and journalists continue or reinstate their operations, providing the population with factual, conflict-sensitive and verified information of public interest, avoiding information vacuum. 3)Independent reporting on the Ukraine war, including crimes against journalists is strengthened
Projet d'Appui à la Promotion de la Transformation de Produits Agricoles à travers l'utilisation productive des Energies Renouvelables dans les Régions de Sikasso, Ségou et Mopti Le présent projet a été initié dans le but de promouvoir l'utilisation des énergies renouvelables afin de relever le défi de la transformation des produits agricoles. De façon globale, les actions du présent projet vont bénéficier à plus de 500 ménages vulnérables membres des groupements qui utiliseront les équipements d'énergies renouvelables pour la transformation de leurs produits. Plus de 30 000 habitants (dont 15 679 femmes) vivants des localités ciblées vont tirer directement ou indirectement des retombées du projet.
FRAIS DE GESTION Projet d'appui au développement du plan sectoriel en Mauritanie (PNDSE III) 2022-2030 Il s'agit des frais de gestion du PROJET Projet d'appui au développement du plan sectoriel en Mauritanie (PNDSE III) 2022-2030 sous financement du Partenariat Mondial pour l'Education (PME/GPE)
Strengthening the Inclusion and Coordination of Disability Issues in Eswatini UNESCO will take part in this joint UNPRPD Project in Eswatini by strengthening capacity of national disability stakeholders on corporate governance, coordination and the integration of disability issues in UNSDCF and national development plans.
Promotion of Media and Information Literacy in Cuba and the Dominican Republic The activity is aimed at supporting Member States in the development of policies, strategies and capacity building for the promotion of Media and Information Literacy.
Basic science and Engineering for Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific There is a shortage of skills in fields that are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as computer science, particle physics, biotechnology, space and nanoscience and engineering. The basic and applied sciences are one of the main triggers of scientific innovation conducive to sustainable development. To play their full part in today's globalized world, countries must have the scientific, technological and engineering capability and capacity to provide green and sustainable solutions. The Asia Pacific region has developed important scientific and engineering infrastructure that will be utilized to implement the biennal strategies.
CapEFA Programme Management & Technical Backstopping CapEFA Programme Management & Technical Backstopping
GPE System Capacity Grant for Strengthening Education Sector Capacity to Facilitate Access to Quality Education Service Delivery in Afghanistan Strengthening Education Sector Capacity to Facilitate Access to Quality Education Service Delivery in Afghanistan is funded by the Global Partnership for Education through its System Capacity Grant. UNESCO leads the overall program design, implementation, M&E and reporting as the Grant Agent. USAID and FCDO are the Coordinating Agencies. Key outputs of the project include an updated Afghanistan Education Sector Transitional Framework for 2024-2025, improved coordination mechanism between humanitarian and development partners for information sharing, joint programming and emergency responses, M&E and reporting, improved operational capacity of national sub-national partners.
Support Pacific SIDS to promote, monitor and measure the contribution of culture to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development In the frame of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies - Mondiacult 2022 and the new Pacific Regional Cultural Strategy currently being finalized by the Pacific Community (SPC), there is an opportunity for the Pacific to discuss regional perspectives on a global level, in relation to the adaptation of cultural policies to be better equipped to address sustainable development challenges, notably in relation to digitalization and climate action. The workplan will thus aim to support the Pacific in elaborating a study on the nexus of cultural policies and the achievement of SDGs in the Pacific. The possibility of presenting the preliminary results of the study during the Mondiacult Conference as a side event will be explored.
Promotion du patrimoine documentaire du Mali L'objectif général du projet est d'appuyer le Gouvernement du Mali et les acteurs culturels dans l'exploitation et la promotion des manuscrits anciens en vue d'un développement économique et social du pays. Le but principal est de favoriser la recherche scientifique autour des manuscrits anciens du Mali et de mener des actions de promotion et de diffusion de ce riche patrimoine culturel largement inexploré. Il permettra ainsi d'impulser une nouvelle dynamique dans le domaine de la recherche scientifique sur les manuscrits anciens au Mali.
APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL A TRAVERS LES RADIOS COMMUNAUTAIRES Le principal objectif du projet est de contribuer au développement des médias locaux et partant à la réduction de la pauvreté à travers des émissions spécifiques au développement local comme le stipule le Document de Stratégie pour la Croissance et l'Emploi (DSCE), grâce à un accès élargi à l'information et aux connaissances pertinentes, ainsi que l'amélioration de l'environnement de la liberté d'expression, toute chose qui renforce la capacité des collectivités à participer activement à la vie locale et nationale.
Support Pacific SIDS with capacity development initiatives to protect underwater cultural heritage and counter its unethical recovery while promoting responsible public access to it To ensure that underwater cultural heritage is identified, protected and sustainably managed in the Pacific, this activity will aim to raise awareness and promote the ratification and effective implementation of the 2001 Convention in Papua New Guinea. The activity will include the elaboration of a gap and national interest analysis that will inform the development of an online training suite of curated informative material. The tailored policy advice will aim to provide a better understanding of the benefits and implications of the UCH Convention in PNG through capacity building, and create synergies with other UNESCO Conventions such as the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
BURUNDI GPE - IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY FEES Dans le cadre du nouveau modèle de financement du PME en particulier pour le renforcement de capacités, l'UNESCO, a été désignée comme Agent Partenaire pour accompagner le Gouvernement burundais dans l'analyse des facteurs favorables et l'élaboration de son Pacte de Partenariat. Le présent projet s'inscrit dans ce sens et décrit de manière opérationnelle les activités qui permettront d'atteindre les résultats escomptés. 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 (11 395 dollars USD)
Strengthening Media Development and Freedom of Expression in Cambodia Recognizing freedom of expression, and its corollaries of freedom of information and media freedom, as fundamental human rights and critical pillars to democracy, this project aims to foster a safe, free, pluralistic and independent media environment conducive to greater freedom of expression in Cambodia. The project aims at strengthening the media sector while addressing the urgent needs derived from the Covid-19 pandemic, including ensuring greater access to critical information, advocating for higher standards in ethical reporting, promoting investigative journalism and strengthening the public's Media and Information Literacy competencies.
Decent Employment for Youth In Cambodia (DEY) Capitalizing on the comparative advantages, complementary mandates and areas of expertise as well as resources of four United Nations agencies, namely ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF and UNIDO, the "Decent Employment for Youth in Cambodia" programme phase 2 is designed to address these key strategic gaps in building skills and education in Cambodia. The programme intends to support young women and men in Cambodia to increasingly obtain decent and productive employment opportunities by ensuring they are better able to meet labour market demand and are prepared for quality employment. UNESCO will be leading the section on BEEP and FLP. The duration of the programme is 4 years from 2020 - 2023.
Improve capacities of Central African countries in promoting and protecting linguistic diversity and multilingualism Advocacy and capacity building activities to protect, preserve and promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism by means of community media inclusion and the empowerment of the freedom of expression, the freedom of the press and universal access to information
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) IOC is a co-sponsor of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). WCRP provides the international and intergovernmental platform to design the research agenda on climate and climate change, on the basis of which national research agendas are developed. The discharge of such national research agendas leads to improving the knowledge base on climate and climate change, which in turn inform the assessment work of the IPCC and, ultimately, policy decisions including those of the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. WCRP encompasses an ocean element, of particular relevance to IOC's work and to which IOC is uniquely positioned to contribute. A main activity will be the WCRP Open Science Conference 2023: Advancing climate science for a sustainable future.
Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development The project shall increase the ratification of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage by the organization of three national policy meetings in Nicaragua, the Philippines and Uruguay and four national exhibitions based on panels and selected artifacts in Chile, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. 
The events will also serve to build capacity of national authorities in the implementation of the 2001 Convention and augment awareness of challenges and issues concerning submerged heritage.
Suivi du FORUM SUR L'INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE EN AFRIQUE L'UNESCO a organisé conjointement avec l'Université Mohamed VI Polytechnique (UM6P), du 12 au 13 décembre 2018 au Maroc, un Forum sur l'intelligence artificielle, évènement de haut-niveau, qui a contribué à enrichir la réflexion globale sur l'IA en la déclinant à l'échelle africaine. Ce Forum a permis de traiter des enjeux majeurs pour le Continent, en veillant à promouvoir et à maximiser le potentiel de l'intelligence artificielle en tant que levier de développement. Ce Forum sera suivi de forums sous-régionaux sur la période 2022-2023 (forums reportés de 2019-2020 en raison de la pandémie de COVID-19).
Connecting Research, Policy and Practice to advance Inclusive Development towards Well-being and Resilience in Caribbean SIDS UNESCO will strengthen cooperation with national and regional universities, policymakers, regional organizations, research councils, CSOs, including youth-led organizations and other relevant stakeholders in order to bolster social and scientific cooperation and promote the research-policy-practice nexus in the Caribbean. 
 
Actions will be carried out for creating, capturing, analyzing, sharing, brokering and disseminating knowledge; enhancing the policy uptake of research; connecting stakeholders; and bolstering inclusive decision-making in SIDS grounded on human rights.
Strengthening capacity of Nigerian stakeholders, Indigenous peoples and local communities for national uptake of IPBES Assessments and methods Objective of the activity is to convene dialogues between indigenous peoples and local communities, scientists and policy makers to help bring IPBES policy and scientific observations into national decision making, policy elaboration and further national assessments
Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina The education dimension of vulnerability is still not properly prioritized in local level DRR frameworks, and requires work on school disaster management protocols, teachers' preparedness capacities, and educational building structures, which may be poorly designed and built in an unsafe manner.
Empowering the Government and Citizens of Uzbekistan by Strengthening Access to Information, Accountability of Institutions and Media Competence The project' contributes to the transformation of Uzbekistan's media landscape into a more resilient, inclusive and well-informed by enabling citizens' right to information, reinforcing accountability and the rule of law, improving journalism education, and advancing media and information literacy, in line with 2030 Agenda.
The project focuses on three perspectives: legislation and access to information, media development, and media and information literacy in order to strengthen governments' capacity to serve the well-being of people and engage media participation.
DRR LAC Regional Coordination Regional DRR activities that will be supported include cooperation with the LAC UNSDG Issue-Based Coalition on Climate Change and Resilience with particular cooperation on fire, floods, hurricanes and youth in the Caribbean. UNESCO Montevideo coordinates the regional group of experts on risk management (GERM), which also works with IHP committees and the LAC UNESCO sites Climate Change, Risk and Resilience Platform. Working through these networks, UNESCO will provide technical and policy advice and backstopping to governments and sites, develop a MOOC, a scientific publication a project proposal and a webinar series.
Promoting Software source code as Heritage for Sustainable Development The Paris Call on Software as Heritage for Sustainable Development (2019) laid the basis for UNESCO's work towards the preservation and sharing of the knowledge embodied in Software source code. Building a solid international community of diverse stakeholders that supports the Software Heritage archive as a "common good" supports inter-alia Member States to promote the development of shared infrastructures for the collection, preservation and user-friendly access to open source software and source code. This also entails developing tools and practices to facilitate the collection and sharing of landmark software source code and the history of its development (Software Stories) in collaboration with memory institutions (e.g. computer museums, libraries, etc.).
Accelerating the transfer of marine technology for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources This proposed project aims to, building on the tremendous achievement made in the past with the support of JFIT, accelerate the transfer of marine technology in the region on marine biodiversity conservation and seafood safety, through increasing their scientific knowledge, developing their research capacity and transfer of marine technology, in order to assist IOC Member States in the Western Pacific, in achieving not only SDG14 but also all SDGs which would also benefit from improved knowledge of the ocean.
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World Training women scientists from Scientifically and technologically lagging countries (STLCs) through PhD and Early Career Fellowships, creating high visibility and role models through Awards and videos, and establishing a network of over 9600 members with over 52 national chapters throughout the developing world.
Ukraine GPE - Implementation Agency Fees Strengthening resilience of education system in Ukraine for emergency response and recovery (GPE Agency Fees)

Project's SISTER work plan template: 7746
Economic and social development with a gender perspective through textile practice in Yucatan, Mexico This project seeks to improve the link between the textile practice of Yucatan and the social, economic, environmental and cultural conditions of the communities where women, families and artisan cooperatives live. All this through training for the formulation of local business models and financial education, as well as the establishment of dialogues for intercultural planning that promotes the safeguarding of living heritage linked to textile practice and the development of cultural expressions, with a focus on gender and implementation of specific indicators that contribute to the systematization and replication of the experience.
Strengthening the institutional and human capacities on the integration of Media & information Literacy in Policies and Strategies and to bridge the digital & knowledge divides in particular among women, girls and marginalized groups. Digital technologies fundamentally change the ways individuals produce, share access information and knowledge. Technology offers opportunities for free exp for free expressions, access to intercultural dialogue among of citizens. The rise of digital technologies exacerbated challenges including the rise of misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech. In light of the emerging challenges, Media and Information Literacy serves as a framework and tool for journalists, educators, young people to counter disinformation, misinformation, and hate speech in the region.
RP on the 2003 UNESCO Convention in Afghanistan (2022-2023) Through the present project, UNESCO expects to provide support to communities in need through the implementation of a pilot that will look at inventorying, documenting, safeguarding through rehabilitation, and promoting ICH. Building on capacity-building initiatives conducted in previous years, the project will look at documenting ICH elements that have particular relevance to sustainable livelihoods, such as traditional water management systems, building materials and techniques, and the use of traditional knowledge systems applied to heating and cooking.
Strengthening costing and financing of SDG 4.2 in the Asia-Pacific Region In order to effectively address inequity in access and poor quality of pre-primary education and ultimately contributing to the fulfilment of the SDG commitments, this project aims to equip Member States with a tool for realistic costing and formulating appropriate financing of SDG4.2 to ensure systematic implementation of free and compulsory pre-primary education in Asia Pacific Region.
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science Conference (OSC) 2023 - Preparatory Phase II IOC will provide support to ensure a successful WCRP OSC in 2023, working closely with the Conference Chair, the WCRP Secretariat based in Geneva, the OSC Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC), other contracted staff and staff from the eventual local host. Expected Outcome: Successful preparatory work for the organization of
the WCRP OSC 2023 - phase II
Digital transformation and digital and knowledge divides reduction in central African Countries Support the development of digital/digital solutions that contribute to the broader work on national transformation programs, including the integration of health care and social services, assistance to the most vulnerable segments of society, public health, access to information, and protection against human rights violations
Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan UNESCO committed to In kind contribution and partnership with UNDP on Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan project (funded by GEF). This programme shall contribute with building platform for (1) Strengthening Management of Natural Protected Areas on Sudanese Red Sea Coast (2) Nomination of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Sudan's Red Sea coast (3) Cooperation on Protected Areas knowledge transfer and capacities development
Sustainable Tourism Pledge - Promoting sustainable tourism with Expedia Group The UNESCO Sustainable Travel Pledge was developed in partnership with UNESCO and Expedia Group to inspire and provide incentives for local tourism businesses in key tourism destination countries to support sustainable tourism linked to safeguarding heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Pledge was launched in Thailand and a new global Pledge platform was developed in 2021 to help support the tourism industry for a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19. A growing number of hotel chains and destinations joined the Pledge in 2021 and 2022, equating to 10,000 hotels committing to concrete, transparent and achievable action.
Japanese JPO in World Heritage Centre (WHC) at the Asia and the Pacific Unit (APA) Under the overall authority of the Director of World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the direct supervision of the Chief of Asia and the Pacific Unit, the incumbent shall assist in the implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention and assist in the monitoring of state of conservation of World Heritage properties in a cluster of 8 States Parties in South-East Asia and Japan.