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Strengthening pre-Service Teacher Education in Myanmar (STEM) Phase III The STEM programme aims to improve the pre-service teacher education system in Myanmar through policy and institutional capacity development of Myanmar's Education Colleges. The expected outcomes and activities are designed to improve the quality of education and training in the 25 Education Colleges (ECs) through the development of a new teacher education curriculum, strengthening the planning, management and human resource capacities of ECs, mainstreaming inclusion, equity, and education for peace and sustainable development and creating strong networks to accumulate and share knowledge and experiences between institutions.
CAMPUS UNESCO ENGIE Organisation de Campus UNESCO, en ligne et physiques, dans le cadre du partenariat UNESCO/Fondation Engie pour 2022-2024
Costing and Financing SDG4-Education 2030 in the Asia-Pacific Region Three years since the adoption and implementation of Education 2030 agenda, the lack of adequate financing remains one of the biggest obstacles in realizing SDG4 targets. In addition, there is little effort made to systematically review and analyse the resources required and financial gap to achieve these goals at the regional and national levels. Hence, this Project aims to examine closely the costing and financing aspect of achieving SDG4 targets, specifically Target 4.1 (primary and secondary), Target 4.2 (pre-primary) and Target 4.5 (Gender equality and Inclusion).
Supporting Palestine in the periodic reporting exercise on the implementation of the 2003 Convention at the national level The Arab States will be the third region to report on the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at the national level using a new mechanism of reporting. Periodic Reporting is based on participatory processes that can strengthen relationships with and among the range of actors involved in the ICH field. Periodic Reporting also links to broader mechanisms for M&E goals in related areas such as cultural policies, media, or formal and non-formal education. Palestine will be supported throughout the multi-stakeholder consultative process that will be conducted at the local and national level to prepare its report on the implementation of the 2003 Convention, including in peer-to-peer and regional exchange and trainings.
RESSOURCES EDUCATIVES Le projet d'appui à la production et diffusion de ressources éducatives pour les établissements scolaires et les élèves du primaire et du secondaire d'Afrique subsaharienne vise l'amélioration des acquis d'apprentissage par le renforcement de l'accès des élèves et de la communauté éducative aux ressources éducatives matérielles et numériques variées, de qualité, coût-efficaces et adaptées aux besoins d'apprentissage. En renforçant l'accès équitable des élèves scolarisés au primaire et au secondaire à un ensemble de ressources éducatives de qualité, l'enjeu est d'améliorer les enseignements-apprentissages et l'acquisition du socle des compétences de l'éducation de base.
Supporting Member States to formulate adaptation pathways through climate resilient water management approaches including citizen and open sciences In order to ensure water supply for humans and the environment, while simultaneously meeting the world's ambitious climate and development goals, decision makers and regulators will need to adopt a new paradigm for resilient water management that embraces the uncertain future ahead. The activity will encourage and implement use of citizen science and open science with new observations and developing new analysis techniques and models with approaches such as the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA). Along the line of IHP IX priority areas: 3 Member States, (1 in Africa and 1 SIDS) and 3 basins will benefit from citizen and open science application including CRIDA for water resources planning and management to build water resilience against climate change.
Innovation Leading Digital Transformation of Higher Education for Better Quality and Equality The Project aims to contribute to the digital transformation of higher education, in alignment with the objectives of the 2030 Education Agenda, through invigorating the dialogue on ICTs in education and promoting open education and digital learning innovative solutions. A series of seminars and supporting materials will be held to foster international collaboration among higher education institutions and engage them in preparing a publication on digital transformation of higher education.
Les jeunes tisserands de la paix dans les régions transfrontalières du Gabon, Cameroun et Tchad: Volet Tchad 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 Creative Cities Network Created in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is currently composed of almost 300 member cities from about 90 Member States. Grouped in 7 creative fields, the Creative Cities are committed to placing culture and creativity at the heart of their local development strategies and plans, meanwhile actively exchanging at the international level. The UCCN Secretariat leads strategic initiatives and flagship projects and conducts the regular activities of the Network. Furthermore, it supports member cities through capacity building activities and materials, mobilizes additional funds, and promotes the Network's visibility and outreach through communication and advocacy.
Building information and knowledge societies for all (IFAP Project Series 2022) IFAP's projects and activities financed by the IFAP Special Account as approved by the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (IFAP) on IFAP Call for Proposals 2022
Held virtually via MS Teams, 13:00 -14:30 in Paris / CET, 14 Nov 2022.
"Building Trust in media in South East Europe and Turkey - Phase 2" This project aims to strengthen freedom of expression, access to information, and free, independent and pluralistic media, ensuring that journalists and media organizations in South East Europe and Turkey are key drivers for democratic, sustainable and peaceful development in the region as well as to create teaching materials and introduce Media and Information Literacy curricilum and courses in the secondary schools in South Eastern Europe.
SDG4 coordination in Eastern Africa UNESCO is entrusted with the global, regional and country-level coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of SDG4. In Africa, the UNESCO Nairobi office, together with the Dakar office, is responsible for SDG4 coordination. This is done in close cooperation with relevant national stakeholders, regional organisations, UNESCO specialised institutes and other UN agencies. The UIS is also a valued partner in our work in the sub-region. As the major repository of education data, the UIS is a valuable resource centre for up to date data on education and related issues. The Office will continue to support countries in the sub-region to build their capacity in this area and will carry out its assignment over the next quadrennial period.
Modernization of the National Instructor Training Center (ITC) in Iran The project is developed to strengthen the capacities of instructors and other personnel and upgrade the teaching and learning system in the Instructor Training Center (ITC) to deliver more demand-driven and quality technical and vocational education and training.
Strengthening capacity in STEM to advance sustainable development in Namibia A skilled and gender-balanced capacity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is key for advancing science for sustainable development. This activity will strengthen the capacity of national education system in Namibia to advance STEM and basic sciences and will strengthen the uptake of STEM through targeted, teacher training, hands-on experiments, and science education outreach. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for countries to embrace digital transformation and increasing the demand for STEM skills. Synergies will be built with existing initiatives in STI and related areas including the CODEMAO-UNESCO Youth Coding Initiative interventions.
Strengthen Capacity to Safeguard Living Heritage and Promote Cultural Expressions in Nepal Nepal has rich, diverse communities. Challenges are no coherent policy, data gap, intergenerational transmission at risk, exclusion of communities in meaningful initiatives.

In line with 41C/5 Outcome 5, Output 5.CLT4 & Country Strategy, UNESCO will support Nepal to have improved regulatory frameworks:
•	Enhance capacity to integrate ICH in education; elaborate national inventory; advance nomination, 
•	Support building the resilience of artists/knowledge bearers/practitioners and facilitate societal leaders & youth to champion safeguarding initiatives linking sustainable development,
•	In the context of IDIL 2022-2032, support to formulate National Action Plan in the framework of Global & Regional Action Plans, with an inter-ministerial meeting for the launch event in 2022.
Promoting the right to education of people with disabilities in Latin America In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Professional Development of Spain, which hosts the Red Intergubernamental Iberoamericana de Cooperación para la Educación de Personas con Necesidades Educativas Especiales (RIINEE) the project focuses on strengthening inclusive education in RIINEE Member States to ensure the right to education of people with disabilities. The project achieves the above through policy dialogue, development and cooperation among RIINEE Member States, fostering exchange and adaptation of good practices, supported by knowledge production and monitoring pertaining to inclusive education and the status of the right to education of people with disabilities.
Strengthening Access to Information including through monitoring and reporting on SDG 16.10.2 Within the UN system, UNESCO has been designated as custodian agency for SDG Indicator 16.10.2 on public access to information (ATI). Under this mandate, UNESCO has been collecting data from Member States on progress towards this indicator using a reporting instrument (global survey), with a view to improving policies and practices in this field. Working with multi-stakeholders, UNESCO strengthens national capacity of Member States to assess, advocate for, and inform about, the status of implementation of access to ATI. The objective is to mobilize duty bearers to introduce/improve policies and practices that improve public access to information.
Tsunami Ready - Educating Communities at Risk (Pacific) The IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS) and UNESCO Apia Office work together towards increased tsunami preparedness in SIDS Member States and communities through in-country training on Tsunami Early Warning Systems, pilot Tsunami Ready recognition for communities and finalization/updating of Tsunami Early Warning and Response Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).The ICG/PTWS proactively seeks partnerships for more knowledge products aimed at practitioners, better coordination, and greater insights into training opportunities around the region.
Empowering Member States and UN entities to integrate the right to science and scientific freedom in their policies and programmes The right to science and scientific freedom are critical for the advancement of the inclusion agenda. To strengthen implementation at country level, activities will focus on addressing the following needs: knowledge production and sharing on different aspects of the right to science and scientific freedom to enable a systematic and in-depth analysis; and appropriate tools, including indicators, training and advocacy content
Yemen EMIS - Phase 1 Yemen was part of the first group of countries that joined the GPE. This is a joint UN project where the partners are UNICEF, WFP and UNESCO. UNICEF is the contributing agency from the GPE fund, when UNESCO and WFP are the reviving and implementing partners. the project is aiming to
• Strengthening institutional capacities through deployment and management of an Education Management Information System (EMIS) and supporting the Ministry of Education to improve the Education Management and Information System (EMIS). The intervention is aimed to provide technical support and build the capacity of MoE to collect, analyse and utilize accurate data to inform decision making and sector planning.
Harnessing Intercultural Competencies for Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion The project aims to harness intercultural competencies for promoting the respect of cultural diversity and equality and for fighting against discrimination and inner bias in post-conflict and peacebuilding contexts. Interdisciplinary expert consultations will be organised to further explore the potential of intercultural competencies development for conflict prevention, with the production of a new instrument or guide according to the recommendations.
ED 9 - Education and learning reimagined through interdisciplinary research, foresight and public policy debate By leveraging UNESCO's comparative role as an intellectual agency and its function as an observatory of societal transformation, the activities proposed aim to strengthen the organization's intellectual and thought leadership as part of efforts to steer educational transformation. This is based on a three-pronged strategy: (1) Mobilizing multiple constituencies to forge a new social contract for education, (2) Leveraging UNESCO university chairs and networks, and (3) Consolidating an Education Re-search Hub to improve the impact and influence of UNESCO knowledge generation in education.
Supporting conservation and promotion of World Heritage in West and Central Africa - Rehabilitation, Research, Promotion The project proposes 3 activities that are consistent with the current strategy for the implementation of the 1972 Convention in Africa to attain the objectives of the Action Plan for World Heritage in the Africa Region 2012-2017:
- Elaboration of the Heritage Passport on WH properties for increased public awareness in Congo, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. 
- Support to the Interpretation Centre of the Ruins of Loropéni WH Site (Burkina Faso), incl. academic cooperation, visitors information and on strengthening community involvement. 
- Emergency Rescue Plan to restore tangible and intangible cultural values of Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria)
Building climate change resilience for coral reefs in UNESCO World Heritage marine sites This project is part of a larger climate resilience initiative that will develop climate resilience strategies in five pilot World Heritage marine sites. Through this project the knowledge and understanding of building climate resilience in World Heritage marine sites will be increased among the Marine World Heritage Network (49 World Heritage marine sites in 37 countries).
Rural Craft and Cultural Hubs - Phase II Since 2013, UNESCO with the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles (MSME&T), Government of West Bengal, has been working to strengthen livelihood opportunities for the craft artisans and folk artists in rural West Bengal. The current project aims to continue the ongoing efforts among existing and new beneficiaries towards skills up-gradation and transmission, creation of wider public interest in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH), market linkages, digital education and promotion, and linkages with Government schemes for the socio-economic betterment of the practitioner communities.
SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR VILLA OCAMPO DONATIONS In 1973 Victoria Ocampo donated Villa Ocampo to UNESCO, this donation was motivated by the many coincidences 
between Victoria Ocampo's values and those of the Organization: the role of Culture as a factor of development and social inclusion; promotion of cultural diversity and women's rights; tolerance and opening up to other people's ideas and beliefs.

Currently, the Observatory UNESCO Villa Ocampo has set itself the task of attracting, coordinating and disseminating the work of knowledge-producing centers with a view on cultural diversity, creativity and heritage with an intersectorial approach.
UNESCO Greening Education Partnership in Asia and the Pacific - Climate Education for Sustainable Development The UN Secretary General's Transforming Education Summit and its Greening Education Partnership Initiative have gained significant momentum in Asia and the Pacific. Member States are requesting UNESCO's technical and guiding support towards greening education "getting every learner climate-ready".
 
At global level, various partners have committed to support the Greening Education Partnership which is led by UNESCO. To build on fostered momentum and to translate global commitment into regional and national commitment and action in the Asia Pacific, UNESCO Bangkok is carrying out a set of activities to mobilize voluntary contributions from bi- and multi-lateral development partner.
Ocean data and information products and services to underpin science-informed policies Science-informed policies for reduced vulnerability to ocean hazards, for the global conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources, and increased resilience and adaptation to climate change, developed and implemented by Member States, requires reliable data and information products and services that are directly usable by predictive models, adaptive strategies and other strategies that will assist the global society with building increased resilience to climate change and other ocean and climate related challenges. IODE and its OBIS will continue developing and disseminating the relevant products and services.
RURITAGE RURITAGE establishes a new heritage-led rural regeneration paradigm able to turn rural areas in sustainable development demonstration laboratories, through the enhancement of their unique Cultural and Natural Heritage potential. RURITAGE has identified 6 Systemic Innovation Areas and 11 cross-cutting themes. The knowledge built in 14 Role Models will be transferred to 6 Replicators through capacity building activities and mentorship. All developed tools will support replication and up-scaling activities of the implemented strategies and plans, contributing to mainstream heritage in Regional, National, European and global policies. This project will contribute to SDG 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17.
Capacity Building in SETI and Standardisation for Mobilization of Professionals This activity will be a followup to the second UNESCO Engineering Report, Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of accelerating actions to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals. This activity will focus on S-S, N-S-S cooperation for harnessing engineering innovations especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI for engineering education and capacity-building for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Capacity building will focus on engineering institution to tackle SDGs.
Strengthening capacities for sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation in UNESCO designated sites UNESCO's biosphere reserves offer good demonstration sites for solutions to the challenges faced by natural resources. This activity strengthens capacities of the Tehran Cluster Countries in the sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem and biodiversity conservation based on sound scientific evidence in UNESCO designated sites. It will contribute to capacity development for skills in applying green economy approaches in selected biosphere reserves and assisting countries in the nomination processes for new biosphere reserves and in the Periodic Review process of some Biosphere Reserves.
TA TVET - Jordan The programme supports transforming the TVET system in Jordan to respond to labour market demands, youth unemployment and gender disparities. It will provide technical assistance to MoE in Jordan to implementat of the Education Strategic Plan 2018-25 and new Vocational Education Reform Strategic Plan 2022-2027. This will be done through three areas; Strengthening key institutional and policy elements of the national skills ecosystem for a better enabling institutional and policy environment; Enhancing skills development in priority sectors for young men and women through innovation in TVET; and Improving the perception of TVET to become a more attractive pathway for young girls and boys.
Capacity building for the promotion, protection, strengthening and inclusion of indigenous languages in Mexico There are 68 national languages in Mexico, of which 37 are in danger of extinction and 31 are at risk of disappearing. With the objective of raising awareness of the importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism for sustainable development, within the framework of IDIL, this work plan will develop different projects and activities through collaboration with various key actors from government, academia and civil society, to promote the UNESCO Recommendation on the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace. The expected outcome is the development of resources to assist in the preservation, revitalization and inclusion of indigenous languages.
Youth, empowerment and peace building in conflict situations in Cabo Delgado Province (Metuge and Ancuabe districts) The project Youth, empowerment and peace building in conflict situations in Cabo Delgado Province (Metuge and Ancuabe districts) is aimed at supporting the development and education of youth and women by addressing their most urgent needs during this time of conflict and ensuring that they are knowledgeable and provided access to their rights. Youth and women will be at the center of dialogues and conversations on peace using the capacity strengthening they receive through this project to support addressing the emergency conflict and strive towards development.
Support World Water Forum 9 The Executive Board of UNESCO requested the organization to continue its support of Senegal for the organization of the ninth World Water Forum that holds in Dakar in March 2022. The Government of Senegal and UNESCO consulted on the management and other services they will jointly provide to support the programme of the World Water Forum. Following these consultations, the parties reached an Agreement and set out a strategic framework for cooperation for the successful organization of the Forum. UNESCO has therefore set out some funds to ensure that the Forum is successfully organized.
Social Protection Programme towards Youth Empowerment and Employment The JP for "Resilient Caribbean" is centered on transformative education though youth empowerment and skills development and will contribute towards an improved enabling environment for people, including youth, to access more integrated and accountable social protection systems. Essential to this is enhancing the TVET mechanism to better link young people, especially young women, to rewarding, meaningful engagement and employment. UNESCO will contribute to the current efforts of Grenada to enhance the relevance of their TVET systems by equipping TVET educators, youth leaders and youths with emerging digital and entrepreneurial skills required to increase national and regional productivity.
DRC - GPE - Implementation Agency Fees Les interventions et les activités financées à travers le guichet de renforcement des capacités du GPE sont axées sur le développement des compétences des acteurs aux plans national et provincial en planification, suivi-évaluation et coordination en vue d'améliorer la gouvernance, le pilotage et la gestion du système et ce dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du Pacte de partenariat.