UNESCO In the Spotlight: Education and Culture
Blog URL http://unescoeducation.blogspot.com/
Located Washington, District of Columbia USA
Tags UNESCO, Education, Culture, World Heritage, Americans for UNESCO, Peace
With the support of Americans for UNESCO, this blog seeks to spotlight noteworthy UNESCO education and culture programs; it emphasizes links between the United States and UNESCO.
Latest Blog Posts
- New UNESCO Director-General gives first speech on education and innovation on Nov 17, 2009 in event education
The new Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, is making her first public speaking engagement at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) taking place in Doha, Qatar from November 16 to 18.Read more!
- The UNESCO Courier: Memory and History on Nov 17, 2009 in culture publication
Image source: UNESCOFrom the cruel dictatorships of Latin America and Cambodia, the destruction of the Burgundian kingdom, and the Korean enlightenment, to the splendour and intrigues of the Malagasy Empire, the saga of the Kalahari and the construct...
- Happy Birthday UNESCO on Nov 16, 2009 in event
The Constitution of UNESCO, signed on 16 November 1945. Yesterday Irina Bokova began her term of office as 10th Director General of the Organization. Best wishes to both!Mission StatementVideo and Text Version of Director General Bokova's Statement o...
- The Fall of Icarus on Nov 11, 2009 in art
Pablo Picasso painted a huge mural for UNESCO, shown in a thumbnail image above. According to Time magazine (at the time of the unveiling of the mural):"The painting represents the victory of forces of light and peace over those of evil and death. Th...
- World Philosophy Day, 19 November 2009 on Nov 10, 2009 in event
For this year’s 2009 edition of World Philosophy Day, celebrated since 2005, the Russian Federation is at the honor as a host of the international celebration of the Day, which will take place from 16 to 19 November in Moscow and in Saint Petersbur...
- Confronting the shadow education system: what government policies for what private tutoring? on Nov 8, 2009 in education
Mark Bray is Director of UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and author of a new book, Confronting the shadow education system: what government policies for what private tutoring? He talks to Eduinfo about the global ri...
- UNA/USA 2010 National High School Essay Contest on Nov 5, 2009 in Other
This year's National High School Essay Contest on the United Nations focuses on Millennium Development Goal Eight, "Develop a Global Parnership for Development," and asks students to tackle the challenge of promoting development through international...
