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Educational Challenges for the Globalized 21st Century – Director addresses Asia Education Leaders Forum
30.10.09
A major challenge for educational development in the Asia-Pacific region is the limited availability of core resources to match the large number of objectives required to strengthen education provision, said UNESCO Bangkok Director Gwang-jo Kim. In his keynote address on the final day of the Asia Education Leaders Forum, Kim noted that Asia-Pacific countries face a growing strain on their education systems due to the global financial crisis. He urged governments in the region to maintain their c... read more >>
UNESCO Bangkok official supporter of Worlddidac Asia 2009
02.11.09
This year, UNESCO Bangkok was for the first time official supporter of the Worlddidac Asia exhibition in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok,...... read more >>
Second Global Forum on the Power of Peace, Bangkok 28-30 October 2009
28.10.09
The Forum will be a working conference with the participation of the H.E. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand, H.E. Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit,...... read more >>
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
27.10.09
UNESCO Bangkok co-organized a drawing and essay competition to mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, an event held annually on October 17... read more >>
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Field Training Centre on Underwater Cultural Heritage to Open in Chantaburi Province, Thailand on 26 October 2009
23.10.09
Underwater archaeologists from across the region will be taking part in a unique training programme that will make them guardians of shipwrecks and sunken...... read more >>
Preserving the past for the future
23.10.09
The archives of King Chulalongkorn’s transformation of Siam between 1868 and 1910 have been recently added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MOW) register.... read more >>
