is comprised of three main divisions. The Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL); the Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID); and the Education Policy and Reform (EPR) Unit. Our mission is to promote education as a fundamental right, to improve the quality of education, and to stimulate experimentation, innovation and policy dialogue.
19.07.10
Digital Literacy: Preparing Adult Learners for Lifelong Learning and Flexible Employment is the theme of the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the...read more >>
19.07.10
Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) along with ten other universities and three teacher training colleges in Vietnam participated in the UNESCO Bangkok Curriculum Development Workshop. Thirty-six participants, mostly...read more >>
19.07.10
I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life. – Tenzing NorgayThe general perception is that developing an ICT in Education Master Plan is comparable to climbing Mt. Everest, in that it is a massive and daunting...read more >>
28.07.10
The first World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education calls on the world’s global leadership – public, para-statal, private sector, civil society and diverse partners- to take decisive action. Now is the time to build...read more >>
23.07.10
An international conference on “Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals” will be held 9-11 November, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand sponsored by a consortium of organizations from the Asia Multilingual Education...read more >>
16.07.10
“Promoting Gender Equality in Education - Five years to go until 2015: What have we accomplished?”
Contest closed on 30th June, 2010read more >>
19.07.10
The 2010 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report launched in Bangkok, Thailand on 25 June 2010 from 8.30 - 12.00 noon at Chulalongkorn University. Under the theme of “Reaching the Marginalized”, Gwang-Jo Kim, Director of...read more >>
10.06.10
Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. The 2011 Global Monitoring Report will examine the damaging consequences of conflict for the Education for All goals.
10.06.10
Global Action Week 2010 began on 19 April, with activities focusing on education to take place throughout the year. Under the theme of "financing quality education for all", the key message of GAW 2010 urges governments and...read more >>
04.06.10
A series of case studies on Secondary Teacher Policy Research in the first three countries -- Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, and Malaysia -- has been published and available in print and e-versions. The Regioanl Synthesis is also...read more >>
04.06.10
A series of case studies on Implementing Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks in 6 countries -- the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Thailand and Viet Nam --are now available in print and e-versions. read more >>
04.06.10
The first booklet of Asia-Pacific Secondary Education System Review Series presents an overview of examinations at the secondary level, focusing on public examinations organized at the national or state level. read more >>
26.06.10
INEE Good Practice Tools Regional Launch, 12 July 2010(By invitation only)
UNESCO Building, 5th Floor Conference Room
Envisioning a world where all people affected by crisis and instability has access to quality, relevant and...read more >>
04.06.10
This regular publication highlights developments of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which are only a small reflection of a large number of activities, events, networks and support for the DESD from...read more >>
01.06.10
The UNESCO Myanmar Education Recovery Programme (MERP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Myanmar, organised three training workshops on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Education for Colleges of...read more >>
22.07.10
Opening Ceremony: “Healthy Sexuality, The Story of Love” exhibition, 10 August 2010, at the National Science Museum of ThailandUNESCO and the National Science Museum of Thailand (NSM), with support from Thai Health Promotion...read more >>
09.07.10
The Prevention of HIV infection Information Kit for school administrators and teachers has recently been produced in the Kyrgyz Republic in Kyrgyz and Russian languages. The Information Kit was developed under a joint project of...read more >>
26.06.10
Aiming to increase knowledge and access to voluntary counseling and testing of HIV among Men who have Sex with Men in Thailand, a reception was organized on 26 June 2010 during 11.00 am. – 03.00 pm at the Silom Community Clinic...read more >>