VOICES UNESCO in Asia and the Pacific, January 2013

Issue 41 | ISSN: 2075-5147

Children of Asia Pacific
This special webpage contains recent children related activities of UNESCO in the Asia Pacific including games, CDs, contest, photos and publications.

INTERVIEW

 

What art can do in the 21st Century
Dr. Ricardo Peach from Australia Council for the Arts talked about art projects on human nails, internal process of human body and new emerging arts in Australia.

PUBLICATIONS


Two new publications from a series "Asia-Pacific End of Decade Notes on Education for All: EFA Goal 5: Gender Equality and EFA Goal 6: Quality Education.


 

UNESCO-UNICEF Policy Briefs: For a Better Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Training Workshop for Women Community Radio Broadcasters of South Asia, New Delhi, India 19-22 January 2013

Workshop on Community-based Identification and Inventorying of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Nepal, Jiri, Nepal, 21-28 January 2013

Central Asia Symposium on ICT in Education (CASIE): Innovative ICT Practices on Lifelong Learning, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan on 28-30 January 2013

World Radio Day, 13 February 2013

Workshop on the Implementation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention, Samoa, 11-15 February 2013

Workshop on the Ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Pacific, Samoa, 18-19 February 2013

 

More in this issue

• Asia-Pacific » New data on dropouts and grade repetitions

• Afghanistan » Plan for youth engagement and employment

• India » Internal Migrants: The Millions who cannot exercise their rights

• Kiribati and the Pacific » Preparing young generations for climate change

• Timor-Leste » Salon trainings create income for communities

• Thailand » Inspiring life stories motivate the less privileged

VIDEO

Better Learning, Better Life


This video is a compilation of voices from youth in Asia and the Pacific on the future of learning.

HIGHLIGHT


UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Nominations should be submitted before 15 February 2013

Photo of the Month
 

 
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