The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
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.
APEID News
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07.05.13:
2nd UNESCO-APEID Meeting on Entrepreneurship Education
26-27 March 2013, Zhejiang Hotel, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Co-organized by
UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok,...
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29.04.13:
Regional Committee Meeting to highlight need for mutual recognition of foreign qualifications
On 21-23 May, country representatives and education experts from Asia-Pacific and beyond will gather in Bangkok, Thailand for the 12th Session of the Regional...
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17.04.13:
Creative destruction: Entrepreneurship
About 200 million people – of whom 75 million are under 25 years old – are unemployed. In fact, 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep...
APPEAL NEWS
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09.04.13:
Regional Workshop on ECCE Parenting Education Programme, 2-3 May 2013
Community-Based Parenting Education is considered an effective modality to reach the unreached groups of young children with comprehensive ECCE, because...
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30.03.13:
9th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 9 – 30 March 2013
The ninth issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a...
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28.12.12:
8th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 8 – 28 December 2012
The eighth issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a...
EFA NEWS
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18.04.13:
Global Action Week 2013: Every Child Needs a Teacher!
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) reports that Education for All (EFA) will not be achieved until teacher recruitment is prioritized in policy agendas....
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11.03.13:
13th Regional Meeting of National EFA Coordinators: The Big Push
The 13th Regional Meeting of National EFA Coordinators: The Big Push, continues from the series of past regional meetings of national EFA coordinators in...
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30.11.12:
Asia-Pacific Regional Launch of the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report
The Regional Launch of the 2012 Education for All (EFA) Global took place on 20 December 2012 from 8.15 - 15:30 hrs. at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan...
EPR NEWS
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09.05.13:
Join NEQMAP!
The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) was officially formed on 28 March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. Convened by UNESCO...
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24.04.13:
Improving Student Learning Critical: Let’s Focus on How
Countries of the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly concerned with the monitoring of educational quality. With most countries in this region having made...
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24.04.13:
Non-cognitive/transversal Skills in Education: Study Begins!
While academic performance measured in international assessments has been impressive over the past decade in several countries of the Asia-Pacific region,...
ESD NEWS
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13.05.13:
Education for a Sustainable Future: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation on a Post-DESD Framework
UNESCO, as the lead agency for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), is organizing expert consultations in the five UN...
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15.03.13:
Accelerating Safe School Implementation towards Regional Excellence in Myanmar
A one-day National Level Consultation Workshop on Safe Schools as part of ASEAN Safe School Initiative was organized jointly by the Ministry of Education,...
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10.12.12:
Regional Experts Consult on ESD Indicators
Experts from Asia-Pacific countries met in Bangkok on 3-4 December to discuss the development of ESD indicators for the region. The consultation titled...
HARSH NEWS
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09.05.13:
Enhancing Leadership and Capacity Development of the MSM and TG Community Networks
With financial and technical support from National AIDS Authority, UNESCO, UNDP, UNAIDS, FHI360 and KHANA, Bandanh Chaktomuk (BC) successfully organized a...
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09.05.13:
Piloting Project on Supplemental Illustrative Manuals Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Youth in Detention Centers
Two hundred youth from juvenile detention centres in Tangerang, Palembang, Blitar and Kupang participated in pilot activities to review illustrative manuals on...
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07.05.13:
Myanmar Youth Stars for HIV Response
"To empower, advocate and create opportunities for key populations of young people to have access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an environment...
ICT in Education News (APEID Unit)
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01.07.13:
Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2013 Educational Innovation for Cultural Expression: Call for nominations
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05.06.13:
UNEP/UNESCO and Samsung Engineering Launches Digital Poster Competition for World Environment Day (Deadline for submission extended)
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31.05.13:
Winners of the UNGEI Drawing Contest 2012-2013 announced!