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Advancing Kenya’s digital future: 15 innovation hubs selected through the DigiKen initiative

Kenya is taking bold steps to secure its place at the forefront of the digital transformation with the selection of 15 Digital Innovation Hubs (DiHs) under UN Joint SDG Fund Programme DigiKen (Digital[...]
Feb 6, 2025 , Source: unesconews

Cambodia’s Ethics of AI Readiness Assessment Advanced at Strategic Multi-stakeholder Consultation

On 4 February 2025 at the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology, H.E Khov Makara, Secretary of State, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications presided over the opening of the Workshop on Validating P[...]
Feb 6, 2025 , Source: unesconews

Integrating the Culture PDNA in the Multisectoral Assessement of the Yagi typhoon’s impacts

The UN in Viet Nam rapidly deploys a joint team of experts to conduct the Multisectoral assessment of the impacts in late 2024 (VMSA). The joint UN work this time covered an unprecedented joint effort[...]
Feb 6, 2025 , Source: unesconews

Youth voices shape dialogue and discourse on AI and Education and learning practices in Southern Africa

This timeless quote by Hannah Arendt, a German and American historian and philosopher from the twentieth century, set the tone for the 2025 International Day of Education webinar, hosted by&[...]
Feb 6, 2025 , Source: unesconews

La UNESCO reunió actores locales, regionales y nacionales de la Amazonía para codiseñar una estrategia educativa por y para la adolescencia

El programa tiene como objetivo que los y las adolescentes puedan completar su educación secundaria desarrollando un conjunto de habilidades integrales que permita contribuir con sus proyectos de vida[...]
Feb 5, 2025 , Source: unesconews

UNESCO meeting gathers all African Member States for the first time to discuss return and restitution of cultural property

The event, “New Types of Cooperation and Agreements in the Field of the Return and Restitution of Cultural Property to Africa,” marked a significant step in UNESCO’s ongoing efforts to support Member [...]
Feb 4, 2025 , Source: unesconews

DigiKen initiative: Innovation hubs selected to advance Kenya’s digital future

Kenya is taking bold steps to secure its place at the forefront of the digital transformation with the selection of 15 Digital Innovation Hubs (DiHs) under UN Joint SDG Fund Programme Digiken (Digital[...]
Feb 4, 2025 , Source: unesconews

UNESCO Secures GPE System Capacity Grant to Strengthen Early Childhood and Primary Education in Balochistan, Pakistan

In a significant step towards transforming the education landscape of Balochistan, UNESCO has secured the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) System Capacity Grant (SCG) of USD 1.331 million. Thi[...]
Feb 4, 2025 , Source: unesconews

A Glowing Legacy: Education, Bioluminescence and Sustainability in Jamaica

In celebration of the International Day of Education 2025, the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Natural History Museum of Jamaica and other key stakeholders, hosted the event[...]
Feb 3, 2025 , Source: unesconews
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