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Bogotá, World Book Capital Bogotá, Colombia
22 04 - 07 05 2006 The central theme of the 19th international book
fair is "The Role of Books in Education". This year's fair will
pay tribute to six world book capitals: Madrid (Spain), Alexandria
(Egypt), New Delhi (India), Antwerp (Belgium), Montréal (Canada)
and Turin (Italy). Bogotá, will be designated book capital in 2007.
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Artists4Life Paris, France
02 - 07 05 2006 The “Artists4Life” exhibition, a joint project organized
by UNESCO and the NGO Dessine L’Espoir, will be shown, in its entirety,
at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris from 2 to 7 May 2006.
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Tourist Guides in South Asia: Training of Workshop Trainers
Paro, Bhutan
06 - 11 05 2006 UNESCO’s first training session for future trainers
of the Cultural Heritage Specialized Guide Programme workshop in
South Asia will include 20 trainees from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Nepal and Sri Lanka and 8 trainers from the region.
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Rising Above the Tsunami: Transmitting Acehnese Cultural Heritage
Jakarta, Indonesia
09 05 2006 A special cultural event involving Acehnese children
and traditional artists who have survived the December 2004 Tsunami
will be held on Tuesday, 9 May at the Balairung Sapta Pesona, Ministry
of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia. |
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UNESCO-UNITWIN network "Culture, Tourism and Development" Gréoux-les-Bains,
France
10 - 13 05 2006 The theme of this second meeting is “How can cultural
tourism be best linked to the sustainable development of the territories:
from field to teaching?” |
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UNESCO SEAL of Excellence for Handicrafts in East Asia Beijing
(China), Ulaanbaator (Mongolia), Seoul (Republic of Korea)
12 05 2006 The SEAL East Asia contest will be officially launched
on 12 May 2006 in the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of
Korea and Mongolia. |
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Inventory of Sites and Places of Memory related to the Slave Trade
and Slavery in the Caribbean Havana, Cuba
17 - 19 05 2006 This meeting will bring together about 25 experts
and officials from Aruba, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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Celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development Juba, Sudan
21 05 2006 As part of the celebrations to commemorate World Day
of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, UNESCO will
organize a cultural event aimed specifically at promoting the understanding
and recognition of the rich multicultural dimension of Sudan’s tangible
and intangible heritage among children and young adolescents.
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Lenguas y culturas en Amazonia. ¿Diversidad en peligro? Havana,
Cuba
23 05 2006 On the occasion of World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development (21 May) the publication Lenguas y culturas
en Amazonia. ¿Diversidad en peligro? (book and CD) will be presented
at the Casa de las Américas. |
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Nouveaux virtuoses Concert UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
30 05 2006 The Nouveaux Virtuoses Concerts are a series of classical
concerts chiefly aimed at promoting young international solo artists
in collaboration with the National Confederation of Junior-Enterprises.
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Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development Shaoxing,
China
31 05 - 02 06 2006 A follow-up to the international Conference on
Cultural Heritage Management and Urban Development, which was held
in Beijing (China) in July 2000, this 2nd international conference
will be aimed at increasing institutional understanding of tools
for managing and developing cultural heritage. |
