Muscat, 15 December 2011 - A two day training workshop for UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) coordinators in Oman was held in Muscat on the 13th and 14th of December to introduce the themes of World Heritage, Inclusive Education, Environment (Education for Sustainable Development) and Human Rights. Organized with the participation of the UNESCO Office in Amman, the Omani Ministry of Education and National Commission for UNESCO the workshop also introduced the UNESCO ASPnet to new ASPnet coordinators and teachers from all areas of Oman.
“The ASPnet has proven to be an excellent mechanism to mainstream such important themes as human rights and environmental education into extra-curricular activities in Jordan, I am pleased to see that also in Oman the UNESCO ASPnet modality is making great progress” said Hadeel Talli, Regional ASPnet Coordinator from the UNESCO Office in Amman. In the course of the workshop, projects implemented in Oman during 2011 were presented by local coordinators and annual plans for the coming academic year formulated.
For further information please contact Ms. Hadeel Talli, h.talli(at)unesco.org