Side Events - November 2011

• Open UNESCO, 25 October-10 November 2011

• Introducing UNESCO’s Category 2 Centre: Water for Sustainable Development and Adaptation to Climate Change, 1 November 2011
• “Education and Post-conflict Programmes in Afghanistan” followed by: “An Intersectoral Approach to Crisis Preparedness & Response in Vietnam”, 1 November 2011
• H2Oooo Initiative, 1 November 2011
• Oceans at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Building Ocean and Coastal Sustainability and Greening the Blue Economy, 1 November 2011
• UNESCO Country Programming Documents (Nepal), 1 November 2011
• Multimedia Opera: "The Earth: Our Home", 1 November 2011
• Launch of the UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Platform and UNESCO - Commonwealth of Learning OER Policy Guidelines, 1 November 2011
• Tenth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2 November 2011
• Groundwater Governance Project: Launch of Regional Consultation Workshops, 2 November 2011
• ERI Presentation and Discussion for Directors and Heads of Field Offices and Institutes, 2 November 2011
• Secondary Education – The Next Challenge, 2 November 2011
• UNESCO Country Programming Documents (Iraq), 2 November 2011
• Monitoring Progress in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2 November 2011
• Financing of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2 November 2011
• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 - A New Standard to Compare Indicators of Education in Different Countries, 2 November 2011
• Presentation of the Prototype of the African Biosphere Reserves Interactive Web Mapping Kit, 3 November 2011
• Exhibition "Infinite Diversity, One Nature", 3 November 2011
• Launch of the Documentary: “Biosphere, Tomorrow is Now” (available in English only), 3 November 2011
• The Findings of the World Social Science Report 2010: Knowledge Divides, - and their Implications for UNESCO, 3 November 2011
• UNESCO Country Programming Documents (United Republic of Tanzania), 3 November 2011
• The UNESCO Silk Road Platform for Dialogue, Diversity and Development, 3 November 2011
• Messages for Sustainable Futures, 3 November 2011
• Contribution of Niger to the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO: Presentation of a Documentary (13 min), 4 November 2011
• Launch Event of the UNESCO ”Guidebook for Textbook Research and Textbook Revision” Publication, 4 November 2011
• UNESCO Country Programming Documents (Brazil), 4 November 2011
• How Social Media Can Work for You at UNESCO, 4 November 2011
• “Crisis Responses and Preparedness Initiatives in Santiago” followed by: “UNESCO’s Intersectoral Response to the Pakistan Floods”, 4 November 2011
• 18th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 7-9 November 2011
• The G-77 & China at UNESCO celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, 7-10 November 2011
• Are Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue a Reality among French Youth Today?, 7 November 2011
• Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction in Educational Planning: Examples from Burkina Faso and Chad, 7 November 2011
• Extraordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme, 7 November 2011
• How Social Media Can Work for You at UNESCO, 7 November 2011
• Presentation and Book Launches of "L'Eau et des hommes" and "Water History for our Times", 8 November 2011
• Cross-cutting Themes in Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Situations (PCPD): the Promotion of Gender Equality, 8 November 2011
• Presentation of Key Findings of UNESCO Science Report 2010 (followed by quiz), 8 November 2011
• Launching of the UNESCO-USGS Publication "A Satellite Image Atlas of World Heritage Sites on the ‘In Danger’ list", 9 November 2011
• Teachers and Planning in Post-Conflict Post-Disaster Situations, 9 November 2011
• 10th Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee, 9 November 2011
• Videos for Water, 9 November 2011
• UNESCO – Convention on Biological Diversity High-Profile Event Celebrating the UN Decade on Biodiversity, 9 November 2011
• World Science Day for Peace and Development, 10 November 2011
• Demonstration of Microscience Kits and the Chemistry Global Experiment by Students, 10 November 2011
• Knowledge Systems, Knowledge Diversity, Knowledge Societies: Towards a UNESCO Policy on Engaging with Indigenous Peoples, 10 November 2011
• Launch of the Publication LHC (Large Hadron Collider), 10 November 2011