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The UNESCO Office in Venice - UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE) focuses its action in SCIENCE and CULTURE on Member States of South-East Europe as a priority, and develops initiatives in favour of Central Europe and the Mediterranean basin in close consultation with the other UNESCO offices concerned. Its programmes seek to build human and institutional capacities in the basic and engineering sciences, foster collaborative research in the field of the environment, especially in ecological and water sciences, contribute to the protection of cultural heritage, and promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.

|INTERNATIONAL EVENTS| 3-4 Oct. The Living Heritage. Towards the creation of the UNESCO List for the World Intangible Cultural Heritage Siena, Italy. Read Media Advisory N°2008-13. 11-15 Nov. International training for MaB Stakeholders in SEE Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria. Read Media Advisory N°2008-16. More about BRESCE latest news.

|LOCAL EVENTS| See more in events calendar : SEPT-DEC 2008

|BOOKS| Venice Newsletter 2008 : Issue 3 (July-September); see also previous issues. Just published : UNESCO-BRESCE's Contribution to UNESCO's Approved Programme and Budget for 2008-2009 (34 C/5 Approved) 2008, English, 50p., illust.

|HUMAN RESOURCES| Job vacancy : SENIOR PROGRAMME SPECIALIST (BASIC AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES) EU/RP/ITA/SC/0002 - (P5), Venice (Italy). Closing date : 9 December 2008. ALD - PROGRAMME SPECIALIST FOR JOINT UN PROGRAMME “IMPROVING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA” Closing date: 14 December 2008.

|JUST PUBLISHED| MDG-F window on Culture & Development (Turkey) Launching the Alliances for Culture Tourism in Eastern Anatolia Programme Ankara, 18 November 2008.

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On the main floor of Palazzo Zorzi, better known as the “piano nobile”, the Conference Hall and Meeting Room area have been equipped with all the modern technologies.

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Palazzo Zorzi situated in the sestiere of Castello, near Campo S. Maria Formosa, not far from Piazza San Marco, Riva degli Schiavoni and the Church of San Zaccaria.

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Venice is mostly likely to be affected by high waters during autumn and winter. Between September and April, the City implements the Pedaestrian Mobility Plan with raised walkways .


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177626e-CONTRIBUTION-TO-34-.gifUNESCO-BRESCE's contribution to UNESCO's Approved Programme and Budget for 2008-2009 (34 C/5 Approved)

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SIG-CER-THB.jpgBosnia and Herzegovina to sign the UN Joint Programme on Culture and Development

training-thumb.gifInternational training for MaB Stakeholders in SEE
Organised by UNESCO Office in Venice (UNESCO-BRESCE) in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian MAB National Committee and the Central Balkan National Park Directorate

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