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Current Event: Workshops for Journalists: "Bioethics, Human Rights and Mass Media", Yerevan, Armenia, 07-10-2008 - 10-10-2008 http://portal.unesco.org/ci/admin/ev.php?URL_ID=27545&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1223390158 ICT Competency Standards for Teachers Teacher shortage, insufficient training and policies needed to tackle these challenges are the emphasis of World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2008. ICT can play an important role in educational reform. UNESCO set up a project aimed at improving teachers’ practice through ICT. ev.php?URL_ID=25740&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 World Teachers' Day, 5 October
18 million more teachers needed (UNESCO Press Release)
More text Training on climate change for media professionals from Maghreb 10-10-2008 (UNESCO) Rabat A specialised training course for the Maghreb media on the climate change will take place from 13 to 17 October 2008 in Rabat, Morocco. This session is being organized by UNESCO, ISESCO, the French Embassy in Morocco and the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment in the framework of the Arab Environment Day celebrated every year on 14 October. A specialised training course for the Maghreb media on the climate change will take place from 13 to 17 October 2008 in Rabat, Morocco. More UNESCO Office in Rabat launches second phase of online training on FOSS for Arab countries 09-10-2008 (UNESCO) Rabat A new series of online training on FOSS in Arabic and French starts today and inscriptions are open for registration. It has been set up by UNESCO’s Office in Rabat in cooperation with ISESCO, the association Tanmia.ma and the Moroccan Department of Post, Telecommunications and New Technologies. A new series of online training on FOSS in Arabic and French starts today and inscriptions are open for registration. More Director-General condemns killing of Mexican radio journalist Alejandro Xenón Fonseca Estrada 03-10-2008 (UNESCO Press Release No.2008-89) Paris The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the shooting in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on 23 September, of Alejandro Xenón Fonseca Estrada, a Mexican radio journalist and an activist who campaigned against organized crime. Koïchiro Matsuura condemned the shooting on 23 September of a Mexican radio journalist who campaigned against organized crime. More UNESCO creates wiki on journalism curricula 01-10-2008 (UNESCO) Rabat Following the publication of the Model Curricula for Journalism Education last year, UNESCO has created an interactive wiki platform to adapt it to teaching journalism in Arabic and French. Wiki on the Journalism Education Curricula gives access to the main courses proposed in the Curricula, accompanied by books and reference texts. UNESCO has created an interactive wiki platform to adapt its Model Curricula for Journalism Education to teaching journalism in Arabic and French. More Caribbean consultation on UNESCO Model Journalism Curricula 30-09-2008 (UNESCO) Kingston A three-day regional consultation to examine the Model Journalism Curricula prepared by UNESCO will take place at the PomMarine Hotel, Hastings Christ Church, Barbados, from 1 to 3 October 2008. A regional consultation to examine the Model Journalism Curricula prepared by UNESCO will take place in Barbados from 1 to 3 October 2008. More