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for sustainable development into school curricula12 October 2022 News UNESCO project on glacial outburst floods in Central Asia sums up its first year4 October 2022 Story In the footsteps of a deer: How students in Uruguay are breaking down classroom walls10 August 2022 Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 News Tanzania gears up for the Sustainability Starts with Teachers programme25 April 2021 Story Green initiative educates local communities to save shrinking Aral Sea in Uzbekistan1 April 2020
News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
News Invitation to the SCO Forum and Teacher Competition in the framework of the CONNECT 2.0 Online International Conference (December 13, 2023)20 November 2023
News Tanzania joins forces with UNESCO to unveil ESD National Strategic Framework (2023-2030)3 October 2023
News Main Achievements and Further Steps to Integrate ESD in the Education Systems of Central Asia presented in Kyrgyzstan27 June 2023
News International Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
News UNESCO project publishes guidelines on integrating Education for sustainable development into school curricula12 October 2022
Story In the footsteps of a deer: How students in Uruguay are breaking down classroom walls10 August 2022
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
Story Green initiative educates local communities to save shrinking Aral Sea in Uzbekistan1 April 2020