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Cat VI – Expert Committee

World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022

May 30, 2022 - June 3, 2022

Challenges and opportunities for science, technology and innovation in six African countries

Representatives of Congo Ghana Namibia Sierra Leone Tanzania and Zimbabwe reflected on their experiences from implementing and monitoring the 2017 UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers RSSR at the fourth edition of the Africa Regional Science Technology and Innovation Forum in Kigali Rwanda on 1 March 2022

Artomossi, fighting against silting

The erosion of biodiversity and ecosystems has ecological but also social and economic consequences UNESCO within the framework of its Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad BIOPALT project is supporting the population of Artomossi in the ecological restoration of its wadi which is suffering from silting

3rd Annual Youth STEM Boot Camp slated for Kigali, Rwanda

February 21, 2022

A partnership to train women beekeepers in biosphere reserves

The GishwatiMukura Landscape Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda is one of the places where women will be trained in sustainable beekeeping through the partnership between UNESCO and Guerlain

January 14, 2022

Stakeholder training on AI to boost Disaster Management in Rwanda

AI for DRR training in Rwanda © UNESCO

November 12, 2021

Lake Chad initiative creates green jobs for local communities

The BIOPALT Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad project has set itself an ambitious objective to enable local inhabitant to live and work peacefully on the shores of Lake Chad Launched in 2018 for a period of four years the project aims to take stock of the regions natural resources so that they can be managed more sustainably Pilot actions to restore various ecosystems and foster the development of a green economy will also be carried out

October 29, 2021

The University of Rwanda integrates UNESCO guidance on distance learning into teacher training programmes

September 8, 2021

Mini documentary depicts the resilience of indigenous peoples in Lake Chad

In this minidocumentary Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim shares her experience growing up among the nomadic and seminomadic peoples of Lake Chad and how she raised her voice on world stage to defend the rights of indigenous peoples threatened by climate change

Interview: Seven questions to Clarisse Nomaye, Lawyer and Writer from Chad

UNESCO supports Rwanda to establish a national Memory of the World Committee

© Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO