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Spain’s education responses to the influx of Ukrainian students

UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19

Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home

January 18, 2022

More than 3,000 magistrates debate freedom of expression

Respect for freedom of expression free and independent media journalists able to do their job without fearing for their lives these are all indispensable conditions for any true rule of law

January 17, 2022

The Urdabai Biosphere Reserve joins the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the MAB Programme with the #SoyBiosfera campaign

December 3, 2021

Spain's MAB National Committee joins the 50th Anniversary Celebration

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

National Geographic's 2021 calendar celebrates Spanish Biosphere Reserves

As part of the 50th anniversary of UNESCOs MAB Programme National Geographic has published its traditional calendar entitled Spain World Leader in Biosphere Reserves 2021 The spread was distributed with the January issue of the magazine

February 25, 2021

UNESCO supports Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve, Bolivia, to confront a social, environmental and health emergency

The biosphere reserve together with indigenous community members medics volunteers and community brigades built capacity in the management and prevention of fires prepared community monitoring plans and carried out health checks in indigenous communities throughout the site

November 20, 2020

Approaching gender diversity in EU scientific projects

Aitziber Egusquiza a Basque researcher architect and urbanist is the coordinator of the EU H2020 SHELTER project In our discussion with her she outlined how the project seeks to establish a datadriven and community based knowledge framework for heritageled and conservationfriendly resilience Aitziber also highlighted how the project is seeking to enhance the sustainable reconstruction of historic areas to cope with climate change and preparedness to natural hazards She has a passion for cultural and natural heritage and is fundamentally interested in improving the liveability and resilience of historic environments

November 9, 2020

Spanish application using AI to help overcome dyslexia wins 2019 UNESCO ICT Prize

“Malaga, don’t let your guard down”: how Malaga is promoting solidarity and sport amidst COVID-19

In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic the City of Malaga launched a unique initiative aimed at supporting the StayAtHome movement and enhancing peoples solidarity while promoting sporting activities at home during the lockdown

“Young at Home Films” initiative launched by Terrassa, Creative City of Film

Terrassa a UNESCO Creative City of Film is one of the pioneer cities for film industry in Spain Focusing on developing an educational ecosystem for consolidating its film industry the city has developed several provisions for audiovisual training and activities With the opening of the Centre for Conservation and Restoration of the Catalonian Film Archive the city has become a significant hub for audiovisual creation in Spain Facing the spread of coronavirus the city of Terrassa has mobilized its film potential and used its strengthened international cooperation to reaffirm its strategic commitment to training and supporting young artists In this regard the city has launched a collaborative creative project titled Young at Home Films which aims to provide voice to talent creativity and ingenuity in the fight against Covid19 The initiative aims to highlight how creativity and cinema can be used to combat the pandemic Young creators from the Creative Cities of Film and elsewhere are invited to create and share a sevenminute video on various topics such as precautionary measures physical distancing palliative care etc to be undertaken amidst the ongoing pandemic The videos aim to highlight the experiences of youth facing monotony and challenges of selfisolation In order to better assist and guide the young participants of this contest the city of Terrassa is also providing useful tools such as online teaching materials and free video editing software One of the resources available on the initiatives website is the Basic Manual Fent Cinema on filmmaking created by the Catalonia Audiovisual Park Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya a major production centre and an incubator for the creative industries in Terrassa Videos are being posted on Instagram and Twitter by tagging the city of Terrassa trscityoffilm and using the following hashtags TRSFilmACasa UNESCOYoungAtHomeFilms and WashHandsCameraAction Participants are free to choose the language format and genre of the video Upon the completion of the project four of the best video will be recognized and awarded For further information kindly visit the link httpswwwterrassacityoffilmcomenyoungathomefilms httpstwittercomTRSCityofFilmstatus124093437144980684 httpswwwinstagramcompB980P1jAz3Sutmsourceigwebcopylin