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Salamatu Video Series on Sierra Leone Women's Empowerment

September 23, 2019

SHELTER holds promise for the future of cultural heritage protection

October 28, 2019

Crafting the sea. New directions towards a balanced relationship between societies and their environment

Crafting the sea is a 15month multidisciplinary innovative project aimed at identifying local knowledge for monitoring climate change identifying biodiversity mitigating risks and promoting a more balanced relationship between humans and nature To this end the project focuses on the marine life of the Rovinj archipelago a NATURA2000 protected area in Croatia The first phase of the project which ran from May to October concentrated on identification and research and included a 3day workshop on 1921 October on the nexus between intangible cultural heritage and sustainable humannature relationships

December 9, 2021

UNESCO 2021 survey on public access to information successfully launched

The 2021 Survey on Public Access to Information SDG Indicator 16102 was officially launched last week during the Development Data Group Learning Series World Development Report 2021 Data for Better Lives The online event highlighted the importance of good quality data to be collected disseminated and shared to improve policy and its implementation

Tools for the protection of cultural and historical heritage in the Sava River Basin

On 19 January 2021 the International Sava River Basin Commission and UNESCO with the support of other SHELTER project partners held successfully online the Sava Open Lab Third Stakeholder workshop Under the guidance of the SHELTER team 28 stakeholders from 6 Member States discussed the results and next steps of the research undertaken within the project The workshop discussed the several tools for cultural and historical heritage in the Sava River Basin and essential future needs of the SHELTER project With the participation of the stakeholders the selected resilience indicators and factsheets for the Sava open lab were also presented during the workshop

How an innovative project from Croatia is developing ‘digitally mature schools’

October 30, 2018

Mobility of artists and mutual projects on CoMoCoSEE agenda to enhance regional cooperation

The Council of Ministers of Culture of SouthEast Europe convened its ministerial gathering in Rijeka Croatia on 1 February 2020 with the support of UNESCO The event coincided with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and with the inauguration of the European Capital of Culture programme Rijeka 2020 − Port of Diversity The Council reaffirmed its commitment to further enhancing and strengthening regional cooperation in the field of culture on multilateral and bilateral level considering the culture and its diversity as an essential factor in achieving dialogue improved neighbourly relations and better cohesion in the region in the spirit of mutual understanding respect peace and stability

February 17, 2020

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

Croatia's education response to the influx of Ukrainian students