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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

UNESCO laureate in Sri Lanka is building girls’ confidence through coding

Despite prolonged school closures 14yearold Diyathma pictured and 12yearold Shashadara both from Sri Lanka have become rising stars in coding during the COVID19 pandemic Thanks to the UNESCO Prize for Girls and Womens Education laureate the Shilpa Sayura Foundation and its winning programme NextGen Girls in Technology both girls discovered a passion for coding while stuck at home

August 13, 2021

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

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 laureate empowers Sri Lankan women and girls to take their place in the emerging technology sector

November 19, 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

Minding our minds during COVID 19

August 14, 2020

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