Director-General, Audrey Azoulay
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UNESCO – MONDIACULT 2022: Regional Consultations Kick-starts with Europe and North America
On 13 December 2021 more than 20 Ministers of Culture and highlevel representatives and around 30 intergovernmental organizations nongovernmental organizations UNESCO Chairs and specialized networks participated in the online Regional Consultation on Cultural Policies for Europe and North America
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UNESCO – MONDIACULT 2022: The Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation held under the chairmanship of Indonesia
On 11 and 12 January 2022 the online AsiaPacific Regional consultation was held under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Education Culture Research and Technology of Indonesia in the run up to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development MONDIACULT 2022 with a view to shaping a new global agenda for cultural policies 
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Promoting peace in the Lake Chad basin through the sustainable management of its resources
A financing agreement was signed between UNESCO and the Lake Chad Basin Commission LCBC on 29 May 2017 at the LCBC headquarters in NDjamena Chad to fund the project Applying the model of transboundary biosphere reserves and World Heritage sites to promote peace in the Lake Chad basin through the sustainable management of natural resources
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Lake Chad: UNESCO promotes the consideration of the ecological crisis at the Berlin Conference
UNESCO and the partners of the Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad BIOPALT project participated in the HighLevel Conference on the Lake Chad Region held in Berlin from 3 to 4 September On this occasion UNESCO emphasised the need to address the ecological crisis together with the humanitarian and security crises in order to reduce poverty and promote peace and development in the Lake Chad basin
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Presentation of BIOPALT to the high-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA + 40)
SouthSouth cooperation in UNESCO biosphere reserves was presented in a special event during this highlevel conference which mobilised several UNESCO partners including the African Development Bank financial partner of the BIOPALT Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad project At this occasion the importance of transboundary cooperation was put forward to strengthen the resilience of the vulnerable populations of the Lake Chad basin and consolidate the subregional integration for peace and sustainable development
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UNESCO commits to safeguarding Lake Chad
UNESCO will bring a preservation project focusing on research and the dissemination of knowledge the rehabilitation of wetlands and wildlife corridors and the promotion of sustainable income generating activities to the International Conference on Lake Chad which will take place in Abuja Nigeria from 26 to 28 February
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UNESCO & Columbia University collaborate on case law on freedom of expression in the context of COVID-19
In partnership with UNESCO Columbia Universitys Global Freedom of Expression initiative published an online collection of case law related to COVID19 from across the world in English French and Spanish These decisions highlight the essential role of judicial actors in upholding the rule of law and human rights especially in exceptional states of emergency
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UNESCO launches a Report on the impacts suffered by the creative industry during the pandemic
According to the study the crisis generated by the pandemic led the Gross Value Added in the cultural and leisure sectors to decrease by US$ 750 billion and 10 million jobs were lost in 2020
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UNESCO/EU Workshop on the financial sector’s role in fighting illicit trafficking of cultural property
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Monitoring teacher vaccination against COVID-19
UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 are collecting data on the percentage of primary and secondary teachers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID19 as well as information on teacher prioritization within national COVID19 vaccine deployment including data from the UNESCOUNICEFWorld BankOECD Survey on National Education Responses to COVID19 School Closures Fully vaccinated represents those having received the 1st dose for Johnson Johnsons Janssen COVID19 or 2nd dose for other vaccines 
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Disruption and Resilience: UNESCO reports reveal new data on impact of COVID-19 on culture
UNESCO is launching a series of reports that reveal the scope of the impact of COVID19 on the culture sector The pandemic is disrupting lives communities and businesses around the world and has deeply impacted the entire cultural ecosystem At the same time the crisis has further revealed the important role of culture as a major resource for resilience connection and recovery
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Regional Perspectives | Arab States
Ministers of Education of the Arab Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization ALESCO have endorsed a strategy for the development of theatre in schools across the Arab region The Arab Theatre Authority is tasked with implementing a strategy for school theatre in line with the needs of each country as per the recommendation of the ministerial meeting that took place November 2325 Whilst the Arab Theatre Authority has worked with some education ministries for several years this move will deepen cooperation to incorporate theatre into the curriculum The 4th Arab Digital Content Forum was held in October resulting in a set of recommendations to boost the presence of Arabic language online Among key recommendations were the promotion of Arabic domains for easier access to Arabic content as well as join efforts to support innovative projects to boost online content in Arabic The Islamic World Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ICESCO has proclaimed Cairo as Capital of Culture in Islamic World for 2022 during a press conference held at the Cairo Opera House on December 7 just prior to the 14th Session of ICESCOs General Conference hosted also by Egypt