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CapED launches COVID-19 Education Responses in 17 countries

August 11, 2020

East African participants benefit from World Heritage online training workshop

One of the sites of the Historic Sultanates of Comoros ©UNESCOKaralyn Monteil

August 18, 2020

Launch of ‘girls back to school’ guide

August 25, 2020

Intercultural dialogue during the pandemic: impact and response

Whilst underscoring humanitys interconnectedness and interdependency COVID19 has also led to a rise in discrimination inequality and vulnerability putting pressure on the capacities of societies for intercultural understanding at a time where solidarity and cooperation are needed more than ever Exploring these themes a new UNESCO brief has been released examining both the impact of COVID19 on intercultural relations and the creative responses undertaken to strengthen crosscultural cooperation within this unprecedented context Highlighting several core areas of impact which threaten intercultural understanding during the pandemic from the rise of xenophobia and ethnocultural racism to increases in genderbased violence the brief echoes various of the UN SecretaryGenerals messages which underscore the need to address structural injustices in order to foster more effective and cohesive responses to and recovery from the crisis It identifies the availability of online platforms as a key means through which governments practitioners and communities have managed to create effective solutions through which to continue intercultural learning and exchange during the crisis Categorizing the responses into four key areas from the use of innovative artistic mediums to promote intercultural learning to antiracist activism through social media the brief highlights the dynamic and creative good practices that have emerged through necessity during the crisis Looking ahead the brief posits that the emerging postCOVID19 world will be shaped by new dynamics and complex realities immersed in virtual interconnectivity and driven by crosssectoral engagements To this end the intercultural dialogue agenda will have a significant role to play in developing a new sociocultural compact that will contribute to shaping the way we live work connect and engage across national ethnic and civilizational lines To this end recommendations to policymakers and practitioners are suggested to both maintain intercultural exchange during the crisis and respond to the lessons of the pandemic including strengthening human rights protections as a fundamental foundation of intercultural exchange bolstering structures to support civic exchange and deliberation and addressing social inequalities that can fuel discrimination and marginalisation Read the full brief More on Intercultural dialogue Contact interculturaldialogueunescoorg

September 8, 2020

UNESCO-UNODC regional dialogue series: Giving youth a voice to build a fair post-COVID world

September 14, 2020

COVID-19: How the UNESCO Global Education Coalition is tackling the biggest learning disruption in history

September 22, 2020

Strong support for UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition at United Nations General Assembly high-level side event

September 29, 2020

In times of crisis, UNESCO is present

We are living through a moment of crisis As in other regions COVID19 is rapidly taking hold in Latin America and the Caribbean with the epidemic continuing its relentless advance and putting the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people at risk

COVID-19: Check the facts

In the wake of the COVID19 global pandemic misinformation also referred to as fake news has been circulated in various media in particular social media This has contributed to widespread panic speculation and confusion in dealing with matters to do with preventing and containing this global pandemic Check the facts to make sure you are getting the right information from the right sources

Digital libraries can ensure continuity as Covid-19 puts brake to academic activity

UNESCO update on the education sector response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

COVID19 is keeping children and adolescents around the world out of schools and universities In Latin America and the Caribbean almost all countries have closed educational institutions andor declared general quarantine to stop the spread of the pandemic

West Africa Online Survey on Perception and Communication of COVID-19

UNESCO Abuja Office has launched an online survey on Perception and Communication of COVID19 The survey targets the current residents in West Africa nonSahel namely Benin Côte dIvoire Ghana Guinea Liberia Nigeria Sierra Leone and Togo The survey is designed to gather information related to communication platforms you regularly use to gain relevant information of COVID19 with the aim of improving future efforts on communication and public information of COVID19 It will take about 5 minutes to complete and all the responses are anonymous We would be grateful if you could fill in the survey and share within your networks

World Heritage Site managers’ from the Eastern Africa region provide testimonials on the impacts of COVID-19

Most World Heritage sites are closed due to the Covid19 pandemic As part of the UNESCO ShareOurHeritage campaign World Heritage site managers from the East Africa region joined site managers from around the world to share information on how they are coping with the crisis