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UNESCO designates 8 new Global Geoparks
UNESCOs Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries Two new countries Luxembourg and Sweden this year join the Global Network with the designation of their first geoparks
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Cat VII – Seminar and training
Online Youth Water Congress on "Emerging water challenges since COVID-19”
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Greece’s education responses to the influx of Ukrainian students
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Biosphere Reserves and Sustainable Development: Greece hosts the 2021 edition of the Hybrid University in Asterousia
The Hybrid University of Asterousia 2021 is part of a long tradition of summer universities since 2012 coorganised by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science Culture in Europe and the Mediterranean Information for the Environment Culture and Sustainable Development MIOECSDE and hosting partners This years edition continues to promote sustainable development in biosphere reserves and other protected areas Phase A held in presence from 19 to 24 October convened 16 young participants from Bulgaria Cyprus Greece and Romania Phase B will take place online early 2022
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Restoring trust in journalism in Albania
According to journalists themselves trust in the media is low in Albania Journalists are rarely asked to double and triple check facts and there is almost no attention to the feeling of those damaged Conflicts with the public are rarely solved institutionally or conform to the code of ethics
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Albania
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Greece
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New curriculum to pilot MIL in formal education in Albania
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Director-General condemns killing of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in Greece
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Asterousia Hybrid University: Promoting participation and involvement of key stakeholders in Biosphere Reserves
The World Network of Biosphere Reserves has the power to multiply individual initiatives connecting excellence in science with knowledge at the local level and to scale up good practices MAB Summer universities help promote the establishment and operationalization of biosphere reserves and empower key stakeholders to better understand and participate in the management of these areas The 2020 Asterousia Hybrid University was organized with the support of the Heraklion Development Agency and the Region of Crete
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Swiss funds help protect cultural archives in post-earthquake Albania
Archival material is highly vulnerable to natural or human induced disasters as most material particularly original documents is still stored as paper To ensure the recovery and safeguarding of valuable archival documents in consequence of the devastating earthquake that hit Albania in 2019 the Digitization of the archive of the National Institute for Cultural Heritage was identified as a critical activity and a risk reduction measure to reinforce disaster preparedness
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Asterousia Hybrid University: Promoting participation and involvement of key stakeholders in Biosphere Reserves
MAB summer universities which aim to provide training and develop knowledge on the importance of Biosphere Reserves as learning places for sustainable development have been run by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe and the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment Culture and Sustainable Development MIOECSDE in collaboration with the Greek National MAB Committee since 2014 This years edition of the university titled Asterousia Hybrid University with the support of the Heraclion Development Agency and the Region of Crete is to be organized in two phases facetoface and virtual The first phase with attendance of various national and local experts was held from 57 October 2020 in Crete Greece
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RFQ for supply and installation of IT equipment for the archive of the National Institute for Cultural Heritage
UNESCO within the framework of its activities in Albania and in particular within the framework of the activity Digitization of the archive of the National Institute for cultural heritage and the establishment of a protocol for emergency evacuation of the archive financed by the Government of SwitzerlandEmbassy of Switzerland in Tirana intends to equip the archive of the National Institute for Cultural Heritage The centre is located in a part of the main building of Ministry of Culture of Albania