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Commemoration of 100th death anniversary of Vilma Hugonnai, Hungary’s first female physician

On 27 July 2022 the Permanent Delegation of Hungary to UNESCO hosted a roundtable at the Liszt Institute of Paris on Women in Science Todays Challenges Tomorrows Prospects The roundtable commemorated the 100th anniversary of the death of Vilma Hugonnai Hungarys first female physician

Hungary’s education responses to the influx of Ukrainian students

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

October 29, 2021

New curriculum to pilot MIL in formal education in Albania

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

February 8, 2021

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

October 22, 2020

Hungary - Bibliotheca Corviniana

The Bibliotheca Corviniana was the library of King Matthias in the second half of the 15th century After the kings death and during the Turkish occupation the collection has been dispersed Today the remaining pieces of the collection are to be found in 50 libraries

September 9, 2020

Call for services on the monitoring of water (quantity and quality) in the wells at the selected locations in Albania, 570RER2000, ALB 01

Within the overall scope of the project 570RER2000 Design and testing of a multipurpose transboundary groundwater monitoring network in the Extended Drin River Basin that aims at designing and testing a multipurpose transboundary groundwater monitoring network in the Extended Drin River Basin Albania and Montenegro as well establishment of a systematic monitoring of groundwater resources state quantity and quality in the project focus area The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe invites the skilled companies to submit their offers for the provision of services for Water quality Monitoring in Albania at a location to be identified in coordination with the Albanian Geological Survey and near the Belaj VelipojeQerret and Samrishit existing wells as per the informations given in the Annexes 1 and 2 The project is being implemented as a part of the overall Drin pilot project in Albania related to groundwater monitoring in the transboundary aquifers located within the SkadarShkoder BunaBojana area shared by Albania and Montenegro

UNESCO welcomes the strengthening of media self-regulation in Albania

Today is an important step for media selfregulation and media freedom in Albania It is very timely and encouraging to see many media outlets in the room joining forces to launch a media coalition that will strengthen the Albanian Media Council said Adeline Hulin from UNESCO in her opening speech On 12 February 2020 19 media outlets signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting the basis of the restructuring of the existing Albanian Media Council The Council until now composed of individual journalists is now composed of the representatives of the media who have now joined the coalition It will elect its board in charge of handling citizens complaints about potential breach of the journalistic code of ethics

February 17, 2020

Together for Albania: EU to host international donors’ conference for Albania to help with reconstruction after earthquake

The European Union will organise an international donors conference on 17 February in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts in Albania after the earthquake that struck the country at the end of November

February 7, 2020

Science, ethics and responsibility, focus of the World Science Forum

The scientific community gathered at the World Science Forum to focus on the ethical problems scientists face and on the responsibility of researchers for the consequences of their scientific results In the 21st century ways of separating the scientific method from values beliefs and opinions are no longer selfevident and the complex realities of science call for a greater consensus in the ethical principles of scientific research The Forum brings together scientists policymakers and industry from over 100 countries in Budapest Hungary from 20 to 23 November 2019 to share experiences and reflect on the future of science

November 21, 2019