Search | Articles

Preserving Documentary Heritage in AlUla

Situated at the crossroads of ancient trade and pilgrimage routes AlUla isin spirit and substancea tapestry exhibiting cultural exchanges between civilizations over the ages

Gulf States & Yemen

Gulf States & Yemen

Cluster Office for Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Yemen

February 4, 2022

Petroglyphs of human figures, ostriches, and dogs at AlUla's Jabal Ikmah

UNESCO and the Republic of Serbia help people have fuller advantage of information flows

As Internet use and access to information continue to rise at a rapid rate so does the amount of beneficial and harmful content The concerns are dual They are obviously about the dangers of harmful content itself to all people There are also worries about how the detrimental content crowd out and makes it difficult to identify beneficial content

Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Intercultural dialogue for the future

Intercultural dialogue dialogue for the future is a project implemented by Group 484 a nongovernmental organisation in Serbia in partnership with Vaša prava BiH Association a nonprofit organisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina This is a joint effort to strengthen the capacity of young people promote cultural diversity and intercultural understanding improve the education system in order to achieve social cohesion but also to improve dialogue and action for the common good in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

Media and Information Literacy in Function of Development of Critical Thinking and Public Advocacy of the Youth

A team of experts from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade tailormade an online workshop titled Media and Information Literacy in Function of Development of Critical Thinking and Public Advocacy of the Youth for 43 students from the Universities of Novi Sad Nis and Belgrade The event aimed to empower and enhance peacebuilding capacities of students in public advocacy campaigning

In historic move, G20 puts culture on its agenda for the first time

Ministers of Culture of the G20 came together on 4 November 2020 in a joint meeting on The rise of the cultural economy a new paradigm on the margins of the G20 hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This marked the first time that G20 policy discussions recognized the growing contribution of culture to the global economy In a paradigm shift accelerated by the COVID19 pandemic the G20 acknowledged cultures potential contribution across the public policy spectrum in forging more sustainable societies and economies

November 6, 2020

Visit of the Director-General of UNESCO to Saudi Arabia (30-31 January)

January 31, 2020

International experts deliberate on draft global standards for a curriculum on Media and Information Literacy

September 12, 2019

Saudi Arabia commits US$25 million to UNESCO for the protection of heritage