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Consultative Meeting
Regional consultation on the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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Cat VII – Seminar and training
Bringing Together the Judges: The Role of Judges in Enhancing the Freedom of Expression in the Arab Region
Rabat -
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13th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) to the 2001 Convention (Tunis, Tunisia)
Story
UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19
Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home
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Tunisia
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Morocco
Story
Promoting Collective Memory and Heritage through Gaming – the Story of Yoldez
Yoldez is a young Tunisian architect specialized in cultural heritage management and historic preservation She has always been involved in various civil society organizations working on the safeguard of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Tunisia and in the MENA region In 2015 she joined Sousse Demain an NGO aiming at restoring and preserving the Old Medina of Sousse Though the Medina is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List it remains endangered by the threats of urban sprawl and violent extremism 
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Building a Positive Identity through Cultural Heritage – the Story of Mohamed Ali
Mohamed Ali is the founder and executive director of Digital Cultural eXperience a startup using virtual experiences to raise awareness among young people on cultural diversity and heritage With the support of the UNESCOUNOCT Project on the Prevention of Violent Extremism he recently developed a web and mobile application named World Heritage Sites in Tunisia featuring an interactive map engaging audio guides and 360° pictures to promote the 7 cultural World Heritage sites of the country in an inclusive and youthengaging format To him heritage is a powerful tool to build a communitys identity thus reinforcing its sense of belonging and its resilience towards extremist threats
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Strengthening Youth Resilience through Heritage in the Maghreb – The Story of Nassima
 Nassima is a young Moroccan architect devoted to community empowerment through leveraging the assets of heritage With the support of UNESCOUNOCT joint project on the prevention of violent extremism through youth empowerment cofunded by Canada she recently created her own youthled initiative called MedinaStories with the aim to create free educational material about peace coexistence and cultural diversity surrounding 10 Maghreb Medinas inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List In this framework and together with Association Clibre she launched an online editathon and a photography contest to directly involve youth from the region and created a digital application for both web and mobile devices that is accessible to the public
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Using green entrepreneurship to foster peace in Tunisia: the Story of Sahar
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Offering youth civic engagement opportunities in a traditional Tunisian city: Selim’s Venture
Selim Fredj 29 is from Nadhour a traditional city in Tunisia with a population of nearly 43000 In December of 2019 Selim founded the cultural café Coin Délite Elite corner a café that welcomes both women and men a rare occurrence in the historical part of the city and offers a variety of cultural and civic engagement activities for the neighborhoods youth
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Tunisia - Tunisian Postcards
Postcard holdings of the Diplomatic Archives Centre in Nantes CADN postcards from North Africa mainly Tunisia
News
La Tunisie lance la première Evaluation des Indicateurs sur l’Universalité de l’Internet dans la Région Arabe