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Apia
Office for the Pacific States Cluster Office to
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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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All-girl team from the Philippines wins Sustainable Engineering Hackathon on UNESCO’s World Engineering Day
An allgirl team of university students from the Philippines has won a hackathon marking UNESCOs World Engineering for Sustainable Development Day on 4 March Ghia Luwalhati Nicole Elizabeth Tan and Reaner Jacqueline Bool from the WONDERPETS team 1 from Batangas State University in the Philippines used Metal Organic Frameworks which are novel adsorbents to turn recycled plastic bottles into a type of sponge that is extremely porous making it an effective means of removing pollutants from water Better still the sponge can be used again and again
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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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Australia
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Greece
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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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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
The socio-cultural implications of COVID-19
Professor Fethi Mansouri UNESCO Chairholder for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at Deakin University Melbourne Australia and UNITWIN Convenor for Interreligious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding shares his views on the sociocultural implications of COVID19
Interview with Fethi Mansouri - Advancing a new social contract in the post-Covid-19 era?
Professor Fethi Mansouri PhD UNESCO Chairholder Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at the Deakin University Melbourne Australia and UNITWIN Convenor Interreligious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding IDIU shares his views on the impact of COVID19 on intercultural dialogue New forms of solidarity and dialogue are emerging at a time when social distancing seems to be the only efficient blockade to the pandemic At the same time massive economic disparities and access to health care are being pushed to the limit with inevitable consequences on the rise of racism and discriminations Are we ready to engage in a new social contract in view of the postCOVID19 era