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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

Pilot Regional course on Interpretive Planning at World Heritage properties completed its second module

The WHInterp training course on interpretative planning on World Heritage properties held its facetoface workshop in Kotor Montenegro from 1115 October 2021 The workshop as an essential segment of the training convened professionals from 11 countries across SouthEast Europe to develop their competencies on interpretive planning for World Heritage sites using the natural and culturohistorical region of Kotor as a case study

November 29, 2021

UNESCO supports advocacy efforts towards adoption of a Media and Information Literacy national strategy in Montenegro

We are thrilled with our collaboration with UNESCO and the possibility to develop a policy document on Media and Information Literacy MIL that unites the perspectives of different stakeholders on the topic We hope that it will serve as a starting point for the adoption of a national MIL strategy in Montenegro said Olivera Nikolic Executive Director of Montenegro Media Institute MMI For this country to take a more comprehensive approach to address the need for MIL would be the number one instrument against disinformation conspiracy theories hate speech and the harmful effects that can result from the lack of critical thinking Supported by the UNESCO EUfunded project Building Trust in Media South East Europe and Turkey Phase 2 the Montenegro Media Institute has developed a policy document on MIL and enhanced its advocacy efforts towards relevant authorities of the country calling for the adoption of a national strategy on MIL The project contributes to a continued dialogue and consultations with key stakeholders on MIL in particular the members of the National MIL Coalition a group gathering representatives of CSOs of the Montenegrin Bureau of Education the Union of School Principals of Montenegro the Ministry of Culture the Agency for Electronic Media MIL experts and university professors

Education for the sustainable development of UNESCO heritage in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina

The crossborder project Education for the sustainable development of UNESCO heritage aims to contribute to the realization of national goals in education for sustainable development It seeks to achieve this through connecting young people and implementing an informal educational programme on sustainable development environmental protection natural and cultural resources and climate change for students and teachers in two educational institutions

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

Call for Expressions of Interest: Strengthening the Management, Promotion and Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage for Development in Montenegro

The Antenna in Sarajevo of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe is seeking expressions of interest from qualified and experienced institutions legal entities and individuals to support the project Strengthening the Management Promotion and Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage for Development in Montenegro Submission deadline 25 May 2020

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

Youth take the pulse of the planet and create change in their own communities

International Jazz Day says thank you Melbourne, hello Cape Town

Worldwide celebration of International Jazz Day, 30 April