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Slovakia's education response to the influx of Ukrainian students

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

Slovakia - Basagic’s Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava

Basagics collection contains unique manuscripts and essential works of medieval Islamic scholarly literature and belleslettres spanning the interval from 12th to 19th century and prints from two centuries starting from 1729

September 9, 2020

Slovakia - Antiphonary of Bratislava II

In 1995 the Slovak National Library and the Slovak National Archives embarked on a project to digitize the medieval manuscripts Illuminated codices of the Bratislava Chapter Library

September 9, 2020

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

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

Digital technologies for the inclusion of disadvantaged communities and marginalized groups supported by IFAP