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UNESCO awards the 2021 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to the foundation Construyendo y Creciendo

Each year the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes are focused on a specific theme this years theme was inclusive distance and digital literacy training During the coronavirus disease COVID19 pandemic the foundation established a programme for inclusive distance learning and technologybased literacy training

November 17, 2021

UNESCO promotes in Mexico a reflection process on the World Heritage Convention, 50 years after its creation

UNESCO CONALMEX and the Regional Institute of World Heritage in Zacatecas promote this reflection that will focus on how to strengthen the relationship between culture and nature the links between the tangible and the intangible and the management strategies of the sites

September 6, 2021

Building an ecosystem that reflects the multicultural richness of the country, key to preserving native languages in Mexico

Since May 2020 UNESCO has worked with more than 70 experts in indigenous media to support and strengthen Indigenous and Community Media Mexico city Friday July 16 During the 13 Bienal Internacional de la Radio Linguistic diversity community media and sustainable growth celebrated from July 1216 in the forum Media facing the first decade of indigenous languages and 2030 agenda Gabriela Velázquez focal point for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages recognized the urgency to build a communication ecosystem that is inclusive plural and diverse that also reflects the multicultural richness of the country and promotes the use and preservation of indigenous languages According several national and international instruments such as the Mexican Linguistic Rights General Law and the Mexican Constitution the Human Rights Bill for Indigenous People Rights and the Los Pinos Declaration Chapultepec 2020 media must reflect the different realities in Mexico as well as the linguistic and cultural diversity in order to promote equality and social inclusion as a way to prevent the disappearance of 68 indigenous languages that are currently spoken in Mexico from which at least 60 are at risk of disappearing such as Kiliwa from Baja California or Awakateko from Campeche Globally 43 of the 7 thousand languages around the world are at risk of disappearing A special chapter of this ecosystem is comprised by the Indigenous and Community Media MIC that needs to be strengthened with new regulatory guidelines that ensure their operation and sustainability to ensure they operate as instruments to ensure freedom of expression access to information justice and education rights for indigenous languages speakers but also Cultural and Creative Industries ICC that protect the cultural legacies and create jobs and development in a sustainable form In this manner Gabriela Velázquez highlighted that the work that has been carried out through the project Public policies designs to support the Indigenous and Community Media in Mexico and incorporate indigenous content in public and commercial media has the objective of building a legal and social environment that guarantees the existence of community and indigenous media and a plural and diverse media ecosystem in the country Velázquez indicated that in order to improve the MIC conditions in Mexico we need to encourage the production of content in indigenous languages to guarantee the connectivity and infrastructure for this media strengthen their capabilities and digital abilities build an equitable social communication and official advertisement system as well as actions that guarantee safety for the indigenous and community communication agents The project Design of public policies to support the Indigenous and Community media in Mexico is in progress since May 2020 with the involvement of a National Team comprised by more than 70 representatives of indigenous media community and public social organizations academics and government entities The result of these works will be a public political document that will be son delivered to the Mexico Presidential Office It is a guide document to implement the actions that the National team has recognized as necessary and urgent so that a media and inclusive environment can be built that contributes to the sustainable development At the end of this event Velázquez pointed out that great part of the developments in this project funded by the European Union are available at a dedicated micro site People can review and download reports diagnostics on the projects progress as well as the campaigns and sessions of different forums that have been held since 2020 This micro site is a public compilation that allows access to knowledge to strengthen MICs and helps build a new media ecosystem that reflect the multicultural richness of the country as well to contribute and preserve the indigenous languages in Mexico During the lecture Media facing the tenth anniversary of the indigenous languages and 2030 agenda there were also comments from Rosario Lufrano Argentina Radio and Television Chairman Sandra Ceballos Argentina Indigenous Female Lawyers Association Chairman Dora Brausin Pulido assistant manager at the Colombia National Radio and Tomás López Sarabia Council chairman of the Centro Profesional Índígena de Asesoría Defensa y Traducción AC The discussion was moderated by Pita Cortés Radio Educatiòn producer Contact with media Gabriela Velázquezgvelazquezalvarezunescoorg

September 6, 2021

UNESCO announces partnership with Airbnb to promote cultural tourism, empower communities, and protect Mexico's heritage

UNESCO and Airbnb will develop comprehensive tourism innovation and community inclusion projects to incorporate the creative sector and the micro small and medium cultural and tourism entrepreneurs into the sustainable tourism value chain Destinations far from traditional tourist corridors small towns and places immersed in nature showed an increase in bookings in Airbnb Mexico revealing new growth opportunities for cultural and creative development

YouTube and UNESCO present “Mi Aula” channel, an educational tool for high school students and teachers

The project which is based on content generated by users of the platform orders identifies and brings together more than 1775 videos that reinforce the topics set by the official study programs

Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Mozambique

A new report on research and innovation in Mozambique was launched on 18 February by UNESCO the Islamic Development Bank IsDB and the Government of Mozambique It is the 9th volume of UNESCOs Global Observatory of Science Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments GOSPIN country profiles series The publication is the result of a joint effort by UNESCO and the Islamic Development Bank IsDB to support Member States in strengthening national Science Technology and Innovation STI systems and build robust evidencebased and inclusive STI policies The publication Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Mozambique available in English and Portuguese describes the STI landscape in Mozambique and identify areas for strategic investment in STI in the country The study provides evidence and data for the revision of the national STI policy and strategy as part of the countrys transition from a lowincome country to a lower middleincome status It includes a list of key recommendations for STI policy development and STI investment notably in three strategic sectors STEM and STI policy Oil and Gas and Agriculture The study was developed based on UNESCOs GOSPIN methodology analyzing STI systems in different national contexts Ten volumes of the GOSPIN country profile series were published providing key information on STI governing bodies legal frameworks and policy instruments The publication was launched in the presence of His Excellency Dr Bandar M H Hajjar President Islamic Development Bank highlevel officials from UNESCO HQ and Maputo Office the IsDB the Minister of Science Technology and Higher Education and other highlevel government officials and representatives of STI institutions in the country In total around 150 participants joined the launch event His Excellency Dr Bandar MHHajjar in delivering his keynote address highlighted that The Bank will continue to foster and expand on partnerships including this unique partnership between the IsDB UNESCO and our member countries as we continue to provide support to increase their competitiveness by harnessing the power of Science Technology and Innovation Dr Hayat Sindi Senior Advisor to the President of the IsDB on STI underlined that The profile will in addition to helping the Republic of Mozambique develop an overarching National STI Policy strengthen capabilities to produce accurate STI information for evidencebased decision making and help eliminate the persisting gender imbalance in STI Dr NairBedouelle Assistant DirectorGeneral for Natural Sciences shared that For us at UNESCO the project in Mozambique goes beyond the borders of a national project The lessons learnt and process has helped us in building greater coherence in our STI policy response to Member States needs Prof Daniel Daniel Nivagara Minister for Science Technology and Higher Education informed the audience that This example of constructive triangular cooperation with UNESCO and the Islamic Development Bank will put the necessary knowledge and expertise at the service of our countrys progress responding in particular to the urgent needs of the gas industry in the north of the country to respond to the effects of the COVID19 pandemic and to many other basic needs of the economy and society The next step of the UNESOIsDB project is to revise the national STI policy and the action plan for Mozambique For this purpose two online surveys will be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education Links Concept note of the event PDF Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Mozambique English and Portuguese UNESCO Global Observatory of Science Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments GOSPIN Islamic Development Bank and UNESCO strengthen cooperation to support Science Technology and Innovation policymaking in Mozambique and Uzbekistan For more information please contact ktzinovaunescoorg

February 19, 2021

UNESCO-European Union Initiative trained Media Professionals in NampulaÍDIA EM NAMPULA

In the framework of CoronaVirusFacts UNESCOEU project UNESCO under the leadership of government Information Cabinet GABINFO and in partnership with the National Institute of Health INS the National Journalist Union SNJ and the Institute of Social Communication of Southern Africa MISA trained 30 Journalists and media professionals of Community radios of Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces The event took place on 19 November 2020 at Milenio Hotel in Nampula city It focused on disinfodemic ethics of Journalists and media professionals in the context of Covid19 These practices being valid for cholera and malaria it is also expected that journalists contribute to a larger health awareness raising campaign throughout Mozambique This support to journalists education and protection will contribute to promoting quality reporting and fighting against disinformation and misinformation with regard to COVID19 This improvement of professional journalistic standards is essential to bring out the potential of media systems to foster democracy dialogue and sustainable development The UNESCO project CoronavirusFacts is funded by the European Union the project supports professional diverse and independent medias capacity to report on the pandemic strengthens local factchecking organizations to debunk misinformation and empowers youth and other citizens to critically process what they read and hear linked to COVID19

November 30, 2020

Guadalajara named World Book Capital 2022

November 4, 2020

UNESCO to host introductory webinar to the online course on Groundwater Modeling in Transboundary Basins

November 4, 2020

Call for consultancy: Development and Strengthening Early Warning Systems in Southern Africa

November 2, 2020

Fulfilling our promise to girls in East and Southern Africa will give voice to and secure their equal future

October 28, 2020

Official Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 in the Republic of Mozambique

Today October 7 2020 from 11 AM to 1 PM in the Meeting Room of the Ministry of Education and Human Development MINEDH the official ceremony of the launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 2020 GEMR was held The Global Education Monitoring Report has been produced annually since 2015 as part of the monitoring of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development more precisely in the education sector Education 2030 GEMR has a dual mandate from the Education 2030 Action Framework Monitor the progress of education in the Sustainable Development Goals and Report on the implementation of national and international education strategies to help hold partners accountable for their commitments The theme of the 2020 Report is inclusion and education all without exception It was around this motto that the presentations converged The annual themes are proposed with the aim of motivating national political dialogue and regional peer learning on the issues of SDG 4 Quality Education Highranking individuals such as Her Excellency the Minister of Education and Human Development Dr Carmelita Rita Namashulua Her Excellency the Minister of Gender Children and Social Action Ms Nyelete Mondlane the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Mozambique Ms Myrta Kaulard the UNESCO Representative in Mozambique Mr Paul Gomis Her Excellency the President of the National Statistics Institute Dr Mónica Magaua Her Excellency Deputy Minister for Education Dr Manuel Bazo and many other people attended the event both virtually and in loco

October 12, 2020