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Celebration of International Youth Day 2021!

August 12, 2021

Introducing the Intergenerational Dialogue between Leaders and Young People

Interview: Seven questions to Christian Achaleke, young leader from Cameroon

African cultures for peace and security

Interview: Seven questions to Johnpaul Ekene Ikwelle, Culture of Peace & Youth Engagement Expert

Central Africa celebrated International Jazz Day 2021!

Any time is Sports Time: Online Campaign in Response to COVID-19 crisis

More than 1 400 000 people participated in IDSDP2020 online campaign in Kazakhstan In this day and age sports and physical recreations play a critical role in our daily lives From our childhood to today we have involved to play sports and game constantly We always hear and keep attention to the latest updates from all major sports teams whether it is professional or anything else Sports bring us athleticism and competitiveness but more importantly sports is a recognized instrument for promoting peace as it disregards both geographical borders and social classes With the outbreak of the COVID19 the global sports calendar has been shifted dramatically such as the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games At the individual level the COVID19 pandemic led to the closure of gyms stadiums pools dance and fitness studios physiotherapy centres parks and playgrounds Under such circumstances there are concerns that lack of access to regular physical activities and sports may pose challenges to both physical and mental health of people In light of these issues the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office in cooperation with the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan launched an online information campaign within the framework of the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace to support peoples wellbeing in times of anxiety crisis and fear The campaign implemented six interactive activities online attracting more than 14 million people of which interactive games on social media played a proactive role For example as part of the campaign the interactive basketball game in the Instagram live stories has ignited peoples interest to experiment fail and try again in sports game until they succeed Any time is Sports Time © UNESCO In addition to the interactive sports game the UNESCO Almaty Office has also implemented a BeActive indoor physical challenge In this regard people were invited to join this challenge by making videos of themselves displaying their creativity in any sporting activity of their choice © UNESCO Apart from the campaign the UNESCO Almaty Office also designed a series of interactive learning cards on physical activity following the recommendations of WHO and also targeting the Sustainable Development Goals SDG and Kazan Action Plan in promotion of cooperation on sports for development and peace © UNESCO Although the COVID19 outbreak has affected people globally in a sudden manner sports has shown that it can help individuals and societies to mitigate the negative impact of the crisis on their lives through mechanisms that help increase a general sense of wellbeing

Challenging Gender Gap in Kazakhstani Digital Space

Central Asia: World Radio Day 2020

Community and commercial media as well as journalism universities and media NGOs joined World Radio Day celebrations The theme of the year 2020 Radio and Diversity Radio stations broadcast multilingual programs on the celebration with invited experts Along with that students of journalism universities conducted and broadcast interviews on student radio discussed the contribution of students from other faculties in the development of their countries and share multimedia content on social networks NGO Media Alliance of Kazakhstan and BusinessFM invited radiostations to celebrate day with 13 ideas from UNESCO VII Winter school of Journalism and Communication gathered 70 participants from Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Turkey and Uzbekistan organized by AlFarabi Kazakh National University Participants welcomed each other with Happy Radio Day slogan in their local languages see AlFarabi video report below Community Radios SuusamyrFM and BakaiAtaFM organized live programs on the theme Journalism teachers from Uzbekistan distributed ideas of the Day The celebration marked by National and Regional media outlets from Russia RIA News Rassvet Studio Stavropolye vesti iRISTON TV North Caucasus Millet Channel Simferopol

UNESCO Almaty Contributed to the Media Legislation Debate

The media legislation round table aimed to improve media legislation in the Republic of Kazakhstan based on International standards on freedom of expression and cyberspace transformations Adil soz proposes concept of the draft laws 1 On Warranties on the Freedom of Speech and 2 On Mass Media in the Republic of Kazakhstan UNESCO Almaty contributes with international standards and practices as reply to question from the Ministry of Information and Public Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Media legislation workshop organized by Adil soz Public Foundation on Protection the Freedom of Speech and supported by Article19 British Embassy NurSultan and OSCE Programme Office in NurSultan ARTICLE19 presentation on ways to improve media and information legislation © UNESCO Zakonkz presentation on media in the digital age © UNESCO Participants Sergei Vlassenko National association of TV and Radio broadcasters NAT Michail Dorofeev Inform Bureau Bekzad Rakhimov Director of the State Policy Department on Access to Information Ministry of Information and Social Development © UNESCO Tamara Simakhina Layer Adil soz Tamara Kaleeva President Adil soz Sergey Karpov Communication and Information UNESCO Almaty © UNESCO

Republican Forum "A New Perspective on Education"

On January 23 2020 the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office in collaboration with the Kazakh National Womens Teaching University coorganized the Republican Forum A New Perspective on Education This is the second joint event of the UNESCO Almaty with the University which is dedicated to the celebration of the International Education Day EducationDay Under the theme Learning for people planet prosperity and peace the 2020 celebration underlines the role of education and learning in empowering people preserving the planet building shared prosperity and fostering peace

January 24, 2020

UNESCO supports the development of online education in schools in Kyrgyzstan

On December 13 2019 a validation seminar Digital and methodological approaches to forming interdisciplinary competences of students for sustainable development was held in Bishkek within the framework of the UNESCO project with the support of Estonia The seminar presented online learning and teaching materials for grades 56 In 2015 Kyrgyzstan and other UN members states agreed to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education within the framework of Education 2030 Agenda UNESCOs joint work with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic is aimed at mainstreaming the concept of education for sustainable development into the school curriculum in various scientific disciplines through the development of appropriate content and the use of information and communication technologies ICT taking into account international best practices The current project drew on the experience of Estonia Lithuania the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development India and other countries The developed learning and teaching materials consider the topics of modern global problems the issues of intercultural understanding and tolerance migration and demography the problems of social inequality and discrimination that arise with it The learning and teaching materials also raise the issues of health and wellbeing environmental awareness and media and information literacy However gender equality and ICT literacy are crosscutting themes for all modules

January 24, 2020