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Kiswahili Language Day
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International Press Institute joins African media stakeholders in strengthening Digital Platform for Safety of Journalists
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UNESCO Supported Capacity-Building Workshop for Ethiopian Women Visual Artist Association on Digitization of Art work
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UNESCO Donate Personal Protective Equipment for Museums and World Heritage sites
UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office in collaboration with the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas ALIPH offer personal protective equipment PPE and signage to be distributed to nine Ethiopia World Heritage sites and twentytwo government and private museums to support reopening of these cultural institutions affected by COVID pandemic On the occasion of the handover at the Ministry of Tourism UNESCO Director to AUC and ECA and Representative to Ethiopia Dr Yumiko Yokozeki expressed the longstanding cooperation between UNESCO and the Government of Ethiopia in the field of cultural and natural heritage protection through international solidarity The Director stressed that we are all partners in this vast undertaking which consists preserving and inspiring our heritage properties the diversity that we all together cherish HE Ambassador Nassise Chali Minister of Ethiopian Ministry of Tourism thanked UNESCO and underlined that cultural and natural heritages must be protected as a common good to be passed on to future generations Ethiopia is the cradle of humanity its cultural and natural wealth is immense said the Minister  We must make the most out of this wonderful potential with the right skills and stronger capacities we can harness the potential of heritage to create millions of decent jobs giving also a sense of dignity inclusion and pride UNESCO Addis Ababa Director and the Minister extended their appreciation and thanks to ALPH for providing the fund amounted to 13700 USD for PPEs including reusable masks gloves hand sanitizer liquid hand soap and signage having educational message Based in Geneva ALIPH is a nonprofit foundation with the status of an international organization that offers support to projects that protect and rehabilitate cultural heritage threatened or damaged by conflict For more contact the programme officer Getu Assefa at gassefaunescoorg For more on ALIPH visit their site httpswwwaliphfoundationorg
UNESCO Message on Ethiopian Timkat
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Takeaways from the Ethiopia media delegation exchange with the Kenya counterpart
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UNESCO Donated IT Equipment for Ethiopia to Improve the Agro-processing Occupations in the TVET Institutions
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UNESCO Supporting Countering Disinformation and Disinfodemic in Ethiopia
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A reinforced UNESCO-EU partnership for Education
During a recent visit to Paris the European Commissioner for International partnerships Jutta Urpilainen met with the DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay to reaffirm the European Unions EU commitment in favor of teacher training vocational education and training and girls education
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UNESCO brings together stakeholders to discuss the role of social media in promoting peace
Brussels 22 September 2021 Unlike disinformation and hate speech information is a key ingredient of peace inclusion and effective governance I am glad that many of you have shown interest in joining todays conversation to reflect on how to maximize the potential of digital technologies to increase access to information and contribute to peacebuilding while countering hate speech and disinformation said Tawfik Jelassi UNESCO Assistant DirectorGeneral for Communication and Information CI in his opening remarks of the virtual conference Countering online disinformation and hate speech to foster peace organized on 21 September 2021
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Second Meeting of the Scientific Committee
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Ethiopian Culture and Environment Ministries strengthen synergies for World Heritage protection
Participants in the UNESCO World Heritage workshop in Adama Ethiopia© UNESCOBemnet Yisrak