What you need to know about education for sustainable development
Education for sustainable development
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Cat VII – Seminar and training
Fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly
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CALL FOR EAST AFRICAN YOUTH PROPOSALS - African World Heritage Day 2021
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Progress towards the development of an African Modern Heritage Programme
Cinema Impero in Asmara A Modernist African City World Heritage site in Eritrea ©UNESCOKaralyn Monteil
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East African participants benefit from World Heritage online training workshop
One of the sites of the Historic Sultanates of Comoros ©UNESCOKaralyn Monteil
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Site managers from Eastern Africa participate in UNESCO’s World Heritage City Lab
Bar Zilli in Asmara A Modernist African City Eritrea ©UNESCOKaralyn Monteil
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May 5th is African World Heritage Day
Due to COVID19 90 of World Heritage sites around the globe are closed or partially closed and many of them are in Africa As African World Heritage sites cope with the current situation they are also looking ahead to the postCovid time and planning for the short and longterm The 2020 edition of African World Heritage Day will celebrate the theme Youth Entrepreneurship and Heritage Sustainability in Africa with several special initiatives A WebinarZoom conference with the African World Heritage Fund This online debate will bring together young people policy makers site managers and members of the local community to reflect on the impact of COVID19 on the lives and livelihoods of African communities and heritage sites Over 200 participants from Africa and around the world will discuss strategies to build resilience and overcome the crisis while ensuring the sustainability of World Heritage in Africa To participate httpsawhfnetafricanworldheritageday5thmaycallforparticipantsfortheonlinewebinarzoomconference To watch the webinar httpswwwfacebookcom178780295575670posts3103637793089891 An Instagram Live session with student and climate activist Vanessa Nakaté Vanessa started a climate movement in Uganda with her individual strike in January 2019 to oppose the passivity of governments in the face of climate change In January 2020 she and other youth climate activists from around the world publicly requested participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos to call on companies banks and governments to immediately stop subsidizing fossil fuels To watch the session httpswwwinstagramcomvanessanakate1 An Instagram Live session with Pascall Taruvinga Site Manager of Robben Island South Africa Used at various times as a prison a hospital and a military base Robben Island is a symbol of the triumph of democracy and freedom over oppression and racism Join the conversation at this historic site with the Chief Heritage office of the Robben Island World Heritage site to share experience and reflection on how heritage as part of culture should be mobilized or promoted in a period of a disaster such as Covid19 pandemic  To watch the session httpswwwinstagramcomrobbenisland  Videosthumbnails Learn more about World Heritage sites in Africa and how theyre coping with the COVID19 crisis Timbuktu Mali Kilimanjaro National Park United Republic of Tanzania RockHewn Churches Lalibela Ethiopia Memphis and its Necropolis the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Egypt Cidade Velha Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Cabo Verde Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of LopéOkanda Gabon Medina of Fez Morocco See full information on this African World Heritage Day and read the message from UNESCO DirectorGeneral Audrey Azoulay here
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World Heritage Site managers’ from the Eastern Africa region provide testimonials on the impacts of COVID-19
Most World Heritage sites are closed due to the Covid19 pandemic As part of the UNESCO  ShareOurHeritage campaign World Heritage site managers from the East Africa region joined site managers from around the world to share information on how they are coping with the crisis
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World Heritage site managers from Kenya and Ethiopia strengthen their skills for Disaster Risk Reduction
Participants in the UNESCO Disaster Risk Preparedness Training Course at Mount Kenya World Heritage site ©UNESCOJ Ogana
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UNESCO supports the development of a capacity building and implementation strategy for World Heritage in South Sudan
Participants in the July 2019 World Heritage Workshop in Juba © UNESCO
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UNESCO launches the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting on World Heritage in the Africa Region
East African participants in the Regional launch meeting for the Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting on World Heritage in the Africa Region 11 September 2019 GrandBassam Côte dIvoire ©UNESCOChen Xiangling