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UNESCO launches a call for young women and men under the age of 35 to apply for the 2021‘Silk Roads Youth Research Grant’.12 research grants of USD10,000 will be awarded.The Grant aims to mobilize young researchers for further study of the Silk Roads shared heritage. Extension of deadline:proposals can be submitted until 3 May 2021. The Silk Roads Youth Research Grant is a new initiative......
05 July 2018 © Simon Cassanas / ISC infocus_ics1.jpg A unique global non-governmental organization, representative of both the natural and social sciences, was formed this week through the merger of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), two of UNESCO’s longest standing partners.......
When: Tuesday, 25 September 2018 - 9:00am to Friday, 28 September 2018 - 6:30pm Where: Japan, Fukuoka Type of Event: Meeting by Member States or Institutions Contact: Cecilie Golden, c.golden@unesco.org The 4th World Social Science Forum will be dedicated to the theme of Security and Equality for Sustainable Futures” in Fukuoka, Japan, from 25 to 28 September 2018. The Forum is organized......
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the United Nations The 2018 United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held under the theme of "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies." Date Jul 9 – Jul 19, 2018 Location View Map Share The......
We have become the International Science Council – visit our new website published: July 2, 2018 In July 2018 the ISSCmerged with the International Council for Science (ICSU) to form the International Science Council, creating a single unified council to be the global voice for all the sciences. You can visit our new website here: www.council.science. The decision to merge was voted by......
When, local time: Sunday, 27 August 2017 - 9:00am to Tuesday, 29 August 2017 - 7:00pm Where: Ethiopia, Mekele Type of Event: Category 7-Seminar and Workshop Contact: j.rubis@unesco.org Holders of a rich knowledge about their environment, African pastoralists have developed an intimate understanding of the weather and climate of the territories they inhabit, based on detailed observations of meteorological......
When, local time: Sunday, 6 August 2017 - 9:00 am to Saturday, 12 August 2017 - 6:00pm Where: Belgium, Liège Type of Event: Meeting by Member States or Institutions Contact: John Crowley, j.crowley@unesco.org The World Humanities Conference: Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition” will take place in Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August 2017. Co-organized by......
30.05.2017 - Social and Human Sciences Sector UNESCO seeks nominations for the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean © Shutterstock.com / pathdoc UNESCO invites Members States, in consultation with their National Commissions, and non-governmental organizations maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO and active......
30.09.2016 - UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector The International Council for Science (ICSU) and UNESCO have today formalised a partnership on one of the fastest growing areas of public science endeavor – the provision of science advice for public policy. © INGSA Flavia Schlegel, Heide Hackmann and Peter Gluckman seal the agreement in Brussels, 28 September 2016. In a ceremony at......
When, local time: Wednesday, 6 July 2016 -9:30am to 7:30pm Where: France, Paris Type of Event: Category 8-Symposium Contact: Anna Maria Majlöf , am.majlof@unesco.org UNESCO and the Tolerance Centre will organize a conference on "Migration for Sustainable Development: Social Transformations, Media Narratives and Education" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 6 July 2016. The......
When, local time:14 March 2016 - 9:00am to17 March 2016 - 6:00pm Where: Peru, Lima Type of Event: Category 8-Symposium The objective of this Congress is to review implementation of the Madrid Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves 2008-2013, the Seville Strategy and the Statutory Framework of 1995.......
When, local time:18 March 2016 -10:00am to 19 March 2016 - 7:00pm Where: Peru, Lima Type of Event: Category 2-Intergovernmental meeting Contact: m.clusener-godt@unesco.org The 28th session of the Man and the Biosphere Programme International Co-ordinating Council (MAB-ICC), usually referred......
07.03.2016 - UNESCO Office in San José MOST School on gender equality in El Salvador ends with important commitments UNESCO\'s MOST School, San Salvador 2016 © CLACSO.tv UNESCO discusses results and follow-up with the Minister of Social Inclusion It is a great opportunity that UNESCO has provided us with a common space for public servants, civil society, academics and international......
Opening Ceremony, International Year of Global Understanding. February 2, 2016 Everyday Life in Global Context The increasingly noticeable global consequences of local action call attention to the fact, that changing the world is everyone’s business. Taking action on global issues locally involves an understanding of the manifold ways in which the local and the global are intertwined.......
An European strategic partnership has been established, APHELEIA” (http://apheleiaproject.org), endorsed by CIPSH, coordinated by the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and involving universities, local authorities, NGOs, private companies and research centers from eight European countries. In the 2015 edition (March), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences participated in the program. Also, African......
© UNESCO / Rajneesh Bhandari - Closure of 7th UNESCO Youth Forum Over the past year UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Programme has been active in many areas ranging from support for philosophical dialogue between Africa and The Americas, climate change and migration, democracy in the Arab World to how youth drive change worldwide. Below, you will find an overview of the main events that......
2011 was a time for celebrating past accomplishments while affirming UNESCO’s global leadership in promoting the role of culture for sustainable development through international advocacy, reinforced standard-setting and operational activities. The year was marked by the anniversaries of several of UNESCO’s foremost cultural legal instruments: the 40th anniversary of the Convention......
UNESCO/Jonquières, Alberto The year 2011 saw UNESCO launch many important education initiatives. It included a symbolic return by the international community to Jomtien, Thailand, to give a new impetus to the EFA movement which first began there 20 years ago. Another high point of the year was the endorsement of UNESCO’s global leadership in education at the influential High-level......
Amidst the myriad activities at the COP17 conference, the ISSC presented the first findings of its SIDA-supported Climate Change Design Project, in a side-meeting co-hosted with UNESCO, the (South African) HSRC and CODESRIA. A full house hears Dr Shisana open the climate change seminar In a session chaired by ISSC President Olive Shisana, Executive Director Heide Hackmann outlined a framework......
23.11.2011 - UNESCOPRESS The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, meeting in Bali (Indonesia) from 22 to 29 November, today inscribed Hezhen Yimakan storytelling from China on the List of Intangible Heritage in need of urgent safeguarding. Narrated in the language of the Hezhen people of north-east China, and taking both verse and prose forms, Yimakan storytelling......
The ISSC, represented by Francoise Caillods, senior managing editor of the 2010 World Social Science Report, took part in a parallel thematic session on the future of international science at the World Science Forum in Budapest. Francoise’s contribution, which focused on the state of the social sciences and their role in responding to global priority challenges, followed from presentations by......
Members of the IYGU Steering Committee in Weimar, February 2011. Photo: Eduardo de Mulder The first meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) took place in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Weimar (Germany) on 4-5 March, 2011. The UN-IYGU is to be a comprehensive, transdisciplinary programme aimed at mobilizing the world’s sciences......
Keynote remarks by Cécile Duvelle Beijing training of trainers ©UNESCO/F.Proschan Strengthening national capacities for safeguarding ICH: training of trainers for Asia and the Pacific 10/14-01-2011, Beijing (China) The States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage have repeatedly emphasized the importance of strengthening the capacities......