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Issue 47 16 October to 20 October 2017
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Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
I participated this week in the Regional United Nations Development Goals (UNDG) Meeting and UNESCO is tasked with drafting a joint strategy for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), taking into consideration existing frameworks and strategies. Our input was also requested in developing a regional approach to supporting the SIDS with specific reference to the Indian Ocean
Commission.
I would like to wish the SA Agulhas II a safe cruise as it embarks on a 4week regional cruise from Durban, South Africa to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and back to Durban. The purpose of the research cruise is to engage the international scientific community in collaborative oceanographic and atmospheric research, from coastal environments to the deep sea. The cruise is organized in the framework of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition, a major global scientific program coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Sub Commission for Africa and the adjacent Island States, based at the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, for which UNESCO provided support to enable 20 scientists and students from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique and Tanzania
to
participate
in
the
cruise.
This week we will celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October 2017. Through images and sound, audiovisual heritage provides
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unique insight to the past as the basis for looking to the future. Audiovisual heritage carries memories and testimonies, knowledge and ideas, in ways that are real and lay the foundations for better understanding and dialogue between and within generations, as well as between and within societies. In East Africa, we will celebrate the day in Tanzania but also through an online campaign throughout the region in calling on discover moving images from the past, remembering the significance of heritage and sharing it with others. Please
share
by
using
#AudiovisualHeritage.
Finally, I will be travelling to Tanzania in order to attend the East African Community Development Partners Consultative Forum in Arusha, Tanzania on Monday 23 October 2017. During the forum input will be provided on the 5th East African Community Development Strategy. UNESCO will focus our possible partnership on 3 areas: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development, harnessing Science Technology and Innovation and knowledge for the sustainable socio-economic development and promoting gender- responsive policies for women and girls, men and boys in all its areas of competence. On 24 October 2017 I will be in Dar-es-Salaam to start the process
of
assuring
the
Office-in-Charge
for
the
Office.
I would like to wish you all a happy United Nations Day on 24 October 2017, that marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. We should be proud of this Human Rights instrument and be guided by the charter
in
our
daily
work.
Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta
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Announcements Social Media Campaign #TraditionalGameOn to be Launched in Celebration of 2017 UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Building upon UNESCO’s activities in creating an International Network on Traditional Sports and Games, being part of the global project - Creation of an Open Digital Library on Traditional Games, Kenya has been selected as one of the pilot countries to safeguard and promote traditional games through innovation and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). 27 October marks UNESCO 2017 World Day for Audio-Visual Heritage under the theme “Discover, Remember and Share”. UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa will join the global celebration #AudiovisualHeritage from 23October and launch a social media campaign #TraditionalGameOn on 27 October. The campaign aims to increase the visibility of the Organization’s work on documentary heritage and the yearlong project – Creating Open Digital Library on Traditional Games in Kenya. Join us on Facebook @unescoeastafrica and on Twitter @UnescoEast. The game is on!
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News of the week Rwanda Conducts a Consultative Workshop on the Future Earth Initiative
South
Sudan
overcomes
challenges of ongoing conflict to designate potential World Heritage sites
YouthMobile
organizes
a
workshop on MIT App Inventor in Mauritius
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Events of the week Training of Judges and Prosecutors on Journalists rights (FOE, safety, Access to Information) 16 to 20 October 2017 Somalia Refreshment training of district officials and ward officials for the Global Learning XPRIZE Project for the Promotion of Early Learning through Innovative Technologies Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 24 to 27 October 2017 Mission to evaluate the training and vocational integration of rural youths from the first cohort Antananarivo, Madagascar 4 to 27 October 2017
Missions Ann Therese Ndong Jatta East African Community Development Partners Consultative Forum on the 5th EAC Development Strategy and Officer in Charge (OiC) for the UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam 22 to 24 October 2017 6
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jaco Du Toit East African Community Development Partners Consultative Forum on the 5th EAC Development Strategy and Officer in Charge (OiC) for the UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam 22 to 27 October 2017 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ann Therese Ndong Jatta 39th Session of the UNESCO General Conference Paris, France 25 October to 6 November 2017
Abdul Rahman Lamin Expert Group Meeting on Youth, Peace and Security: Social Issues and Social Policies 30 October to 3 November 2017 from 30 to 31 October 2017 Expert meeting from 1 to 3 November 2017 Workshop with government representatives and youth and civil society leaders FAO, organized by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Rome, Italy
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What the Press says about us UNESCO condemns "horrendous" attack in Mogadishu, Source: Kuwait News
Agency
(KUNA)
UNESCO Partners with Africa Education Trust (AET) to Support Girls Education in Yambio and Nzara, South Sudan, Source: Relief Web
Government proposes three National Heritage Sites to UNESCO, Source: Catholic
Radio
network
South Sudan cultural sites make it to tentative World Heritage list, Source: Radio
Miraya
SA Agulhas II embarks on African-led research cruise, Source: Times Live
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Meetings Training
on
the
STATEDUC
Platform
Antananarivo,
Madagascar
As part of the improvement of the information system, the Ministry of National Education (MEN) wishes to use the STATEDUC software developed by UNESCO's Institute for Statistics (UIS) for its Quick Fact Sheet (FER). This need is motivated by the Ministry's desire to have a "snapshot" of the situation in the schools a few weeks after the start of the school year. The mobile
collection
via
STATEDUC
fully
solves
this
problem.
To master and take ownership of this platform, a training workshop was held from 2 to 13 October 2017 within the Institut National de Formation Professionnelle (INFP)- National Institute of Vocational Training, with the participation of a dozen executives from the Ministry of Education National Education and two cadres of the Ministry of Employment of Technical Education
and
Vocational
Training.
This training, which is part of the UNESCO CapED program, enabled participants to acquire or consolidate know-how in the design and implementation of a statistical database for a an EMIS from a paper questionnaire
on
data
collection
on
education.
Beginning in 2018, the Ministries will apply the STATEDUC 2 platform to 9
ensure the collection and processing of quick survey forms and end-of-year forms. A training of the heads of the zones of pedagogical animation is scheduled in early 2018 to operationalize the collection system.
Signature
of
the
UNDAF
The
in
Djibouti
United
Nations
Development Framework
Assistance (UNDAF
2018-
2022) was signed on 19 October 2017 by Mr. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs
and
International
Cooperation and by the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Assistance Nations Unions Ms. Barbara Manzi. Subsequently, in the presence of the majority of members of the Government, the diplomatic corps and civil society, all heads of agencies
also
initialed
the
UNDAF
2018-2022.
Regional Conference on Sustainable Development Goals, Bioethics, Ethics
Research
Gaborone,
Botswana
The two-day workshop, from 17 to 19 October 2017, was attended by scholars, researchers, practitioners and government officials from across the globe with representatives from 11 African countries. It aimed to review the status of bioethics, ethics education and research to prepare a solid foundation
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for strengthening bioethics engagement in Africa. UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, represented by Abdul Rahaman Lamin, provided a brief description of UNESCO’s history and current work in bioethics. The workshop covered several themes, including bioethics and SDGs, issues concerning medical and biological research, environmental ethics, the state of ethics research, and improving the bioethics infrastructure in Africa. To read the Training
complete on
Open
news, Educational
click
Resources
here.
(OER)
in
Djibouti
at Center of Research, Information and Production of National Education (CRIPEN)
A
training
based
on
the
repository of Open Educational Resources (OER), provided by UNESCO, took place in Djibouti, from 22 to 24 October 2017. It was addressed to thirty teacher researchers,
trainers
and
pedagogical supervisors of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFOP). The trained aimed to improve education through open educational resources, to find them, to integrate them into a given course and to adapt them for specific learning objectives. Development of Parental Empowerment and Engagement Guidelines Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi- Kenya
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UNESCO and I Choose life Africa supported the Kenya Institute of Curriculum
Development
in
the
development
process
of
parental
empowerment and engagement guidelines under the auspices of the curriculum reform framework. 40 stakeholders drawn from the Ministry of Education, faith based organizations, civil society organizations, parents associations and development partners drafted the draft guidelines in the two day event, from 18 to 19 October 2017. Life skills and health education are among the thematic areas incorporated in the draft guidelines. The guidelines once finalized will provide UNESCO and other partners with a tool to empower parents on issues that are core to the agency’s mandate.
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Publications
Implementation of education for sustainable development Note by the Secretary-General
Audiovisual Archiving, Philosophy and Principles
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Videos United Nations Day - Video Message by UN SecretaryGeneral
UNESCO Days and Public Holidays United Nations Day 24 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 27 October
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Birthdays Gideon Mwaura 28 October
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Inspiration of the Week
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