Jun 12, 2018 - Message of the Director. Dear ... engaged and committed to working with UNESCO on exploring teacher profe
Photo: The teams from Pwani University, UNESCO's partner in celebrating World Oceans' Day, and
Ocean
mama,
successfully
planted
160
mangrove
trees
in
Kilifi,
South
of
Kenya #WorldOceansDay2018 #BeatPlasticPollution #greeningtheblue (c) UNESCO
Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
This week we celebrated World Oceans's Day with various awareness raising activities in the South of Kenya, starting from a #BeatPlasticPollution clean up initiative in the Indian Ocean, engaging students and youth in protecting our oceans and environment and a continued conversation around Blue and Green Entrepreneurship. In the words of the UNESCO Director-General: “No country alone is capable of measuring changes in the ocean, nor of cleaning and protecting it. Through international cooperation, technology transfer and knowledge sharing, we can succeed in developing environmentally friendly
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policies
that
promote
sustainable
growth
based
on
the
ocean.”
On 31 May 2018, the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, ushering in the most comprehensive reform of the United Nations development system in decades. The resolution aims at supporting 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa stands ready to play its rightful role at the regional and national levels in support of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system and the new generation
of
UNCTs.
In the coming 2 weeks, UNESCO is looking forward to welcoming the 5th Interregional Meeting of National Commissions for UNESCO in Diani, Kenya from 19 to 21 June 2018, expecting 250 participants coming from all UNESCO Member States. Mr. Nicolas Kassianides, Chief of staff in the office of the Director-General and UNESCO Assistant Director-General ad interim for External Relations and Public Information sector will be opening the meeting with the Government of Kenya. The Meeting is co-organized by the UNESCO Secretariat and the Kenyan National Commission for UNESCO. The meeting will discuss key topics such as improving coordination and networking among National Commissions of all regions, leveraging their role in the implementation of the Agenda 2030, engaging with youth and other possibilities for joint action. Several side events will
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Announcements Calls
for
applications
and
nominations is now Open for UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, 2018 Theme: Literacy and Skills Development. Deadline for submission: 17 June 2018, more information
here
Official Hashtag: #LiteracyDay
News of the week
STEP: Advancing Youth Entrepreneurship in East Africa
Press Release: BEAR II Official Launch and Inception workshop in Kenya
Madagascar: Support to fourteen radio stations in Madagascar to promote a culture of peace and accountability & in French: 14 stations radios des régions du Sud soutenues pour promouvoir la culture de paix et de redevabilité
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Missions Jaco
Du
Toit,
Julie Christie Rakotoson, Raymondine
Rakotondrazaka
Launch of the project to improve economic integration for women living close to UNESCO World
Heritage
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Sites
of Tsingy
to
de
Bemaraha
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National
June
Park 2018
Befotaka, Madagascar
What happened last week Training 5
of
Community to
Radios
in
Adama
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and
Hawassa,
June
Ethiopia 2018
As part of the continued efforts of strengthening the media enabling environment in Ethiopia, UNESCO initiated the community radio sustainability project that runs from 2018 to 2020. The objective of the training was to share the global experience of community media sustainability mechanisms to community radio stations and supporting government offices. Moreover, it gave the opportunity to observe the practical position of community radio in Ethiopia's media landscape, its complementary public service role in broadcasting and the availability of partnership, donor support and funding mechanisms, to map the community
radio
landscape
in
Ethiopia.
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Interactive
tools
and
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assessments,
visit
of
Concordia
University
June
2018
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, visited UNESCO Office in Nairobi to discuss interactive tools
and
pedagogical assessments,
which
are evidence-based and evidenceproven, to assess performances of teachers and students. Moreover, the self-regulated learner, curious and willing to grow knowledge, was emphasized.
Concordia University Centre for the Study of Learning and
Performance, awardee of UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize in 2017 for their work in creating and implementing the Learning Toolkit (LTK +)- a suite of interactive, bilingual multimedia tools available free to the education community- in Kenya, is very engaged and committed to working with UNESCO on exploring teacher professional development, motivation of teachers, use of ICT in Education, by teacher and students, and technology
integration
in
teaching
and
learning.
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Africa
Code
Week
Madagascar 6
to
7
June
2018
The 4th Edition of Africa Code week kicked off in Madagascar with a teachers training in ICTs . More than 200 teachers learned how to use ICTs that will allow them to teach programming and coding
to
their
students.
A
particular emphasis was put on the participation
of
girls
in
the
initiative #eskills4girls, with the strategic
partnerships
YouthMobile, Town fifteen
Science African
of
Google,
Cape
Center,
BMZ,
Governments,
more than 150 network partners and more than 100 ambassadors from 35 countries. The aim is to benefit 600 000 young people in 2018. The objective is to empower future generations with the coding tools and skills they need to thrive in the XXI century workforce
and
become
key
actors
of
Africa's
economic
development.
Strengthening pedagogical capacity does not only mean increasing training of trainers nationally and continentally. It is also about offering a comprehensive educational program that teaches young people the skills of the XXI century beyond learning to code: computational thinking, analysis or data science. See some of the activities organized in Madagascar on the Facebook page: Africa Code Week Madagascar
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Upcoming events
Somalia
Media
Support
Group
12
June 2018
Nairobi,
Launch
Meeting
Kenya
of
the
project
to improve
economic
integration for women living close to UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Tsingy de Bemaraha National 14
Park June
2018
Befotaka, Madagascar
Publications & Videos Comparative analysis of the national curriculum frameworks of five countries: Brazil, Cambodia, Finland, Kenya and Peru Nairobi Declaration and Call for Action on Education: Bridging Continental and Global Education Frameworks for the Africa We Want
VIDEO: Teaser of World Oceans' Day, Mika Odido, IOC Coordinator, UNESCO Africa VIDEO: Message of World Oceans Day from UNESCO partner, Pwani University
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Tweet of the Week on @UNESCOEast: Launch of Miss President Reality TV show, a #PeacebuildingInitiative for #Kenya #MsPresident, will demonstrate that women
can
play
a
leadership
role
in
#peace-building
and
prevention
of
#violentextremism,building sustainable female leadership capacity, by @Media_Focus
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