May 29, 2018 - View this email in your browser ... work carried out in Eastern Africa region and we look forward to frui
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Photo: Turkana Dancers, Cultural diversity in Kenya (c) David Coulson
Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
Last week, from 21 to 23 May 2018, I attended the R/UNDG Meeting for Southern and Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, where a lot of emphasis was laid on UNRCs and UNCTs positioning for results. Important reflections on the positioning of the R/UNDG within the UN wide reform has led to a number of proposals on the need to establish compacts with RCs at the country levels as well as compacts with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). These collaborative frameworks are important to ensure that the UN engagements with governments, the African Union, and its Regional Economic
Communities
respond
to
the
expectations
and
aspirations
agreed
upon.
On 21 May UNESCO celebrated World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, in Rwanda, with a national workshop on Media Diversity and Cultural Pluralism, where the 2018 Global Report on Reshaping Cultural Policies was presented. Many young people and stakeholders participated, showing interest in the inter-sectorial work of Culture and Communication and Information, in cultural (music, film industry, art) and investigative cultural journalism using digital platforms and technologies. It was also an opportunity to highlight the engagement of a wide range of ministries involved in implementing the Rwanda Culture Policy, through the 2005 UNESCO Convention for the Protection and Promotion
of
Diversity
of
Cultural
Expressions.
UNESCO also participated in a consultation and experience-sharing workshop between the Horn of Africa and the Sahel Region on Peace-building and Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education at the African
Union
in
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia.
I also hope that you enjoyed World Africa Day, which we celebrated in a twitter campaign around the seven Aspirations of the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, with UNESCO work in Eastern Africa. Next week on 29 May 2018, the Regional Office for Eastern Africa will review the first quarter of the work carried out in Eastern Africa region and we look forward to fruitful engagements around the impact of I
UNESCO wish
Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta
in you
the an
engaging
region. week!
Announcements
Call for Papers/Presentations in EN, FR, ES Global Media and Information Literate Cities: Voices, Power and Change Makers The annual Global MIL Week activities and the feature conference are important opportunities for stakeholders globally to celebrate the progress achieved towards the process of "MIL for all". Global MIL Week also enables connections and sharing of creative projects, the latest research, new ideas, and information across countries and stakeholders involved in MIL, and in print, screen-based and How
digital to
get
involved:
media.
Click here! Deadline:
30
May
2018
Calls for applications and nominations is now Open forUNESCO 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 Rwandan media celebrate the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – 21 May Interview by UNESCO with Justice Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza from Uganda
2018
Missions Rahel Teferra-Belay Training in business operations strategy to operations management in Zimbabwe 28 May to 1 June 2018 Harare, Zimbabwe Gideon Mwaura & Aurora Cheung, Aurora Sze-Ming China Funds-in Trust UNESCO Project Phase II study tour 29 to 31 May 2018 Windhoek, Namibia Mika Odido
Regional workshop on Hydrodynamic and Environmental modelling 28 May to 1 June 2018 Dakar, Senegal
What happened last week Watch this Facebook Lives on "Empowering Local Radios with ICTs" project- Interview with Joseph Poto-Poto from UNESCO Kinshasa and Christophe Legacy from UNESCO Dar-es Salaam. Discover the project, supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), providing a reliable and quality access to information to marginalized population on subjects that affect their lives. The Facebook Live is in French language.
Upcoming events
China Funds-in Trust UNESCO Project Phase II study tour 29 to 31 May 2018 Windhoek, Namibia Sensitization of editors on Adolescents and Young People Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues 29 May 2018 Nairobi, Kenya Training of journalists on election reporting 23 to 31 May 2018 Toliara, Madagascar Regional workshop on Hydrodynamic and Environmental modelling 28 May to 1 June 2018, Dakar, Senegal
Birthdays Lydiah Gachungi 27 May Jayakumar Ramasamy 31 May
Publications & Videos Improving School Financing: the use and usefulness of school grants in Madagascar , by the International Institute of Educational Planning Transformative Pedagogy for Peace-building- a guide for teachers UNESCO and South Sudan National Archives safeguards South Sudan's history
Tweet of the Week on @UNESCOEast: On #CulturalPolicies in the age of#DigitalPlatforms: Mr. Solange Ayonone from @paxpressrwanda "News is more participatory where citizens are reporting current events alongside us" #MediaDiversity#CulturalPluralism #Rwanda
UNESCO TEAM in East Africa celebrated Africa Day 2018! a photo of us in Nairobi, Kenya
