On Wednesday 27 February 2013, a key meeting took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris with the goal of giving young people an opportunity to better grasp the African Youth Charter. During the World Summit on the Information Society Review Event, the youth team of UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector got together with “O.S.E.R. l’Afrique” (DARE…
Doha Centre for Media Freedom Lauches Cartoon Contest
DCMF is launching its inaugural World Press Freedom cartoon contest to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3. To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Doha Centre for Media Freedom is organising a cartoon competition. The centre hopes to find cartoons from all over the world, depicting the theme of “Media Freedom.” May 3 was declared World…
UNESCO: Case Studies of ICT in Primary Education Around the World
The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) launched a new project in 2011 which aimed to research the role of ICTs in primary education all over the world. This long term study looked at how ICT is reshaping and changing the teaching and learning processes of children in primary education. The first report from this project has…
UNESCO to hold Global Forum for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy in Nigeria
UNESCO has been working for over 40 years in the field of media and information literacy (MIL). Part of its strategy involves creating partnerships necessary to amplify the impact of MIL. To this end, UNESCO will launch the Global Forum for Partnership on MIL (GFPMIL), which will be held inAbuja, Nigeria (tentative dates: 26-28 June…
PLURAL+ 2013 Youth Video Festival Call for Entries
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) again invite the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: migration, diversity and social inclusion. Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+…