Programmeerimine kui keeleoskus / Raivo Hool

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Hool, Raivo

2015-01-01

Tutvustus: Carol Vorderman. Õpime üheskoos programmeerima : visuaalne teejuht algajale kahendkoodist kuni mängude koostamiseni; Õpime üheskoos matemaatikat : visuaalne teejuht arvutamisest statistikani. Tallinn, 2015

IAEA/UNESCO Joint International Isotopes in Hydrology Programme

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Oezgueler, H.

2002-01-01

International Hydrology Programme (IHP) of UNESCO was established in 1965 as International Hydrological Decade. This programme was transformed to the IHP having the phases of 6-year duration. Presently, IHP-VI Phase (2002-2007) is based on the fundamental principle that freshwater is as essential to sustainable development as it is to life and that water, beyond its geophysical, chemical, biological function in the hydrological cycle, has social, economic and environmental values that are inter-linked and mutually supportive. The international Programme for Isotopes in the Hydrological Cycle 'proposal was presented by IAEA to the Fifth UNESCO-WMO International Conference on Hydrology' held in Geneva in 1999. The Conference noted the proposal and invited UNESCO and IAEA to develop the proposal further in collaboration with WMO, in order to submit it to the relevant bodies of the organizations concerned. At the end of this study, the IAEA / UNESCO Joint International Isotopes in Hydrology Programme (JIIHP) was formed in 2001. The JIIHP will service a number of international needs including the dissemination of research and application results in isotope methodologies through a global infrastructure network. This is foreseen primarily through an appropriate expansion of the IHP National Committees to include experts in isotope methods in hydrology in order to facilitate a more efficient dialogue and mainstreaming of isotope methods in member states of UNESCO. Main areas for co-operation have already been incorporated within the IHP-VI plans. In this paper, with some brief information on the studies to be realised in the near future under the framework of this programme JIIHP, the isotop related priorities of the Turkish hydrology community are explained herewith

Crumbling UNESCO and aggregating archaeology

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Carman, J.; Turek, Jan

2017-01-01

Roč. 13, č. 3 (2017), s. 387-391 ISSN 1555-8622 Institutional support: RVO:67985912 Keywords : indigenous people of Amazonia * Canaanite site in Gaza * UNESCO * world archaeology * European Association of Archaeologists Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

The Structure of Sociology in the Educational Activities of Unesco

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Card, B. Y.

1974-01-01

An exploration of the structure of sociology in Unesco's educational activities during 1970-1971 reveals that Unesco has dual political and cultural bureaucratic structures that are complementary for contributions in sociology. Journal is available from Mouton & Co., 5 Herder Street, The Hague, Netherlands. (ND)

Gidon Kremer sai IMC-UNESCO auhinna

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2001-01-01

Rahvusvaheline muusikanõukogu ja UNESCO kuulutasid tänavu üheks oma ühise muusikaauhinna saajateks Gidon Kremeri, kes esineb ka 21. augustil Estonia kontserdisaalis koos Schleswig-Holsteini festivaliorkestriga

Report on Making a difference: seventy years of UNESCO actions

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Mogensen, Mads Kyvsgaard; Christensen, Ivan Lind

University in Denmark, was supported by the Danish National Commission for UNESCO and was held in the meeting room of the Executive Board (Room X) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. During the two-day conference, some 200 participants gathered to listen to and discuss the 15 papers comprising the forthcoming...

Paneelikas trügib palee kõrvale : UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekiri uueneb / Mart Kalm

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Kalm, Mart, 1961-

2009-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi nimestikust, valikuprintsiipidest, nende avardumisest, 20. sajandi arhitektuurist, uutest UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistusse lisatud ja ootejärjekorras seisvatest objektidest. Lisa: UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistusse kantud 20. sajandi arhitektuuriobjektid

UNESCO tegutseb siiski / Riin Alatalu

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Alatalu, Riin, 1968-

2009-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee istungist. Maailmapärandi nimekirja saamisest, pärandi kaitsest, kohustusest teavitada ise UNESCOt võimalikest maailmapärandit mõjutavatest plaanidest, kaitsekorralduskavast, rahvusvahelisest pärandipoliitikast. Dresdeni Elbe oru maailmapärandi nimekirjast väljaarvamisest. Probleemidest Tallinnaga. Pärandi kaitsest Venemaal

UNESCO LABEL – PROMOTER A CULTURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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Iordache Maria Carmen

2013-06-01

Full Text Available The uniqueness and importance of World Heritage is universally recognized throughout the world and this is causing the transformation of areas of heritage elements holding the top tourist destinations. It is essential to learn not only how to bring out the best of these elements of heritage, but also how to manage this new status could not be sensitive. The paper aims to show the relationship between culture and tourism, to highlight its role as a promoter of UNESCO World Cultural identity and analyze the importance of UNESCO criterion in developing and promoting cultural tourism.

Resolución de Ecuador (UNESCO

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Revista Chasqui

2015-01-01

Full Text Available En Quito (Ecuador, entre el 12 y 14 de septiembre de 1994 se realizó el Seminario Taller Regional sobre Mujer y Medios de Comunicación organizado por la UNESCO. A continuación se reseñan las principales resoluciones.

Indicadores UNESCO de género para medios de comunicación

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Ruth Ainhoa DE FRUTOS-GARCÍA

2013-06-01

Full Text Available La importancia de las mediciones eficaces con el fin de realizar estudios comparados se ha convertido en una constante para los organismos internacionales en general y de UNESCO en particular. Tras los Indicadores de Desarrollo Mediático (UNESCO, 2008, donde se establecía la perspectiva de género como uno de los dos indicadores trasversales junto con la pobreza, UNESCO y la Federación Internacional de Periodistas constituyeron un panel de expertos internacionales para crear indicadores de género para medios de comunicación (UNESCO, 2012. Precisamente por ese motivo, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo conocer el perfil de estas personas especialistas en el campo de los medios de comunicación y los estudios de género a través de una metodología cuantitativa. Los resultados del estudio permiten obtener, por primera vez, una visión de dichos indicadores a través de las voces expertas.

MEMPERKUAT CITRA PARIWISATA BUDAYA: DENPASAR SEBAGAI NOMINASI JARINGAN KOTA KREATIF UNESCO

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Febianti Febianti

2015-06-01

Full Text Available UNESCO has long been known as one of the elements that support cultural heritage conservation. In 2004, UNESCO began to build and trigger the birth of a new creativity by developing concept of creative city network which is divided into several themes, such as design, music, literature, film, media art, gastronomy, crafts and folk art. In line with the concept of tourism and creative economy that is actively promoted by Indonesian Ministry of Tourism, several cities in Indonesia have been trying to join the network, one of them is Denpasar. With all the cultural potencies owned, in 2014 Denpasar governments proposed to join UNESCO creative city network as a ‘Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art’, where it can provide an opportunity for artist and crafters of Denpasar to introduce and interact with other creative city, notably in terms on how to develop local culture in globalization. This study contributes on evaluating strengths, weakness, challenges and opportunities as well as discovering efforts which should be obtained by Denpasar based on the criteria and characteristics served as a guide to join UNESCO creative cities network.

An Evaluation of UNESCO Publications on Mathematics Education: From 1989 to 2013

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Yaman, Hakan; Dündar, Sefa; Ayvaz, Ülkü

2015-01-01

The word "UNESCO" was created by being taken the initials of "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO has undertaken two main objectives as it can be understood from the name of the organization. This organization is an international organization that works for the expedience of the world in…

Focus Meeting 2, ``Astronomical Heritage: Progressing the UNESCO-IAU Initiative'' Introduction and overview

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Ruggles, Clive; Sidorenko, Anna

2016-10-01

Marking seven years of formal cooperation between the IAU and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to implement UNESCO's ``Astronomy and World Heritage'' Thematic Initiative, this Focus Meeting reviewed achievements, challenges, and progress on particular World Heritage List nomination projects.

Levi-Strauss : UNESCO = anthropology : politics

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Ljiljana Gavrilović

2016-02-01

Full Text Available This paper discusses Levi-Strauss engagement in UNESCO activities. On the one hand, Levi-Strauss engagement in Pakistan had an important impact on his later work, as well as on his overall view about the world and culture( s; while on the other, Levi-Strauss’s definitions of the relationship between race/nation and culture had an important influence on the ways in which UNESCO dealt with the ideas about culture and on the ways these ideas were implemented in its global strategies of action in/towards culture. On the one hand, this engagement included a delivery of the European world view (as a superior one to everyone who does not have it; while on the other, it also meant a protection of material remains of different cultures world-wide and protection of non-material heritage and/as entire "Othern-ness", whenever it is located, and (at least in theory however it looks like. In that sense, Levi- Strauss public engagement had an important impact not only on anthropology, as a discipline that he dedicated his life to, but also to the formation of contemporary understanding of politically correct relationship towards the "Other".

Sixty years of science at UNESCO 1945-2005

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Zharov, V; Glaser, G; Richardson, J; de Padirac, B; Archibald, G

2006-01-01

Sixty Years of Science at UNESCO 1945-2005 offers an inside perspective on the past six decades of this engagement. Written by historians and scientists from all over the world as well as by former and active staff members, the story is enriched by an historical analysis of the first 20 years of the Organization's action in science. The volume traces through six parts the role played by UNESCO in the history of international science cooperation in an ever-changing world : I. Setting the Scene, 1945-1965 II. Basic Sciences and Engineering III. Environmental Sciences IV. Science and Society V. Overviews and Analyses and VI. Looking Ahead. It also features a list of chronological milestones set along the way.

Internationalism and Engineering in UNESCO during the End Game of Empire, 1943–68

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Andersen, Casper

2017-01-01

When UNESCO was founded in 1945 the organization aimed to become a pivotal player in international collaboration in the field of engineering. UNESCO based its engineering initiatives on the World Engineering Conference, an organization espousing a politically motivated “technocratic...... of internationalism, mounting cold war tensions, and the continuous influence of a British empire-based opposition ultimately forced UNESCO to abandon its technocratic internationalist ambitions and settle for a modest coordinating role in international technical collaboration....

Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark, Greece : Systems Thinking on Sustainable Value

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Kumar, Satish

2016-01-01

The study is an original research suggesting Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark as a platform for systems thinking on sustainable value. The study provides information on Global Geoparks Network, European Geoparks Network and detailed description of Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark emphasizing its distinct features. The formation of Lesvos landscape during the Miocene period due to volcanic eruptions, creation of petrified forests, geological faults and geosites coupled with natural, cult...

Protecting the integrity of UNESCO World Heritage properties: the role of heritage information in decision-making

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Santana Quintero, Mario

2011-01-01

This lecture will underlay the role of heritage information in the nomination, management and monitoring of UNESCO World Heritage properties. Concepts and fundamentals in recording, documenting and preparation of information systems will be presented, as well as, first hand examples from the following UNESCO World Heritage properties: Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Petra (Jordan), Baalbek (Lebanon) and UNESCO's World Heritage portal.

Făgetele primare din România, o contribuţie la Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO [Romania’s primary beech forests, a contribution to UNESCO World Heritage

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Iovu Adrian Biriș

2014-08-01

Full Text Available The World Heritage List (WHL of UNESCO currently comprises 1007 properties in 161 States Parties. Most of these sites are cultural (779 and only 197 are natural sites whereas 31 are mixed sites with outstanding universal cultural and natural values. Romania has only 8 sites registered on WHL of UNESCO, 7 cultural sites and one natural site – The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve - being underrepresented in relation with the real value of its natural patrimony. Beech is a deciduous species exclusively European and the beech forests constitute the potential natural vegetation for the temperate zone of Europe. Beech forests represent an outstanding and globally unparalleled example of the ongoing ecological processes of post-glacial expansion. This is a key factor for supporting the nomination of beech forests under WHL of UNESCO. Romania, the country with the larges area of beech forests and well preserved primary beech forests, has an important responsibility for the conservation of an adequate and representative network of beech forests. Considering these aspects, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change - Department for Waters, Forests and Fisheries, National Forest Administration – Romsilva, Forest Research and Management Institute, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office and Greenpeace CEE Romania Foundation have signed a protocol for collaboration having as target the selection of certain beech forests to be included on the WHL of UNESCO. Keywords

Geological nominations at UNESCO World Heritage, an upstream struggle

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Olive-Garcia, Cécile; van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin

2017-04-01

Using my 10 years experience in setting up and defending a UNESCO world Heritage Geological nomination, this presentation aims to give a personal insight into this international process and the differential use of science, subjective perception (aesthetic and 'naturality'), and politics. At this point in the process, new protocols have been tested in order to improve the dialogue, accountability and transparency between the different stake-holders. These are, the State parties, the IUCN, the scientific community, and UNESCO itself. Our proposal is the Chaîne des Puys-Limagne fault ensemble, which combines tectonic, geomorphological evolution and volcanology. The project's essence is a conjunction of inseparable geological features and processes, set in the context of plate tectonics. This very unicit yof diverse forms and processes creates the value of the site. However, it is just this that has caused a problem, as the advisory body has a categorical approach of nominations that separates items to assess them in an unconnected manner.From the start we proposed a combined approach, where a property is seen in its entirety, and the constituent elements seen as interlinked elements reflecting the joint underlying phenomena. At this point, our project has received the first ever open review by an independent technical mission (jointly set up by IUCN, UNESCO and the State party). The subsequent report was broadly supportive of the project's approach and of the value of the ensemble of features. The UNESCO committee in 2016, re-referred the nomination, acknowledging the potential Outstanding Universal Value of the site and requesting the parties to continue the upstream process (e.g. collaborative work), notably on the recommendations and conclusions of the Independent Technical mission report. Meetings are continuing, and I shall provide you with the hot-off-the-press news as this ground breaking nomination progresses.

Academic Freedom in Europe: Reviewing UNESCO's "Recommendation"

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Karran, Terence

2009-01-01

This paper examines the compliance of universities in the European Union with the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel, which deals primarily with protection for academic freedom. The paper briefly surveys the European genesis of the modern research university and academic freedom, before evaluating…

A right to cultural identity in UNESCO

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Donders, Y.; Francioni, F.; Scheinin, M.

2008-01-01

This chapter touches first on the idea of developing a right to cultural identity in international human rights law, in order to clarify the issues and difficulties surrounding this right. Afterwards, it will address the work of UNESCO in relation to a right to cultural identity, including the

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UNESCO peakorteris avati rahvusvaheline Planeet Maa Aasta / Alvar Soesoo

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Soesoo, Alvar, 1963-

2008-01-01

12.-13. veebruaril oli UNESCO peakorteris Pariisis rahvusvahelise Maa Aasta avaüritus. Maa Aasta ürituste sari Eestis algas geoteadusele ja ühiskonna vajadustele pühendatud üritustega 2007. aastal

Teaching School Physics. A UNESCO Source Book.

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Lewis, John L., Ed.

This UNESCO source book on teaching physics in schools provides a synthesis of views and policies prevalent throughout the world with respect to physics education. The book's contents are contributed by educators from several nations who have been able to give an international outlook in the discussion of various aspects of physics education. The…

Integrating UNESCO ICT-Based Instructional Materials in Chemistry Lessons

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CHARLIE P. NACARIO

2014-08-01

Full Text Available This study determined the effectiveness of the lessons in Chemistry integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional material on the achievement of Chemistry students at Central Bicol State University of Agriculture. It aimed to identify lessons that may be developed integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional materials, determine the effect of the developed lessons using the material on: conceptual understanding; science process skills; and attitude towards chemistry and gather insights from the experiences of the students and teacher. The study used the single group pretest and posttest experimental design. Descriptive, quantitative and qualitative techniques were also utilized. Quantitative data were taken from the pretest-posttest results on the Test on Conceptual Understanding, Science Process Skills and Chemistry Attitudinaire. Qualitative data were drawn from the experts’ assessment of the developed lessons and research instruments, and the insights of students and teacher. The developed lessons integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional materials were Atomic Model and Structure, Periodic Table of Elements, Chemical Bonding, and Balancing Chemical Equation. These lessons increased the conceptual understanding of the students by topic and skill from very low mastery to average mastery level. The students have slightly improved along the different science process skills. After teaching the lessons, the students’ attitude also improved. The students became more motivated and interested in Chemistry and the lessons were student centered and entailed teacher’s competence and flexibility in computer use.

The Malady of UNESCO's Archive

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Peter Jackson

2014-10-01

Full Text Available This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO's cultural heritage conven-tions with special regard to the declared transhumanism of the organization's first director-general, Sir Julian Huxley. While Huxley's advocation of eugenics is a well-established fact, this part of his intellectual heritage is usually not considered overtly aligned to his ideas about cultural preservation. On closer consideration, however, improvement and preservation (both cultural and biological turn out to be closely associated concerns in the field of Huxley's intellectual vision.

UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: Learning Today for a Sustainable Future

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Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012

2012-01-01

The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will be co-organised in 2014 by UNESCO and the Government of Japan on the occasion of the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. It has the following objectives: (1) Celebrating a decade of action; (2) Reorienting education to build a better future…

The global governance of human cloning: the case of UNESCO.

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Langlois, Adèle

2017-03-21

Since Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1996, the question of whether human reproductive cloning should be banned or pursued has been the subject of international debate. Feelings run strong on both sides. In 2005, the United Nations adopted its Declaration on Human Cloning to try to deal with the issue. The declaration is ambiguously worded, prohibiting "all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life". It received only ambivalent support from UN member states. Given this unsatisfactory outcome, in 2008 UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) set up a Working Group to investigate the possibility of a legally binding convention to ban human reproductive cloning. The Working Group was made up of members of the International Bioethics Committee, established in 1993 as part of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme. It found that the lack of clarity in international law is unhelpful for those states yet to formulate national regulations or policies on human cloning. Despite this, member states of UNESCO resisted the idea of a convention for several years. This changed in 2015, but there has been no practical progress on the issue. Drawing on official records and first-hand observations at bioethics meetings, this article examines the human cloning debate at UNESCO from 2008 onwards, thus building on and advancing current scholarship by applying recent ideas on global governance to an empirical case. It concludes that, although human reproductive cloning is a challenging subject, establishing a robust global governance framework in this area may be possible via an alternative deliberative format, based on knowledge sharing and feasibility testing rather than the interest-based bargaining that is common to intergovernmental organizations and involving a wide range of stakeholders. This article is published as part of a collection on global governance.

UNESCO : Tulevane Eesti Raudtee hoone rikuks vaate vanalinnale / Siiri Suutre

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Suutre, Siiri

2007-01-01

Tallinnas Balti jaama kõrval Toompuiesteel hakkab paiknema seitsmekorruseline Eesti Raudtee peakontor. UNESCO Eesti komisjoni kuuluv muinsuskaitse seltsi esindaja Jaan Tamm nii kõrget hoonet ei lubaks

Regaining legitimacy in the context of global governance? UNESCO, Education for All coordination and the Global Monitoring Report

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Edwards, D. Brent; Okitsu, Taeko; da Costa, Romina; Kitamura, Yuto

2017-06-01

This research note shares insights which resulted from a larger study into the ways in which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - during 2010-2014 - used its position as coordinator of the post-Dakar Framework for Action (initiated at the World Education Forum held in 2000 and designed to reinvigorate the Education for All initiative) to help it regain some of the legitimacy it had lost in the preceding decades. The research study focused on the role of both the UNESCO Education for All Follow-up Unit and the production of the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) during the 2000s because they were at the heart of UNESCO's efforts to repair its image and renew its impact in one area of global governance, specifically in the global education policy field. The study's findings were based on an analysis of documents, archives and interviews ( n = 17) with key actors inside and outside UNESCO, including representatives of UNESCO's peer institutions.

Experimental course of bioethics upon the bioethics core curriculum of UNESCO: methodoloy and result of investigation.

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Davtyan, S

2012-12-01

In October 2005 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. The aim of this Declaration was to assist in the realization ofprinciples and support the thorough understanding of the consequences of the ethics of scientific and technical progress, especially for youth. In 2008, the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology Sector for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO worked out an Educational Program (Bioethics Core Curriculum). On November 23, 2010 a Memorandum was signed between UNESCO and the Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi. The Memorandum was aimed to test the Bioethics Core Curriculum of UNESCO. In this article we will analyze the aims and goals of studying the course, as well as disputable shortcomings of the Program, make recommendations for the improvement of the course of bioethics, and highlight the positive aspects of this Educational Program.

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning: Annual Report 2013

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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014

2014-01-01

In the introduction to this report, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Director, Arne Carlsen, announces that UIL is presenting a new design and a new concept, aiming to make the report more reader-friendly. The main activities are highlighted, testimonies from beneficiaries and actors are included, and the report opens with a…

60 years of CERN at UNESCO | Don't miss the webcast! | 1 July

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2014-01-01

Don't miss the live webcast of the commemoration ceremony, marking the signature of the CERN Convention. The ceremony will be held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 1 July, from 10 a.m.   To watch the webcast, please visit: http://webcast.web.cern.ch/webcast/ from 10 a.m. Programme 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.: Opening of Ceremony by Maciej Nalecz, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building, UNESCO   Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO   Address by Rolf Heuer, Director-General of CERN   Video clip “CERN: 60 years of science for peace”   Address by Agnieszka Zalewska, President of the CERN Council   Hommage à François de Rose, un des pères fondateurs du CERN, par sa fille Laurence Rousselot   CERN as seen by a young phycisist, Claire Lee (ATLAS Collaboration) 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Roundtable discussion on “Science for...

The Global Governance of Bioethics: Negotiating UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005).

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Langlois, Adèle

2011-01-01

UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005) was drawn up by an independent panel of experts (the International Bioethics Committee) and negotiated by member states. UNESCO aimed for a participatory and transparent drafting process, holding national and regional consultations and seeking the views of various interest groups, including religious and spiritual ones. Furthermore, reflecting UNESCO's broad interpretation of bioethics, the IBC included medics, scientists, lawyers and philosophers among its membership. Nevertheless, several potential stakeholders-academic scientists and ethicists, government policy-makers and NGO representatives-felt they had not been sufficiently consulted or even represented during the Declaration's development. Better communications and understanding within and between national, regional and international layers of governance would help to avoid a recurrence of this problem in future negotiations.

Suitsusaun pürib UNESCO nimekirja / Rein Raudvere

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Raudvere, Rein, 1955-

2010-01-01

Võrulased soovivad, et nende kodukandis tänini laialt levinud suitsusaun pääseks UNESCO vaimse kultuuripärandi nimekirja. 12. novembril saunakonverentsil Väimelas kutsusid võrulased koostööle kõiki kogukondi (setud, mulgid), kelle meelest nende suitsusaunakultuur vajab uurimist, väärtustamist ja kaitset. Eesti vaimse kultuuripärandi nimistust

Multi-criteria analysis for the detection of the most critical European UNESCO Heritage sites

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Valagussa, Andrea; Frattini, Paolo; Berta, Nadia; Spizzichino, Daniele; Leoni, Gabriele; Margottini, Claudio; Battista Crosta, Giovanni

2017-04-01

A GIS-based multi-criteria analysis has been implemented to identify and to rank the most critical UNESCO Heritage sites at the European scale in the context of PROTHEGO JPI-Project. Two multi-criteria methods have been tested and applied to more than 300 European UNESCO Sites. First, the Analytic Hierarchy Procedure (AHP) was applied to the data of the UNESCO Periodic Report, in relation to 13 natural hazards that have affected or can potentially affect the Heritage sites. According to these reports, 22% of sites are without any documented hazard and 70% of the sites have at least one hazard affecting the site. The most important hazards on the European country are: fire (wildfire), storm, flooding, earthquake and erosion. For each UNESCO site, the potential risk was calculated as a weighed sum of the hazards that affect the site. The weighs of the 13 hazards were obtained by AHP procedure, which is a technique for multi-attribute decision making that enables the decomposition of a problem into hierarchy, based on the opinion of different experts about the dominance of risks. The weights are obtained by rescaling between 0 and 1 the eigenvectors relative to the maximum eigenvalue for the matrix of the coefficients. The internal coherence of the expert's attributions is defined through the calculation of the consistency ratio (Saaty, 1990). The result of the AHP method consists in a map of the UNESCO sites ranked according to the potential risk, where the site most at risk results to be the Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord in Norway. However, the quality of these results lies in the reliability of the Period Reports, which are produced by different experts with unknown level of scientific background. To test the reliability of these results, a comparison of the information of the periodic reports with available high-quality datasets (earthquake, volcano and landslide) at the Italian scale has been performed. Sites properly classified by the Period Reports range from

UNESCO, educação de jovenes e adultos e mobilização política

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Milana, Marcella

2014-01-01

UNESCO is a supranational actor, whose political action contributes to the mobilization of a range of social actors around the governance of youth and adult education. In this article the author examines the types of mobilization processes that occur through interactions between UNESCO and other ...

UNESCO maailmapärand täienes / Kaarel Kressa

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Kressa, Kaarel, 1983-

2010-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee lisas 3. augustil Brasiilias lõppenud istungil maailmapärandi nimekirja 15 kultuuri-, viis loodus ja ühe segamälestise (loetletud). Praegu on nimekirjas 911 paika 151 riigist. Esimest korda osales komitee töös Eesti delegatsioon Mart Kalmu juhtimisel

Second CERN-UNESCO School on Digital Libraries, Rabat, Morroco

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Jérôme Caffaro

2010-01-01

2nd CERN-UNESCO training on digital libraries in Africa, held at CNRST / IMIST, Rabat. - Establish the scientific presence of African Universities on the Internet, - Provide scientific and educational content, - Extend contacts to other fields of science and further partners. Provide training in setting up and operating institutional e-repositories

Six Decades of Educational Multilateralism in a Globalising World: The History of the UNESCO Institute in Hamburg

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Elfert, Maren

2013-01-01

Created in 1945 as a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was given, among other mandates, the task of reconstructing education systems devastated during the Second World War. UNESCO, in turn, and after some debate about an engagement in Germany, founded the…

Third CERN-UNESCO School on Digital Libraries, Dakar, Senegal

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Nikolaos Kasioumis

2011-01-01

3rd CERN-UNESCO workshop on digital libraries in Africa, held at Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar. - Establish the scientific presence of African Universities on the Internet, - Provide scientific and educational content, - Extend contacts to other fields of science and further partners. Provide training in setting up and operating institutional e-repositories.

Põhja-Eesti pankrannik ei saa UNESCO maailmapärandiks / Tiia Linnard

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Linnard, Tiia, 1962-

2006-01-01

Vt. ka Severnoje Poberezhje 8. juuli. Keskkonnaministeerium võttis tagasi UNESCO maailmapärandi komiteele esitatud avalduse kanda Põhja-Eesti pankrannik maailmapärandi nimekirja, kuna eelinfo kohaselt jääks taotlus rahuldamata

Tempo controverso: Gilberto Freyre e o Projeto UNESCO A time for controversy: Gilberto Freyre and the UNESCO Project (Brazil

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Marcos Chor Maio

1999-05-01

Full Text Available Este artigo tem por objetivo abordar as circunstâncias que levaram Gilberto Freyre a lutar pela incorporação tardia da cidade do Recife (PE ao ciclo de pesquisas sobre as relações raciais no Brasil, patrocinado pela UNESCO no início dos anos 50. Além disso, faço uma reflexão acerca dos resultados da pesquisa realizada por René Ribeiro. Por meio da análise do contexto no qual emergem as primeiras críticas à obra de Freyre, procuro demonstrar que o sociólogo pernambucano esforçou-se para fortalecer o recém-criado Instituto Joaquim Nabuco (IJN, espaço privilegiado de institucionalização da sociologia freyreana e, a partir dele, estabelecer uma interlocução com os críticos à sua obra. Para isso, contou com a colaboração do médico-antropólogo René Ribeiro, que representava a combinação de tradições distintas, a saber: os estudos médico-sociais gestados em Recife, no começo dos anos 30, e a especialização antropológica sob a orientação de Melville Herskovits no final dos anos 40. Acrescente-se o fato de que mantinha contatos estreitos com o centro-sul do país, especialmente com a Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política. Nesse sentido, Gilberto Freyre se preparou para os embates com as ciências sociais institucionalizadas que colocavam em questão sua ensaística sociológica. O projeto UNESCO em Recife é um indicador preciso do tempo controverso.This articles sets out to analyze the circunstances that led the Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre to press for the belated inclusion of his home state of Pernambuco in the cycle of research projects on race relations in Brazil, promoted by UNESCO in the early 1950s. It also reviews the actual results of this research project, conducted by Freyre's associate Rene Ribeiro. The text uses the analysis of the context in which emerged the first criticisms of Freyre's work to demonstrate that he made an effort to strengthen the recently created Instituto Joaquim Nabuco

Residents’ perspectives towards conservation in George Town world heritage city: A post-UNESCO listing scenario

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Yoke Mui LIM

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Being inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage City since 2008, this scenario calls into question the voices, the participation and the aspirations of George Town residents themselves in the process of planning and conserving their city. As an extension of a similar project undertaken in 2006, prior to the UNESCO listing, the present study sought to explore and understand the residents’ perceptions and preferences of George Town as a Heritage City after the UNESCO listing. Using the same set of samples (i.e. 400 inner city residents, the findings from this study revealed the change of residents’ preference as well as their appreciation towards the value of heritage and its economic potential. More respondents are supportive on the protection of heritage buildings and maintaining a heritage city. The older generations are the advocates of the heritage houses and they are more willing to pay higher prices to own a heritage house in the city. heritage awareness, urban conservation, resident perspectives, George Town.

Negotiating bioethics : the governance of UNESCO's Bioethics Programme

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Langlois, Adèle

2013-01-01

The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for healthcare, but also ethical and social dilemmas about how these can be achieved, particularly in developing countries. UNESCO's Bioethics Programme was established to address such issues in 1993. Since then, it has adopted three declarations on human genetics and bioethics (1997, 2003 and 2005), set up numerous training programmes around the world and debated the need for an international convention on hu...

Saksa okupatsioon [1941-44] / Jaak Kangilaski

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Kangilaski, Jaak, 1939-

2013-01-01

Natsionaalsotsialistlik kunstiideoloogia ja -poliitika. Natsionaalsotsialistliku kunsti propaganda. Kunstielu korraldus. Kunstiharidus. Kunstimuuseumid. Näitused ja kunsti rahastamine. Kunstikriitika. Maalikunst

Analyzing Primary Social Studies Curriculum of Turkey in Terms of UNESCO Educational for Sustainable Development Theme

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Elvan YALÇINKAYA

2013-01-01

These three terms have been used at website of UNESCO: Sustainable development(SD), education for sustainable development (ESD) and the United Nations Decade ofEducation for Sustainable Development (DESD). In this website, it is mentioned that thethree terms have the same goal; creating abetter world for this generation and futuregenerations of all living things on planet Earth. The aim of this study is to analyzePrimary Social Studies Curriculum of Turkeyin terms of UNESCO ESD Theme. Datawas...

Diversité culturelle à l'OMC et l'UNESCO à l'exemple du cinéma

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Christophe Germann

2004-01-01

CULTURAL DIVERSITY UNDER THE WTO AND UNDER THE UNESCO : THE EXAMPLE OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY Cultural diversity is a complex matter and the awareness of its full significance among citizens still low. According to the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity of 2 November 2001, it is as important as biological diversity. Whereas biological diversity is essential to the physical existence of humankind, cultural diversity plays a comparable role with respect to the spiritual and emotiona...

UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory: database on ethics related legislation and guidelines.

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Ang, T.W.; Have, H.A.M.J. ten; Solbakk, J.H.; Nys, H.

2008-01-01

The Database on Ethics Related Legislation and Guidelines was launched in March 2007 as the fourth database of the UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory system of databases in ethics of science and technology. The database offers a collection of legal instruments searchable by region, country, bioethical

Unesco's Activities to Facilitate Access of Developing Countries to Protected Works.

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Alam, A. M. N.

1979-01-01

Describes the operational activities of UNESCO to facilitate easy access of developing countries to works protected by copyright. Particular reference is made to collection of data, economic situation, formation of national copyright information centers, copyright data bank services, reprographic reproduction, preparation of model contracts,and…

Avinurme pürib UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistusse / Sirle Sommer-Kalda

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Sommer-Kalda, Sirle, 1974-

2002-01-01

Vt. ka Severnoje Poberezhje 3. sept., lk. 1. Kultuuriministeerium võib esitada avinurmelaste puutöö kui eluviisi ülemaailmse tähtsusega kultuuri- ja looduspärandi kaitseks mõeldud UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistusse

The UNESCO-IHP Working Group on Land Subsidence: Four Decades of International Contributions to Hydrogeological Related Subsidence Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Galloway, D. L.; Carreon-Freyre, D.; Teatini, P.; Ye, S.

2015-12-01

Subsidence is globally prevalent and because much of it is related to hydrological processes affected by human development of local land and water resources, "Land Subsidence" was included in the UNESCO programme of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD), 1965-1974 and an ad hoc working group on land subsidence was formed. In 1975 subsidence was retained under the framework of the UNESCO IHP (subproject 8.4: "Investigation of Land Subsidence due to Groundwater Exploitation"), and UNESCO IHP formerly codified the Working Group on Land Subsidence (WGLS). In 1984 the WGLS produced a comprehensive guidebook to serve scientists and engineers, confronting land subsidence problems, particularly in developing countries (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/$other/unesdoc/pdf/065167eo.pdf). During the IHD, UNESCO IHP convened the 1st International Symposium on Land Subsidence in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. In collaboration with UNESCO IHP, IAHS, and other scientific organizations, the WGLS has convened eight more International Symposia on Land Subsidence in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America. The 9 published symposia proceedings constitute an important source of global subsidence research and case studies during the past 45 years, covering both anthropogenic and natural subsidence processes. Currently, the WGLS comprising 20 subsidence experts from 9 countries promotes and facilitates the international exchange of information regarding the design, implementation and evaluation of risk assessments and mitigation measures, the definition of water and land resource-management strategies that support sustainable development in areas vulnerable to subsidence (http://landsubsidence-unesco.org), and the assessment of related geological risks such as earth fissuring and fault activation (www.igcp641.org). The WGLS has become an important global leader in promoting subsidence awareness, scientific research and its application to subsidence monitoring, analysis and management.

The Western Arabian intracontinental volcanic fields as a potential UNESCO World Heritage site

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Németh, Károly; Moufti, Mohammed R.

2017-04-01

UNESCO promotes conservation of the geological and geomoprhological heritage through promotion of protection of these sites and development of educational programs under the umbrella of geoparks among the most globally significant ones labelled as UNESCO Global Geoparks. UNESCO also maintains a call to list those natural sites that provide universal outstanding values to demonstrate geological features or their relevance to our understanding the evolution of Earth. Volcanoes currently got a surge in nomination to be UNESCO World Heritage sites. Volcanic fields in the contrary fell in a grey area of nominations as they represents the most common manifestation of volcanism on Earth hence they are difficult to view as having outstanding universal values. A nearly 2500-km long 300-km wide region of dispersed volcanoes located in the Western Arabian Penninsula mostly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia form a near-continuous location that carries universal outstanding value as one of the most representative manifestation of dispersed intracontinental volcanism on Earth to be nominated as an UNESCO World Heritage site. The volcanic fields formed in the last 20 Ma along the Red Sea as group of simple basaltic to more mature and long-lived basalt to trachyte-to-rhyolite volcanic fields each carries high geoheritage values. While these volcanic fields are dominated by scoria and spatter cones and transitional lava fields, there are phreatomagmatic volcanoes among them such as maars and tuff rings. Phreatomagmatism is more evident in association with small volcanic edifices that were fed by primitive magmas, while phreatomagmatic influences during the course of a larger volume eruption are also known in association with the silicic eruptive centres in the harrats of Rahat, Kishb and Khaybar. Three of the volcanic fields are clearly bimodal and host small-volume relatively short-lived lava domes and associated block-and-ash fans providing a unique volcanic landscape commonly not

Al-Zubarah Archaeological Park as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site

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Kinzel, Moritz; Thuesen, Ingolf

2011-01-01

includes large-scale excavation and heritage work that will develop the site of al-Zubarah into a heritage park, which is at present on the UNESCO World Heritage provisional list. The poster paper presents the strategies for the heritage master plan, including procedures for site management, preservation...

Světový den filosofie UNESCO: za hranice západocentrismu

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Lánský, Ondřej

2007-01-01

Roč. 55, č. 2 (2007), s. 302-307 ISSN 0015-1831 R&D Projects: GA MŠk(CZ) LC06013 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514 Keywords : UNESCO * World Philosophy Day Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

UNESCO otsustab vanalinna saatuse kahe aasta pärast / Askur Alas

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Alas, Askur, 1973-

2006-01-01

Tallinna külastanud UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee esindaja professor Giorgio Piccinato hoiatab linnavõime, et uute kõrghoonete ehitamine kesklinna ja Skoone bastioni erastamine võib kaasa tuua Tallinna vanalinna maailmapärandi nimistust väljaarvamise. Intervjuu Piccinatoga. Kommentaarid Jaan Tammelt, Indrek Toomelt, Yrjo Vanhanenilt

Mechanisms, Monitoring and Modeling Earth Fissure generation and Fault activation due to subsurface Fluid exploitation (M3EF3): A UNESCO-IGCP project in partnership with the UNESCO-IHP Working Group on Land Subsidence

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Teatini, P.; Carreon-Freyre, D.; Galloway, D. L.; Ye, S.

2015-12-01

Land subsidence due to groundwater extraction was recently mentioned as one of the most urgent threats to sustainable development in the latest UNESCO IHP-VIII (2014-2020) strategic plan. Although advances have been made in understanding, monitoring, and predicting subsidence, the influence of differential vertical compaction, horizontal displacements, and hydrostratigraphic and structural features in groundwater systems on localized near-surface ground ruptures is still poorly understood. The nature of ground failure may range from fissuring, i.e., formation of an open crack, to faulting, i.e., differential offset of the opposite sides of the failure plane. Ground ruptures associated with differential subsidence have been reported from many alluvial basins in semiarid and arid regions, e.g. China, India, Iran, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and the United States. These ground ruptures strongly impact urban, industrial, and agricultural infrastructures, and affect socio-economic and cultural development. Leveraging previous collaborations, this year the UNESCO Working Group on Land Subsidence began the scientific cooperative project M3EF3 in collaboration with the UNESCO International Geosciences Programme (IGCP n.641; www.igcp641.org) to improve understanding of the processes involved in ground rupturing associated with the exploitation of subsurface fluids, and to facilitate the transfer of knowledge regarding sustainable groundwater management practices in vulnerable aquifer systems. The project is developing effective tools to help manage geologic risks associated with these types of hazards, and formulating recommendations pertaining to the sustainable use of subsurface fluid resources for urban and agricultural development in susceptible areas. The partnership between the UNESCO IHP and IGCP is ensuring that multiple scientific competencies required to optimally investigate earth fissuring and faulting caused by groundwater withdrawals are being employed.

UNESCO Launches Open Access Curriculum for Young and Early Career Researchers

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Das, Anup-Kumar

2015-01-01

This article narrates the background of UNESCO Curriculum titled "Open Access for Researchers" which was launched on 16th March 2015. This Open Access Curriculum contains five modules for capacity building, awareness raising and sensitizing young and early career researchers affiliated to research laboratories or higher educational institutions across the world.

Global polity in adult education and UNESCO: landmarking, brokering, and framing policy

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Milana, Marcella

2016-01-01

Taking into account the complexity and multidimensionality of local-global interconnections, the author argues for the adoption of a global polity perspective in adult education, which is applied to study mobilization processes that occur through UNESCO. The findings point to three processes, nei...

Stalinismi kolmas laine [1949-55] / Jaak Kangilaski

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Kangilaski, Jaak, 1939-

2013-01-01

Pärast märtsiküüditamist. Kodanlike natsionalistide ja formalistide paljastamine. Sotsialistliku teooria venestamine. Kunstnike Liidu "puhastamine". Kunstihariduse tsentraliseerimine. Kunstimuuseumid. Maalikunst.

UNESCO, "universal bioethics," and state regulation of health risks: a philosophical critique.

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Cherry, Mark J

2009-06-01

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights announces a significant array of welfare entitlements--to personal health and health care, medicine, nutrition, water, improved living conditions, environmental protection, and so forth--as well as corresponding governmental duties to provide for such public health measures, though the simple expedient of announcing that such entitlements are "basic human rights." The Universal Declaration provides no argument for the legitimacy of the sweeping governmental authority, taxation, and regulation to create and impose such "rights." As this paper explores that some action promotes a purported good, such as "health," does not thereby make the action morally permissible. Just as there are moral limits on legitimate personal actions, there are also moral limits on legitimate governmental actions to promote purported goods, including health. A core question of any governmental regulation, therefore, is whether it is a legitimate application of moral political authority or an unauthorized act of state coercion. Pace UNESCO's wide-ranging assertions, this paper argues that promoting health only falls within the legitimate authority of governments in very narrowly defined circumstances. As the paper critically explores, at stake are foundational moral and political questions concerning the limits of governmental authority to intervene in the consensual interaction of persons. Imposing such duties on others, including citizens of a state through regulatory activity and taxation, must be justified, nonarbitrary, and demonstrably within the limits of moral political authority. UNESCO's assertions do not meet this burden of proof.

Six decades of educational multilateralism in a globalising world: The history of the UNESCO Institute in Hamburg

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Elfert, Maren

2013-07-01

Created in 1945 as a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was given, among other mandates, the task of reconstructing education systems devastated during the Second World War. UNESCO, in turn, and after some debate about an engagement in Germany, founded the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) in Hamburg in 1952. This paper traces the development of an institute which was founded to contribute to social renewal in war-torn Germany and Europe, functioned as a mediator between Western and Eastern countries during the Cold War and later shifted its geographical focus to developing countries. The institute was instrumental in conceptualising lifelong learning as a global educational paradigm, as well as in shaping the shift from education to learning and the concept of literacy as a "continuum". The author is particularly interested in the nature of the institute's niche which secured its survival in the uncertain domain of educational multilateralism in the past six decades.

UNESCO: The four pillars of ‘postmodern education’”

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Silva, Lenildes Ribeiro

2008-01-01

This article sets out to establish a relationship between discussions on education mentioned in the report to UNESCO – Education: a treasure to discover – and Lyotard’s post-modernity discourse. It presents the proposal for education from this report, highlighting the four pillars of education: learning to know, learning to do, learning to be and live together, taking as their starting point the relationship between the process of globalization and the discourse of postmodernity and these pil...

Global Polity in Adult Education and UNESCO: Landmarking, Brokering and Framing Policy

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Milana, Marcella

2016-01-01

Aknowledging the complexity of local-global interconnections, the author argues for the adoption of a global polity perspective in adult education, here applied to study mobilisation processes that occur through UNESCO. The findings point to three processes that cross geopolitical borders and professional interests: "landmarking," by…

UNESCO Global Geoparks, Geotourism and Communication of the Earth Sciences: A Case Study in the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark, France

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Sophie Catherine Justice

2018-04-01

Full Text Available The last twenty years have seen considerable developments in geotourism, a form of sustainable tourism. This has been also a period of significant development for UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps, on one hand with the creation of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme, and the other, in the number and diversity of UGGps recognised across the world. Geoparks have particular characteristics, such as a spatial engagement across an area, as well as the long-term commitment associated with this type of label. UGGps take a broad approach to geotourism, and seek to engage with all demographics, including “unsuspecting” geotourists. This is particularly relevant when considering that the Geopark profile has evolved since the introduction of the UNESCO label, and that a number UGGps are pre-existing tourist destinations and have diverse economies and strong growth. UGGps draw on professional, multidisciplinary teams that combine scientific knowledge, science communication, and outreach events to achieve effective heritage transmission through actions that target schools, the local population, and the general public. These are not traditional structures and do not have behavioural constraints imposed on them as experienced by some educational structures or museums. The present case study is an example of the type of innovation seen in UGGps, whereby novel solutions are employed in order to touch as wide a public as possible. The action presented is a winter outreach event for the general public in the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark (France, that was developed in partnership with the Portes du Soleil association of 12 ski resorts. This consisted of an orienteering/treasure hunt game across one of the world’s largest ski domains, that included panels with anecdotes presenting different aspects of the Chablais geoheritage. It demonstrates that it is possible to engage with a sporting public that is seeking experiences and is not expecting to

Esimesed läti naismaalikunstnikud 20. sajandi alguses = The first Latvian female painters in the early 20th century / Baiba Vanaga

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Vanaga, Baiba, 1981-

2014-01-01

Läti kunstiharidusest ja kunstikoolidest 20. sajandi alguses. Naiste kunstihariduse kvaliteedist, nende mõjutajatest, kunstilisest stiilist, arenguteedest ning naiste tegelikust kohast oma aja kunstiväljal.

UNESCO accolade for former DG

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2006-01-01

Former CERN Director General, Herwig Schopper, has been awarded the UNESCO Niels Bohr Gold Medal award. He shares this year's distinction with two other recipients: Sir Martin Rees, Britain's astronomer royal, and Professor Peter Zoller, a central figure in the field of quantum information. Herwig Schopper (left) receiving the 2005 Niels Bohr Gold Medal from Helge Sander, Denmark's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. The awards, which took place at the Danish Royal Academy of Science and Letters on 15 November, recognise scientific excellence, concern for the impact of science, and efforts to promote the free exchange of ideas on a broad international scale. Herwig Schopper was Director-General of CERN from 1981 to 1988. Today, he is President of the SESAME Council, the International Centre for Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (see Bulletin No. 26/2003). In his opening address at the ceremony, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, from the Danish National Commi...

Unesco – to preserve Slovenian medical history

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Darinka Soban

2006-03-01

Full Text Available Abstract: The beginnings of university studies of medicine in Ljubljana, and wartime interruptions. – One hundred years of anesthesia on the European continent as part of the surgeon’s work and responsibility. – The organization of health service (1942–1945 within the partisan resistance struggle. – Clandestine partisan hospitals. The wounded, the staff, the physicians. – Wartime anesthesia: an overview and perspectives. – SVPB Franja: a description. The efforts invested so far for the recognition of this war memorial as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. – From the 1982 International Symposium on the History of Modern Anesthesia to ISHA – the international society for the history of anesthesia.

La Cátedra Unesco de Cultura de Paz y Comunicación en China

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Javier Protzel

2010-03-01

Full Text Available En la tercera semana de septiembre último, la Cátedra Unesco en Comunicación y Cultura de Paz de la Universidad de Lima fue invitada a participar en un encuentro mundial de cátedras Unesco de Comunicación en la República Popular de China, organizada por la Communications University of China (CUC, cuya sede en la ciudad de Nanjing celebró cinco años de fundación. A esta reunión asistieron, junto con la Universidad de Lima, delegados de unas quince cátedras. Además de la China y de la India, estuvieron presentes titulares, investigadores y consultores de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Sudán, Estonia, Bulgaria, Argentina, Finlandia, Sudáfrica y Guatemala, entre otros países.

Kulturní a přírodní dědictví Rakouska UNESCO a cestovní ruch

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Mrázková, Tereza

2009-01-01

Object of this thesis is to find out, if the Austrian cultural monuments from the List of World Heritage UNESCO determinate tourism in the country. The thesis is divided into two bigger parts. The first part deals with the country characteristics, economy and tourism. The second part analyses culture heritage UNESCO in Austria. It describes Austrian cultural monuments, it presents statistics about tourism in regions and it deals with tourism development.

Management Plans for the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Governance and Training

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Claudio Ricci

2014-10-01

Full Text Available The presentation analyses the correlation between management, namely the coordination activities in the territorial framework of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and training at different levels (professional training, political and management training and what patterns emerge from this relationship. A detailed analysis of the role, in this context, of the Management Plans is given, with a focus on the Italian experience.

A Paulista Counterpoint: Florestan Fernandes, Oracy Nogueira, and the UNESCO Project on Race Relations

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Marcos Chor Maio

2014-07-01

Full Text Available This article aims to analyze the studies of Florestan Fernandes and Oracy Nogueira on race relations in São Paulo in the 1950s under the auspices of Unesco. Professors of the most important centers of social sciences in Brazil at the time (Escola Livre de Sociologia e Política/ELSP - Free School of Sociology and Politics,  and Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras/USP- Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters, University of São Paulo, Florestan and Oracy reveal different perspectives on the relationship between race and class. While in Fernandes’s work race was subsumed under class, Nogueira saw an intersection of race and class in which racial disparities could not be explained by social inequalities alone. Thus the UNESCO research called attention to differing interpretations of Brazilian racism.

Tallinna vanalinn - 40 aastat muinsuskaitseala, 10 aastat UNESCO maailmapärandis / Jaan Tamm

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Tamm, Jaan, 1948-

2007-01-01

Eesti NSV Ministrite Nõukogu 1966. a. 2. augusti määrusega moodustati Tallinnas linnaehituslik kaitseala. 7. detsembrist 1997 kuulub Tallinna vanalinn UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistusse. Teekonnast nimistusse. ICOMOS-i ekspertide raportitest, Tallinnaga seonduvate probleemide arurtamisest maailmapärandi komitee aastakoosolekutel, kaasnenud nõudmistest-soovitustest

The Mangrove Ecosystem: Scientific Aspects and Human Impact. Report of the Seminar Organized by Unesco (Cali, Colombie, November 27 - December 1, 1978). Unesco Reports in Marine Science No. 9.

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Presented are summaries of various activities within a seminar organized by Unesco at Cali, Colombie, to examine scientific aspects of the mangrove ecosystem and the human impact upon it. Specifically, the aims of the seminar were: (1) to review studies on mangroves being carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean; (2) to foster contacts…

How can UNESCO World Heritage Criteria be applied to the ``Windows to the Universe'' Sites?

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Cotte, Michel

2016-10-01

This communication proposes a methodical approach trying to link the concept of ``Windows to the Universe'' to the uses of the Criteria defined by the World Heritage Convention (UNESCO 1972). The first issue is well advanced today after more than 10 years of active studies and preservation projects such as ``Starlight Reserves'' by specialists of astronomy, archaeoastronomy and environmental sciences. The second issue is related to a UNESCO Convention ruled by the WH Committee that has led to the recognition of around 1000 World Heritage sites over 40 years. The official booklet Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention (latest edition 2015) (UNESCO 2015) summarizes conceptual ideas and methodological recommendations for WH nominations. In practice the WH Committee's decisions rely on the scientific and professional evaluation of each site by UNESCO's advisory bodies: ICOMOS for cultural heritage and IUCN for natural heritage. The first goal of this presentation is to establish appropriate understanding of a very specific conceptual approach (Windows to the Universe) in the context of a very large UN Convention (the World Heritage List) related both to cultural and natural heritage in general. The second goal is to give a readable understanding of the WH requirements coming from the strict evaluation of the ``Outstanding Universal Value'' (OUV) of a given place, including the choice of WH Criteria expressing OUV with respect to the format of the Guidelines. Furthermore, and due to concepts coming from two very different fields, the communication aims to present a practical methodology in the case of a possible WH nomination: how to understand relationships between different classes of value and how to demonstrate OUV and justify the choice of Criteria for the place. Beyond potential WH projects, obviously limited in number, the communication tries to propose an efficient and general methodology for assessing the value and

The International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO

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Tejada-Guibert, J.

2007-12-01

UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the only intergovernmental scientific program of the UN system on freshwater having a global scope. Since its inception in 1975, IHP has been at the forefront of international cooperation on water research and management, bringing together scientists, engineers, policy- makers, managers, and stakeholders. Currently there are over 160 National Committees for the IHP, including the US. During six successive phases, IHP has evolved into a transdisciplinary, action-oriented and policy- relevant program with a strong scientific core responding to the needs of the Member States. This presentation will address the concepts underpinning the strategic plan of the seventh phase of IHP (2008-2013) and the proposed lines of action. Adaptation to the impacts of global changes on river basins and aquifer systems is a theme central to this phase. Global changes associated with climate, demographic factors and modifications in land use, among other factors, can have significant impacts on the hydrological cycle and on water resources. Due to the global character of such changes, its potential interaction with the hydrological cycle, and the transboundary nature of many river basins and aquifers, international cooperation is essential to improve our understanding and to efficiently address the challenges posed to water resources. During IHP-VII, particularly stressed and/or vulnerable areas (i.e. arid and semi-arid regions, the Polar regions, glaciated mountainous, urban areas and coastal regions) will be assessed, with the aim of supporting the development of mitigation and adaptation strategies by Member States and policies based on institutional synergies to diminish stresses on water resources. Strengthening water governance for sustainability is another thematic concentration, emphasizing the need of society to be able to respond adequately to the critical freshwater challenges. Lessons learned from the cross

SPACE COMMUNICATION AND THE MASS MEDIA. A UNESCO REPORT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1963 SPACE COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE. REPORTS AND PAPERS ON MASS COMMUNICATION.

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THIS REPORT DEFINES AND ANALYZES POTENTIAL ASPECTS OF WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE, LISTS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, AND SUGGESTS USES OF SPACE COMMUNICATION TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND INFORMATION FLOW. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR $0.50 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS, OR FROM UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENDOY, PARIS-7E,…

UNESCO, the Faure Report, the Delors Report, and the Political Utopia of Lifelong Learning

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Elfert, Maren

2015-01-01

Two education reports commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Learning to be, otherwise known as the "Faure report" (1972) and "Learning: The treasure within," otherwise known as the "Delors report" (1996), have been associated with the establishment of lifelong…

Modes of Discourse about Education, Peace and Human Rights in the 1974 UNESCO Recommendation

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Savolainen, Kaisa; Torney-Purta, Judith

2011-01-01

How do culturally, politically, and economically different actors define education in the UNESCO 1974 "Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms?" This exploration of the document aims to increase understanding of the work of…

[Söejoonistused] / Jüri Marran

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2005-01-01

Jüri Marran on hariduselt füüsik ja kunstihariduse omandanud Melanie ja Erich Arraku ateljeekoolis. Lk. 1391 (Gravitatsioon), 1440 (Valgus), 1471 (Vastastikmõju), 1486 (Massenergia), 1519 (Valguse dualism), 1555 (Aja dilatatsioon)

Biblioteca e centro de documentação da Comissão Nacional da Unesco, passado, presente e futuro

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Pequeno, Patrícia Dias de Melo Nunes

2014-01-01

Trabalho de projecto de mestrado, Ciências da Documentação e da Informação (Biblioteconomia), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2014 A UNESCO e Comissão Nacional da UNESCO (CNU) Portuguesa, instituída no nosso país em 1981 no Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros através do Decreto-Lei nº218/79, têm como objectivos principais: contribuir para a paz de uma forma activa; para o desenvolvimento humano e segurança no mundo; para a promoção do pluralismo, para o reconhecimento e promo...

La segunda conferencia mundial de educación superior (unesco, 2009 y la visión del concepto de acreditación en las conferencias de unesco (1998-2009 The second world conference of higher education (unesco, 2009 and the vision of accreditation in the conferences of unesco (1998-2009

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2012-11-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo formula algunas reflexiones sobre la Segunda Conferencia Mundial de Educación Superior (UNESCO, 2009. El debate principal en ella versó sobre la visión de enseñanza superior como "un bien común", o como "un servicio público", esta última visión fue considerada por muchos delegados como un camino hacia una mayor mercantilización. En el Comunicado Final prevaleció el primer criterio. También en el artículo se analizan los cambios principales en los conceptos de evaluación, calidad, garantía de la calidad y acreditación entre 1995 y 2009. El énfasis se ha movido de la evaluación y la calidad (1995-1998 a la garantía de calidad y acreditación (1998-2003 y luego (2008-2009 en vincular los criterios de calidad a la pertinencia.The present article formulates some reflections on The Second World Higher Education Conference (UNESCO, 2009. The main debate was about the vision of higher education as "a common good", or as "a public service", this last vision was considered by many delegates as a road to further mercantilization. In the Final Communiqué the first criterion prevailed. The article also analyzes the main changes concerning the concepts of evaluation, quality, quality assurance and accreditation between 1995 and 2009. The emphasis has moved from evaluation and quality (1995-1998 to quality assurance and accreditation (1998-2003 and then (2008-2009 in linking the quality criteria to pertinence, relevance, equity, and sustainable development.

Assessing Needs, Fostering Development: UNESCO, Illiteracy and the Global Politics of Education (1945-1960)

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Matasci, Damiano

2017-01-01

In the aftermath of the World War II, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched an ambitious campaign to improve access to education and to fight illiteracy worldwide. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 had legitimised international action to raise educational and living standards in the…

Functional Complexity and Web Site Design : Evaluating the Online Presence of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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De Jong, Menno D.T.; Wu, Yuguang

2018-01-01

Functional complexity is a widespread and underresearched phenomenon in Web sites. This article explores a specific case of functional complexity by analyzing the content of UNESCO World Heritage Web sites, which have to meet demands from both World Heritage and tourism perspectives. Based on a

The International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM): The United States' Contribution to UNESCO IHP's Global Network of Water Centers

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Logan, W. S.

2015-12-01

The concept of a "category 2 center"—i.e., one that is closely affiliated with UNESCO, but not legally part of UNESCO—dates back many decades. However, only in the last decade has the concept been fully developed. Within UNESCO, the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) has led the way in creating a network of regional and global water-related centers.ICIWaRM—the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management—is one member of this network. Approved by UNESCO's General Conference, the center has been operating since 2009. It was designed to fill a niche in the system for a center that was backed by an institution with on-the-ground water management experience, but that also had strong connections to academia, NGOs and other governmental agencies. Thus, ICIWaRM is hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources (IWR), but established with an internal network of partner institutions. Three main factors have contributed to any success that ICIWaRM has achieved in its global work: A focus on practical science and technology which can be readily transferred. This includes the Corps' own methodologies and models for planning and water management, and those of our university and government partners. Collaboration with other UNESCO Centers on joint applied research, capacity-building and training. A network of centers needs to function as a network, and ICIWaRM has worked together with UNESCO-affiliated centers in Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Japan, China, and elsewhere. Partnering with and supporting existing UNESCO-IHP programs. ICIWaRM serves as the Global Technical Secretariat for IHP's Global Network on Water and Development Information in Arid Lands (G-WADI). In addition to directly supporting IHP, work through G-WADI helps the center to frame, prioritize and integrate its activities. With the recent release of the United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is clear that

Designing and Implementing Neighborhoods of Learning in Cork's UNESCO Learning City Project

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Ó Tuama, Séamus; O'Sullivan, Siobhán

2015-01-01

Cork, the Republic of Ireland's second most populous city, is one of 12 UNESCO Learning Cities globally. Becoming a learning city requires a sophisticated audit of education, learning and other socio-economic indicators. It also demands that cities become proactively engaged in delivering to the objectives set by the "Beijing Declaration on…

UNESCO active learning approach in optics and photonics leads to significant change in Morocco

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Berrada, K.; Channa, R.; Outzourhit, A.; Azizan, M.; Oueriagli, A.

2014-07-01

There are many difficulties in teaching science and technology in developing countries. Several different teaching strategies have to be applied in these cases. More specifically, for developing countries competencies in teaching science in the introductory classroom has attracted much attention. As a specific example we will consider the Moroccan system. In most developing countries everything is moving so slowly that the progress stays static for development. Also, any change needs time, effort and engagement. In our case we discovered that many teachers feel uncomfortable when introducing new teaching methods and evaluation in classes at introductory physics. However, the introduction of an Active Learning in our curricula showed difficulties that students have in understanding physics and especially concepts. Students were interested in having Active Learning courses much more than passive and traditional ones. Changing believes on physical phenomena and reality of the world students become more attractive and their way of thinking Science changed. The main philosophy of fostering modern hands-on learning techniques -adapted to local needs and availability of teaching resources- is elaborated. The Active Learning program provides the teachers with a conceptual evaluation instrument, drawn from relevant physics education research, giving teachers an important tool to measure student learning. We will try to describe the UNESCO Chair project in physics created in 2010 at Cadi Ayyad University since our first experience with UNESCO ALOP program. Many efforts have been done so far and the project helps now to develop more national and international collaborations between universities and Regional Academies of Education and Training. As a new result of these actions and according to our local needs, the translation of the ALOP program into Arabic is now available under the auspice of UNESCO and encouragement of international partners SPIE, ICTP, ICO and OSA.

CERN and UNESCO reach out to Rwanda

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2009-01-01

CERN already has a successful relationship with some African countries. However, much remains to be done to improve the dialogue with that continent. A recent trip to Rwanda provided a new opportunity to share knowledge and technology and create a connection that may last for many years. CERN’s Jean-Yves Le Meur, second from the right, teaches participants how to install the digital library system on their computers.In addition to physics research, CERN’s key missions also include training and international collaboration. Recently, thanks to funding from UNESCO, CERN’s Scientific Information Service was able to provide face-to-face training of digital library software developed at CERN, and the CERN Education Group organised a two-day high-school teacher training programme. "Many African countries are in the process of digitising their libraries," explains John Ellis, CERN’s Coordinator for non-Member States. "A workshop was ...

Statistics on Science and Technology in Latin America, Experience with UNESCO Pilot Projects, 1972-1974.

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Thebaud, Schiller

This report examines four UNESCO pilot projects undertaken in 1972 in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay to study the methods used for national statistical surveys of science and technology. The projects specifically addressed the problems of comparing statistics gathered by different methods in different countries. Surveys carried out in Latin…

Landscape co-management practises and power structures at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Wachau, Austria

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Gugerell, Katharina; Penker, Marianne; Kieninger, Pia; Birkeland, Inger; Burton, Rob; Parra, Constanza; Siivonen, Katriina

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau serves as a case to illustrate the role of co-management for the cultural sustainability of landscapes. Landscape governance shared by civil society, market and authorities is expected to contribute to more sustainable landscapes. On the one hand our case study

24.000 ha de păduri primare de fag, propunerea României pentru Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO [24000 ha of primary beech forests, the Romanian proposal in UNESCO World Heritage

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Biriș I.-A.

2016-08-01

Full Text Available Under the coordination of The Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, about 24000 ha of primeval beech forests located in 8 natural protected area from the Romanian Carpathians were included for inscription into the World Heritage List to extend the „Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany” (1133bis. The extended World Heritage property is proposed to carry the joint new name: „Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”. Supported by 13 European countries (Romania included, the nomination proposes to establish a transnational serial UNESCO property, with a surface of more that 95000 ha, that reunites the most representative and well preserved beech forests from the natural areal of this species in order to illustrate the ecological process of extension - that is in progress at present - of beech on the European continent. The process of choosing these canditate sites was thought for completing the existent sites and for providing arguments and reflecting better on the extension of species distribution at the level of Europe. At the end of January 2016, Austria, the coordinator country of the nomination process at the international level transmitted the common dossier for the nomination to the committee of evaluation of UNESCO World Heritage List.

A Critical Analysis of UNESCO's International Technical Guidance on School-Based Education for Puberty and Sexuality

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Goldman, Juliette D. G.

2012-01-01

Preparing children and adolescents for sexual safety and reproductive responsibility lies at the heart and purpose of puberty/sexuality education. The document of International Technical Guidance released by UNESCO in December 2009 aims to provide an evidence-based and rights-based platform offering children and adolescents vital knowledge about…

Ciência na periferia: a Unesco, a proposta de criação do Instituto Internacional da Hiléia Amazônica e as origens do Inpa Science in the periphery: Unesco, the proposal to create the International Institute of the Hylean Amazon and the origins of Inpa

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Marcos Chor Maio

2000-09-01

Full Text Available Este artigo aborda as tentativas feitas, entre 1945 e 1952, de se criar uma instituição científica na Amazônia, sobretudo a proposta do cientista Paulo Estevão de Berrêdo Carneiro de criação do Instituto Internacional da Hiléia Amazônica (IIHA, com o patrocínio da Unesco. A literatura sobre o tema enfatiza o fracasso do IIHA em decorrência da ideologia nacionalista. Evitando operar com a idéia de êxito/fracasso, sugerimos que os impasses do projeto resultaram também de visões distintas acerca do papel social da ciência no pós-guerra. É destacada ainda a importância das disputas que surgiram nos primórdios da Unesco, quando a agência recém-criada objetivava implementar política de colaboração científica no plano internacional, acima das competições. Os percalços do plano IIHA devem-se também aos frágeis vínculos entre o projeto da Unesco e a comunidade científica brasileira. Contudo, o projeto do IIHA gerou um efeito não previsto: o Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Inpa.This article focuses on efforts between 1945 and 1952 to create a scientific institute in the Amazon and, specifically, on the project designed by the Brazilian scientist Paulo Estevão de Berrêdo Carneiro. He intended to create with the support of Unesco the International Institute of the Hylean Amazon (IIHA. The literature on the topic has argued that the project met with failure because the prevailing nationalist ideology ran counter to the implementation of such an international institute in the Amazon. Eschewing the notion of success/failure, the present text suggests that the project ran into impasses for other reasons too. For one thing, actors disagreed on the social role of science in the post-World War II period. Another factor consisted of the international and regional disputes around the time of the creation of Unesco, when it wanted to enforce a policy of international scientific collaboration, outside the realm of

Lancement de la chaire Unesco Pratiques émergentes des technologies et communication pour le développement – Université Bordeaux-Montaigne

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Kiyindou, Alain

2015-01-01

L'Université Bordeaux Montaigne a célébré le lancement de la chaire Unesco Pratiques émergentes des technologies et communication pour le développement les 4, 5, 6 et 7 novembre 2014 à la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine et la Maison des Suds (Esplanade des Antilles, Pessac). Cette manifestation a intégré deux grands événements internationaux : le Colloque annuel du réseau mondial des chaires Unesco en communication, ORBICOM (Les médias sociaux) et le Colloque international Terminau...

Pool sajandit Everesti tipus / Heiki Suurkask

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2003-01-01

50 aastat tagasi, 29. mail 1953, astusid Uus-Meremaa mesinik Edmund Hillary ja tema šerpa mägirahvusest teejuht Tenzing Norgay teadaolevalt esimeste inimestena Everesti mäe tippu. Lisad: Everesti vallutus (joonis). Everesti faktid. Maailma kõrgeimad tipud

The Economic Impact of Labeled Regional Products: The Experience of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Entlebuch

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Florian Knaus

2017-02-01

Full Text Available Protected area management bodies are increasingly required to address economic development alongside the original goal of conservation. This is especially true for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO biosphere reserves, which are expected to function as models for sustainable development. Economic development has been achieved in many places through nature-based tourism. Sale of products labeled as coming from protected areas is considered promising in this respect too, especially in Europe, but their economic impact has not been assessed so far. This study estimated the gross added value generated by labeled products from the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Entlebuch—a rural, mountainous region in Switzerland. After a management-guided phase of building up credibility, identity, and innovations, labeled products generated a remarkable gross added value of US$ 5.8 million in 2014, 13 years after the product label was introduced. This corresponds to 4% of the jobs in agriculture and forestry and 1% of all jobs in the region. Given potential synergies with biodiversity, tourism, individual well-being, and other assets, labeled products can be true advantages for protected areas and their managers.

Applying UNESCO Guidelines on Mobile Learning in the South African Context: Creating an Enabling Environment through Policy

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Aluko, Ruth

2017-01-01

Mobile broadband penetration is growing rapidly in Africa, and it offers vast opportunities for mobile learning. Together with its possibilities is the danger of overlooking standards related to its use. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has initiated work in this area focusing on African and Middle East…

Pharmaceutical Residues Affecting the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Kristianstads Vattenrike Wetlands

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Björklund, Erland; Svahn, Ola; Bak, Søren Alex

2016-01-01

This study is the first to investigate the pharmaceutical burden from point sources affecting the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden. The investigated Biosphere Reserve is a >1000 km(2) wetland system with inflows from lakes, rivers, leachate from landfill, and wastewater......-treatment plants (WWTPs). We analysed influent and treated wastewater, leachate water, lake, river, and wetland water alongside sediment for six model pharmaceuticals. The two WWTPs investigated released pharmaceutical residues at levels close to those previously observed in Swedish monitoring exercises. Compound......-dependent WWTP removal efficiencies ranging from 12 to 100 % for bendroflumethiazide, oxazepam, atenolol, carbamazepine, and diclofenac were observed. Surface-water concentrations in the most affected lake were ≥100 ng/L for the various pharmaceuticals with atenolol showing the highest levels (>300 ng...

(Unsupported Current Tourism Development in UNESCO Protected Site: The Case of Old City of Dubrovnik

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Ivana Pavlić

2017-03-01

Full Text Available The main purpose of this paper is to explore and determine perceptions of residents living in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO protected site Old City of Dubrovnik (OCD towards tourism development. Uncontrolled tourism expansion has impact on local residents’ life and on their (unsupport for specific form of tourism development. Comprehension of residents’ perceptions is crucial for realization of adequate tourism development and for mutual satisfaction of tourism demand and supply. Therefore, the aim is to test the model of residents’ perceptions of economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism on their (unsupport for specific form of tourism development. To realize the purpose of this research, Cronbach alpha, explorative (EFC and confirmatory (CFA factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM were applied. The findings indicate that there is a direct relationship between residents who perceive positive and negative economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism and their (unsupport for tourism development. This paper points out the role and significance of the permanent residents’ perceptions research concerning the issues that are related to the quality tourism development due to the high interaction between local residents, tourists and local tourism development especially in the areas under the protection of UNESCO.

Tööle innustavad aiaraamatud / Jaan Mettik

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Mettik, Jaan

2007-01-01

Tallinnas 2006. a. kirjastuselt Maalehe Raamat ilmunud "Praktilisest aiarajaja käsiraamatust", Hermann Hacksteini ja Wota Wehmeyeri raamatust "Kiviktaimlaleksikon : teejuht kiviktaimla edukaks rajamiseks", kirjastuselt Varrak 2006. a. ilmunud Graham Rice raamatust "Segaaed" ja 2007. a. ilmunud Nils Skaareri taamatust "Koduõue kivid ja sillutis"

A Unesco, a comunicação e o neoliberalismo

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Fernando Quirós

2017-04-01

Full Text Available Este artigo reflete sobre como e por quê o debate sobre informação e comunicação na Unesco foi encerrado com a “nova estratégia de comunicação” fomentada por Federico Mayor Zaragoza, depois dos Estados Unidos da América e o Reino Unido abandonarem as negociações em 1985 e 1986, respectivamente. O autor descreve a crise de 1984 utilizando dois grandes romances do século XX, como fio condutor: O Processo, de Franz Kafka e 1984, de George Orwell. Na conclusão do artigo, afirma-se que as primeiras declarações da embaixadora de Donald Trump na ONU permite identificarmos uma nova chantagem dos conservadores estadunidenenses ao sistema das Nações Unidas.

Deciphering the colon cancer genes--report of the InSiGHT-Human Variome Project Workshop, UNESCO, Paris 2010

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Kohonen-Corish, Maija R J; Macrae, Finlay; Genuardi, Maurizio

2011-01-01

Integration and Implementation Meeting at UNESCO in Paris, to review the progress of this pilot program. A wide range of topics were covered, including issues relating to genotype-phenotype data submission to the InSiGHT Colon Cancer Gene Variant Databases (chromium.liacs.nl/LOVD2/colon_cancer/home.php...

Education and energy sustainability: Ten-year contribution of UNESCO Chair TU Sofia and REgional Network Engineering for Development (RENED)

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Monchaud, S.

2006-01-01

The United Nations Organization (UNO) implemented and supported all the recommendations and conclusions of the World Summit on the Earth State and more recently on Sustainable Development. Since 1952, UNESCO has received the tasks to develop studies and training on Education and Energy Sustainability. The UNESCO Chair 'Engineering for Development' established at the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1994 contributed from the beginning to these tasks. This paper will summarise the activities developed and the results reached as well some proposals of improvements in the near future. After some historical data about the Tempus-Tacis project and how Uchinsa has been involved as partner institution, the paper describes the actions promoted by Uchinsa and the first results achieved. Some first conclusions and recommendations and the next steps to be made by Uchinsa and the Ukrainian partners institutions to continue the cooperation even after the end of this project, are proposed. (author)

23rd October 2010 - UNESCO Director-General I. Bokova signing the Guest Book with CERN Director for Research and Scientific Computing S. Bertolucci and CERN Director-General R. Heuer.

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2010-01-01

CERN-HI-1010244 37: in the SM18 hall: Ms Jasmina Sopova, Communication Officer J. Sopova; Director, Division of Basic & Engineering Sciences M. Nalecz, Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences G. Kalonji; Former CERN Director-General H. Schopper, CERN Head of Education R. Landua; UNESCO Director-General I. Bokova; CERN Adviser M. Bona; CERN Director for Research and Scientific Computing S. Bertolucci and UNESCO Office in Geneva Director Luis M. Tiburcio.

(Un)supported Current Tourism Development in UNESCO Protected Site: The Case of Old City of Dubrovnik

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Ivana Pavlić; Ana Portolan; Barbara Puh

2017-01-01

The main purpose of this paper is to explore and determine perceptions of residents living in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) protected site Old City of Dubrovnik (OCD) towards tourism development. Uncontrolled tourism expansion has impact on local residents’ life and on their (un)support for specific form of tourism development. Comprehension of residents’ perceptions is crucial for realization of adequate tourism development and for mutual satis...

Regaining Legitimacy in the Context of Global Governance? UNESCO, Education for All Coordination and the Global Monitoring Report

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Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Okitsu, Taeko; da Costa, Romina; Kitamura, Yuto

2017-01-01

This research note shares insights which resulted from a larger study into the ways in which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)--during 2010-2014--used its position as coordinator of the post-Dakar Framework for Action (initiated at the World Education Forum held in 2000 and designed to reinvigorate the…

Relations with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) and draft agreement between UNESCO and that body. Executive Board 151. session. Item 9.11 of the provisional agenda

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Mayor, F.; Kadyshevsky, V.G.

1997-01-01

This document contains a proposal for the conclusion of an agreement between UNESCO and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna (Russian Federation) in order to promote international co-operation for research on the fundamental properties of matter. The proposal made was initiated by JINR which is an international intergovernmental organization with 18 Member States. In accordance with Article XI.1 of UNESCO's Constitution, the Director-General requests the Executive Board's approval of the draft agreement with JINR

Ireland and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

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Kirwan, Seán

2010-12-01

Ratification by Ireland of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage will not be able to take place until after enactment of additional domestic legislation. The reasons for this are examined in the context of Ireland's legal system. Since 1987 Ireland has had extensive legal protection for underwater cultural heritage, but the jurisdictional aspects of the Convention are key to understanding why additional legislation is necessary. Issues relating to salvage law are also considered. The 2001 Convention is placed in the context of development of Irish policy on underwater cultural heritage.

The UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks

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Mc Keever1, P.; Zouros, N.; Patzak, M.; Missotten, R.

2009-12-01

The UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks was founded in 2004, following the model successfully established by the European Geoparks Network in 2000. It now comprises 63 members in 19 nations across the world. A Global Geopark is an area with geological heritage of international value but where that heritage is being used for the sustainable economic benefit if the local inhabitants, primarily through education and tourism. Supported by IUGS and IUCN, the aim of the Global Geoparks Network is to facilitate exchange and sharing between members to assist in the protection and conservation of the geological heritage of our planet but to do so in way where local communities can take ownership of these special places and where they can get some sustainable economic benefit from them. While allowing for the sustainable economic development of geoparks, the network explicitly forbids the destruction or sale of the geological value of a geopark. This paper outlines the ethos of the Global Geoparks Network and describes the typical activities of geoparks and how the network functions. Using two examples it also illustrates how members of the Global Geoparks Network provide good examples as tools not only for holistic nature conservation but also for economic development.

Geohazards affecting UNESCO WHL sites in the UK observed from geological data and satellite InSAR

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Cigna, Francesca; Tapete, Deodato; Lee, Kathryn

2016-08-01

Geohazards pose significant threats to cultural and natural heritage worldwide. In the UK, only 1 out of 29 UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) sites has been inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger, whilst it is widely accepted that many more could be affected by geohazards. In this paper we set out the foundations of a methodological approach to analyse geological, geohazard and remote sensing data available at the British Geological Survey to retrieve an overview of geohazards affecting the UK WHL sites. The Castles and Town Walls (constructed in the time of King Edward I) in Gwynedd in north Wales are used as test sites to showcase the methodology for geohazard assessment at the scale of individual property also to account for situations of varied geology and local topography across multiproperty WHL sites. How such baseline geohazard assessment can be combined with space-borne radar interferometry (InSAR) data is showcased for the four UNESCO WHL sites located in Greater London. Our analysis feeds into the innovative contribution that the JPI-CH project PROTHEGO `PROTection of European cultural HEritage from GeOhazards' (www.prothego.eu) is making towards mapping geohazards in the 400+ WHL sites of Europe by exploiting non-invasive remote sensing methods and surveying technologies.

Educating Citizens of 'The Global': Mapping Textual Constructs of UNESCO's Global Citizenship Education 2012-2015

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VanderDussen Toukan, Elena

2018-01-01

In this article, I pose the question of what constructs of 'global citizenship education' are being mobilized by key international actors. I undertake a comparative analysis of three key United Nations (UN) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) documents that have emerged in the past 5 years to frame the…

UNESCO's Guidance on Puberty and Sexual Health Education for Students Aged 9-12 Years Compared to an Upper Primary School Curriculum

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Goldman, Juliette D. G.

2015-01-01

Background: Children and young adolescents are reaching puberty earlier. Providing information about such changes before puberty can help them develop in a more competent and informed manner. Context and Objective: UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" forms a comprehensive, evidence-based, authoritative…

Teejuht seente maailma / Indrek Sell

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Sell, Indrek, 1983-

2014-01-01

Haavataelik, haavanääts, põdramokad, kübarnarmikud, narmikud, kroonliudik, roostetorik, roosa pess, lillatümak, kuusetaelik, poropoorik, tammetaelik, leht-kobartorik, maksak, tammenahkis, tumepruun taelik, volt-tardnahkis, lõhetümak, limatünnik, roostepruun taelik, sarapuu-ebakorgik, lakkvaabik (läikvaabik), haava-tuletaelik (haava-ebatuletael), õrn narmnahkis (õrnnarmik), korallnarmik (harunev korallnarmik), männi-vahakorgik (männikorgik), juurepruunik, narmastaelik, kährikseen (kährik)

Kai õpetab iseennast / Kai Kaljo ; intervjueerinud R[eet] V[arblane

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Kaljo, Kai, 1959-

2011-01-01

Kai Kaljo isikunäitus "Kai õpetab iseennast" Hobusepea galeriis 2.-14. novembrini 2011. Kaks videot seostuvad Kai Kaljo õppejõutööga Tallinna Ülikoolis, ka kaasaegse kunsti professori ametist Tallinna Ülikooli kunstihariduse osakonnas. Näitusel osale külalisesinejana Austraalia kirjanik Luke Davies, näitusel oli tema lühifilm "Õhk"

Survey and Recording Technologies in Italian Underwater Cultural Heritage: Research and Public Access Within the Framework of the 2001 UNESCO Convention

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Secci, Massimiliano

2017-08-01

The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage is slowly but peremptorily becoming a standard reference tool for underwater archaeology and underwater cultural heritage management. The many provisions included within the Convention touch on many aspects that are key to an effective protection and promotion of the underwater cultural heritage. Within the web of these provisions many aspects are gaining consideration and driving research in underwater archaeology worldwide. These provisions, when seen within a wider frame of social, economical and technological dynamics, pinpoint many aspects requiring further scrutiny from the disciplinary circle. In the framework of the 2001 UNESCO Convention, this article will analyze the path traveled in technological acquisition in the practice of Italian underwater archaeology and how this has affected the approach to underwater cultural heritage management, particularly highlighting how this process has been further influenced by the adoption in 2001 of the Convention and Italy's ratification of it in 2010.

Reforming Iraqi Journalism and Mass Communication Higher Education: Adapting the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education to Iraqi Higher Education

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Pavlik, John V.; Laufer, Peter D.; Burns, David P.; Ataya, Ramzi T.

2012-01-01

Journalism and mass communication higher education in Iraq is well established but largely isolated from global developments since the 1970s. In the post-Iraq war period, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) implemented a multiyear project to work with the leadership of Iraqi higher education to help update…

DARE: Unesco Computerized Data Retrieval System for Documentation in the Social and Human Sciences (Including an Analysis of the Present System).

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Vasarhelyi, Paul

The new data retrieval system for the social sciences which has recently been installed in the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris is described in this comprehensive report. The computerized system is designed to facilitate the existing storage systems in the circulation of information, data retrieval, and indexing services. Basically, this report…

Catchment Restoration in the Tweed UNESCO-IHP HELP Basin - Eddleston Water

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Spray, Christopher

2013-04-01

The EU Water Frame Work Directive (WFD) requires member states to work towards the achievement of 'good ecological status' for water bodies, through a 6 year cycle of river basin management plans (RBMPs). Within these RBMPs, states must develop and implement programmes of measures designed to improve the quality of individual water bodies at risk of failing to achieve this status. These RBMPS must not only be focussed on the key causes of failure, but increasingly look to deliver multiple benefits, such as flood risk reduction and improvement to biodiversity from such catchment interventions, and to involve communities and other stakeholders in restoration of their local environment. This paper reports on progress of a detailed study of the restoration of the Eddleston Water, a typical 'failing' water body in Scotland, the monitoring and governance arrangements behind this, and implications for rehabilitation of river systems elsewhere. Within UK rivers, the main causes of failure to achieve good ecological status are historical morphological changes to river courses, diffuse agricultural pollution and invasive non-native species. The Eddleston Water is a 70 sq kms sub-catchment of the Tweed, an UNESCO IHP-HELP basin in the Scottish : English borders, and is currently classified as 'bad' status, due largely to morphological changes to the course and structure of the river over the past 200 years. The main challenge therefor is physical restoration of the river to achieve functional connectivity with the flood plain. At the same time however, the two communities within the catchment suffer from flooding, so a second priority is to intervene within the catchment to reduce the risk of flooding through the use of "natural flood management" measures and, underlying both these two aspects a whole catchment approach to community participation and the achievement of a range of other ecosystem service benefits, including conservation of biodiversity. We report on the

EXPERIENCIA DE LA ADAPTACIÓN DEL MODELO DE LA UNESCO SOBRE EDUCACIÓN CON MEDIOS TECNOLÓGICOS (EXPERIENCE OF ADAPTATION MODEL OF THE MEDIA WITH UNESCO ON TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION

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Mora Morales Luis Diego

2010-08-01

Full Text Available Resumen:El siguiente artículo analiza el impacto de una estrategia pedagógica basada en las propuestas de la educación en medios para el desarrollo del razonamiento socio moral en jóvenes de educación secundaria en Costa Rica. Se seleccionó a dos grupos de adolescentes de un colegio urbano que participaron durante ocho meses en la aplicación de dicha estrategia pedagógica. Se realizó una medición previa y otra posterior a las sesiones educativas del nivel de desarrollo sociomoral y mediático, mediante el Cuestionario de Reflexión Sociomoral (CRS-CR, así como el Test de Competencias Mediáticas. Finalmente, se realizó un análisis de la propuesta de la UNESCO para la Educación en Medios. Se concluye que la estrategia pedagógica implementada promovió cambios significativos en el desarrollo sociomoral de los y las participantes. Se hace necesario profundizar y continuar investigando sobre la temática tanto a nivel teórico como empírico.Abstract:This article analyzes the impact of a pedagogical strategy proposals based on media education for the development of moral reasoning in young partner from high school in Costa Rica. Were selected from two groups of students from a urban high school who participated for eight months from the application of this teaching strategy. Measurement was performed prior and posterior to the educational sessions of the level of socio-moral development and media, by Sociomoral Reflection Questionnaire (CRS-CR and the Test of Media Competition. Finally, an analysis of the workshops were making as well as the UNESCO proposal for Media Education. We conclude that the teaching strategy implemented promoted significant changes in the socio-moral development of the participants. It is necessary to deepen and further research on the subject both theoretically and empirically.

El juego entre el nacimiento y los 7 anos: Un manual para ludotecarias. Investigacion-accion sobre la Familia y la Primera Infancia. UNESCO Sector de Educacion Monografia (Play between Birth and 7 Years: A Manual for Preschool Teachers. Action Research in Family and Early Childhood. UNESCO Education Sector Monograph).

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Grellet, Carolina

The purpose of this Spanish-language manual is to help preschool teachers better understand theoretical concepts related to children's play. Following a preface that discusses UNESCO's activities related to early childhood education, the two main sections of the manual discuss children's play between 0-2 years and 2-7 years. Each section includes…

Growing expertise in Africa: CERN-UNESCO's 3rd Digital Library School

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Joannah Caborn Wengler

2012-01-01

The third in the series of CERN-UNESCO African Schools on Digital Libraries took place in Dakar, Senegal, in November last year. The School represents an important opportunity for CERN to contribute to a global exchange of knowledge, skills and culture.   Ludmila Marian assisting participants during a hands-on computer session. More photographs available here. After Rwanda and Morocco, this time it was Senegal's turn to host the Digital Library School, the third of its kind, held from 21 to 25 November 2011. Participants from seven African French-speaking countries met at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar to learn about digital libraries and the importance of new technologies in the dissemination of knowledge by libraries. The School outlined the principles of digital information management and showcased the Invenio software, developed by CERN to manage digital libraries and freely available as Open Source software. The series of Schools, which combine in...

Ostreid herpesvirus OsHV-1 μVar in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) of the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO world heritage site

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Gittenberger, A.; Voorbergen-Laarman, M.A.; Engelsma, M.Y.

2016-01-01

The Wadden Sea is an extensive wetland area, recognized as UNESCO world heritage site of international importance. Since the mid-1990s, the invasive Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) population in the area has grown exponentially, having a distinct impact on the ecosystem. The

How to Catch All Those Mutations—The Report of the Third Human Variome Project Meeting, UNESCO Paris, May 2010

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Kohonen-Corish, Maija R.J.; Al-Aama, Jumana Y.; Auerbach, Arleen D.; Axton, Myles; Barash, Carol Isaacson; Bernstein, Inge; Béroud, Christophe; Burn, John; Cunningham, Fiona; Cutting, Garry R.; den Dunnen, Johan T.; Greenblatt, Marc S.; Kaput, Jim; Katz, Michael; Lindblom, Annika; Macrae, Finlay; Maglott, Donna; Möslein, Gabriela; Povey, Sue; Ramesar, Raj; Richards, Sue; Seminara, Daniela; Sobrido, María-Jesús; Tavtigian, Sean; Taylor, Graham; Vihinen, Mauno; Winship, Ingrid; Cotton, Richard G.H.

2011-01-01

The third Human Variome Project (HVP) Meeting “Integration and Implementation” was held under UNESCO Patronage in Paris, France, at the UNESCO Headquarters May 10–14, 2010. The major aims of the HVP are the collection, curation, and distribution of all human genetic variation affecting health. The HVP has drawn together disparate groups, by country, gene of interest, and expertise, who are working for the common good with the shared goal of pushing the boundaries of the human variome and collaborating to avoid unnecessary duplication. The meeting addressed the 12 key areas that form the current framework of HVP activities: Ethics; Nomenclature and Standards; Publication, Credit and Incentives; Data Collection from Clinics; Overall Data Integration and Access—Peripheral Systems/Software; Data Collection from Laboratories; Assessment of Pathogenicity; Country Specific Collection; Translation to Healthcare and Personalized Medicine; Data Transfer, Databasing, and Curation; Overall Data Integration and Access—Central Systems; and Funding Mechanisms and Sustainability. In addition, three societies that support the goals and the mission of HVP also held their own Workshops with the view to advance disease-specific variation data collection and utilization: the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours, the Micronutrient Genomics Project, and the Neurogenetics Consortium. PMID:20960468

How to catch all those mutations--the report of the third Human Variome Project Meeting, UNESCO Paris, May 2010.

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Kohonen-Corish, Maija R J; Al-Aama, Jumana Y; Auerbach, Arleen D; Axton, Myles; Barash, Carol Isaacson; Bernstein, Inge; Béroud, Christophe; Burn, John; Cunningham, Fiona; Cutting, Garry R; den Dunnen, Johan T; Greenblatt, Marc S; Kaput, Jim; Katz, Michael; Lindblom, Annika; Macrae, Finlay; Maglott, Donna; Möslein, Gabriela; Povey, Sue; Ramesar, Raj; Richards, Sue; Seminara, Daniela; Sobrido, María-Jesús; Tavtigian, Sean; Taylor, Graham; Vihinen, Mauno; Winship, Ingrid; Cotton, Richard G H

2010-12-01

The third Human Variome Project (HVP) Meeting "Integration and Implementation" was held under UNESCO Patronage in Paris, France, at the UNESCO Headquarters May 10-14, 2010. The major aims of the HVP are the collection, curation, and distribution of all human genetic variation affecting health. The HVP has drawn together disparate groups, by country, gene of interest, and expertise, who are working for the common good with the shared goal of pushing the boundaries of the human variome and collaborating to avoid unnecessary duplication. The meeting addressed the 12 key areas that form the current framework of HVP activities: Ethics; Nomenclature and Standards; Publication, Credit and Incentives; Data Collection from Clinics; Overall Data Integration and Access-Peripheral Systems/Software; Data Collection from Laboratories; Assessment of Pathogenicity; Country Specific Collection; Translation to Healthcare and Personalized Medicine; Data Transfer, Databasing, and Curation; Overall Data Integration and Access-Central Systems; and Funding Mechanisms and Sustainability. In addition, three societies that support the goals and the mission of HVP also held their own Workshops with the view to advance disease-specific variation data collection and utilization: the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours, the Micronutrient Genomics Project, and the Neurogenetics Consortium. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Perspectives on the Chaine Des Puys and Limagne Fault UNESCO World Heritage Project

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van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin; Olive, Cécile

2015-04-01

The Chaîne des Puys and Limagne fault project is acknowledged to have Outstanding Universal Value (38th session of the World Heritage UNESCO committee, June 2014). One ongoing challenge for the project is to consolidate the outreach, and to work with other sites to increase the public perception of Earth sciences. The Chaîne des Puys volcanic field in central France, became a celebrated mecca for 18/19th Century scientists, only once the volcanoes were 'discovered'. Beforehand they were only hills, but the ability to interpret landscape with prior knowledge allowed these early geologists to create a popular understanding of the geology. Since that time, the Chaîne des Puys has become a well-known volcanic site to a worldwide audience through textbooks, tourism, and commerce. To the 19th century geologists, the Limagne escarpment was just as fascinating, but lacking the ability to fully interpret this rift margin, the idea of a fault did not percolate down to the general public. With the advent of the current UNESCO project, it became clear that the geological link between the volcanoes and the fault could be exploited, not only to raise the profile of the volcanoes, but to create a greater awareness of the tectonics in the greater public. Not only have the volcanoes, become better known and more clearly understood than previously, but the fault has begun to emerge as a feature in public consciousness. We will demonstrate the many communication techniques at all levels that have been used in the project. We explain the rationale between creating a geological scale model that works on processes as well as landforms to raise the public awareness. The success is that we show how geological features can be made readable by the general public, something highly important for conservation of heritage, but also for risk perception. The increased education efforts of the scientists have also lead to an increase in science. The more informed and participatory the public is

O Core Curriculum da Unesco como Base para Formação em Bioética

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Fabiano Maluf

Full Text Available RESUMO A revolução biotecnológica das últimas décadas teve como resultado o desenvolvimento de um poder quase sem limites sobre a vida humana. Tal contexto exige do profissional uma visão globalizada dos problemas éticos e sociais da era contemporânea, alicerçada em sólidas bases filosóficas e legais. Este contexto torna necessária a promoção de novas competências e habilidades relacionadas à vida profissional. Neste sentido, o ensino da Bioética desponta como uma possibilidade de inovação curricular alternativa ao tradicional modelo prescritivo e normativo. Este artigo relata a experiência da Cátedra Unesco de Bioética da Universidade de Brasília com a utilização do Core Curriculum proposto pela Unesco como instrumento didático-pedagógico adequado ao ensino da Bioética. Entre os dilemas pedagógicos enfrentados pela Bioética como disciplina encontram-se: a construção de seus conteúdos, sua estruturação, as concepções teóricas a serem seguidas e seus objetivos. A contextualização e o aperfeiçoamento da estratégia proposta pelo Core Curriculum podem significar importantes instrumentos facilitadores para docentes que buscam organizar práticas didático-pedagógicas inovadoras em Bioética com o intuito de proporcionar resultados efetivos na formação de seus estudantes.

The Role of Biosphere Reserves in Environmental Education and Training = Le Role des reserves de la biosphere dans l'education et la formation environnementales. Report of the Unesco/MAB Symposium Held During the Unesco/UNEP International Congress on Environmental Education and Training (Moscow, USSR, August 17-21, 1987). Report 20.

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Francis, George, Ed.

Environmental education and training have been key elements of Unesco's Program on Man and the Biosphere (MAB) since its inception in 1971. The MAB Program is an intergovernmental program of research, training, demonstration and distribution of information, aimed at providing the scientific background and the trained personnel to deal with…

8 May 2014 - W. Watson-Wright, Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences Sector ad interim visiting the CMS cavern with CMS Collaboration Deputy Spkokesperson K. Borras. Adviser to the Director-General, in charge of Relations with International Organisations M. Bona present throughout.

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Brice, Maximilien

2014-01-01

Ms Wendy Watson-Wright Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences Sector ad interim UNESCO

[Jaan Kross ja David Samoilov. Mu sõbra avatud akna all] / M. J.

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Jõgi, Mall, 1947-

2016-01-01

Tutvustus: Kross, Jaan. Mu sõbra avatud akna all : [luuletused ja tõlked] = В окно моего друга : [стихи и переводы] / Jaan Kross ja David Samoilov ; Tallinna Ülikool. Tallinn : Avenarius, 2015 ; David Samoilovi Pärnu : teejuht. Luuletusi. Tallinn : Avenarius, 2015

Report [of the] Expert Meeting on Intercultural Education, Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, March 20-22, 2006)

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006

2006-01-01

The Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights of the Division for the Promotion of Quality Education held an expert meeting on Intercultural Education from March 20-22, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters, bringing together international experts from Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the…

Omora Ethnobotanical Park and the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve

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Eugene C. Hargrove

2008-12-01

Full Text Available The biocultural conservation and research initiative of Omora Ethnobotanical Park and the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve was born in a remote part of South America and has rapidly expanded to attain regional, national, and international relevance. The park and the biosphere reserve, led by Ricardo Rozzi and his team, have made significant progress in demonstrating the way academic research supports local cultures, social processes, decision making, and conservation. It is a dynamic hive of investigators, artists, writers, students, volunteers, and friends, all exploring ways to better integrate academia and society. The initiative involves an informal consortium of institutions and organizations; in Chile, these include the University of Magallanes, the Omora Foundation, and the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, and in the United States, the University of North Texas, the Omora Sub-Antarctic Research Alliance, and the Center for Environmental Philosophy at the University of North Texas. The consortium intends to function as a hub through which other institutions and organizations can be involved in research, education, and biocultural conservation. The park constitutes one of three long-term socio-ecological research sites in Chile of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity.

A socio-environmental monitoring system for a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

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Lowell, Kim

2017-11-03

To identify potentially critical changes in an area's ongoing ability to produce multiple ecosystem services, a monitoring system was designed and implemented for the Mornington Peninsula and Westernport Biosphere Reserve in southeast Australia. The system is underpinned by an "environmental vital signs" (EVS) approach that was adopted to provide early warning of critical changes in human and natural characteristics of the area. The six themes monitored are non-coastal water, land including vegetation, biodiversity, natural heritage, built environment (including human population and economic activity), and coasts. These are monitored for the entire area, and each of its five constituent town council areas. After a critical change in any of these is identified, further investigation is required to identify causal factors and, if required, determine an appropriate response. The system relies on data available from external (third-party) organisations to monitor the natural and human characteristics of the area that were important in its designation as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Strengths and weaknesses associated with the use of third-party data are discussed. These include adoption of baseline years and data reporting periods for different factors, costs, and data quality.

Teejuht Õunpuu juurde / Tiit Tuumalu

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Tuumalu, Tiit, 1971-

2010-01-01

Rahvusvahelise autorifilmi uue põlvkonna kõige silmapaistvamaid režissööre tutvustavast raamatust "Take 100. The Future of Film : 100 New Directors". Raamatus on eraldi peatükk eesti režissöörist Veiko Õunpuust ja tema filmist "Sügisball". 17. septembrist New Yorgi ja 1. oktoobrist Los Angelese kinos hakkab jooksma Veiko Õunpuu film "Püha Tõnu kiusamine"

Workshop on the Development of the UNESCO Co-Action Learning Centre Programme (1st, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12-18, 1992). Final Report.

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This publication summarizes reports from a workshop to share the experience of UNESCO's literacy program and to learn about other effective experiences in literacy available in the region. The opening of the workshop and election of officers is reported. Summaries of the following reports are given: (1) the role of learning centers to achieve…

Matrix of Priorities for the Management of Visitation Impacts on the Geosites of Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark (NE Brazil

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Eduardo S. Guimarães

2018-06-01

Full Text Available In order to safeguard the material and immaterial heritage and to foster delightful experiences for visitors, this investigation aimed to define a Matrix of Priorities for management of Visitation Impacts Management on the Geosites of Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark. With a quantitative approach involving the revision of documents, the methods used in this paper determined what the demands for visitation are as well as the impacts of these demands. We identified the offers for activities and occurrences in the geosites. Using this model, we calculated the following variables: (i evident impacts, (ii management profile, (iii visitor demand and (iv activity zone. We also classified the recommended management actions and presented the priority matrix. We classified the geosites of Ponte de Pedra, Riacho do Meio and Cachoeira de Missão Velha as requiring immediate or priority management action, in view of the high impacts of visitation evidenced. The geosites of Pedra Cariri, Floresta Petrificada and Parque dos Pterossauros were classified as programmed action, highlighting the difficulty of accessing them and the low demand for visitation. The geosites Pontal de Santa Cruz, Colina do Horto and Batateiras presented the best scores and require feedback action. It is emphasized that the deepening the investigations is required in order to produce and interpret the data complexity that guides the management of a dynamic territory such as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

Translation of the UNESCO/OECD Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education into Local Policy Contexts: A Comparative Study of Finland and Russia

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Kallo, Johanna; Semchenko, Anzhelika

2016-01-01

This article analyses the localisation of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) "Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education" (2005) at the national and university levels in Finland and Russia. The article engages…

Deciphering the colon cancer genes--report of the InSiGHT-Human Variome Project Workshop, UNESCO, Paris 2010

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Kohonen-Corish, Maija R J; Macrae, Finlay; Genuardi, Maurizio

2011-01-01

The Human Variome Project (HVP) has established a pilot program with the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) to compile all inherited variation affecting colon cancer susceptibility genes. An HVP-InSiGHT Workshop was held on May 10, 2010, prior to the HVP...... Integration and Implementation Meeting at UNESCO in Paris, to review the progress of this pilot program. A wide range of topics were covered, including issues relating to genotype-phenotype data submission to the InSiGHT Colon Cancer Gene Variant Databases (chromium.liacs.nl/LOVD2/colon_cancer...

Geophysical Survey in Sub-Saharan Africa: magnetic and Electromagnetic Investigation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania

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Welham, Kate; Fleisher, J.; Cheetham, Paul; Manley, Harry; Steele, C.; Wynne-Jones, S.

2014-01-01

Magnetometry and Slingram electromagnetic surveys were\\ud conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania, as part of a multi-national programme of investigation to examine the uses of space within and outside of this stonetown. The town was a major Islamic trading port during the 14th and 15th centuries.The surveys detected significant evidence for the containment of activities within the town walls, and previously unknown anthropogenic activity was revealed between the ...

LA DIETA MEDITERRANEA UNESCO. UN MODELLO DI SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE TRA MITO E REALTÀ

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Elisabetta Moro

2016-06-01

Full Text Available This paper deals with the Mediterranean Diet as a potential tool for increasing knowledge and promoting a sustainable development especially in least developed and developing regions. The confirmation of the MD as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity, recognized by UNESCO in 2010, is producing a significant social effect in the seven nations and communities involved. In addition in 2012 the MD has been included by the FAO at the top of the list of the most sustainable diets in the planet. The double recognition of this life style is generating a new approach to this cultural heritage by the stakeholders who are progressively recognizing that it may become a new tool to develop green economy and eco-tourism. To this end the author analyses the real and mythological genealogy of the MD in order to bring out its cultural, economic and social potentiality.

Kui vana on kunstnik? / Anneli Porri

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Porri, Anneli, 1980-

2003-01-01

Rahvusvahelise kunstihariduse konverentsi "InSea on Sea" raames Kunstiakadeemia galeriis Karin Laansoo kureeritud Tallinna Kunstikooli õpilaste tööde näitus "MÄRKmed", Draakoni galeriis Mari Sobolevi kureeritud Viljandi Maagümnaasiumi kunstistuudio näitus "Sisseastumiseksam maailma", rahvusraamatukogus Anneli Porri kureeritud näitus "Kokkuvõte" EKA tänavuste lõpetajate töödest ja näitus "Leitud tagahoovist", Kullo galeriis rahvusvaheline näitus "Dialoog erinevuste vahel"

Kunstiakadeemia - 85 / Reet Varblane

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Varblane, Reet, 1952-

1999-01-01

28. XI tähistas Eesti Kunstiakadeemia oma 85. aastapäeva. Kunstihariduse tulevikule pühendatud paneeldiskussioonist Sakala keskuse väikeses saalis, pressikonverentsist, pidulikust aktusest. Kunstiakadeemia esimesteks audoktoriteks promoveeriti Boris Bernshtein, Kaljo Põllu, Enno Hallek, Ilja Kabakov. Auliikmeteks nimetati Mari Adamson, Leo Gens, Leili Kuldkepp, Helene Kuma, Paul Luhtein, Arseni Mölder, Evald Okas, Helmut Oruvee, Bruno Tomberg, Jaan Vares. Juubelialbumi kujundas Jüri Kaarma, ajaloolise ülevaate kirjutas Leo Gens

Assessing gendered roles in water decision-making in semi-arid regions through sex-disaggregated water data with UNESCO-WWAP gender toolkit

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Miletto, Michela; Greco, Francesca; Belfiore, Elena

2017-04-01

Global climate change is expected to exacerbate current and future stresses on water resources from population growth and land use, and increase the frequency and severity of droughts and floods. Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men not only because they constitute the majority of the world's poor but also because they are more dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change. In addition, social, economic and political barriers often limit their coping capacity. Women play a key role in the provision, management and safeguarding of water, nonetheless, gender inequality in water management framework persists around the globe. Sharp data are essential to inform decisions and support effective policies. Disaggregating water data by sex is crucial to analyse gendered roles in the water realm and inform gender sensitive water policies in light of the global commitments to gender equality of Agenda 2030. In view of this scenario, WWAP has created an innovative toolkit for sex-disaggregated water data collection, as a result of a participatory work of more than 35 experts, part of the WWAP Working Group on Sex-Disaggregated Indicators (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/water-and-gender/un-wwap-working-group-on-gender-disaggregated-indicators/#c1430774). The WWAP toolkit contains four tools: the methodology (Seager J. WWAP UNESCO, 2015), set of key indicators, the guideline (Pangare V.,WWAP UNESCO, 2015) and a questionnaire for field survey. WWAP key gender-sensitive indicators address water resources management, aspects of water quality and agricultural uses, water resources governance and management, and investigate unaccounted labour in according to gender and age. Managing water resources is key for climate adaptation. Women are particularly sensitive to water quality and the health of water-dependent ecosystems, often source of food and job opportunities

CERN 50th Anniversary Official Celebration : keynote speech from Professor Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Professor in the Molecular Biology at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Former Director-General of UNESCO

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2004-01-01

CERN 50th Anniversary Official Celebration : keynote speech from Professor Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Professor in the Molecular Biology at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Former Director-General of UNESCO

AMS radiocarbon dating of mortar: The case study of the medieval UNESCO site of Modena

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Carmine, Lubritto [Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali, Biologiche e Farmaceutiche & CIRCE lab, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, I-81100 Caserta (Italy); Caroselli, Marta; Lugli, Stefano [Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, I-41100 Modena (Italy); Marzaioli, Fabio [Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica & CIRCE lab, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, I-81100 Caserta (Italy); Nonni, Sara [Università degli Studi “Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, I-00185 Roma (Italy); Marchetti Dori, S. [Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, I-41100 Modena (Italy); Terrasi, Filippo [Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica & CIRCE lab, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, I-81100 Caserta (Italy)

2015-10-15

The carbon dioxide contributing to binder formation during the set of a lime mortar reflects the atmospheric {sup 14}C content at the time of construction of a building. For this reason, the {sup 14}C dating of mortars is used with increasing frequencies in archaeological and architectural research. Mortars, however, may also contain carbonaceous contaminants potentially affecting radiocarbon dating. The Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) of the Second University of Naples (SUN) has recently obtained some promising results in mortar radiocarbon dating thanks to the development of a procedure (i.e. CryoSoniC/Cryo2SoniC) aiming to eliminate exogenous C contamination that may occur in a mortar. The construction history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Modena (Italy) is still controversial and represents a challenging case study for the application of absolute dating methodologies for different reasons. From the point of view of {sup 14}C dating, for example, given the high percentage of carbonate aggregates composing these samples, Modena mortars represent an experimental test particularly indicative of exogenous carbon sources suppression ensuring methodology accuracy. In this paper several AMS Radiocarbon dates were carried out on lime lumps with the aim to: (i) verify procedure accuracy by a comparison of the results obtainable from lime lumps dated after different treatments (i.e. bulk lime lumps vs. CryoSoniC purified lime lumps); (ii) compare different building phases absolute chronology for the medieval UNESCO site of Modena, with that assumed by historical sources in order to assess preliminary the {sup 14}C dating feasibility for of the site. Historical temporal constraints and mortar clustering, based on petrography, have been applied to define a temporal framework of the analyzed structure. Moreover, a detailed petrographic characterization of mortars was used both as a preliminary tool for the choice of samples

AMS radiocarbon dating of mortar: The case study of the medieval UNESCO site of Modena

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Carmine, Lubritto; Caroselli, Marta; Lugli, Stefano; Marzaioli, Fabio; Nonni, Sara; Marchetti Dori, S.; Terrasi, Filippo

2015-01-01

The carbon dioxide contributing to binder formation during the set of a lime mortar reflects the atmospheric "1"4C content at the time of construction of a building. For this reason, the "1"4C dating of mortars is used with increasing frequencies in archaeological and architectural research. Mortars, however, may also contain carbonaceous contaminants potentially affecting radiocarbon dating. The Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) of the Second University of Naples (SUN) has recently obtained some promising results in mortar radiocarbon dating thanks to the development of a procedure (i.e. CryoSoniC/Cryo2SoniC) aiming to eliminate exogenous C contamination that may occur in a mortar. The construction history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Modena (Italy) is still controversial and represents a challenging case study for the application of absolute dating methodologies for different reasons. From the point of view of "1"4C dating, for example, given the high percentage of carbonate aggregates composing these samples, Modena mortars represent an experimental test particularly indicative of exogenous carbon sources suppression ensuring methodology accuracy. In this paper several AMS Radiocarbon dates were carried out on lime lumps with the aim to: (i) verify procedure accuracy by a comparison of the results obtainable from lime lumps dated after different treatments (i.e. bulk lime lumps vs. CryoSoniC purified lime lumps); (ii) compare different building phases absolute chronology for the medieval UNESCO site of Modena, with that assumed by historical sources in order to assess preliminary the "1"4C dating feasibility for of the site. Historical temporal constraints and mortar clustering, based on petrography, have been applied to define a temporal framework of the analyzed structure. Moreover, a detailed petrographic characterization of mortars was used both as a preliminary tool for the choice of samples and to infer

Social Bots und Fake News - Was EU- und UNESCO-Referenzrahmen zum Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter darüber (nicht sagen

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Dietmar Janetzko

2017-07-01

Full Text Available In den letzten Jahren haben internationale Organisationen wie die EU und die UNESCO eine Reihe von Vorschlägen und Strategiepapieren zur Bildung und Ausbildung im Zusammenhang mit digitalen Medien entwickelt. Mit den dabei entstandenen Rahmenkonzepten der EU (Digital Competence, DigComp sowie der UNESCO (Media and Information Literacy, MIL werden im Kern zwei zusammenhängende Ziele verfolgt: (i digitale Bildung bzw. digitale Kompetenzen, Fähigkeiten und zugehörige Einstellungen umfassend zu kartographieren sowie (ii über die dabei konzipierten edukativ-politischen Rahmenkonzepte Projektförderungen, Bildungs- bzw. Ausbildungsinitiativen sowie Gesetzesvorlagen anzustossen. Tatsächlich sind DigComp und MIL bereits dabei, auf internationaler Ebene einen prägenden Einfluss zu nahezu allen Fragen der Bildung und Ausbildung im Bereich digitaler Medien auszuüben. Beide Initiativen haben innerhalb der genannten Organisationen Leuchtturmcharakter, werden bislang aber von der allgemeinen Öffentlichkeit und der medienpädagogischen Fachöffentlichkeit kaum wahrgenommen. Dessen ungeachtet verbindet sich mit DigComp und MIL jeweils ein impliziter Anspruch auf einen – im Bedarfsfall zu aktualisierenden – Gesamtentwurf zur Analyse und Gestaltung medienpädagogischer Bildung und Ausbildung. Dies gilt für Gesetzesvorlagen, Regulierungen, Forschungsaktivitäten. Sind diese Rahmenkonzepte anschlussfähig an medienpädagogische Debatten über disruptive Versuche, in via soziale Medien geführte öffentliche Debatten einzugreifen, die sich über social bots, fake news oder andere Formen der Einflussnahme manifestieren? Erschliessen sie dazu Reflexionsräume und Handlungsoptionen? Geleitet von diesen Fragen betrachtet der vorliegende Aufsatz, die Rahmenkonzepte der EU und UNESCO, DigComp and MIL. Dabei zeigt sich, dass beide Rahmenkonzepte von Schieflagen gekennzeichnet sind. DigComp und MIL überbetonen die instrumentelle, auf Verwertung am

Tracking Human-Induced Landscape Disturbance at the Nasca Lines UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru with COSMO-SkyMed InSAR

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Francesca Cigna; Deodato Tapete

2018-01-01

The “Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa” in Peru are among the most well-known UNESCO World Heritage Sites globally, and an exemplar of site where heritage assets cannot be separated from their natural and anthropogenic environment. The site is exposed to interactions with natural processes, as well as human presence. In this work, 3-m resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) StripMap HIMAGE HH-polarised scenes acquired by the X-band COSMO-SkyMed constellation are exploited to track two ...

Pärdi Da Pacem ettekanne võitis Grammy auhinna

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Arvo Pärdi teos "Da Pacem" Eesti Fi1harmoonia Kammerkoori ettekandes võitis 1. veebr. Los Angeleses 49. Grammy muusiakaauhindade jagamisel auhinna parima kooriettekande kategoorias. Parima klassikalise albumi heliproduktsiooni kategoorias läks auhind Michael Bishopile Briti helilooja Edward Elgari "Enigma: variatsioonid" ning Briti helilooja ja dirigendi Benjamin Britteni "Noore inimese teejuht orkestrini, neli mereteemalist interlüüdi" eest. Mõlema teose kandis ette Cincinnati sümfooniaorkester, mille dirigent on Paavo Järvi

A utilização do conhecimento biogeográfico auxiliando atingir os objetivos colocados pela UNESCO no ano de 2010 – Ano Internacional da Biodiversidade.DOI: 10.7902/ecb.v2i1.24 Using biogeographic knowledge helping to reach UNESCO aims in the International Year of Biodiversity - 2010

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Rafael de Souza Alves; Patrick Oliveira de Souza; Adriano de Souza Alves; Oswaldo Pinto Ribeiro Filho; Michele Tidisco Padovani

2011-01-01

Diariamente, somos noticiados sobre a importância de preservar o meio ambiente, de utilizar os recursos naturais de forma sustentável, de lutarmos pela biodiversidade, tudo para garantirmos a manutenção da qualidade de vida mundial. A UNESCO no ano de 2010 celebrou o Ano Internacional da Biodiversidade, apontando objetivos que visaram preservar e conservar toda diversidade ecológica existente. Dessa forma, o presente texto tem ...

First Meeting with Teachers and Principals of Unesco Associated Schools Project Held on Monday, 6 September 1982 at the Training Division, Prime Minister's Office, Castries, Saint Lucia.

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International Understanding at School, 1982

1982-01-01

In September 1982, K-12 teachers and principals participating in Unesco's Associated Schools Project met to make preparations for the implementation of the project that was to commence when schools opened later that month. The project is intended to promote international understanding and peace. What happened at the meeting is described. (RM)

Comentarios sobre el documento de la UNESCO “Replantear la educación. ¿Hacia un bien común mundial?”.

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Pinto-Guerra, Gustavo

2016-01-01

La Unesco, a finales del 2015, en el documento “Replantear la educación ¿Hacia un bien común mundial?”, dimensiona las características para el funcionamiento y propósito del sistema educativo a nivel mundial, basadas en el fortalecimiento del respeto a las diversidades y las necesidades del contexto particular en el que se desarrollan los contenidos educativos. Esto solo es posible si se fortalecen valores cooperativos como, por ejemplo, la solidaridad, y se elimina la idea de la competencia,...

“A Threatened S anctuary”: Pachjiri Hill (Bolivia and its Preservation as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO

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Gerardo Fernández Juárez

2014-11-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the unwanted consequences of the potential ‘revalorization’ and touristic exploitation of a hill in the Bolivian Titicaca highlands which is endowed with sacred significance. For local Aymara communities, Pachjiri hill is a full-scale sanctuary whose ceremonial altars have a role not only in the formation of yatiris (ritual specialists, but also in healing, plant growing, and cattle breeding. As argued in the article, proposals to implement uncontrolled tourist access will bring destruction to this intangible cultural heritage, which has so much relevance and prestige for neighbouring Aymara communities. The question that the article tries to answer is: till what extent should the commercial promotion of intangible cultural heritage (advocated by unesco be put before this heritage’s preservation?

Communicating Geoscience through Geoheritage: The Chaine Des Puys and Limagne Fault Unesco World Heritage Project.

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Olive-Garcia, C.; van Wyk de Vries, B.

2014-12-01

The Chaîne des Puys volcanic field in central France, became a celebrated mecca for 18/19th Century Scientists, only once the volcanoes were 'discovered'. Beforehand they were only hills, but the ability to interpret landscape with prior knowledge allowed these early geologists to create a popular understanding of the geology. Since that time, the Chaîne des Puys has become a well-known volcanic site to a worldwide audience through textbooks, tourism, and commerce (Look at a Volvic water bottle!). To the 19th century geologists, the Limagne escarpment was just as fascinating, but lacking the ability to fully interpret this rift margin, the idea of a fault did not percolate down to the general public. With the advent of the current UNESCO project, it became clear that the geological link between the volcanoes and the fault could be exploited, not only to raise the profile of the volcanoes, but to create a greater awareness of the tectonics in the greater public. Not only have the volcanoes, become better known and more clearly understood than previously, but the fault has begun to emerge as a feature in public consciousness. We will demonstrate the many communication techniques at all levels that have been used in the project. We explain the rationale between creating a geological scale model that works on processes as well as landforms to raise the public awareness. The success is that we show how geological features can be made readable by the general public, something highly important for conservation of heritage, but also for risk perception. The increased education efforts of the scientists have also lead to an increase in science. The Chaîne des Puys and Limagne fault project was discussed at the 38th session of the World Heritage UNESCO committee in June 2014 and was acknowledged to have Universal Exceptional Value: the future challenge for this project is to consolidate the outreach, and to work with other sites to increase the public perception of earth

Advances in the Knowledge of Transboundary Aquifers Shared by Canada and the USA, through the UNESCO's IHP ISARM Initiative

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Rivera, A.

2015-12-01

Canada's involvement in the UNESCO IHP ISARM initiative prompted an accrued analysis on the knowledge and state of transboundary aquifers located along the Canada-USA border. As a result, 10 Transboundary Aquifer Systems (TAS) were identified and some have been assessed in cooperation with the United States. This study is a review of the current state of the 10 TAS. Documentation of scientifically-based knowledge on TAS is an important step in identifying potential issues in policies that might be adopted to address shared water-resource issues. The newly acquired hydrological insights for this very long international border emphasizes the need for more scientific data, widespread communication and information sharing between Canadian and American organizations, and a more clearly defined governments' role to manage groundwater at the international level. The study reviews the legal frameworks and summarises the current scientific knowledge for the TAS with respect to the hydrologic and geologic framework as well as some of the major drivers for supply and demand. It also describes the links, approach and relevance of studies on the TAS to the UN Law of Transboundary Aquifers and on how these might fit in the ISARM's regional strategy for the assessment and management of the TAS. Clear communication, shared knowledge and common objectives in the management of TAS will prepare the countries for future negotiations and cooperative binational programs. Encouraged by the ISARM approach of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO, Canada is now looking forward to playing a key regional role in improving water management, facilitating transboundary water sharing, and enhancing water research and data sharing in future relations between these two nations.

Collaborative Cyber-infrastructures for the Management of the UNESCO-IGCP Research Project "Forecast of tephra fallout"

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Folch, A.; Costa, A.; Cordoba, G.

2009-04-01

Tephra fallout following explosive volcanic eruptions produces several hazardous effects on inhabitants, infrastructure, and property and represents a serious threat for communities located around active volcanoes. In order to mitigate the effects on the surrounding areas, scientists and civil decision-making authorities need reliable short-term forecasts during episodes of eruptive crisis and long-term probabilistic maps to plan territorial policies and land use. Modelling, together with field studies and volcano monitoring, constitutes an indispensable tool to achieve these objectives. The UNESCO-IGCP research project proposal "Forecast of tephra fallout" has the aim to produce a series of tools capable to elaborate both short-term forecasts and long-term hazard assessments using the cutting-edge models for tephra transport and sedimentation. A special project website will be designed to supply a set of models, procedures and expertise to several Latino-American Institutes based in countries seriously threatened by this geo-hazard (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Nicaragua). This will proportionate to the final users a tool to elaborate short-term forecasts of tephra deposition on the ground, and determine airborne ash concentrations (a quantity of special relevance for aerial navigation safety) during eruptions and emergencies. The project web-site will have a public section and a password-protected area to exchange information and data among participants and, eventually, to allow remote execution of high-resolution mesoscale meteorological forecasts at the BSC facilities. The public website section will be updated periodically and will include sections describing the project objectives and achievements as well as the hazard maps for the investigated volcanoes, and will be linked to other relevant websites such as IAVCEI, IGCP, IUGS and UNESCO homepages. A part of the public section of the website will be devoted to disseminate achieved

A UNESCO World Heritage nomination for a tectono-volcanic site: advances in the Chaîne des Puy - Limagne Fault project

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Olive-Garcia, Cecile; van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin

2016-04-01

The Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault property is an ensemble of tectonic, volcanic and geomporphic features that described the geological system a rift as the first stages of continental drift. The nomination to UNESCO World Heritage of this site was first reviewed by the World Heritage Committee in 2014. It was referred, requiring complementary information, in light of a very strong disagreement between the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) reporting body and the geological community, as to the real nature of the property (purely volcanic, or a tectono-volcanic ensemble). As part of the WH committee decision, a mission of independent geological experts was invited to review the nomination jointly by France and the IUCN. This is the first time in Geological World Heritage that such an open mission has been organised. The mission took place in October 2015, and an open report was submitted in November 2015. This report confirmed that the original IUCN review of the project lacked the integrated geological nature of the nomination, and concentrated only on limited aspects of the volcanism. The report suggested that the proponents make a restatement of the integrated geological system, that emphasised the inseparable interrelationship of tectonics, volcanism and geomorphological evolution, and to extend the comparative analysis of the property to provide a broader foundation for the nomination. I will describe the upstream process with the IUCN up to the 2015 independent experts' visit, and detail the current process of creating this complementary information for the nomination that will be presented again to UNESCO in July 2016 at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul.

Erasing a European biodiversity hot-spot: Open woodlands, veterantrees and mature forests succumb to forestry intensification,succession, and logging in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

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Miklín, J.; Čížek, Lukáš

2014-01-01

Roč. 22, č. 1 (2014), s. 35-41 ISSN 1617-1381 R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP504/12/1952; GA TA ČR TA02021501 Grant - others:Universita Ostrava(CZ) SGS4/PřF/2012; European Social Fund(CZ) CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0064 Institutional support: RVO:60077344 Keywords : forest management * land use/land cover change * lower Morava UNESCO biosphere reserve Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour Impact factor: 1.646, year: 2014 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138113000794

Pärnu võis poeedi elule lisada viis aastat / Karin Klaus

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Klaus, Karin

2015-01-01

Pärnu keskraamatukogus toimusid Tallinna Ülikooli korraldatud David Samoilovi 95. sünniaastapäeva tähistamise üritused - seminar-raamatuesitlus ning pärnaka Viktor Perelõgini fotonäitus. Esitleti Viktor Perelõgini raamatut "David Samoilov. Fotoalbum", Tallinna Ülikooli Humanitaarteaduste instituudi vene kirjanduse professori Irina Belobrovtseva koostatud luuleraamat "Mu sõbra avatud akna all. Jaan Kross ja David Samoilov" ning Tallinna Ülikooli Vene ja Ida-Euroopa uuringute suuna juhi Aurika Meimre koostatud teost "David Samoilovi Pärnu. Teejuht. Luuletusi"

The UNESCO-IOC framework – establishing an international early warning infrastructure in the Indian Ocean region

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J. Lauterjung

2010-12-01

Full Text Available The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake with a magnitude of 9.3, and the subsequent destructive tsunami which caused more than 225 000 fatalities in the region of the Indian Ocean, happened on 26 December 2004. Less than one month later, the United Nations (UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction took place in Kobe, Japan to commemorate the 1995 Kobe earthquake. The importance of preparedness and awareness on regional, national and community levels with respect to natural disasters was discussed during this meeting, and resulted in the approval of the Hyogo Declaration on Disaster Reduction. Based on this declaration the UN mandated the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC of UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization, taking note of its over 40 years of successful coordination of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWC, to take on the international coordination of national early-warning efforts for the Indian Ocean and to guide the process of setting up a Regional Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean.

Nonegalitarian Social Responsibility for Health: A Confucian Perspective on Article 14 of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

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Fan, Ruiping

2016-01-01

This essay offers a Confucian evaluation of Article 14 of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, with a focus given to its statement that "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being." It indicates that "a right to health" contained in the statement is open to two different interpretations, one radically egalitarian, another a decent minimum. It shows that Confucianism has strong moral considerations to reject the radical egalitarian interpretation, and argues that a Confucian nonegalitarian health distribution ethics of differentiated and graded love and obligation can reasonably be supported with a right to the decent minimum of health at the international level.

Nonegalitarian Social Responsibility for Health: A Confucian Perspective on Article 14 of the UNESCO: Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

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Fan, Ruiping

2016-06-01

This essay offers a Confucian evaluation of Article 14 of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, with a focus given to its statement that "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being." It indicates that "a right to health" contained in the statement is open to two different interpretations, one radically egalitarian, another a decent minimum. It shows that Confucianism has strong moral considerations to reject the radical egalitarian interpretation, and argues that a Confucian nonegalitarian health distribution ethics of differentiated and graded love and obligation can reasonably be supported with a right to the decent minimum of health at the international level.

Los medios de comunicación y los códigos de la UNESCO

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Francisco García García

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Los Medios de Comunicación tienen una gran importancia no sólo en la forma de pensar y actuar de una sociedad, sino también en el desarrollo económico y social. En lo que se refiere a su vinculación con la investigación científica es de capital importancia en las estrategias comunicativas de la difusión de la ciencia, además de constituirse en un importante objeto de investigación científica básica y aplicada. A pesar de la importancia que han adquirido los medios de comunicación en los campos de la cultura, la investigación científica y en la emergencia técnica, científica, educativa, comunicativa y social, los Códigos de la UNESCO no se han ocupado de los Medios de Comunicación. Las investigaciones científicas de este ámbito, al no ser consideradas por estos Códigos, no consiguen tener el reconocimiento de status científico al que se han hecho acreedores.

The role of international institutions in the formation of international bioethical law: UNESCO and the United Nations General Assembly attempt to govern human cloning.

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Kuppuswamy, Chamundeeswari

2007-01-01

This article analyses the international governance of human reproductive cloning. Noting that bioethics is a new field of engagement for international lawyers, it recounts some of the institutional developments in bioethical law making. The role of UNESCO and the United Nations General Assembly is scrutinized and the author discusses the relative merits of the institutions' governance of human reproductive cloning. The author suggests that some international institutions and mechanisms are better suited than others for bioethical law making. The 2005 General Assembly resolution on human cloning is analysed in this context.

Deciphering the colon cancer genes--report of the InSiGHT-Human Variome Project Workshop, UNESCO, Paris 2010.

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Kohonen-Corish, Maija R J; Macrae, Finlay; Genuardi, Maurizio; Aretz, Stefan; Bapat, Bharati; Bernstein, Inge T; Burn, John; Cotton, Richard G H; den Dunnen, Johan T; Frebourg, Thierry; Greenblatt, Marc S; Hofstra, Robert; Holinski-Feder, Elke; Lappalainen, Ilkka; Lindblom, Annika; Maglott, Donna; Møller, Pål; Morreau, Hans; Möslein, Gabriela; Sijmons, Rolf; Spurdle, Amanda B; Tavtigian, Sean; Tops, Carli M J; Weber, Thomas K; de Wind, Niels; Woods, Michael O

2011-04-01

The Human Variome Project (HVP) has established a pilot program with the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) to compile all inherited variation affecting colon cancer susceptibility genes. An HVP-InSiGHT Workshop was held on May 10, 2010, prior to the HVP Integration and Implementation Meeting at UNESCO in Paris, to review the progress of this pilot program. A wide range of topics were covered, including issues relating to genotype-phenotype data submission to the InSiGHT Colon Cancer Gene Variant Databases (chromium.liacs.nl/LOVD2/colon_cancer/home.php). The meeting also canvassed the recent exciting developments in models to evaluate the pathogenicity of unclassified variants using in silico data, tumor pathology information, and functional assays, and made further plans for the future progress and sustainability of the pilot program. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Invasion of yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in a Seychelles UNESCO palm forest

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Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury

2014-06-01

Full Text Available The mature palm forest of the Vallée de Mai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on the Seychelles island of Praslin, is a unique ecosystem containing many endemic species, including the iconic coco de mer palm Lodoicea maldivica. In 2009, the invasive yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes was recorded for the first time within the palm forest, raising concern about its potential impacts on the endemic fauna. This research aimed: (1 to assess the current distribution and spread of A. gracilipes within the palm forest; (2 to identify environmental variables that are linked to A. gracilipes distribution; and (3 to compare endemic species richness and abundance in A. gracilipes invaded and uninvaded areas. Anoplolepis gracilipes was confined to the north-east of the site and remained almost stationary between April 2010 and December 2012, with isolated outbreaks into the forest. Infested areas had significantly higher temperature and humidity and lower canopy cover. Abundance and species richness of the endemic arboreal fauna were lower in the A. gracilipes invaded area. Molluscs were absent from the invaded area. The current restricted distribution of A. gracilipes in this ecosystem, combined with lower abundance of endemic fauna in the invaded area, highlight the need for further research to assess control measures and the possible role of biotic resistance to the invasion of the palm forest by A. gracilipes.

Proceedings of the business and investment forum 'renewable energy in Africa'. A Thermie and UNESCO action; Recueil des interventions du forum d'affaires 'energies renouvelables en Afrique'. Une action du programme Thermie et de l'Unesco

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One of the objectives of THERMIE (which is the demonstration component of the Research and Technological Development JOULE-THERMIE programme of the European community in non-nuclear energy technologies) is to promote co-operation in the field of renewable energy technologies between the European Union and African countries. The World Solar Programme 1996-2005 adopted during the Harare summit (September 96) organised by UNESCO in co-operation with the European Commission, recommends a wider use of renewable energy sources, through the implementation of national high priority projects. This Business and investment Forum is an integral part of the follow-up to the World Solar Summit. Following QUITO in September 98 and HARARE in March 99, similar events will be organised in other Regions, with an ADEME co-ordination. The Forum was specifically targeted at decision and policy-makers, local authorities, investors and international co-operation agencies, industrialists, institutional representatives and programme managers working in the field of Renewable Energy. One of the main goals of this Forum is to promote investments and financing opportunities for projects using efficient renewable energy technologies, for a sustainable development in Africa. (author)

Community centers of UNESCO-Chernobyl programme-psychological support model for population in a post-catastrophe crisis

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Garnets, O.

1998-01-01

Community Centers for Psycho-social Rehabilitation created within UNESCO - Chernobyl Programme (Project no 64) is aimed at providing psychological support to population suffered from the catastrophe. Centers are located in communities that in different ways suffered from Chernobyl - people evacuated and relocated from the contaminated territories, people who are still living in contaminated regions, employees of the nuclear power plant etc. Centres are providing psychological support to people suffered from Chernobyl catastrophe, trough developing adaptive behavior models under living conditions that changed - both ecological and social and economic crises, developing of personal and social responsibility in community members. The professionals of Community Centers implement activities aimed on coping victimization, on community interaction and communities restructuring. They are working with all age and social groups in the communities, with acute crises and suicide prevention, creating mutual support mechanisms. Centres performance results in decrease of psycho-social tension and anxiety in population. Centers present successfully functioning model of social and psychological support under complicated ecological and social conditions in post soviet countries. They have accumulated unique professional and organizational experience of efficient work in, a post-catastrophe period under social and economic crisis. (author)

Community centers of UNESCO-Chernobyl programme-psychological support model for population in a post-catastrophe crisis

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Garnets, O. [UNESCO-Chernobyl Programme Project (Ukraine)

1998-07-01

Community Centers for Psycho-social Rehabilitation created within UNESCO - Chernobyl Programme (Project no 64) is aimed at providing psychological support to population suffered from the catastrophe. Centers are located in communities that in different ways suffered from Chernobyl - people evacuated and relocated from the contaminated territories, people who are still living in contaminated regions, employees of the nuclear power plant etc. Centres are providing psychological support to people suffered from Chernobyl catastrophe, trough developing adaptive behavior models under living conditions that changed - both ecological and social and economic crises, developing of personal and social responsibility in community members. The professionals of Community Centers implement activities aimed on coping victimization, on community interaction and communities restructuring. They are working with all age and social groups in the communities, with acute crises and suicide prevention, creating mutual support mechanisms. Centres performance results in decrease of psycho-social tension and anxiety in population. Centers present successfully functioning model of social and psychological support under complicated ecological and social conditions in post soviet countries. They have accumulated unique professional and organizational experience of efficient work in, a post-catastrophe period under social and economic crisis. (author)

Participants of the "Grid: the Key to Scientific Collaboration", an outstanding UNESCO-ROSTE and CERN event sponsored by Hewlett Packard held on 28 and 29 September at CERN, Geneva.

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Maximilien Brice

2005-01-01

Based on the collaboration-fostering and research-enabling role of the grid, CERN and UNESCO are taking the opportunity to invite current and future grid participants, universities and research institutions to a grid event hosted by CERN in Geneva. Through presentations by key grid protagonists from CERN, the European Commission, the EGEE Grid, and the European research community, participants have been able to learn about the capabilities of the grid, opportunities to leverage their research work, and participation in international projects.

Geodiversity and Geoethics: added values for UNESCO Geoparks

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Giardino, Marco; Lucchesi, Stefania; Alessandra, Magagna; Edoardo, Dellarole; Tullio, Bagnati

2017-04-01

Obstacles to the international recognition of a UNESCO Geopark are not limited at finding well representative geosites of the local geoheritage. Even the best strategy for sustainable geotourism could be inadequate to ensure its success of a proposal, if it is not permeated with ethical values, in the sense of the term introduced by Aristotle to indicate analyses and reflections on human operating behaviour. An ethical approach is therefore related to the modes of both acquisition of knowledge on geodiversity, and to its disclosure, essential to achieve truly collaborative management of local geoheritage. For successful Geoparks we are therefore proposing to develop an Ethic of Geodiversity, which allows to: • acknowledge and improve the awareness geodiversity from the experience of everyday life: becoming aware of the responsibility of man in the earth resources management, recognizing the need to reconcile the geosciences with the human sciences, in particular ethics; • locate Geodiversity and geoheritage sites. To achieve this goal we need to develop a scientific method that analyzes geoheritage components in space and time; • define Geodiversity according to scientific literature and established methodologies, and: • use appropriate images, maps, documents, models for representing it; • evaluate geoheritage from a scientific point of view; • conduct scientific activities with the recognition of certain ethical rules. Similarly it is proposed to apply the concept of Geoethics (http://www.iapg.geoethics.org ) to facilitate the balanced management of the (cultural, political, social) diversity of a Geopark. But to talk about Geoethics we must to: • know and recognize it: to become aware of the responsibility of man in the management of Earth resources, recognizing the need to reconcile the geosciences with the human sciences, in particular ethics; • locate it: to find a proper geoethical approach to goals, methods and results of Science; • define

"Pöidlaküüdi teejuht galaktikas" / Margus Haav

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Haav, Margus, 1969-

2006-01-01

Mängufilm Douglas Adamsi raamatute ainetel "Pöidlaküüdi reisijuht galaktikas" ("Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy") : režissöör Garth Jennings : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Suurbritannia 2005. DVD tutvustus

The threat of mine effluent to the UNESCO status of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site

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J F Durand

2010-04-01

Full Text Available There is a significant environmental risk posed to the region in which one of the most important and richest archaeological and palaeontological resources is located in South Africa. This area, known as the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage (COHWHS, is situated adjacent to one of the richest gold bearing geological sequence in the world. The mine pollution which is emanating from the mines in the form of acid mine drainage (AMD is threatening this remarkable resource which has yielded the biggest collection of hominin fossils in the world. The environmental degradation of the COHWHS will have a major impact on the archaeological and palaeontological heritage of not only South Africa, but the world, as well as the tourism, hospitality and education sectors of South Africa. If monitoring, mitigation and management measures are not implemented effectively with immediate effect to avoid or minimise the negative effects, the COHWHS may stand the risk of losing its status and be demoted to the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger. Ultimately, if the site loses the characteristics that determined its inscription in the World Heritage List, the World Heritage Committee may decide to delete the property from its list.

Mobile augmented reality applications for heritage preservation in UNESCO world heritage sites through adopting the UTAUT model

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Shang, Low Wei; Siang, Tan Gek; Zakaria, Mohd Hafiz bin; Emran, Muhammad Helmy

2017-04-01

Augmented reality (AR) technology has undergone enormous advancement and now AR applications can be seamlessly executed using modern-day smartphones. This study aims to develop a mobile AR application which consists of 3D AR models of historical monuments located within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Melaka. The application allows tourists to obtain information of the monuments from the AR models, which provide an alternative way of visiting the actual monuments to prevent overcrowding effect and promote heritage preservation. Perceived Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEU), Facilitating Conditions (FC), and Perceived Playfulness (PP) are proposed as the determinants of user's Behavioural Intention to Use (BI) the application. Using 50 tourists in Melaka as respondents, a pilot study has been conducted to determine user's acceptance of the AR mobile application based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Cronbach's Alpha test validated the internal consistency of the measures. Multiple Linear Regression analysis suggested that the proposed determinants explained 51.2% in user's BI the application. PU was the strongest determinant followed by FC while PEU and PP were found to be insignificant.

Convention on Technical and Vocational Education Adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at Its Twenty-Fifth Session, Paris, 10 November 1989 = Convention sur l'enseignement technique et professionel adoptee par la Conference generale a sa vingt-cinquieme session, Paris, 10 novembre 1989.

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This document contains the Convention on Technical Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). English, French, and Russian versions are provided. Article 1 defines technical and vocational education, specifies its applicability, and states how it shall be applied.…

Strategy to Conduct Quantitative Ecohydrologic Analysis of a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada

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Ward, E. M.; Gorelick, S.; Hadly, E. A.

2016-12-01

The 6000 km2 Peace-Athabasca Delta ("Delta") in northeastern Alberta, Canada, is a Ramsar Convention Wetland and UNESCO World Heritage Site ("in Danger" status pending) where hydropower development and climate change are creating ecological impacts through desiccation and reduction in Delta shoreline habitat. We focus on ecohydrologic changes and mitigation and adaptation options to advance the field of ecohydrology using interdisciplinary technology by combining, for the first time, satellite remote sensing and hydrologic simulation with individual-based population modeling of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), a species native to the Delta whose population dynamics are strongly controlled by the hydrology of floodplain lakes. We are building a conceptual and quantitative modeling framework linking climate change, upstream water demand, and hydrologic change in the floodplain to muskrat population dynamics with the objective of exploring the impacts of these stressors on this ecosystem. We explicitly account for cultural and humanistic influences and are committed to effective communication with the regional subsistence community that depends on muskrat for food and income. Our modeling framework can ultimately serve as the basis for improved stewardship and sustainable development upstream of stressed freshwater deltaic, coastal and lake systems worldwide affected by climate change, providing a predictive tool to quantify population changes of animals relevant to regional subsistence food security and commercial trapping.

Important geosites and parks in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites

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Nossing, L.; Forti, S.

2016-01-01

In the geological complexity of the south Tyrol, the Dolomites play a fundamental role, as they are now included in the UNESCO World Heritage (2009) because of their exceptional beauty and unique landscape, together with numerous scientific discoveries. The name of Dolomite comes from the famous mineral dolomite (double calcium magnesium carbonate) discovered by Déodat De Dolomieu in 1789. The dolomitic rocks constitute a large area of the Triassic mountains and many studies have contributed to the discovery of the fundamental stratotypes for the signature of the Permian/Triassic boundary. The steep walls of the Permian volcanic formations and the Sciliar Mountain have always been a great attraction for scientists from all over the world to study the open book of nature in the Dolomites. We will illustrate three sites: 1. The Bula Geotrail. A geological trail through one of the best-preserved sedimentary series in which we can observe one of the most important stratotypes to touch the Permian/Triassic boundary. 2. The Siusi-Alpe di Siusi Geological Trail. This trail starts just above the Permian/Triassic boundary and is characterized by some unique basaltic columnar formations and other significant outcrops of Lower and Medium Triassic. 3. The Bletterbach Geopark. In this sequence the stratotype, which represents the boundary, is a dark coloured continuous layer (organic matter) 5cm thick, and contains some paleobotanical evidence which is unique in the world. The preservation and added value of the natural and geological patrimony of a region through guided and documented trails are at the origin of a new kind of tourism: geotourism. The modern tourist is more and more interested and stimulated by getting to knowing nature in depth. The trails are the best instruments for scientific divulgation and education, allowing a better understanding of the landscape and stimulating new discoveries. (Author)

Important geosites and parks in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites

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Nossing, L.; Forti, S.

2016-10-01

In the geological complexity of the south Tyrol, the Dolomites play a fundamental role, as they are now included in the UNESCO World Heritage (2009) because of their exceptional beauty and unique landscape, together with numerous scientific discoveries. The name of Dolomite comes from the famous mineral dolomite (double calcium magnesium carbonate) discovered by Déodat De Dolomieu in 1789. The dolomitic rocks constitute a large area of the Triassic mountains and many studies have contributed to the discovery of the fundamental stratotypes for the signature of the Permian/Triassic boundary. The steep walls of the Permian volcanic formations and the Sciliar Mountain have always been a great attraction for scientists from all over the world to study the open book of nature in the Dolomites. We will illustrate three sites: 1. The Bula Geotrail. A geological trail through one of the best-preserved sedimentary series in which we can observe one of the most important stratotypes to touch the Permian/Triassic boundary. 2. The Siusi-Alpe di Siusi Geological Trail. This trail starts just above the Permian/Triassic boundary and is characterized by some unique basaltic columnar formations and other significant outcrops of Lower and Medium Triassic. 3. The Bletterbach Geopark. In this sequence the stratotype, which represents the boundary, is a dark coloured continuous layer (organic matter) 5cm thick, and contains some paleobotanical evidence which is unique in the world. The preservation and added value of the natural and geological patrimony of a region through guided and documented trails are at the origin of a new kind of tourism: geotourism. The modern tourist is more and more interested and stimulated by getting to knowing nature in depth. The trails are the best instruments for scientific divulgation and education, allowing a better understanding of the landscape and stimulating new discoveries. (Author)

Geoheritage value of the UNESCO site at Leon Viejo and Momotombo volcano, Nicaragua

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van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin; Navarro, Martha; Espinoza, Eveling; Delgado, Hugo

2017-04-01

The Momotombo volcano has a special place in the history of Nicaragua. It is perfectly visible from the Capital, Managua, and from the major city of Leon. The old capital "Leon Viejo", founded in 1524 was abandoned in 1610, after a series of earthquakes and some major eruptions from Momotombo. The site was subsequently covered by Momotombo ash. A major geothermal power plant stands at the base of the volcano. Momotombo had been dormant for a hundred years, but had maintained high fumarole temperatures (900°C), indicating magma had been close to the surface for decades. In recent years, seismic activity has increased around the volcano. In December 2015, after a short ash eruption phase the volcano erupted lava, then a string of Vulcanian explosions. The volcano is now in a phase of small Vulcanian explosions and degassing. The Leon Viejo World Heritage site is at risk to mainly ash fall from the volcano, but the abandonment of the old city was primarily due to earthquakes. Additional risks come from high rainfall during hurricanes. There is an obvious link between the cultural site (inscribed under UNESCO cultural criteria) and the geological environment. First, the reactivation of Momotombo volcano makes it more important to revise the hazard of the site. At the same time, Leon Viejo can provide a portal for outreach related to the volcano and for geological risk in general. To maximise this, we provide a geosite inventory of the main features of Momotombo, and it's environs, that can be used as the first base for such studies. The volcano was visited by many adventure tourists before the 2015/2016 eruption, but is out of bounds at present. Alternative routes, around the volcano could be made, to adapt to the new situation and to show to visitors more of the geodiversity of this fascinating volcano-tectonic and cultural area.

Geophysical Survey of Poverty Point UNESCO World Heritage Site Mound A

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Frazer, W.; Bourke, J. R.; De Smet, T.; Nikulin, A.

2017-12-01

Poverty Point is an UNESCO World Heritage Site located in northern Louisiana, known for its six earthwork ridges and mounds of archeological significance. The largest of these earthworks and most significant feature on the site, Mound A is over 70 feet (21 m) high and 640 feet (200 m) long. To construct this mound, it would have taken about 16 million basket loads of dirt which weight approximately 50 lbs. each (23 kg). The current archeological theory describing the construction of Mound A states it was built in three months at most, with some suggesting construction times as short as a month, but beyond this not much else is known about Mound A or Poverty Point. The pace of Mound A's construction has been used as evidence to support the idea that there was a central leader directing its construction and that the population inhabiting the site was more socio-politically complex than previous hunter-gatherer populations in North America. Evidence of heterogeneity and stratigraphic layering, however, is an indication of a slow mound construction over centuries by a relatively egalitarian hunter-gather society. A greater understanding of the construction style and timeline for the construction of Mound A will lead to a greater understanding to the site, its people their lifestyles. Mound Builders have been known to cap mounds they have built if they were to be built in stages so if Mound A was built in stages it is likely capped with some more dense material than the dirt surrounding it. To better understand the construction history of Mound A we collected photogrammetry, seismic reflection, ground-penetrating radar, frequency-domain electromagnetic-induction, resistivity, and magnetometry data over the mound. The seismic data had a normal moveout correction, it was stacked and migrated. Additionally, with the application of quadcopter-based photogrammetry a three-dimensional digital model of Mound A was developed to display and assist in further understanding and

Proceedings of the business and investment forum 'renewable energy in Africa'. A Thermie and UNESCO action; Recueil des interventions du forum d'affaires 'energies renouvelables en Afrique'. Une action du programme Thermie et de l'Unesco

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2000-07-01

One of the objectives of THERMIE (which is the demonstration component of the Research and Technological Development JOULE-THERMIE programme of the European community in non-nuclear energy technologies) is to promote co-operation in the field of renewable energy technologies between the European Union and African countries. The World Solar Programme 1996-2005 adopted during the Harare summit (September 96) organised by UNESCO in co-operation with the European Commission, recommends a wider use of renewable energy sources, through the implementation of national high priority projects. This Business and investment Forum is an integral part of the follow-up to the World Solar Summit. Following QUITO in September 98 and HARARE in March 99, similar events will be organised in other Regions, with an ADEME co-ordination. The Forum was specifically targeted at decision and policy-makers, local authorities, investors and international co-operation agencies, industrialists, institutional representatives and programme managers working in the field of Renewable Energy. One of the main goals of this Forum is to promote investments and financing opportunities for projects using efficient renewable energy technologies, for a sustainable development in Africa. (author)

Can astronomy enhance UNESCO World Heritage recognition? The paradigm of 4th Dynasty Egyptian pyramids

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Belmonte, Juan Antonio

2015-08-01

The pyramids of Egypt, notably those of the 4th Dinasty as Giza, have always be considered an unmistikable part of human world heritage as the only surviving wonders of the Ancient World. Their majesty, technical hability and innovative character have always beeen considered as representative of ancient Egyptian ingenuity. However, past and present fringe theories about the pyramids and astronomy have always polluted the role of our discipline in the design, construction and symbolism of these impressive monuments. This is indeed unfear. Fortunately, things have started to change in the last couple of decades and now astronomy is interpreted as a neccessary tool for the correct interpretation of the astral eschatology present in the 5th and 6th Dynasty Texts of the Pyramids. Although the pyramid complexes of the 4th Dynasty are mute, there is however recent research showing that a strong astral symbolism could be hidden in many aspects of the complex architecture and in the design of these exceptional monuments. This idea comes from several hints obtained not only from planning and construction, but also from epigraphy and the analysis of celestial and local landscapes. Chronology also plays a most relevant role on this. The pyramid complexes of the 4th Dynasty at Meidum, Dahshur, Giza and Abu Rowash -- all of which enjoy UNESCO World Heritage recognition -- willl be scrutinized. As a consequence, we will show how astronomy can certainly enhance the face value of these extraordinary monuments as a definitive proof of the ancient Egyptian quest for Ma'at, i.e. their perennial obsesion for Cosmic Order.

O Projeto Unesco e a agenda das ciências sociais no Brasil dos anos 40 e 50

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Maio Marcos Chor

1999-01-01

Full Text Available O artigo tem por objetivo descrever o processo de estruturação do ciclo de estudos sobre as relações raciais no Brasil patrocinado pela Unesco no início dos anos 50. Ao realçar a atuação de determinados atores sociais e suas respectivas visões a respeito do empreendimento a ser realizado no país, foi possível verificar os elos de ligação entre as demandas da agência internacional e o leque de questões formuladas pelas ciências sociais brasileiras. Esta agenda, sintetizada por Arthur Ramos no final dos anos 40, colocava para a inteligência do país inserida no mundo universitário o desafio de associar a qualificação profissional nos campos da Antropologia e da Sociologia e o incremento de pesquisas que pudessem decifrar o que o antropólogo considerava ser a singularidade brasileira, o "laboratório de civilização". Para Arthur Ramos, o tema das relações raciais assumia um lugar privilegiado para a percepção e análise dos desafios da transição do tradicional para o moderno, do cenário de significativas desigualdades sociais e raciais, da diversidade regional e da busca em conformar, em definitivo, uma identidade nacional.

Value assessment of Zamość from the perspective of 25 years on UNESCO World Heritage List

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Joanna Jurczyk

2017-12-01

Full Text Available The historical center of Zamość was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992 and over next 25 years the city has undergone great changes. Thanks to numerous restoration, preservation and maintenance works we are now able to admire the beauty of its monuments and perfect spatial harmony. But this is not the end of planned work. Zamość Old Town is a historical part of a vibrant city and therefore needs to evolve constantly in order to satisfy the contemporary requirements of urban population. Concurrently, over that period of time theory of conservation and preservation of monuments and evaluation methodology of the value of goods inscribed on World Heritage List have developed significantly. Hence, the 25th anniversary is a perfect occasion for a renewed evaluation of Zamość Old Town’s value and more in-depth analysis in accordance with current methodology and state of knowledge. It enables further specification and indication of authentic and material carriers of its value which determine its further existence. At the same time, it will allow indicating the limits of possible interference. In addition to this, the outcome of this thorough analysis will be of great use in taking decisions on further actions and investments, which is particularly important with monuments so heterogeneous as a historical city center

Identidad, cultura y desarrollo a través del audiovisual participativo: El caso de jóvenes del Proyecto Youth Path de la Unesco en Costa Rica

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Ángel V. Rabadán

2015-06-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo exponemos la utilización de los medios audiovisuales como un elemento estratégico capaz de integrar los conceptos cultura y desarrollo, promoviendo el diálogo intercultural y la participación. El concepto de identidad cultural se hace presente a través de la convivencia y la creatividad de los jóvenes participantes en el Proyecto «Youth Path», propuesto por la Unesco y realizado en Centroamérica, con el fin de impulsar estrategias de desarrollo e inclusión. El audiovisual etnográfico se convierte en herramienta fundamental para generar procesos de conocimiento, así́ como lazos de comunicación e interacción. 

Red de Repositorios IODE/COI/Unesco de acceso abierto en Ciencias Marinas en América Latina y el Caribe: OceanDocs

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Andrea Cristiani

2014-03-01

Full Text Available Se presenta la organización, funciones y evolución de la red de repositorios de acceso abierto OceanDocs, particularmente la experiencia de instituciones vinculadas a las Ciencias Marinas en América Latina y el Caribe. En el marco de las Redes de Datos e Información Oceanográfica de la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental (COI de UNESCO, surgieron iniciativas de repositorios locales y regionales, que más tarde se consolidan y dan lugar a la red internacional de repositorios en Ciencias Marinas:  OceanDocs. En la actualidad esta red está integrada por repositorios institucionales, repositorios regionales y un repositorio central alojado por la COI. OceanDocs cuenta con políticas comunes definidas, un Grupo Directivo conformado por especialistas de distintas áreas que planifica y establece las directrices para la red, coordinadores nacionales y regionales, Unidades de Información a nivel institucional responsables de la carga de documentos, y una creciente comunidad de usuarios a nivel global.

“Economic heritage impact assessment” come strumento per valutare gli impatti dei grandi progetti di riqualificazione delle città costiere siti Unesco. Il caso studio di Torre Annunziata nel golfo di Napoli

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Mariarosaria Angrisano

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Quest’articolo parte dallo studio delle città portuali storiche, siti UNESCO, che oggi affrontano la sfida della riqualificazione dei waterfront urbani attraverso la conservazione del patrimonio culturale e paesaggistico. Le raccomandazioni sull’ “Historic Urban Landscape”, e gli strumenti operativi promossi dall’ICOMOS “Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties” del 2011, si configurano come le più recenti disposizioni concernenti la conservazione, protezione e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale (Fusco Girard, 2010. La Guida ICOMOS è stata considerata lo strumento più adatto per valutare gli impatti dei grandi progetti di riqualificazione dei waterfront urbani sul patrimonio culturale. Per comprendere al meglio tale strumento è stata fatta un’applicazione per valutare gli impatti del Grande Progetto Pompei sul waterfront di Torre Annunziata, città costiera nel Golfo di Napoli sito UNESCO. A questa fase di analisi segue una riflessione su come migliorare l’Heritage Impact Assessment, come strumento capace di valutare non soltanto gli impatti culturali ma anche quelli economici, per parlare di “economia del patrimonio culturale”. La proposta ultima è quella di affiancare al processo di “Heritage Impact Assessment” una valutazione degli impatti economici, attraverso un’analisi costi-benefici, per quantificare in termini monetari la convenienza degli investimenti nella conservazione del patrimonio storico urbano delle città costiere, proponendo una “Economic Heritage Impact Assessment” (EHIA. Tale metodo, elaborato dall’autrice all’interno della tesi di dottorato “Il paesaggio storico urbano delle città costiere: sfide e opportunità. Il caso Torre Annunziata”, offre la possibilità di superare la sola valutazione degli impatti culturali proposta dall’ICOMOS.

A study on correlation between stereographic cinematography and storytelling: through a documentary film about Ho Quyen-UNESCO World heritage in Vietnam

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Choi, Yang Hyun; Ahn, Jaehong

2010-02-01

Nowadays stereoscopic technology is being paid attention as a leading technology for the next generation film industry in many countries including Korea. In Korean stereoscopic film production, however, the quality but also the quantity of stereoscopic contents still leaves much to be desired, and know-how and skill of stereoscopic film production has been elevated in tardy progress. This paper shows a research on the correlation between stereoscopic cinematography and storytelling. Based on a casestudy of a documentary film about Ho Quyen, UNESCO World Heritage in Vietnam, we could deliver guidelines for the stereoscopic film production and storytelling. For this study, we analyzed scenes and shots of a documentary film script in pre-production stage. These analysis results were reflected on a storyboard. A stereographer grasped the idea of a storytelling that a director had meant through a script and storyboard. Then he applied suitable parameters for a stereoscopic cinematography to every shot with a beamsplitter rig. A researcher wrote major parameters like interaxial distance, convergence angle in every shot. Then average parameter values of scenes were calculated from the parameter database, and the relationship between stereoscopic cinematography and storytelling was derived by shot-by-shot analysis.

Usaldusväärne teejuht läti kohanimemaastikul / Lembit Vaba

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2016-01-01

Arvustus: Balode, Laimute, Bušš, Ojārs. No Abavas līdz Zilupei : vietvārdu cilmes īsā vārdnīca = From Abava to Zilupe : the origin of Latvian geographical names : a short dictionary. Rīga : Latviešu valodas aģentūra, 2015

Non-timber Forest Products, Their Vulnerability and Conservation in a Designated UNESCO Heritage Site of Arunanchal Pradesh, India

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Kaushalendra Kumar JHA

2015-12-01

Full Text Available The Apatani, non-nomadic tribe, have evolved an ecologically sustainable system of rural forestry in Ziro Valley, a proposed heritage site of UNESCO. They have been using non-timber forest products (NTFPs grown in homestead and nearby forests for a very long period. The present study was aimed at identification of priority NTFPs and uses, their availability status and availability trend, conservation need, and sustainability interventions. Qualitative methods of research like, exploratory survey, questionnaire survey, focus group discussion, semi-structured interview of key informants, etc. were employed for data collection. The Apatani used 112 priority NTFPs for food supplement, herbal medicine, house building material and other purposes. However, on the basis of ecological importance such NTFPs were categorized as very low, low, moderate, high, and very high vulnerable species. Twenty vulnerable species like Antiitari ayi (Actinidia callosa, Biiling (Choerospondias axillaris, Henchi (Rubus niveus, Jojuru ayi (Coccinia grandis, Ngiilyang Khiiko (Centella asiatica etc. should be conserved and seventeen not vulnerable species at this stage like, Padii hamang (Cardamine hirsute, Sankhe (Quercus griffithii, Bije (Phyllostachys manii, Hiigu hamang (Oenanthe javanica, Kiira (Quercus dealbata , etc. could be commercialized. However, a balance needed to be struck between commercialization and conservation by adopting a comprehensive policy based on scientific and traditional Apatani knowledge for harvesting and regeneration of NTFPs. Homegardening or community farming is recommended for sustainable supply of commercially important species to be domasticated.

Seaweed Competition: Ulva Sp. has the Potential to Produce the Betaine Lipid Diacylglyceryl-O-4’-(N,N,N,-Trimethyl) Homoserine (DGTS) in Order to Replace Phosphatidylcholine (PC) Under Phosphate-Limiting Conditions in the P-Limited Dutch Wadden Sea and Outcompete an Aggressive Non-Indigenous Gracilaria vermiculophylla Red Drift Algae Out of this Unique Unesco World Heritage Coastal Area

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Ginneken, van V.J.T.; Gittenberger, A.; Rensing, M.; Vries, de E.; Peeters, E.T.H.M.; Verheij, E.

2017-01-01

The present study tested in the Western Dutch Wadden Sea (WDW) UNESCO World Heritage Site why an on a global scale the aggressive non-indigenous red drift alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla didn’t succeed to overgrow the WDC. In such a multifaceted complex ecosystem like the dynamic WDC it seems like

Declaraciones de UNESCO, educación de sordos y educación inclusiva: un análisis de la política nacional de educación de Brasil

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Ana Claudia Balieiro Lodi

2014-11-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se pretende revelar las bases sobre las cuales se construyeron las Declaraciones Internacionales de UNESCO sobre educación, educación inclusiva y educación de los sordos; así como también presentar y discutir las contradicciones presentes en la política de educación de Brasil que, por un discurso de adhesión a los compromisos asumidos internacionalmente, no respeta algunos de los principios de dichas Declaraciones, demostrando un compromiso parcial con ellas. Por último, se discutirán las consecuencias de la educación inclusiva para los estudiantes sordos, tal y como es defendida por la política educacional brasileña. Para llevar adelante esta discusión se partirá de dos premisas básicas: que la educación es un derecho de todos; y que el acceso a la lengua de señas es un derecho de los sordos. // Policies of inclusive education in several countries have been argued for and justified by means of discourse of adhesion to international declarations by UNESCO (1990, 1994, 2001. Having as I focus the reality of Brazil, this text was developed aiming to reveal the principles on which these declarations were built and to discuss their meanings for deaf persons’ education. In this way, this study made efforts to present the declarations, to discuss the partial adhesion by Brazil to the propagated international promises and to demonstrate that, by using a contradictory political discourse, the Brazilian government maintains as an underlying idea the maintenance of the status quo of the Brazilian education, the enhancement of hegemonic culture and acculturing linguistic minorities. In this way, the text aims to deconstruct Brazilian official discourse while proving that the promises for education in Brazil are ignored and substituted by financial-political reasons, in so far as they do not make viable the recognition and promotion of linguistic and social-cultural diversities constitutive of our society. It aims still

Educational use of 3D models and photogrammetry content: the Europeana space project for Cypriot UNESCO monuments

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Ioannides, M.; Chatzigrigoriou, P.; Bokolas, V.; Nikolakopoulou, V.; Athanasiou, V.

2016-08-01

Digital heritage data are now more accessible through crowdsourcing platforms, social media and blogs. At the same time, evolving technology on 3D modelling, laser scanning and 3D reconstruction is constantly upgrading and multiplying the information that we can use from heritage digitalisation. The question of reusing the information in different aspects rises. Educators and students are potential users of the digital content; developing for them an adaptable environment for applications and services is our challenge. One of the main objective of the EU Europeana Space project is the development of a holistic approach for educating people (grown ups and kids) on Monuments that are listed at UNESCO world heritage list, in Cyprus. The challenge was the use of Europeana Data (Pictures and the 3D objects) in a way that the information on the platform would be comprehensible by the users. Most of the data have little metadata information and they lack history and cultural value description (semantics). The proposed model ction is based on the cross cultural approach which responds to the multicultural features of present era but at the same time to the contemporary pedagogical and methodological directions. The system uses all innovative digital heritage resources, in order to help the user, in a UX friendly way, to learn about the different phases of the monument, the history, the pathology state, the architectural value and the conservation stage. The result is a responsive platform, accessible through smart devices and desktop computers, (in the frame of "Bring Your Own Device" a.k.a. BYOD) where every Monument is a different course and every course is addressed to different age groups (from elementary level to adults' vocational training).

Quantitative impact of the recent abatement of air pollution on the weathering of stone and glass of the UNESCO List in Paris

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Lefèvre, Roger; Ionescu, Anda; Desplat, Julien; Kounkou-Arnaud, Raphaëlle; Perrussel, Olivier; Languille, Baptiste

2016-04-01

Quantitative impact of the recent abatement of air pollution on the weathering of stone and glass of the UNESCO List in Paris R.-A. Lefèvre1, A. Ionescu1, J. Desplat2, R. Kounkou-Arnaud2, O. Perrussel3, B. Languille4 At the beginning of the 21st century air pollution in Paris continued to considerably decrease. An evident visual consequence was the replacement of thick gypseous black crusts by thin grey coverings on the façades. A quantitative approach of this phenomenon was taken by measurement in the field, followed by calculation using Dose-Response Functions (DRF) and mapping the geographic distribution on a grid of 100m x100m of: 1) The total surface of façades of buildings and monuments in the part of Paris inscribed on the UNESCO List between the Ile Saint-Louis and the Concorde Square; 2) The surface of limestone and window glass present on each façade; 3) The distribution of SO2, NO2 and PM10 concentration every year from 1997 to 2014; 4) The response of materials to climatic and pollution doses; 5) The effective damage to limestone and window glass. Results of measurements in the field: 1) The 772 buildings and monuments inventoried have 20 674 m in length and 414 811 m2 in façade surface: they are representative of the centre of Paris; 2) Limestone occupies 348 268 m2 and window glass 207 394 m2; 3) The mean annual concentration in SO2 dropped from 20 to less than 3 μg m-3; NO2 from 60 to 40 μg m-3 and PM10 from 30 to 20 μg m-3. Results by application of DRF: 4) Limestone recession was divided by 5 in 18 years, from 10 to 2 μm y-1, but with only a spatial variation of 2%; 5) Limestone reflectance increased from 70.5 to 72.5 %; 6) The annual mass of deposited and neo-formed particles on window glass decreased from 100 to 20 μg cm-2; 7) The annual haze of window glass decreased from 8 to 3.5%. Effective damage to stone and glass: 8) The mean annual mass of limestone eroded on the façades decreased according to time but with an irregular

Process, practice and priorities — key lessons learnt undertaking sensitive social reconnaissance research as part of an (UNESCO-IOC) International Tsunami Survey Team

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van Zijll de Jong, Shona L.; Dominey-Howes, Dale; Roman, Carolina E.; Calgaro, Emma; Gero, Anna; Veland, Siri; Bird, Deanne K.; Muliaina, Tolu; Tuiloma-Sua, Dawn; Afioga, Taulagi Latu

2011-07-01

The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami has had a lasting impact upon local coastal villages and global collaborative research efforts. Locally, the impact of the tsunami is one of the most severe disasters Samoa has experienced in the last several decades. Within one week of the event, 143 people died. Approximately 6000 traumatized men, women and children - terrified of the sea - refused to return to live or work in their rural, coastal villages, which in turn has had broad consequences for humanitarian emergency relief distribution networks and early recovery planning efforts. Researchers came from all over the world to participate in the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Samoa International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST). Focusing on the need for interdisciplinary research, for the first time, a social impact assessment team (SIT) was expressly invited to participate. Within days of the tsunami, a group of Australian, New Zealand, American, Fijian, and Japanese disaster researchers began to discuss how they might develop a social science reconnaissance research plan using innovative approaches and best practice. This paper presents an overview of challenges faced by the social impact assessment team with a focus on lessons to be learnt from this experience. We discuss the need to clarify project boundaries, develop a core research agenda and project milestones, and develop day-to-day fieldwork work plans and at the same time be sensitive to the emotional needs of the interviewees as well as the researchers. We also make several practical suggestions for future social reconnaissance research with a set of recommendations to support disaster researchers as they plan their own research projects. The inclusion of a social impacts assessment group within a UNESCO-IOC ITST was a valuable response to the increasing need for responsible social research in sensitive topics of post-disaster analysis. Social scientists are aware that disaster social

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Ostreid herpesvirus OsHV-1 μVar in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) of the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Gittenberger, A; Voorbergen-Laarman, M A; Engelsma, M Y

2016-01-01

The Wadden Sea is an extensive wetland area, recognized as UNESCO world heritage site of international importance. Since the mid-1990s, the invasive Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) population in the area has grown exponentially, having a distinct impact on the ecosystem. The recent spread of the emerging oyster pathogen Ostreid herpesvirus OsHV-1 μVar worldwide and specifically in the oyster culture areas in the south of the Netherlands raised the question whether the virus may also be present in the Wadden Sea. In the summer of 2012 juvenile Pacific oysters were collected from five locations in the Dutch Wadden Sea. The virus was shown to be present in three of the five locations by real-time PCR and sequencing. It was concluded that OsHV-1 μVar has settled itself in Pacific oyster reefs in the Wadden Sea. These results and the recent discoveries of OsHV-1 microvariants in Australia and Korea indicate that OsHV-1 μVar and related variants might be more widespread than can be deduced from current literature. In particular in regions with no commercial oyster culture, similar to the Wadden Sea, the virus may go undetected as wild beds with mixed age classes hamper the detection of mortality among juvenile oysters. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Ecological Wisdom and Inspiration Underlying the Planning and Construction of Ancient Human Settlements: Case Study of Hongcun UNESCO World Heritage Site in China

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Shanwen Zheng

2018-04-01

Full Text Available Human settlements are social-economic-natural complex ecosystems centered on human activities and the most prominent site for the contradictions between humans and the environment. Taking Hongcun, a UNESCO World Heritage site in China, as an example, this paper analyzes the methods and effect of coupling man and nature in Hongcun, summarizes the ecological wisdom of dealing with the relationship between human and nature, and uses this wisdom to shed light on the planning, construction, and management of contemporary urban and rural settlements. Firstly, the study introduces the Human-Natural Intergraded Ecological Planning (HNIEP model’s hypothesis, explaining its foundation and potential principles or approaches. Secondly, using the case study of Hongcun to explain, support, and validate the HNIEP model and its framework, the study found that the unique planning and construction of Hongcun has greatly promoted ecosystem services, such as local microclimate regulation, rainwater runoff regulation, water conservation, landscape aesthetic, and engagement with nature. Thirdly, Hongcun reflects the concept of harmonious coexistence between human and nature, the wisdom of rational use of ecosystem structures, processes and functions, and the wisdom of coupling human activities with the living environment and natural ecosystem. Finally, the paper summarizes the enlightenment brought by both the HNIEP model and Hongcun wisdom to contemporary urban-rural planning and construction management.

Hiljuti kirjastuselt Karrup ilmunud...

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2003-01-01

1. XII esitletakse Eesti Rahvusraamatukogus UNESCO maailmapärandi kultuurimälestiste kogumikku, mis tutvustab sadat kultuurimälestist UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirjast. UNESCO maailmapärandit tutvustab Jaan Tamm, musitseerib Margus Kappel

Kümme teed maailma lõppu / Margit Tõnson

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2009-01-01

Kümme apokalüptilist filmi: animafilm "Wall-E" (režissöör Andrew Stanton), ulmefantaasia "Inimlapsed" ("Children of Men", režissöör Alfonso Cuaron), "Matrix" triloogia (režissöörid Andy ja Larry Wachowski), "12 ahvi" ("Twelve Monkeys", režissöör Terry Gilliam), "Dr. Strangelove ehk kuidas ma lõpetasin muretsemise ja õppisin armastama pommi" ("Dr. Strangelove", režissöör Stanley Kubrick), "Päikesepaiste" ("Sunshine", režissöör Danny Boyle), "Maximum Overdrive" (režissöör Stephen King), "Pöidlaküüdi teejuht galaktikasse" ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", režissöör Garth Jennings), "Maailmade sõda" ("War of the Worlds", režissöör Steven Spielberg) ja "2012" (režissöör Roland Emmerich, USA 2009)

Tracking Human-Induced Landscape Disturbance at the Nasca Lines UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru with COSMO-SkyMed InSAR

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Francesca Cigna

2018-04-01

Full Text Available The “Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa” in Peru are among the most well-known UNESCO World Heritage Sites globally, and an exemplar of site where heritage assets cannot be separated from their natural and anthropogenic environment. The site is exposed to interactions with natural processes, as well as human presence. In this work, 3-m resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR StripMap HIMAGE HH-polarised scenes acquired by the X-band COSMO-SkyMed constellation are exploited to track two events of human-induced landscape disturbance that occurred in December 2014 and January 2018. Pre-, cross-, and post-event interferometric SAR (InSAR pairs characterised by small temporal and normal baselines allow the detection of temporal decorrelation associated with the two events, the extent and time reference of which match with online photographic and video evidence, published literature, web news, and press releases by the Ministry of Culture in Peru. Further elements enhancing the understanding of the 2018 event come from 10-m resolution Sentinel-2B satellite data that reveal the occurrence of apparent changes of surface reflectance due to uncovering of the light grey-yellow clay underneath the darker pebble constituting the fragile surface of the Pampa de Jumana. This scientific study confirms that SAR imagery archives, such as those being built by COSMO-SkyMed for Nasca, prove valuable for the retrospective analysis and digital recording of human-induced landscape disturbance events from space. These archives therefore act as essential sources of geospatial information on the conservation history of heritage sites and assets.

Conservation of reef manta rays (Manta alfredi) in a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Large-scale island development or sustainable tourism?

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Kessel, Steven Thomas; Elamin, Nasreldin Alhasan; Yurkowski, David James; Chekchak, Tarik; Walter, Ryan Patrick; Klaus, Rebecca; Hill, Graham; Hussey, Nigel Edward

2017-01-01

A large reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) aggregation has been observed off the north Sudanese Red Sea coast since the 1950s. Sightings have been predominantly within the boundaries of a marine protected area (MPA), which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2016. Contrasting economic development trajectories have been proposed for the area (small-scale ecotourism and large-scale island development). To examine space-use, Wildlife Computers® SPOT 5 tags were secured to three manta rays. A two-state switching Bayesian state space model (BSSM), that allowed movement parameters to switch between resident and travelling, was fit to the recorded locations, and 50% and 95% kernel utilization distributions (KUD) home ranges calculated. A total of 682 BSSM locations were recorded between 30 October 2012 and 6 November 2013. Of these, 98.5% fell within the MPA boundaries; 99.5% for manta 1, 91.5% for manta 2, and 100% for manta 3. The BSSM identified that all three mantas were resident during 99% of transmissions, with 50% and 95% KUD home ranges falling mainly within the MPA boundaries. For all three mantas combined (88.4%), and all individuals (manta 1-92.4%, manta 2-64.9%, manta 3-91.9%), the majority of locations occurred within 15 km of the proposed large-scale island development. Results indicated that the MPA boundaries are spatially appropriate for manta rays in the region, however, a close association to the proposed large-scale development highlights the potential threat of disruption. Conversely, the focused nature of spatial use highlights the potential for reliable ecotourism opportunities.

Conservation of reef manta rays (Manta alfredi in a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Large-scale island development or sustainable tourism?

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Steven Thomas Kessel

Full Text Available A large reef manta ray (Manta alfredi aggregation has been observed off the north Sudanese Red Sea coast since the 1950s. Sightings have been predominantly within the boundaries of a marine protected area (MPA, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2016. Contrasting economic development trajectories have been proposed for the area (small-scale ecotourism and large-scale island development. To examine space-use, Wildlife Computers® SPOT 5 tags were secured to three manta rays. A two-state switching Bayesian state space model (BSSM, that allowed movement parameters to switch between resident and travelling, was fit to the recorded locations, and 50% and 95% kernel utilization distributions (KUD home ranges calculated. A total of 682 BSSM locations were recorded between 30 October 2012 and 6 November 2013. Of these, 98.5% fell within the MPA boundaries; 99.5% for manta 1, 91.5% for manta 2, and 100% for manta 3. The BSSM identified that all three mantas were resident during 99% of transmissions, with 50% and 95% KUD home ranges falling mainly within the MPA boundaries. For all three mantas combined (88.4%, and all individuals (manta 1-92.4%, manta 2-64.9%, manta 3-91.9%, the majority of locations occurred within 15 km of the proposed large-scale island development. Results indicated that the MPA boundaries are spatially appropriate for manta rays in the region, however, a close association to the proposed large-scale development highlights the potential threat of disruption. Conversely, the focused nature of spatial use highlights the potential for reliable ecotourism opportunities.

Maailmapärand Tallinnas - kes vastutab? / Riin Alatalu

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Alatalu, Riin, 1968-

2007-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandist ja selle kaitsest. Tallinna vanalinn pääses UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirja 1997. a. Maailmapärandi objekte valib ja valvab UNESCO Maailmapärandikomitee. Tallinnale antud ülesannetest vanalinna kaitsevööndis. Aastakoosolekul tulipunkti tõusnud kohtulahenditest jm

La Balouta exhumed karst: a Roman gold-mine-derived landscape within the Las Médulas UNESCO World Heritage Site (Spain

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José M. Redondo-Vega

2015-09-01

Full Text Available The La Balouta Valley, located in the extreme SW region of the Las Médulas Natural Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site (León, Spain, is one of the largest gold-mining sites developed by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago when excavating a thick series of red Miocene sediments in the area. The main determining feature of the La Balouta Valley, especially if we compare it with the Sil River Valley of which it is a tributary, is its status of a non-functional valley. It is a dry paleo-valley with a flat bottom and is characterized by limited surface water runoff and the presence of small cavities, channels, and residual karst topography. Variscan structures that form the structural framework of the study area underwent long-term erosion and supported deep sediment accumulation in the area during the Miocene, reaching depths of more than 100 m. A portion of these sediments accumulated over a karst, as indicated by karst channels that exhibit total and locally partial filling with red sediments similar to those mined at Las Médulas roughly 2 km further to the east. The presence of gold particles in one of the sediment samples and the identification of several characteristics common of formations mined by the Romans lead us to deem the La Balouta Valley an ancient paleokarst that was initially fossilized by deposition of red Miocene sediments and subsequently excavated via historical mining activities, which formed its current characteristics. In La Balouta, natural and anthropogenic processes have produced a unique cultural landscape that is reflective of systematic gold mining of sediments on the NW Iberian Peninsula by the Romans.

Responding to the challenges of water security: the Eighth Phase of the International Hydrological Programme, 2014–2021

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B. Jimenez-Cisneros

2015-04-01

Full Text Available This paper presents the major water challenges at global, regional and local levels, including the need to adapt to climate change. It relates how the International Hydrological Programme (IHP – an intergovernmental scientific programme – will respond in its Eighth Phase to the water-related risks and seize potential opportunities, thereby contributing to ensure Water Security at all levels. The Member States of UNESCO IHP periodically define priorities for research, technological development, innovation and education. To implement the priorities in a coordinated manner, the Member States can count on the team and the projects of IHP based at UNESCO, as well as on the "UNESCO Water Family|, consisting to date of a Category 1 centre UNESCO-IHE located in the Netherlands; the World Water Assessment Programme, based in Italy, which produces the World Water Development Report of the United Nations; 30 Category 2 water centres under the auspices of UNESCO; and 35 water chairs in various parts of the world. Governments can access the powerful network of the UNESCO Water Family through IHP and its Intergovernmental Council.

Characterizing the diversity of coral reef habitats and fish communities found in a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the strategy developed for Lagoons of New Caledonia.

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Andréfouët, S; Wantiez, L

2010-01-01

Since 1972, the UNESCO "World Heritage Convention" offers an international canvas for conservation and management that targets areas of high cultural and environmental significance. To support the designation of areas within the 36.000 km(2) of New Caledonia coral reefs and lagoons as a World Heritage Site, the natural value and diversity of the proposed zones needed to be demonstrated. To exhaustively identify each configuration of shallow habitats, high resolution remote sensing images were used to select the sampling sites. This optimal scheme resulted in the selection of nearly 1300 sampling sites, and was then simplified to render its application realistic. In the final sampling plan, only the most common or the most remarkable coral zones were selected. Following this selection, in situ habitat and fish surveys were conducted in 2006-2008 in five large areas spanning a 600 km-long latitudinal gradient. Habitats were described using line-intercept transects in parallel with underwater visual census of indicator and commercial coral reef fish species. We report here on the results achieved in terms of: (i) the actual diversity of coral habitats captured by the remote sensing based sampling strategy, (ii) the different reef fish communities captured from the different sites, and (iii) how well they represent New Caledonia diversity. We discuss the possible generalization of this scheme to other sites, in the context of World Heritage Site selection and for other large-scale conservation planning activities. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

One Among Many: Building Partner Capacity in a Multinational Command

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initiative-life/ (accessed March 10, 2012). UNESCO defines literacy as “The ability to read and write with understanding a simple statement related...Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, “ UNESCO Institute for Statistics Glossary,” 2006, http://glossary.uis.unesco.org/glossary...Command Brief, briefing slides, Fort Polk, LA , February 8, 2012 and MAJ John A. Redford, Brigade Operations Officer, 162d Infantry Brigade, Fort

Kihnu kultuur pälvis koos laulupeoga tunnustuse / Neeme Korv

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Korv, Neeme, 1974-

2003-01-01

Kihnu kultuuriruumi ja Balti riikide laulu- ja tantsupidude traditsiooni kandmisest UNESCO maailma vaimse ja suulise pärandi nimekirja, materjal aadressli www.unesco.ee/kihnu.pdf. Kommenteerinud Mark Soosaar

Õpikud rahu teenistuses / Jaan Mikk

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Mikk, Jaan, 1939-

2008-01-01

Ekspertide nõupidamisest teemal "Rahu kujundamine ja kasvatamine õpikute innovaatilise koostamisega" (Thinking and Building Peace Through Innovative Textbook Design, UNESCO, 2007), mis toimus eelmisel aastal Pariisis ja mida korraldas UNESCO

Dokazatelstvo ot obratnogo / Lev Livshits

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Лившиц, Лев, 1924-2013

2008-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirja kuuluva Tallinna vanalinna kaitsetsooni loomisest ja kõrghoonete ehitamisest vanalinna läheduses. UNESCO komitee nõuab vanalinna puhvertsooni loomise kava ja ülevaadet Tallinna kõrghoonete teemaplaneeringust

Digital Review of AsiaPacific 2009–2010

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The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and editors and do not ...... SAARC Tuberculosis Centre ...... Brazil, Egypt, India, Mexico, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China) undertaken by UNESCO (UNESCO 2006).

UNESCO World Heritage Site Hallstatt: Rockfall hazard and risk assessment as basis for a sustainable land-use planning- a case study from the Eastern Alps

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Melzner, Sandra; Mölk, Michael; Schiffer, Michael; Gasperl, Wolfgang

2015-04-01

In times of decreasing financial resources, the demand for the investment in protection measures with a positive return on investment is of high importance. Hazard and risk assessments are essential tools in order to ensure an economically justifiable application of money in the implementation of preventive measures. Many areas in the Eastern Alps are recurrently affected by rockfall processes which pose a significant hazard to settlements and infrastructures. Complex tectonic, lithological and geomorphologic settings require a sufficient amount of effort to map and collect high quality data to perform a reliable hazard and risk analysis. The present work summarizes the results of a detailed hazard and risk assessment performed in a community in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Upper Austroalpine Unit). The community Hallstatt is exposed to very steep limestone cliffs, which are highly susceptible towards future, in many parts high magnitude rock failures. The analysis of the record of former events shows that since 1652 several rockfall events damaged or destroyed houses and killed or injured some people. Hallstatt as a Unesco World Heritage Site represents a very vulnerable settlement, the risk being elevated by a high frequency tourism with greater one million visitors per year. Discussion will focus on the applied methods to identify and map the rockfall hazard and risk, including a magnitude-frequency analysis of events in the past and an extrapolation in the future as well as a vulnerability analysis for the existing infrastructure under the assumed events for the determined magnitude-frequency scenarios. Furthermore challenges for a decision making in terms of a sustainable land use planning and implementation of preventive measures will be discussed.

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1988-01-01

Le DG H.Schopper ainsi que Norman Ramsey et le DG de l'Unesco rendent hommage à Isidor Rabi, grand scientifique et humaniste (1929-1988).Cette rencontre est organisée ensemble avec le Cern et l'Unesco.

Vokrug hrama razgorelis strasti / Liisi Poll

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Poll, Liisi, 1980-

2008-01-01

Maailmapärandi nimekirja jõudnud Preah Viheari templist Kambodžas, mis on saanud Kambodža ja Tai vaheliseks vaidlusobjektiks. Uutest objektidest UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirjas. Eestis on UNESCO kaitse all Tallinna vanalinn ja Struwe meridiaanikaar

Maailmapärand kütab poliitilisi kirgi / Liisi Poll

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Poll, Liisi, 1980-

2008-01-01

Maailmapärandi nimekirja jõudnud Preah Viheari templist Kambodžas, mis on saanud Kambodža ja Tai vaheliseks vaidlusobjektiks. Uutest objektidest UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirjas. Eestis on UNESCO kaitse all Tallinna vanalinn ja Struwe meridiaanikaar

Starõi gorod mogut iskljutshit iz spiska mirovogo nasledija / Maret Olvet

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2006-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee eksperdi Giorgio Piccinato hinnang kritiseerib Tallinna linnaplaneerimist, sealjuures Viru hotelli juurdeehitust vanalinna vahetus läheduses ning bastionide ja linnamüüri kasutamist. Kommenteerib Jaan Tamm. Tallinna ähvardab UNESCO maailmapärandi linnade nimekirjast kustutamine

Starõi gorod pod ugrozoi

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2006-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee eksperdi Giorgio Piccinato hinnang kritiseerib Tallinna linnaplaneerimist, sealjuures Viru hotelli juurdeehitust vanalinna vahetus läheduses ning bastionide ja linnamüüri kasutamist. Kommenteerib Jaan Tamm. Tallinna ähvardab UNESCO maailmapärandi linnade nimekirjast kustutamine

An examination of the factors that influence the monthly-mean sea level along the coast of India

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2013-09-16

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Volume 1 in Theme on "History of Mathematics", in "Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO.......Volume 1 in Theme on "History of Mathematics", in "Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO....

ICT Competency Standards for Teachers: Competency Standards Modules

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2008-01-01

Both professional development programs for teachers currently in the classroom and programs for preparing future teachers should provide technology-rich experiences throughout all aspects of the training. Standards and resources within the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s project "Information and…

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Breuer, Marcel

1957-12-01

Full Text Available Mucho se ha hablado y descrito ya sobre este magnífico edificio, uno de los más relevantes de la arquitectura de nuestro tiempo. Sirvan, pues, de presentación las palabras que el propio Zehrfuss expuso en la conferencia al texto una serie de planos y fotografías que nos dan idea exacta del estado actual de la obras, próxima a su terminación.

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1994-01-01

Botany 2000-Asia is a co-operative programme, recognised and sponsored by UNESCO, of Asian botanists aiming to raise the standard of Asian descriptive botanical research. The primary field is plant taxonomy. Following the formal establishment of the UNESCO program in 1989 a steering Committee headed

Third Expert Consultation on RAMP (RAMP III) (Helsinki, Finland, September 13, 15 and 20, 1986). Final Report.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme.

Organized for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) by contract with the International Council on Archives (ICA), this meeting concerning the Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) was attended by 14 experts invited from Unesco member countries. Following a brief introduction, summaries are…

Reaffirming a long-standing partnership

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2010-01-01

CERN welcomes many VIP visitors, and each one is special. However, last Saturday’s visit from Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, has particular significance. UNESCO was the organization that steered CERN into existence in the 1950s, and it is at UNESCO’s headquarters that our founding documents are held.    Today, CERN and UNESCO have much in common. Both have the promotion of science and of global cooperation as part of their missions, and both set great store by the power of education to change the world for the better. UNESCO has been an observer at the CERN Council ever since our foundation, and in recent years our converging interest in forging links with the developing world has seen important joint initiatives. In 2009, CERN held two schools in Kigali, Rwanda, covering the subjects of digital libraries and teacher training. Both promoted Rwandan and African expertise, and both were held within the framework of UNESCO’s International Basic...

Stronger synergies

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Antonella Del Rosso

2012-01-01

CERN was founded 58 years ago under the auspices of UNESCO. Since then, both organisations have grown to become world leaders in their respective fields. The links between the two have always existed but today they are even stronger, with new projects under way to develop a more efficient way of exchanging information and devise a common strategy on topics of mutual interest.   CERN and UNESCO are a perfect example of natural partners: their common field is science and education is one of the pillars on which both are built. Historically, they share a common heritage. Both UNESCO and CERN were born of the desire to use scientific cooperation to rebuild peace and security in the aftermath of the Second World War. "Recently, building on our common roots and in close collaboration with UNESCO, we have been developing more structured links to ensure the continuity of the actions taken over the years," says Maurizio Bona, who is in charge of CERN relations with international orga...

Two awards for Herwig Schopper

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2004-01-01

Former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper has received two prestigious awards, from UNESCO and from the American Institute of Physics. Herwig Schopper receives the UNESCO Albert Einstein Gold Medal from Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. Without any great fanfare, Herwig Schopper has just received two major awards. UNESCO awarded him the Albert Einstein Gold Medal in Paris on 15 April, while on 2 May in Denver the American Institute of Physics (AIP) presented him with the Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics (together with a USD 10 000 prize). Both awards were in recognition of Herwig Schopper's pivotal role in the construction of international scientific cooperation. Today President of the SESAME Council - the International Centre for Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (see Bulletin No. 26/2003) - Herwig Schopper was Director-General of CERN from 1981 to 1988. President of the European Physical Society from 1994 to 1996, he wa...

Classification of the wine sites “world heritage Unesco”: Situational analysis and prospects / Classement des sites viticoles « Patrimoine mondial Unesco », état des lieux et perspectives

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Rochard Joël

2016-01-01

Full Text Available The inheritance is the legacy of the past from which we profit today and who we transmit to the generations to come. UNESCO adopted in 1972 a convention concerning heritage protection world, cultural and natural. The cultural heritage relates to the monuments, whole of constructions and goods with historical values, esthetics, archaeological, scientific, ethnological or anthropological. The natural heritage relates to the formations physical, biological and geological remarkable, the surfaces of an exceptional value of the point of the sight of science, conservation or natural beauty and the habitats of threatened animal species and vegetable. The wine landscapes are generally recognized among the most remarkable forms of landscapes resulting from the human activity, at the same time by the mark which they print with the territory and by the cultural traditions which theirs are associated, which leads to the classification of fifteen European wine sites. This approach is integrated in a vision of patrimonial governance of the wine terroir which associate the orientations of the international organization of the vine and the wine opposite in particular of the concept of terroir and Viticulture. The objective of the communication is to establish an inventory of fixtures of the classified as wine sites “World heritage UNESCO” and to put in prospect the patrimonial approach for the world wine sector.

Multilateral cooperation for literacy promotion under stress: governance and management issues

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Leslie J. Limage

2009-12-01

Full Text Available This paper analyses recent organizational change and governance in UNESCO. The Organization has given priority to the promotion of universal literacy since its inception in 1946. It has persisted in its dual approach to universal literacy through both universal primary education and literacy learning opportunities through formal provision and non-formal learning opportunities for adults and out-of-school youth. A major policy shift in 2006 to abandon systematic and programmatic concern for literacy at UNESCO Headquarters drastically changed priorities. That decision is analysed in the broader UN system setting, United States’ policies since its return to UNESCO, and the recent internal governing dynamics of the agency.

From the Brasserie to the Classroom: The Chaîne Des Puys - Limagne Fault Unesco World Heritage Project, Scientists and Non-Scientists Communicating Geoheritage

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van Wyk de Vries, B.; Olive-Garcia, C.

2014-12-01

Geoheritage is an effective way of transferring scientific knowledge to non-peer audiences of all types. We present our experience of the Chaîne des Puys and Limagne fault UNESCO World heritage project, which shows how geoheritage can be a very successful communication tool, especially as it draws in the non-peers into the geological process at many levels. First and foremost is the local level, as no geoheritage project can be successful without local participation. Few geological localities on Earth are now devoid of human influence or habitation, and thus those who live and work on sites are the necessary first stage custodians. This means that locals must gain some understanding of their geology in order to appreciate their heritage. As such people tend to have a close relationship with their land, this is often half way done: local land use, customs are often easily integrated with geological knowledge. Once this link exists, communicating ideas that can be useful for management or for dealing with hazards is easier. Sometimes more tricky is communication to visitors, tourists and politicians who do not have such as close link to the landscape. Here, the educational strategy has to be different, with a need for them to learn what the landscape is and how it is managed, and lived in. During the development of the World Heritage Chaîne des Puys and Limagne Fault project the project team has been composed of geoscientists actively working on the area, agronomists local administration (such as natural park and local government members), and landscape specialists. Each has engaged in communication at different levels channelled either through personal contacts, or through more formal means, such as exhibitions, talks, and websites. Scientists have become communicators, and non-peers have begun to see the landscape though a geolologist eyes. A Geological landscape has begun to emerge in the popular perception.

A Pedagogy of Inquiry: Toward Student-Centered Media Education

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Chu, Donna

2010-01-01

Background: Almost three decades have passed since the Grunwald Declaration on Media Education was issued by the representatives of 19 nations at UNESCO's International Symposium on Media Education in Germany (UNESCO 1982). Cycles of information revolution and education reform over this period have led to significant changes in the sectors of…

Linking Recognition Practices and National Qualifications Frameworks: International Benchmarking of Experiences and Strategies on the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) of Non-Formal and Informal Learning

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Singh, Madhu, Ed.; Duvekot, Ruud, Ed.

2013-01-01

This publication is the outcome of the international conference organized by UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in collaboration with the Centre for Validation of Prior Learning at Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, and in partnership with the French National Commission for UNESCO that was held in Hamburg in…

Advancing TVET for Youth Employability and Sustainable Development. Promising Practices in TVET and Entrepreneurship Education in the Arab States (Beirut, Lebanon, November 19-21, 2013). Meeting Report

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Sulieman, Sulieman, Comp.; Freiburg, Lisa, Comp.; Newashi, Qasem, Comp.

2013-01-01

UNESCO-UNEVOC and UNESCO Regional Bureau, Beirut, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon (General Directorate for Vocational and Technical Education, GDVTE, and Center for Educational Research and Development, CERD), organized a three-day Regional Expert Meeting (Beirut, 19-21 November 2013) as a platform for…

Bibliographical Services Throughout the World 1965-69.

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Avicenne, Paul, Comp.

Two major sections comprise this first in a projected series of bibliographies and reference works on documentation, libraries, and archives. The series will be published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and is intended to replace UNESCO's series of bibliographical handbooks. Part I of this volume…

Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Biosphere (Paris, France, September 4-13, 1968), Recommendations.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).

This document contains twenty recommendations put forth at the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Biosphere under the direction of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The conference was held at the UNESCO House, Paris,…

La estructura sistemática del tesauro: indicadores para evaluar su calidad

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Martínez, Ana M.

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Four indicators are proposed to assess the quality of a thesaurus’ systematic structure. This proposal considers that the specifications included in thesauri design and development standards, together with the principles of classification theory, represent the quality requirements to be met by the inherent characteristics of a thesaurus. The characteristics that do not meet the requirements are considered nonconformities. Four indicators are proposed to measure nonconformities, and were tested in three thesauri in Spanish. The results (i.e., nonconformities were: 1 Percentage of preferred terms designating more than one concept: 10,8 % for DeCS, 7,3 % Spines and 10,9 % Unesco. 2 Percentage of preferred terms without a hierarchical relation: 0 DeCS, 1,4 % Spines and 1,1 % Unesco. 3 Percentage of preferred terms with more than one broader term: 53,8 % DeCS, 14,9 % Spines, 0 Unesco. 4 Percentage of preferred terms with only one narrower term: 13,5 % DeCS, 3,5 % Spines, 10,3 % Unesco. We conclude that the proposed indicators can be useful for assessing the quality of a thesaurus’ systematic structure during the design and development processes.

Se proponen cuatro indicadores para evaluar la calidad de la estructura sistemática del tesauro, considerando que las especificaciones incluidas en las normas para su diseño y desarrollo, así como los principios de la teoría de la clasificación son los requisitos de calidad que deben alcanzar las características inherentes de los tesauros. Las características que no cumplen con dichos requisitos se consideran no conformidades. Se proponen cuatro indicadores para medir las no conformidades, que fueron probados en tres tesauros en español (DeCS, Spines y Tesauro de la Unesco. Los resultados, que constituyen no conformidades, fueron: 1 Porcentaje de términos preferentes que representan más de un concepto: 10,8 % para DeCS, 7,3 % Spines y 10,9 % Unesco. 2 Porcentaje de términos preferentes

Must Dewey and Kierkegaard's Inquiry for World Peace Be Violent?

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Webster, R. Scott

2011-01-01

Amongst the many aims of education, surely the pursuit of global peace must be one of the most significant. The mandate of UNESCO is to pursue world peace through education by primarily promoting collaboration. The sort of collaboration that UNESCO endorses involves democratic dialogue, where various persons from differing backgrounds can come…

Literacy Documentation: An International Bulletin for Libraries and Information Centres. Vol. 4, No. 1.

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International Inst. for Adult Literacy Methods, Teheran (Iran).

The document presents seven abstracts and lists 76 other first-trimester, 1975, acquisitions of the Documentation Center of the International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods, established in Tehran by UNESCO and the government of Iran. Abstracted are: (1) The Book Hunger, published by UNESCO in 1973, offering solutions to the shortage of…

InSAR data for geohazard assessment in UNESCO World Heritage sites: state-of-the-art and perspectives in the Copernicus era

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Tapete, Deodato; Cigna, Francesca

2017-12-01

Protection of natural and cultural heritage is encompassed by the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is among the innovative applications and services of the European Union's Earth Observation programme Copernicus. We are currently witnessing an increasing exploitation of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) methods to assess geohazards affecting cultural heritage. This paper offers the first data mining exercise to identify InSAR geoinformation that is digitally available and/or published and that spatially includes one or more cultural, natural and mixed UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS). The exercise focused on the 45 countries of geographical Europe, Turkey, Israel and the Russian Federation, and their 445 WHS of Outstanding Universal Value. We built a database of academic and grey literature collated via a Boolean search of the ISI Web of Science catalogue and systematic skim-reading to a total number of 280 publications as of the end of 2016. Over 460 InSAR open access digital datasets were also analysed. We found clusters of WHS covered by InSAR data in Italy, the Netherlands, western Germany, eastern Spain, Greece and the UK that match with the geographic distribution of InSAR expertise and geohazard hotspots. The existing stock of InSAR geoinformation already provides an overall WHS coverage of 36%, with similar proportion of available data for 'urban' (40%) and 'rural' (34%) WHS. The sites with the highest number of publications are historic city centres (e.g. Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris, Rome), as well as Permanent Geohazard Supersites (e.g. Mt. Etna, Naples, Istanbul), where the impact of natural and/or anthropogenic processes is well known. First generation SAR data (mainly ERS-1/2) predominate in the literature with over 15 new publications/year since 2002, whilst second and third generation data show less pronounced rates since 2007 and 2014, respectively. The current engagement level of end

Session 21.6: Preserving Dark Skies and Protecting Against Light Pollution in a World Heritage Framework

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Smith, Malcolm G.

2016-10-01

This session opened with a crucial explanation by Michel Cotte of how astronomers first need to understand how to apply UNESCO World Heritage Criteria if they want to motivate their government(s) to make the case to UNESCO for World Heritage recognition. UNESCO World Heritage cannot be obtained just to protect dark skies. Much more detail of this and the other presentations in this session, along with many images, can be found at the session website: http://www.noao.edu/education/IAUGA2015FM21. The next speaker, John Hearnshaw, described the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve and the work it carries out . This was followed by a wide-ranging summary (by Dan Duriscoe and Nate Ament) of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) Night Skies Program. The abstract of Cipriano's Marin's paper, ``Developing Starlight connections with UNESCO sites through the Biosphere Smart" was shown in his absence. The final presentation (by Arkadiusz Berlicki, S. Kolomanksi and T. Mrozek) discussed the bi-national Izera Dark Sky Park.

Genetic privacy and non-discrimination.

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Romeo Casabona, Carlos María

2011-01-01

The UN Inter-Agency Committee on Bioethics met for its tenth meeting at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 4-5th March 2011. Member organisations such as the WHO and UNESCO were in attendance alongside associate members such as the Council for Europe, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Trade Organisation. Discussion centred on the theme "genetic privacy and nondiscrimination". The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) had previously considered, from a legal and ethical perspective, the implications of increasingly sophisticated technologies for genetic privacy and non-discrimination in fields such as medicine, employment and insurance. Thus, the ECOSOC requested that UNESCO report on relevant developments in the field of genetic privacy and non-discrimination. In parallel with a consultation process with member states, UNESCO launched a consultation with the UN Interagency Committee on Bioethics. This article analyses the report presented by the author concerning the analysis of the current contentions in the field and illustrates attempts at responding on a normative level to a perceived threat to genetic privacy and non-discrimination.

Separate Tracks or Real Synergy? Achieving a Closer Relationship between Education and SD, Post-2015

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Sterling, Stephen

2014-01-01

This article is based upon a longer concept paper commissioned by UNESCO in preparation for the World Conference on ESD, and entitled "Winning the Future We Want--the pivotal role of education and learning". Neither this article nor the original paper necessarily represents UNESCO'S views. The brief for this paper was to make a…

A half-century for Cern

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2005-01-01

Europe's first intergovernmental research organization is fifty. Better known by its acronym of Cern, the European Organization for Nuclear Research was established by Treaty on 29 September 1954, in the culmination of a series of UNESCO-sponsored meetings that had begun with the setting-up of an international board of consultants by UNESCO in May 1951" (0.5 page)

Negotiating TVET for Sustainable Livelihoods

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von Kotze, Astrid

2008-01-01

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the adequacy of UNESCO policy in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. People working in the informal economy in the Global South are looked at as a starting point. Design/methodology/approach: The paper examines UNESCO/UNEVOC documents, the UNIFEM report on the "Progress…

Building a Culture of Peace through Global Citizenship Education: An Enriched Approach to Peace Education

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Toh, Swee-Hin; Cawagas, Virginia

2017-01-01

Thought leaders in peace education, Swee-Hin Toh was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2000, and Virginia Cawagas served as a Professor at the University for Peace in Costa Rica. Both actively support the work of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the auspices of UNESCO in Seoul, Korea.

Regional Meeting of Experts on Environmental Education in Africa, Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo, 11-16 September 1976. Final Report.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Environmental Education Section.

This is the final report on the background and proceedings of the Regional Meeting of Experts on Environmental Education in Africa, convened by UNESCO with the collaboration of the University of Brazzaville. This meeting was one of five similar ones held throughout the world as a follow-up to the UNESCO Conference held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.…

Educational Challenges and Diminishing Family Safety Net Faced by High-School Girls in a Slum Residence, Nairobi, Kenya

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Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, Dakysha

2012-01-01

In 2010, there was a slight decrease in the number of out-of school adolescents from 75 million in 2009 (UNESCO, 2009) to 71 million in 2010, of which 55% are girls (UNESCO, 2010). In Kenya, only 17% of girls have secondary education (CBS, 2004). This paper analyzes the role of families in girls' secondary education in two schools within Nairobi…

Sustainable Development Begins with Education

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Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka; Daniel, John

2016-01-01

This article builds on the report of a meeting of the Memory and Future Club of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members held in February 2016 to discuss the impact of UNESCO's work on Education for All. It also derives from the authors' personal perspectives on the important contribution that the EFA campaign has made and could make to the…

ONR (Office of Naval Research) Far East Scientific Bulletin. Volume 9, Number 2, April - June 1984,

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1984-06-01

physics, and mathematics. - Physics at Tunku Abdul Rahman College -. Students wishing to study physics must pass the STP /HSC (Sijil Tinggi...Malaysians and 50 foreigners attended. ASPEN is supported by UNESCO. TAPE was sponsored by UNESCO, COSTED, the Institute of Physics Malaysia and PETRONAS ...cooling and the rationale for selecting processing parameters have been developed by the Structural Steels Laboratory [Ouchi et at., ASTM STP 672, 105

Globalization, transnational policies and adult education

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Milana, Marcella

2013-01-01

In this article I examine policy documents produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the European Union (EU) in the field of adult education and learning. In doing so, I critically examine how globalization processes are constructed as policy...... problems when these transnational political agents propose adult education as a response. My main argument is that while UNESCO presents the provision of adult education as a means for governments to globally overcome disadvantages experienced by their own citizenry, the EU institutionalizes learning...... the conceptual and methodological framework of my analysis. I proceed to examine the active role played by UNESCO and the EU in promoting adult education as a policy object at transnational level, and unpack the specific problem „representations. that are substantiated by these organizations. I argue...

Climate Change Adaptation Plan

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2014-06-01

International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) is a UNESCO Category 2 water center headquartered at the USACE Institute for Water...Resources (IWR) in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. ICIWaRM was officially created by an agreement between the U.S. Government and UNESCO in October 2009 to...csc.noaa.gov/ digitalcoast/sites/default/files/files/publications/04062013/ InfrastructureSystemsRebuildingPrinciples.pdf Patterson LA , Lutz B, Doyle MW

Address at the opening session of the Niels Bohr Symposium

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Mayor, F.

1998-01-01

In his address at the opening session of the Niels Bohr Symposium organized jointly by UNESCO and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen in May 1998 in order to examine the latest developments in key fields of physics, the Director General of UNESCO presented the scientific work and the spirit of Niels Bohr, emphasizing the impact of his discoveries for new openings in science and in society in general

Deposits of Large-scale Mass Movements in the Sediments of Hallstätter See (Austria) - Recurrent Natural Hazards at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site

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Lauterbach, S.; Strasser, M.; Tjallingii, R.; Kowarik, K.; Reschreiter, H.; Spatl, C.; Brauer, A.

2017-12-01

The cultural importance of underground salt mining in Hallstatt (Austria), which is documented since the Middle Bronze Age, has been recognized already 20 years ago by assigning the status of a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site to the Hallstatt area, particularly because of the wealth of archaeological artefacts from the Early Iron Age. Local mining activity is well documented for prehistoric times and known to have been repeatedly affected by large-scale mass movements, for example at the end of the Bronze Age and during the Late Iron Age. In contrast, evidence of mining activity between the 5th and late 13th century AD is scarce, which could be related to socio-economic changes but also to continued mass movement activity, possibly biasing the archaeological record. Within the present study, a 15.63-m-long 14C-dated sediment core from Hallstätter See has been investigated with respect to the deposits of large-scale mass movements. Most of the lake sediment sequence consists of cm- to sub-mm-scale laminated carbonate mud with frequently intercalated small-scale turbidites, reflecting seasonally variable detrital input from the tributaries, but two major event layers clearly stand out. The upper one comprises a 2.45-m-thick basal mass transport deposit (containing folded laminated sediments, homogenized sediments with liquefaction structures, and coarse gravel) and an overlying 1.45-m-thick co-genetic turbidite. From the lower event layer only the topmost part of the turbiditic sequence with a (minimum) thickness of 1.49 m was recovered. Based on their sedimentological characteristics, both event layers are interpreted as the subaqueous continuation of large-scale mass movements, which occurred at ca. 1050 and 2300 cal. years BP and possibly originated from the rock walls along the western lake shore where also the salt mining area is located. This indicates that mass movement activity not only threatened prehistoric salt mining, but occurred also repeatedly

29 August 2013 - J.-F. Jauslin, Directeur de l’Office fédéral de la culture (OFC) Ambassadeur suisse auprès de l’UNESCO et de l’OIF au 1er septembre 2013 Confédération suisse visite le centre visiteurs de l’expérience ATLAS ainsi que la caverne expérimentale d'ATLAS avec P. Jenny, ancien Porte-parole d'ATLAS. M. Bona, Conseiller du Directeur général pour les relations avec les Organisations internationales présent tout au long.

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2013-01-01

29 August 2013 - J.-F. Jauslin, Directeur de l’Office fédéral de la culture (OFC) Ambassadeur suisse auprès de l’UNESCO et de l’OIF au 1er septembre 2013 Confédération suisse visite le centre visiteurs de l’expérience ATLAS ainsi que la caverne expérimentale d'ATLAS avec P. Jenny, ancien Porte-parole d'ATLAS. M. Bona, Conseiller du Directeur général pour les relations avec les Organisations internationales présent tout au long.

The monuments of the UNESCO List under threat in the 21rst century: the Project "MONUNESCO-PARIS" (2012-2013)

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Menendez, B.; Brimblecombe, P.; Deque, M.; Grossi, C. M.; Ionescu, A.; Lefevre, R. A.

2012-04-01

The banks of the River Seine in Paris are inscribed on the UNESCO List of the World Cultural Heritage since 1991 because they are studded with a succession of masterpieces such as Notre- Dame Cathedral, Sainte Chapelle, Louvre, Place de la Concorde, Tour Eiffel, and with prestigious museums: Louvre, Orsay, Quai Branly, Petit Palais…Unfortunately, these banks are crossed by the Pompidou urban motorway, an important and continuous source of atmospheric pollution. The aim of the Project is to evaluate the evolution of the weathering of limestone, glass and stained glass in the centre of Paris in the 21rst century by crossing Climate and Pollution Models with Dose-Response Functions (DRF) for limestone, glass and stained glass and with Climatology of Salt Transitions for limestone. A Lutetian limestone (« Courville Stone ») has been used for the construction and the restoration of the most important monuments (Notre-Dame, Louvre…) and haussmannian buildings in Paris. It has a fine grain, a medium porosity (19%) and contains 90% of CaO. The modern glass of windows and large contemporaneous façades has a Si-Ca-Na composition, it is chemically inert, has a low thermal inertia, a flat surface, no open porosity and no surface roughness, therefore it is very durable. The glass of stained glass windows has a Si-Ca-K composition and it is low durable. Using different climate and pollution scenarios of the 21rst century, the project will evaluate different schemes of material degradations: (i) - Recession of limestone surface; (ii) - Soiling of limestone surface; (iii) - Soiling of modern glass; (iv) - Leaching of ancient stained glass windows; (v) - Deterioration of limestone by salts. The British Hadley Models, the French Météo- France Arpège-Aladin Models and the ENSEMBLES Approach will be crossed with DRF and Climatology of Salts Transitions. An in-the-field inventory (stock at risk) of the surface occupied on the façades by each kind of material (stone

Observing System Evaluations Using GODAE Systems

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2009-09-01

Climate (OOPC)-GODAE meeting on OSSEs and OSEs was held at UNESCO/IOC in Paris , France, in November 2007 (www.godae.org/ OSSE-OSE.html). It was the...Institut francais de recherche pour Sexploitation de la mer, Centre de Brest , Plouzane, France. Matthew J. Martin is Ocean Data Assimilation Scientist...participants of the OOPC-GODAE meeting on OSSEs and OSEs, UNESCO/ IOC, Paris , France, in November 2007 are gratefully acknowledged for their

The Text of the Agency's Agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Concerning the Joint Operation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste

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1969-10-20

The text of the agreement between the Agency and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concerning the joint operation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, which was signed by the Director General of the Agency on 3 July and by the Director General of UNESCO on 15 July 1969, is reproduced in this document for the information of all Members of the Agency. The agreement will enter into force on 1 January 1970.

World Heritage Sites through the Eyes of New Tourists – Who Cares about World Heritage Brand in Budapest?

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Ivett Sziva; Lia Bassa

2017-01-01

Budapest is one the most emerging tourism destinations in Central-Eastern Europe, and besides the popularity of the regenerated “multicultural and design” district, its cultural heritage, particularly those on the list of the UNESCO World Heritage, assure its growing attractiveness. However the cultural sites are the most visited sightseeing attractions, our proposition was that the tourists are not aware of the fact, that they are visiting UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS). The main aim of th...

The Text of the Agency's Agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Concerning the Joint Operation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste

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1969-01-01

The text of the agreement between the Agency and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concerning the joint operation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, which was signed by the Director General of the Agency on 3 July and by the Director General of UNESCO on 15 July 1969, is reproduced in this document for the information of all Members of the Agency. The agreement will enter into force on 1 January 1970.

International forum on nuclear and biological decommissioning: Management of global security threats

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Aslanian, G.; Kouzminov, V.; Martellini, M.; Santesso, R.

1998-01-01

The Forum on Nuclear and Biological Decommissioning: Management of Global Security Threats was organized by the Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV) with the support of the UNESCO Venice Office, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian National Board for Alternative Energy Sources (ENEA), the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Como. Subjects dealt with at the conference included the reconversion of nuclear and biological military equipment produced in the 50 years of the Cold War period and the effects of radio contamination on the environment and on human life. This conference was the most recent of a number of initiatives on reconversion organized in collaboration with the UNESCO Venice Office. The issues dealt with at the conference will be among the subjects for discussion at the UNESCO International School Science for Peace, which will be set up at the 'A. Volta' Center for Scientific Culture

Globalisation, transnational policies and adult education

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Milana, Marcella

2012-12-01

Globalisation, transnational policies and adult education - This paper examines policy documents produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the European Union (EU) in the field of adult education and learning. Both these entities address adult education as an explicit object of policy. This paper investigates how globalisation processes are constructed as policy problems when these transnational political agents propose adult education as a response. The author's main argument is that while UNESCO presents the provision of adult education as a means for governments worldwide to overcome disadvantages experienced by their own citizenry, the EU institutionalises learning experiences as a means for governments to sustain regional economic growth and political expansion. After reviewing the literature on globalisation to elucidate the theories that inform current understanding of contemporary economic, political, cultural and ecological changes as political problems, she presents the conceptual and methodological framework of her analysis. The author then examines the active role played by UNESCO and the EU in promoting adult education as a policy objective at transnational level, and unpacks the specific problem "representations" that are substantiated by these organisations. She argues that UNESCO and EU processes assign specific values and meanings to globalisation, and that these reflect a limited understanding of the complexity of globalisation. Finally, she considers two of the effects produced by these problem representations.

Energy in the 21. century. Prospects and ethical considerations

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Plumejeaud, D.

1999-01-01

A conference on this theme was held on 14 and 15 April 1999 at the Palais de l'Unesco in Paris. Organized by the 'Association des amis de passages' (ADEPES) and by UNESCO, it brought together leading French players in the energy sector. It highlighted the growing gap between industrialized countries and developing countries. The former are seeking to improve energy efficiency and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while the letter are striving to satisfy their immense energy needs. (author)

30 Jahre Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe : Bericht über die Festveranstaltung am 19. Oktober 2009 im Bauhaus Dessau

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Reinhardt, Susanne

2013-01-01

Als vor 30 Jahren, am 24. November 1979, eine Kommission der UNESCO in der DDR weilte, ereignete sich eine deutsche Premiere, eher unbemerkt von der breiten Öffentlichkeit: An der Mittleren Elbe und im Thüringer Wald erkannte das Gremium zwei naturräumlich äußerst wertvolle Schutzgebiete als erste deutsche UNESCO-Biosphärenreservate an. Die Erfolgsgeschichte dieser Schutzkategorie in Deutschland begründete sich mit diesem Tag. Das Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe feierte sein 30-jähriges Jubiläu...

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of electricity from Straight Jatropha Oil. Ecuadorian case

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Muñoz, M.; Herrera, I.; Lechón, Y.; Iglesias Martínez, Eva

2015-01-01

The Galapagos archipelago as symbol for the theory of evolution is especially vulnerable to all negative effects of fossil fuels [Gruber, 2014]. Situated in the Pacific some 1,000 km from coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands have been inscribed in the UNESCO world heritage since 1978. Later on, in 2007 UNESCO put the Galápagos Islands on their List of World Heritage in Danger [ISES, 2011]. The Zero fossil fuels Initiative, on the Galapagos Islands, aims to replace the diesel used for power...

Hydrological assessment of freshwater resource areas in the Zambezi River Basin

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Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc

2012-10-01

Full Text Available characterisation of the degree of regulation of the river system, followed by an assessment of high water yielding areas (water towers), groundwater recharge and base flow index. To understand the environmental patterns and processes that occur in the river... to hydrogeology, IAH Publ. 8, Verlag Heinz Heisse. Xu, Y. and Beekman, H.E. (Eds). 2003. Groundwater recharge estimation in southern Africa. UNESCO IHP Series No. 64. UNESCO Paris. Figure 1: The Zambezi River Basin and its 13 sub basins Figure 3: High water...

UNESCO, adult education and political mobilization

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Milana, Marcella

2014-01-01

will in adult education; Brokering captures the process of supporting the transaction of values, ideas and information to envision a viable future for adult education; finally framing addresses the structuring of information and intentions to produce materials changes at governmental level in the field of adult......) and the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (UIL 2003, 2013). The findings point at three concurrent processes or modes of mobilization in adult education: landmarking, brokering and framing. Landmarking refers to the process of co-constructing a shared past for a broad set of actors with policy...... education. Drawing on different data sources, for each mode the author present and discuss few of its incidences and visible marks....

Community engagement of the higher education institutions

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in a changing society. Philip H. Coombs, an American economist who had been part of the Kennedy administration and appointed director of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, summarized in 1968 many aspects of these discussions and proposed possible solutions in The World Educational...... Crisis: A Systems Analysis (1968). In a parallel development, challenging the traditionally isolated and inward-looking role of the university (the ivory tower), in December 1965, the UNESCO General Assembly adopted a definition of Lifelong Education as: …the animating principle of the whole process...

ENIC ja NARIC koostöövõrkude aastakoosolek / Gunnar Vaht

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Vaht, Gunnar

2006-01-01

5.-6. juunini toimus Euroopa Nõukogu, UNESCO-CEPES ja Euroopa Komisjoni välisriigi kvalifikatsioonide hindamise ja tunnustamise infokeskuste koostöövõrkude ENIC ja NARIC aastakoosolek. Euroopa Nõukogu ja UNESCO koostöövõrk ENIC (European Network of National Information Centres on Academic Recognition and Mobility) ning Euroopa Liidu koostöövõrk NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centres) on rahvusvahelised võrgustikud, mis on loodud välisriigis omandatud hariduse õige ja õiglase tunnustamise lihtsustamiseks ning akadeemilise ja tööalase liikuvuse soodustamiseks

Unfolding Utzon

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Kirkegaard, Poul Henning

2013-01-01

For many, the architecture by j0rn Utzon is synonymous with the design of the Sydney Opera House (1973) that was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, being one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous concert halls in the world.......For many, the architecture by j0rn Utzon is synonymous with the design of the Sydney Opera House (1973) that was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, being one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous concert halls in the world....

Actions at Hamburg International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior

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The third Workshop on Historical Seismograms, held in Hamburg on August 18-19, 1983, in conjunction with the meeting of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, was specifically organized to discuss the status of historical seismic data for Latin America and Europe. Since it is unlikely that an additional workshop will be held on this subject, reports for other regions were included as well.In the first session, H. Meyers described the purpose of the workshop and gave some history of the previous activities of the IASPEI/Unesco Working Group on Historical Seismograms. E.R. Engdahl noted that thus far more than 500,000 seismograms have been filmed as part of the Historical Microfilming Project and emphasized the importance of the activities to be covered during the workshop. M. Hashizume, representing Unesco, described the importance of historical seismic data and the Unesco interests in having these data available for the analysis of seismic risks, particularly in areas where the recurrence rate of significant earthquakes is very low and for regions where much data do not exist. He mentioned that both these conditions occur frequently in developing nations.

Considerations on Becoming a World Heritage Site ‒ A Quantitative Approach

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Daniel Glaser-Segura

2018-02-01

Full Text Available The UNESCO World Heritage list has set as a primary goal since its creation in 1972 the protection of places with special cultural or physical significance. Nevertheless, the present list suffers from a lack of balance regarding the distribution of sites in countries and the five UNESCO regions (Europe and North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States and Sub-Saharian Africa. The selection criteria that contribute to the designation of a place as a UNESCO World Heritage site reveal that the sites must be of outstanding universal value. However, the unevenness of the list across countries and regions may point to other factors that contribute to the inclusion of a site on the list. In 1994 the Global Strategy for a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage list was introduced in order to better reflect the full spectrum of world cultural and natural treasures. The article explores the impact prior to and twenty years after the introduction of the Global Strategy and the influence of different economic and political determinants on the structure of the World Heritage list such as the membership in the World Heritage Committee and Convention.

A proposition for a UNESCO application for European Geoparks: towards an international Geopark 'Delta' in the Netherlands and Belgium

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Kluiving, Sjoerd; Kooistra, Geert; Kasse, Kees; Heskes, Erik

2016-04-01

economy, maintenance, advanced logistics, care innovation, agro-business and social innovation (inclusion). Our main objective and roadmap is to gather all relevant primary stakeholders in order to design a bidbook in combined effort, applying for a European Geopark as well as a UNESCO Global Geopark status of this specified region. The coalition of stakeholders will launch a public campaign in order to inform and involve locals.

Experiences of Two UNESCO World Heritage Cities

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Shevren, Lai; Ooi, Can-Seng

This paper critically examines the relationship between federal and local‐state level governments in interpreting and presenting the World Heritage brand at two Malaysian World Heritage sites, George Town and Melaka. The World Heritage status is internationally recognised. Although the World...... Heritage brand offers many advantages in tourism development and destination marketing, what and how the local heritage is conserved, interpreted and appreciated remains open. This article shows that the mechanisms of interpreting and presenting the WH status vary according to the agendas and needs...

The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce

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Rouse Mike

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Abstract Pharmacists' roles are evolving from that of compounders and dispensers of medicines to that of experts on medicines within multidisciplinary health care teams. In the developing country context, the pharmacy is often the most accessible or even the sole point of access to health care advice and services. Because of their knowledge of medicines and clinical therapeutics, pharmacists are suitably placed for task shifting in health care and could be further trained to undertake functions such as clinical management and laboratory diagnostics. Indeed, pharmacists have been shown to be willing, competent, and cost-effective providers of what the professional literature calls "pharmaceutical care interventions"; however, internationally, there is an underuse of pharmacists for patient care and public health efforts. A coordinated and multifaceted effort to advance workforce planning, training and education is needed in order to prepare an adequate number of well-trained pharmacists for such roles. Acknowledging that health care needs can vary across geography and culture, an international group of key stakeholders in pharmacy education and global health has reached unanimous agreement that pharmacy education must be quality-driven and directed towards societal health care needs, the services required to meet those needs, the competences necessary to provide these services and the education needed to ensure those competences. Using that framework, this commentary describes the Pharmacy Education Taskforce of the World Health Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Pharmacy and the Education Action Plan 2008–2010, including the foundation, domains, objectives and outcome measures, and includes several examples of current activities within this scope.

UNESCO: Agenda 21 and UNCED Follow-Up.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Bureau for the Coordination of Environmental Programme.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) took place in Rio de Janeiro in June, 1992. The main results of UNCED were the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, Convention on Biological Diversity, Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Statement of Forest Principles. Agenda 21 is the international program of action for global…

Oceanography: 1998 Paris Meeting Abstracts: Coastal and Marginal Seas. Volume 11, Number 2

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Rhodes, Judith

1998-01-01

This grant supported a successful international multidisciplinary scientific meeting addressing the topic "Coastal and Marginal Seas," hosted by The Oceanography Society and UNESCO's Intergovernmental...

Infopädevuse mõiste sai täiesti selgeks / Anneli Kuiv

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Kuiv, Anneli

2009-01-01

21.-23. augustini 2008 toimunud Tallinna Ülikooli Infoteaduste Instituudi, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu ja Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Raamatukogu korraldatud UNESCO infopädevuse koolitajate koolitusseminarist

Mida tohib ja mida ei tohi teha teadlane / Toivo Maimets ; intervjueerinud Raivo Juurak

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Maimets, Toivo, 1957-

2009-01-01

Intervjuu Tartu Ülikooli Molekulaar- ja Rakubioloogia Instituudi direktori, UNESCO rahvusvahelise bioeetika komitee aseesimehe professori Toivo Maimetsaga. Samas ka Oxfordi ülikooli professorist Richard Dawkinist

A Regional Strategy for the Assessment and Management of Transboundary Aquifer Systems in the Americas

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Hanson, R. T.; Rivera, A.; Tujchneider, O.; Guillén, C.; Campos, M.; Da Franca, N.; May, Z.; Aureli, A.

2015-12-01

The UNESCO-IHP ISARM-Americas technical committee has developed a regional strategy for the assessment and management of transboundary aquifer systems in the Americas as part of their ongoing cooperative assistance to help neighboring countries sustain water resources and reduce potential conflict. The fourth book in the series of publications sponsored by UNESCO and OAS documents this strategy. The goal of this strategy is the collective understanding, developing, managing, and protecting of the transboundary aquifers in the Americas This strategy includes technical, social, and governance recommendations for an integrated resource management of groundwater based on flexible arrangements that not only manage but also demand social participation in solving problems, consider changes in land use and water use and promote the increase of water sustainability for all transboundary neighbors. The successful implementation of this strategy starts with sharing information of the status and use of land and water as well as intergovernmental partnerships to link science and policy with existing instruments for managing the water resources. International organizations such as UNESCO and OAS also can help facilitate the development of transboundary agreements and establish cooperation on transboundary aquifers between neighbors. The UNESCO-IHP ISARM-Americas technical committee has been successful in creating a network of partners from 24 countries and in translating existing aquifer knowledge into a meaningful strategy for the American hemisphere. The strategy aims to explain and develop the role of science and the informed-decision approach. Examples from North and South America show how the process has begun to develop for selected transboundary aquifers. These include the Milk River basin between the US and Canada, the Rio Grande and Colorado River basins between the US and Mexico, and the Guarani River basin in South America.

DESAIN BANGUNAN BARU PADA KAWASAN PELESTARIAN DI SURABAYA

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Timoticin Kwanda

2004-01-01

Full Text Available After a period of property crash in 1997, later in 2001 the increase of economic growth has produced new infill building development or infill design in the heritage areas of Surabaya. According to some internationally known charters and recommendations, principles of new infill design in the heritage areas have been developed, such as the Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding and Contemporary Role of Historic Areas (UNESCO, 1976, the Washington Charter (1987, and the World Heritage Cities Management Guide (UNESCO, 1991. In general, the principles state that new infill design should be undertaken in an architectural style which is compatible with the surrounding character of buildings and the context. Unfortunately in Surabaya, some cases of new infill designs have damaged the character of the heritage areas. Therefore, in the future the city of Surabaya should ensuring that new infill design is appropriate by preparing design guidelines, conservation plan and conservation areas. Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia : Setelah kehancuran usaha propeti yang terjadi pada tahun 1997, pada tahun 2001 pertumbuhan ekonomi telah menghasilkan pembangunan bangunan baru atau infill design pada kawasan pelestarian di Surabaya. Berdasarkan beberapa piagam yang dikenal didunia, prinsip-prinsip desain bangunan baru pada kawasan pelestarian telah dikenal seperti The Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding and Contemporary Role of Historic Areas (UNESCO, 1976, The Washington Charter (1987, and The World Heritage Cities Management Guide (UNESCO, 1991. Secara umum, prinsip-prinsip ini menyatakan bahwa desain bangunan baru harus dilaksanakan dengan memperhatikan langgam arsitektur yang serasi dengan karakter dan konteks bangunan-bangunan disekitarnya. Namun sangat disayangkan bahwa di Surabaya beberapa kasus desain bangunan baru telah merusak karakter kawasan pelestarian. Oleh karena itu, pada masa yang akan datang kota Surabaya harus memastikan bahwa desain

Samba de roda, patrimônio imaterial da humanidade Samba de roda, supernal heritage of humanity

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Carlos Sandroni

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Em 2005, o samba de roda, forma musical-coreográfica da região do Recôncavo, na Bahia, foi incluída pela Unesco na sua III Declaração de Obras-Primas do Patrimônio Imaterial da Humanidade. Essa candidatura vitoriosa foi construída num processo complexo, que envolveu agentes de políticas públicas, antropólogos, etnomusicólogos e, especialmente, sambadores e sambadoras do Recôncavo. A candidatura envolveu a elaboração de um Plano de Ação, previsto para cinco anos, para a salvaguarda do samba de roda no Recôncavo. No presente texto, depois de tratar brevemente do processo que levou à premiação da Unesco, são abordadas sobretudo questões suscitadas pela implementação do Plano de Ação, que se estruturou em torno de quatro "eixos": organização dos sambadores do Recôncavo, transmissão, difusão e documentação do samba de roda.In 2005, the samba de roda, a music-dance form from the Recôncavo region in Bahia, Brazil, was included in Unesco's Third Proclamation of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This award was the issue of a 20 months-long journey in wich public policy makers, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists and, specially, samba practitionners from Recôncavo were brought together. This included the writing of a Plan of Action, scheduled for five years, to safeguard samba de roda. In this paper, after a brief introduction on the process leading to Unesco's award, I will adress questions raised by the implementing of the Plan, which was built around four main themes: the organization of the sambadores; the transmission, diffusion and documentation of samba de roda.

ONTOLOGI BATIK: MELACAK DIMENSI METAFISIS BATIK KLASIK JAWA

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Hastangka Hastangka

2013-12-01

beragam. Batik adalah karya asli (genuine dari bangsa Indonesia. UNESCO telah menetapkan batik pada 2 Oktober 2009 sebagai Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Sejak pengakuan dari UNESCO tersebut, batik menjadi trend setter nasional dan bahkan dunia. Batik yang dulunya dianggap sebagai hasil karya rakyat biasa, saat ini menjadi bernilai budaya tinggi dan bahkan bernilai jual tinggi. Berbagai events berupa pameran, seminar, fashion show, dan bazaar batik marak dilakukan di berbagai daerah di Indonesia, bahkan di luar negeri. Dalam konteks budaya sekarang ini batik tidak sekedar karya seni dan identitas budaya tetapi sebagai trend fashion masa kini. Oleh karena itu, penting untuk melacak dimensi metafisis batik Jawa sebagai teks dan sebagai trend fashion masa kini.

Sewell, historia y cultura en un asentamiento humano organizacional. / Sewell, history and culture in organizational human settlement.

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de Solminihac I., Eugenio

2003-06-01

Full Text Available El texto que sigue a continuación corresponde a una versión abreviada de un trabajo más extenso desarrollado por el autor, con la finalidad de contribuir a efectuar la presentación de Sewell como lugar Patrimonio de la Humanidad ante UNESCO, rescatando y poniendo en relieve la historia y cultura de ese bien nacional, y que constituyen su patrimonio intangible./The following article is the abbreviated version of much longer paper that contributed to the presentation of Sewell as a World Heritage Site to the UNESCO. The author emphasizes the historic and cultural relevance of this national property which is part of its intangible heritage.

Visit ALEPH experiment on the LEP collider by twenty-eight young scientists chosen to represent their respective countries

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Laurent Guiraud

1998-01-01

Following an international meeting of secondary school pupils on the theme of "Future Scientists: Women and Men" in Paris on 23 and 24 April. The aim of this meeting, which was organised by UNESCO, was to encourage young people, and girls in particular, to choose scientific studies and careers. Twenty-eight young scientists chosen to represent their respective countries visited the CERN site this week following an international meeting of secondary school pupils on the theme of "Future Scientists: Women and Men" in Paris on 23 and 24 April. The aim of this meeting, which was organised by UNESCO, was to encourage young people, and girls in particular, to choose scientific studies and careers.

Survey to assess Persian Gulf spill effects

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Anon.

1992-01-01

This paper reports that an international group is poised for an extensive survey of the Persian Gulf, including an assessment of the long term effects of last year's oil spill, a legacy of the Persian Gulf war. Saudi Arabia plans a $450 million cleanup program on beaches fouled by the massive spill. Plans for the survey were disclosed by the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). It is to be carried out under the auspices of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (Ropme), Unesco's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ropme member countries are Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates

Asi on otsustatud / [Sildnik, Sven] Kivisildnik

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Kivisildnik, pseud., 1964-

2007-01-01

18. märtsil 2007 kehtima hakanud UNESCO kultuuri väljendusvormide mitmekesisuse kaitse ja edendamise konventsioonist (Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions)

Muusikamaailm : IMC preemia Oscar Petersonile. Kammermuusika Kuhmos. Bachi festival Leipzigis / Priit Kuusk

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Kuusk, Priit, 1938-

2000-01-01

O. Peterson pälvis tänavuse Rahvusvahelise Muusikanõukogu preemia (International Music Council/UNESCO Music Prize). 16.-30. juulini toimuvast Kuhmo kammermuusikafestivalist Soomes. Leipzigis toimuvast Bachi-festivalist

Sustainable Schools in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable ...

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principle from the UNESCO-UNEP Intergovernmental Conference on ... Implementing ESD in schools involves approaches to teaching and learning that .... acquiring new perspectives, values, knowledge and skills, and formal and informal.

15 anos de Douro Património Mundial: sessão evocativa

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Filipa Jorge

2017-01-01

Full Text Available The declaration of Douro (Alto Douro Vinhateiro as World Heritage by UNESCO, in the category of living evolutionary cultural landscape in 2001 presented itself as a social, economic and touristic develop‑ ment opportunity for the region. After 15 years of its declaration, the objective of developing the region in these three strands through the UNESCO mark is still not evident in the territory. With the occasion of celebrating the 15 years of this distinction, in which a debate on the development of the territory with experts from areas as diverse as communication, landscape, tourism and others took place. In this session was pointed important limitations, potentialities, challenges and development strategies by the experts for the Douro region.

Frauen. Kultur. Mittel- und Osteuropa oder: Über den langsamen Einzug der gender studies in die slawistischen Kulturwissenschaften Women. Culture. Middle and Eastern Europe or: On the Slow Introduction of gender studies into the Slavonic Cultural Sciences

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Barbara Wurm

2001-03-01

Full Text Available Der vorliegende Sammelband, entstanden anläßlich einer Konferenz, die im September 1997 vom Institut für Slawistik der Universität Innsbruck in Zusammenarbeit mit der österreichischen UNESCO-Kommission veranstaltet wurde, untersucht aus soziologischer, kulturhistorischer, literatur- und filmwissenschaftlicher Perspektive verschiedenste Aspekte der Institutionalisierung und Repräsentation von „Frauen in der Kultur“ Mittel- und Osteuropas.This anthology, the result of a conference organized in September 1997 by the Institute for Slavonic studies at the University of Innsbruck in co-operation with the Austrian UNESCO commission, examines various aspects of the institutionalization and representation of women in Middle and Eastern European culture from a sociological and cultural historical perspective and from that of literary and film sciences.

Alternative Sources of Funding University Education in Nigeria

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university students view some alternative sources of funding university education ... Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) programme is still ... questionnaire centred on eliciting information on the 15 earlier stated alternate ...

Africa's neglected area of human resources for health research – the ...

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'no health without research' debates and to mobilise the international ..... Support to Science, Technology, and Knowledge for Development: A Snapshot of the Global .... Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006.

Climate Change Adaptation Research and Capacity Development in ...

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... political and environmental variations between countries and communities that ... Regional Institute for Population Studies ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), IDRC is ...

Saksamaa ida kutsub / Thea Karin

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Karin, Thea

2011-01-01

Endise Ida-Saksamaa aladel asuvate linnade Dessau-Rosslau ja Chemnitzi (endine Karl-Marx-Stadti) vaatamisväärsustest, s.h UNESCO kultuuripärandisse kuuluvatest Wörlitz-Dessau parkidest ja Bauhausi kompleksist

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Aug 3, 2009 ... Leefwysesiektes soos obesiteit word verwaarloos in ontwikkelende lande weens die fokus op ..... the 25% attributable to infectious diseases (Bradshaw et al. .... UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2008, Glossary: Pupil-teacher.

Toward an Innovation-led Development Path in the Philippines ...

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... and multidisciplinary workforce competent in producing value-added knowledge-based services; ... Far East Asia, Philippines, Central Asia, South Asia ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing ...

A DEFINITION OF AUTHENTICITY CONCEPT IN CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

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Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Cultural landscape can be defined as the result of human interaction with nature over time, which has led to the formation of the many and diverse layers of value. Currently, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has a unique role among other scientific associations. In recent years, the World Heritage Center has put efforts into developing a framework and measures for evaluation and management of cultural landscapes. Moreover, the concept of authenticity; as the transmitter of values and significance of cultural landscape, is considered as the key component in the process of cultural landscape conservation. A lot of scientific resources have pointed out the importance of authenticity in the process of conserving cultural landscapes. However, the role of authenticity within the domain of conservation of cultural landscapes has received little attention. One of the main reasons can be lack of adaptation between conventional definitions of UNESCO and international documents concerning the authenticity for including the flexible and dynamic structure of cultural landscapes around the world. Therefore, this paper seeks to explore and develop a flexible framework in order to redefine the concept of authenticity in relation to cultural landscapes, which has some overlaps with UNESCO definitions despite its differences. For developing this framework, Iranian-Islamic philosophy of Mollasadra is applied and described with some examples of cultural landscapes in Iran.

environmental education's pivotal role in the transformation

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UNESCO- UNEP 1978) provided a set of guidelines for environmentaleducation in the formal, nonformal and informal education communities. Through holistic education in the 'total environment'. Tbilisi aimed for people to acquire the knowledge,.

Gender Responsive Community Based Planning and Budgeting ...

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... Responsive Community Based Planning and Budgeting Tool for Local Governance ... in data collection, and another module that facilitates gender responsive and ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Kulturní památky a turismus

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Hnídková, Vendula

2009-01-01

Roč. 88, č. 12 (2009), s. 830-831 ISSN 0042-4544 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80330511 Keywords : UNESCO world heritage * tourism * architecture Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

Kas Mauritius de Revalia vajaks mälestusmärki? / Andres Ottenson

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Ottenson, Andres

2007-01-01

UNESCO maailma kultuuripärandi nimekirja kantud Katariina käigust, selle ümbruses auvate hoonete ja nendega seotud inimeste rollist Eesti kultuuri ja Tallinna dominiiklaste kloostri 13. sajandi priorist Mauritius de Revaliast

Operational experience of UNESCO centres for psychosocial rehabilitation

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Garnets, O.

2003-01-01

Community Centres of social and psychological rehabilitation for the population suffered from Chernobyl catastrophe have been created in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. Objectives assigned to the Community Centres for psychosocial rehabilitation on the affected population were as follows: improving mental health of all age and social groups in the community; encouraging interactions within the community; empowering community members to take control over their lives; developing social responsibility; promoting problem-solving skills. The Community Centres network has developed psychosocial assistance models relevant to post-catastrophe period (aggravated by social and economic crisis) that might be applied to different types of crises in communities

The UNESCO Thematic Initiative ``Astronomy and World Heritage''

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Sidorenko, Anna

2016-10-01

My presentation is divided into two parts: the first part retraces chronologically all the main achievements accomplished within the framework of this Thematic Initiative; the second provides key information regarding the nomination process.

Diseno y desarrollo de una base de datos bibliograficos (Design and Development of a Bibliographic Database).

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Mattenella, L. E.; Velazco, J. W.

1992-01-01

This article briefly describes the development of bibliographic retrieval systems in the Instituto de Beneficio di Minerales (IN BE MI) in Salta, Argentina, using the Mini-micro CDS/ISIS software developed by Unesco. (LRW)

The Human Genome Project: An Imperative for International Collaboration.

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Allende, J. E.

1989-01-01

Discussed is the Human Genome Project which aims to decipher the totality of the human genetic information. The historical background, the objectives, international cooperation, ethical discussion, and the role of UNESCO are included. (KR)

Five-City Network to Pioneer Climate Change Adaptation in sub ...

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Current climate change projections indicate that temperature increases, ... This project aims to design a framework for managing increased risk from climate change ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Large-scale land transformations in Indonesia: The role of ...

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... enable timely responses to the impacts of large-scale land transformations in Central Kalimantan ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ... New funding opportunity for gender equality and climate change.

Revitalizing Technical and Vocational Education Training for ...

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integrating technical and vocational education and training ... A cost sharing agreement was therefore signed in 2000, between. UNESCO and Nigeria Federal Ministry of .... done in the area of the target population, logistic and welfare.

Bali - ekspertide kohtumispaik ja turistide paradiis / Sirje Virkus

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Virkus, Sirje, 1956-

2000-01-01

10.-19. märtsini 2000 viibis TPÜ sotsiaalteaduskonna infoteaduste osakonna juhataja dotsent Sirje Virkus Bali saarel Indoneesias UNESCO ekspertide kohtumisel, et valmistada ette raamatukogude automatiseerimise koolituspakett arengumaadele. Bali saare loodusest ja balilaste elukorraldusest

Urban Conservation Policies and Plans for a World Heritage Site Case: Antique Pergamon City and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

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Tunçer, Mehmet

2017-10-01

Izmir’s Pergamon (Bergama) Antique City and Its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape entered the UNESCO World Heritage List with the participation of 21 countries in the 38th World Heritage Committee Meeting held in Doha, Qatar’s capital in between 15 - 25 June 2014. Bergama became the 999th WORLD HERITAGE. Bergama, which has been in operation since 2010, has entered the list as a Multi-layered Cultural Landscape Area. The main purpose of this paper will explain and summarize of urban and archaeological conservation efforts for Pergamon since 1992 to 2014. In the paper also aimed to give the conservation policies of public administrations which mainly central /Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Environment/ and local /Bergama Municipality, Gen. Directorate of Vakiflar. Turkey is one of the 10 original member states to establish UNESCO. 9 cities in Turkey are included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. Further, 23 sites have been nominated and are included in the tentative list. The activities aimed to include the district of Bergama in the UNESCO World Heritage List are ongoing in the years 2009-2014. All the efforts have been made carry this unique antique city to the UNESCO Heritage List at 2014. As an Urban Conservation Planner, I had a change of preparing the FIRST Conservation Aimed Plans and urban designs for Urban and Archaeological Sites of Pergamon together with my team, in the years between 1992-94. We prepared conservation aimed plans for all of the areas of Acropolis, Middle City and Ottoman period urban conservation areas. Urban and archaeological sites of Pergamon the ancient city today, which is over two thousand years old, where scientists, archaeologists, architects, art historians, urban planners, sculptors and similar arts and culture, men talk about admiration, write about and write praises, face to face some deterioration and destruction. As a conservation planner working on Pergamon since 1992, I’ will concentrate the

El Derecho a la Información (entrevista a Juan Somavía

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Cecilia Tormo

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Para muchos sectores hablar de la UNESCO, de la Comisión Internacional para el estudio de los problemas de la comunicación (Comisión MacBride y del Nuevo Orden Informativo Internacional, especialmente aquellos vinculados con los grandes monopolios de la información, es sinónimo de estatización. Esa ha sido la campaña que los grandes consorcios internacionales, apoyados por organizaciones empresariales como la  SIP y por la gran prensa local de diversos países del Tercer Mundo ha intentado transmitir, a modo de recurso destinado a desvirtuar los esfuerzos realizados por la UNESCO, y su interés por encontrar formas más equilibradas en la información, especialmente entre países desarrollados y subdesarrollados.

History of oceanography of the Indian Ocean

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Sengupta, R.

This paper highlights history of the oceanography of the Indian Ocean. Oceanographic activities during Ancient period, Medieval period, British period, Post-Independence period are briefly discussed. The role of the IIOE, IOC, UNESCO are also...

Amaldi e Auger, il manager e il poeta

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Amaldi, Ugo

2004-01-01

The story of the two scientists, founder fathers of CERN, created 50 years ago; the italian physicist and the colleague from Unesco prevailed in the choice regarding the concurrent idea to upgrade the existing centers

Governance, Maternal Mortality and Health Systems in Ethiopia ...

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; human ... IDRC congratulates first cohort of Women in Climate Change Science Fellows ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ... Copyright · Open access policy · Privacy policy · Research ethics ...

Nutrient profile data collected by R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer on the western Antarctic shelf in support of the GLOBEC project, 2001-04 to 2001-06 (NODC Accession 0000786)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) was initiated by SCOR and the IOC of UNESCO in 1991, to understand how global change will affect the abundance, diversity...

Chlorophyll data were collected by R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer on the western Antarctic shelf in support of the GLOBEC project, 2001-04 to 2001-06 (NODC Accession 0000787)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) was initiated by SCOR and the IOC of UNESCO in 1991, to understand how global change will affect the abundance, diversity...

Eesti puitarhitektuuri näitus Rotermanni soolalaos / Karin Hallas

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Hallas, Karin, 1957-

1999-01-01

1. VII-5. IX avatud näituse 'Eesti puitarhitektuur' koostasid Karin Hallas, Epi Tohvri, helitausta kujundas Ralf Tamm. Näitus on Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseumi ja Riigi Muinsuskaitseinspektsiooni ühisprojekt ning osa UNESCO 'Põhjamaade puitlinnade' programmist.

Improving quality of maternal health care for indigenous women in ...

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These networks are designed to coordinate different health providers and services ... and information sharing via community groups, the local press and social media. ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Polka - kakaja ona? / Anastasia Semjonova

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Semjonova, Anastasia

2006-01-01

Poola naistele pühendatud fotonäitusest "Poolatar" Tartus Toome Konverentsimajas. Näha nii kunstilisi kui ka reportaažfotosid ja maalide mini-reprosid. Korraldasid Poola Üliõpilasselts Tartus ja UNESCO Eesti Noorteassotsiatsioon

GLOBAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ISSN 1596-2903

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Ada Global

FAO/UNESCO equivalent of these soils is Luvisol. ... KEYWORDS: Floodplain soils, classification, land use, sustainable ... texture of floodplain soils to range from clay to sand with ... season but in the dry season, its moisture content is.

Kutseõppurid saavad peagi esimesed digipassid / Kerli Onno

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Onno, Kerli

2016-01-01

Programmist Samsung DigiPass, mis lihtsustab noorte tööturule sisenemist. Programmi korraldab Samsung Electronics Baltics koostöös Tallinna ülikooli ja Eesti noorteühenduste liidu, haridus- ja teadusministeeriumi ning UNESCO-ga

Investigating a spatial approach to groundwater quantity ...

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Received 28 April 2014; accepted in revised form 17 December 2014. Investigating a spatial approach to ... Pierce et al., 2013; Rudestam and Langridge, 2014). A thorough history of the evolution of these ...... UNESCO,. Paris. WESTER P ...

Diet-related Policy Options in Pakistan to Promote the Intake of ...

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http://www.cprsd.org ... IDRC congratulates first cohort of Women in Climate Change Science Fellows ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), IDRC is pleased to announce that ...

influence of soil type differences on the distribution of dtpa

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Fluvisol at Akaki in Ethiopia, classified according to the FAO-UNESCO Soil Classification System. The. Fluvisol is ... risk anticipated from the movement of metals through the soil ..... The Geology Department of the University of. Saskatchewan ...

Afro-pessimist discourse as a war song against the enemy, Africa

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UNESCO/ONUSIDA (2002:21) when saying: ... practices were known and practiced by some or all people of each age tranche. ..... Faced with the magnitude of the disaster caused by the war and genocide, everybody (former refugees,.

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In 1996, UNESCO and the International Union for Pure and Applied ... many other areas of science, including physics, material sciences, geology, hydrology, .... Splash was part of a global experiment on Water: a Chemical Solution being run.

Water operator partnerships as a model to achieve the Millenium ...

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2010-08-17

Aug 17, 2010 ... Department of Management and Institutions, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, PO Box ..... FIPAG and Vitens signed a Letter of Intent in July of 2003 ... resources costs, some goods and services, and audit costs.

Anhaldt-Dessau vürstiriik - ideaalne kultuuripark / Tiina Tammet

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Tammet, Tiina, 1971-

2007-01-01

Franz von Anhaldt-Dessau (1740-1817) 18. sajandil loodud Wörlitzi pargist, mis oli mandri-Euroopas esimene inglise stiilis park. Muinsuskaitse all olev kultuuripark on osa UNESCO Kesk-Elbe-Steckby-Lödderitzer Forsti biosfäärikaitsealast

A Narrative Enrichment Programme in literacy development of ...

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Kate H

second part of the programme consisted of supporting exercises that .... language for enjoyment, such as language games and language for laughter (also ..... Available online: http://www.unesco.org/education/GMR2006/full/chapt6_eng.pdf ( ...

Strengthening Health Systems Governance in Latin American ...

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This project seeks to improve the governance of health systems by designing and ... of the data (locally elected officials, health authorities, civil society groups), the ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

5 Paradox of African Capital Cities: Case Study of global capitalism ...

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UNESCO conference in Abidjan on the Social Impact of Industrialization and .... Lagos became a new society with the British conquest in 1860. ..... generation of solid waste disposal, dirt, crimes of all sorts, juvenile delinquency, and so on,.

Herwig Schopper Einstein's Legacy

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Schneegans, Susan

2005-01-01

"Last June, the United Nations declared 2005 the International Year of Physics and invited UNESCO to take the lead in celebrating the hundreth anniversary of Albert Einstein's legandary articles on relativisty, quantum theory and Brownian motion" (3 pages)

Two new initiatives to support STEM careers for women | IDRC ...

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2017-11-15

Nov 15, 2017 ... A new partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for ... in STEM fields and role models for the next generation of female scientists. ... Linking research to urban planning at the ICLEI World Congress 2018.

Turism ohustab maailmapärandit / Riin Alatalu

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Alatalu, Riin, 1968-

2010-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee 34. aastakoosolekust Brasiilias, kus Eesti osales liikmena. Maailmapärandi nimekirja võeti 21 uut objekti. Maailmapärandi esindusnimekirjast, mis on taotluslikult muutumas maailma ajaloo pisimudeliks, riikide esindatusest. Ohustatud pärandist

Measuring and Bridging the Gender Digital Divide in Rural Pakistan ...

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Measuring and Bridging the Gender Digital Divide in Rural Pakistan ... to critically examining the gender-specific aspects of ICT use and its impact on development in ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Does India's Economic Transformation Promote Women's Economic ...

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This has been accompanied by a narrowing of the gender gap in education. ... in which economic growth can affect women's access to, and control over, resources. ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Problems of Planning Economic Policy

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J. Tinbergen (Jan)

1998-01-01

textabstractReprint of the orginally published version in International Social Science Journal (UNESCO), Vol. 11, No.3, 1959, pp. 351-360. In French: La Planification de la Politique Economique, Revue Internationale des Sciences Sociales, 1998, pp. 383-392

“Peace in Science”

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Christensen, Ivan Lind

2018-01-01

The nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki signaled a change in the ways international power relations were to be constructed in the second half of the 20th century. It changed the national security policies and foreign relations policies of many industrialized countries. But more than that......, the tragic atomic destruction of the two cities gave rise to several critical questions regarding the relationship between (natural) science and society, and the moral responsibilities of the scientist. Within this atmosphere UNESCO (among several other international organizations) attempted to take...... a leading role in the new international atomic field. The aim of the science related departments of UNESCO (NS, ED, PS) were twofold. Through education, journals and science exhibitions, they wanted to dislodge the ideas of atomic energy from its destructive roots and make it a symbol of development...

Editorial: 25 años de CIESPAL

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Luis Eladio Proaño

2015-01-01

Full Text Available La Conferencia general de la UNESCO reunida en París en 1955 encargó a la Secretaría General de la organización el estudiar la posibilidad de la creación de centros regionales para el desarrollo del periodismo. El 15 de octubre de 1957 se crea para Europa y Africa el primer centro, plenamente autónomo y adscrito a la universidad de Estrasburgo. Este acontecimiento suscita en la Universidad Central de Quito el deseo de lograr una centro similar. El Gobierno del Ecuador acoge con simpatía la iniciativa y luego de una serie de negociaciones, mediante un acuerdo de cooperación con la UNESCO y la Universidad Central, se funda CIESPAL el 8 de octubre de 1959, como un "Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Periodismo para América Latina".

La trama filosofica della Dichiarazione universale sulla Bioetica e i diritti umani: autonomia, dignità, vulnerabilità

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Emilia D’Antuono

2017-12-01

Full Text Available The philosophical frame of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights: autonomy, dignity, vulnerability. Among the many different aspects of the Declaration (Unesco, 2005, some conceptual perspectives are now crucial in the international bioethical and biolegal debate. Particularly relevant is the link between notions like dignity, autonomy, vulnerability and responsibility. Even though they have different historical-philosophical origins, in the Unesco text they show reciprocal implications, which refer to the construction of a renewed semantics of personhood. Just as much relevant is the necessity of giving new meaning to the notion of universality. The Declaration suggests a perspective of inclusive universality, capable of embracing plurality. It also points out the practice of dialogue as the instrument for recognising diversities and for promoting the democratic participation in public debate, also through the dissemination of bioethics education programs.

“Scientific independence”, capacity building, and the development of UNESCO’s science and technology agenda for Africa

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Andersen, Casper

2017-01-01

period and the post-independence decades of “national science” in Africa, it analyses UNESCO’s role in science policy, engineering training, and natural resources research. It demonstrates that in the era of national science UNESCO’s activities were couched in the language of independence: developing......This article analyses the shifting rationales for scientific collaboration in the work of the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the science sector in Africa from the late colonial period through to the era of capacity building. Focusing on the late colonial...... capacities in the sciences was regarded as the key to obtaining “scientific independence” to match the recently obtained political independence. This marked a significant change from the 1950s when UNESCO based its operations in Africa on collaborations with the European colonial powers. The article argues...

Engineering: issues, challenges and opportunities for development

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Wall, K

2010-10-01

Full Text Available to contribute to greater international understanding of the issues, challenges and opportunities facing engineering, with a particular focus on contributions of our discipline to sustainable development. The Report, one of the most cost-effective reports UNESCO...

Jaapanlased filmisid Struvet ja Tartu Tähetorni / Marju Himma

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Himma, Marju

2009-01-01

Jaapani telekanali TBS Vision telesarja "Maailmapärand" ("The World Heritage") jaoks filmiti Tartus tähetorni ning astronoomi Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struvet kehastavat Juho Juutilainenit, teemaks Sruve geodeetiline kaar. Sari valmib UNESCO ja Sony koostöös

Strengthening Primary Health Care and Social Protection: Universal ...

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One of the poorest countries in the world, Pakistan has been afflicted by both societal turmoil ... http://www.heartfile.org ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), IDRC is pleased to ...

Oceanographic profile temperature, salinity, and nutrients measurements collected using bottle, XBT, CTD, XCTD from various platforms in the Atlantic and Pacific from 2001 to 2007 (NODC Accession 0045591)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — We are pleased to send you the Oceanographic Data observed by research institutes in Japan as a part of the lODE activity promoted by IOC/UNESCO. Enclosed CD-ROM...

JUNESKO v uzhase ot tsentra "Viru" / Jekaterina Rodina

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Rodina, Jekaterina

2005-01-01

UNESCO maailmapärandi komitee ekspert arutas Tallinna linnavõimudega bastionide ja linnamüüri kasutamise ning linna merele avamise küsimusi. Ekspert kritiseeris Tallinna linnaplaneerimist, näitena tõi Viru Keskuse vanalinna läheduses

4D-Var data assimilation system for a coupled physical-biological ...

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integral vertical transport in the near interface model layers is ..... short time period allows the assessment of the method ..... Liu D C and Nocedal J 1989 On the limited memory BFGS ... long-term effects, UNESCO Reports in marine science 49.

Global Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education: Are They Compatible with U.S. Civic Education?

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Fernekes, William R.

2016-01-01

Global citizenship education (GCE) and human rights education (HRE) offer substantive contributions to civic education. Interconnections between the fields exist in curricula from intergovernmental organizations (UNESCO), non-governmental organizations (Oxfam Great Britain) and national ministries (Learning and Teaching Scotland). This essay…

Report on the geo-environmental inquiry project, central and eastern Europe

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Mattig, U.; Mulder, E.F.J. de

1998-01-01

The Commission on Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning (COGEOENVIRONMENT) of IUGS and UNESCO have initiated a joint project to develop a worldwide data base on earthscience-related environmental problems and to assess which geoscientific information is available locally for prevention,

Developing a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model for the ...

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They bring benefits by helping to project changes that take place because of shocks to the ... This proposal seeks to develop a DSGE model for the Indian economy to ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Renessanslik vetemäng / Tiina Tammet

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Tammet, Tiina, 1971-

2009-01-01

Rooma lähedal Tivoli linnakeses asuvast Itaalia 16. sajandi renessansiaegse palee ja aiakunsti pärlist Villa d'Este, mis on UNESCO maailmapärandi nimekirjas. Pargi ja palee arhitektid Pirro Ligorio ja Alberto Galvani, purskkaevude autoriks skulptor Gianlorenzo Bernini

Delayed HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy

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Lodi, Sara; Dray-Spira, Rosemary; Touloumi, Giota

2014-01-01

nine HIV cohorts within COHERE in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, collecting data on level of education in categories of the UNESCO/International Standard Classification of Education standard classification: non-completed basic, basic, secondary and tertiary education. We...

Register of Education and Training Activities in Librarianship, Information Science and Archives = Inventaire des activites de formation dans le domaine de la bibliotheconomie, des sciences de l'information et de l'archivistique = Inventario de las actividades de formacion en la esfera de la bibliotecologia, las ciencias de la informacion y la archivologia.

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de Grolier, Eric, Comp.

This register provides information on information science, librarianship, documentation, and archival science training activities conducted outside regular university courses organized by specialized schools. Based on a December 1980 UNESCO questionnaire survey, the register includes seminars, refresher courses, continuing education courses, and…

Micere Githae Mugo Between 1979 and 1982 I experimented with a ...

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... a class bias. Women from the working and peasant classes are shown as having no business, .... of us are concerned, the luxury of a choice does not really exist. We know the .... Development Strategy, UNESCO 1979. 3. (i). Between 1970 ...

Social quality in the conservation process of living heritage sites

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Kong, P.

2008-01-01

The "UNESCO World Heritage Convention" was ratificated on November 16, 1972. Since then, both public and private sectors around the world have attached growing importance to the safeguarding and conservation of selected cultural and natural "objects", focusing on physical characteristics. World

Ruth Benedictová v Československu (léto 1948)

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Kubáčková, Patricie

2015-01-01

Roč. 102, č. 3 (2015), s. 257-279 ISSN 0009-0794 Institutional support: RVO:68378092 Keywords : Ruth Benedict * UNESCO seminary in Poděbrady in 1948 * method of the research of national character at a distance Subject RIV: AI - Linguistics

Catalyseurs de la compétitivité et stratégies de diversification ...

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) vise à renforcer la capacité des chercheurs et des établissements de recherche de ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), IDRC is pleased to announce that the first call for ...

Uudiseid maailmast / Nele-Eva Steinfeld

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Steinfeld, Nele-Eva

2013-01-01

Lühisõnumeid muusikamaailmast: Tan Dun nimetati UNESCO hea tahte saadikuks. Risë Stevens (1913-2013). San Francisco sümfooniaorkestri streik. Antonio Pappano pole rahul noorte ooperilauljatega. Läti Suure Muusikaauhinna võitjad. Bachi medal Peter Schreierile. Amsterdami Concertgebouw 125

100eme anniversaire de la théorie de la relativité Une BD romande : Mélanges Einstein (Albert) et l'histoire de la physique

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Tesnier, Grégory

2005-01-01

2005 has been delcared "Year of Physics" by UNESCO and ONU to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the theory of relativity, elaborated by Einstein (who lived in Bern). To hon. Einstein, an historical comic strip has been published (1 page)

'Science summit' sets ambitious agenda

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Dickson, D

1998-01-01

The World Conference on Science for the 21st Century will be held in Budapest next June, organised jointly by UNESCO and ICSU. It may be the most important international meeting on the relationship between science and politics for 20 years.

Gazprom sai loa ehitada Peterburi pilvelõhkuja / Kaivo Kopli

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Kopli, Kaivo

2009-01-01

Kuberner Valentina Matvijenko andis UNESCO vastuseisust hoolimata loa ehitada Peterburisse 403 meetri kõrgune pilvelõhkuja. Gazpromi torni ehk Ohta keskuse projekteeris Briti arhitektibüroo RMJM. Viieküljeline hoone peaks muutuvas päikesevalguses värvi vahetama

INVESTING IN KNOWLEDGE: IDRC's support for a generation of ...

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These awards include project/program-related awards and institution development ... of UNESCO ; former Ambassador to Morocco, USA, France and Germany Algeria ... Fogel's innovative social science research in Paraguay has informed ... Qasem's expertise in managing agricultural resources and educational systems is ...

The Russian-Ukrainian Observatories Network for the European Astronomical Observatory Route Project

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Andrievsky, S. M.; Bondar, N. I.; Karetnikov, V. G.; Kazantseva, L. V.; Nefedyev, Y. A.; Pinigin, G. I.; Pozhalova, Zh. A.; Rostopchina-Shakhovskay, A. N.; Stepanov, A. V.; Tolbin, S. V.

2011-09-01

In 2004,the Center of UNESCO World Heritage has announced a new initiative "Astronomy & World Heritage" directed for search and preserving of objects,referred to astronomy,its history in a global value,historical and cultural properties. There were defined a strategy of thematic programme "Initiative" and general criteria for selecting of ancient astronomical objects and observatories. In particular, properties that are situated or have significance in relation to celestial objects or astronomical events; representations of sky and/or celestial bodies and astronomical events; observatories and instruments; properties closely connected with the history of astronomy. In 2005-2006,in accordance with the program "Initiative", information about outstanding properties connected with astronomy have been collected.In Ukraine such work was organized by astronomical expert group in Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory. In 2007, Nikolaev observatory was included to the Tentative List of UNESCO under # 5116. Later, in 2008, the network of four astronomical observatories of Ukraine in Kiev,Crimea, Nikolaev and Odessa,considering their high authenticities and integrities,was included to the Tentative List of UNESCO under # 5267 "Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine". In 2008-2009, a new project "Thematic Study" was opened as a successor of "Initiative". It includes all fields of astronomical heritage from earlier prehistory to the Space astronomy (14 themes in total). We present the Ukraine-Russian Observatories network for the "European astronomical observatory Route project". From Russia two observatories are presented: Kazan Observatory and Pulkovo Observatory in the theme "Astronomy from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century".The description of astronomical observatories of Ukraine is given in accordance with the project "Thematic study"; the theme "Astronomy from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century" - astronomical observatories in Kiev,Nikolaev and Odessa; the

Kaolins in Uruguay

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Spoturno, J.; Coronel, N.

1980-01-01

This work belongs to the Syllabus or Mundial monograph about caolines. Its was organized by the number 23 working group caolines genesis of the International geological correlation Unesco programme. History, geology, tectonic development, sedimentation, dating and geochemistry aspects were given in this report.

Globalisation and the internationalisation of higher education in sub ...

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A decade later, we argue for a radical change in the traditional ... of globalisation are the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World .... in SSA for the school year ending 2005 is still very low (UNESCO, 2008). The.

SESAME 2017 (360 pictures)

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Caraban Gonzalez, Noemi

2018-01-01

The Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) is an independent laboratory located in Allan in the Balqa governorate of Jordan, created under the auspices of UNESCO on 30 May 2002. December 2017, Jordan Picture: Noemi Caraban

Environmental education for survival: the use of radio among nomads

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A Unesco/UNEP project using radio as a medium of environmental education among nomads is described and evaluated. The project, conducted among the Rendille of northern Kenya, aimed inter alia at creating awareness of environmental problems, specifically desertification, fostering positive attitudes towards ...

Effects of Chinese Economic and Immigration Patterns on Nigeria from 2000 to 2013

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2014-06-13

Commission for Africa UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization USAID United States Agency for Economic Development......north, the Yoruba in the west, and the Igbo in the east. The southern population of Nigeria absorbed Western influences and were mostly Christian, while

A decade later

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Rodil, Kasper; Rehm, Matthias

2015-01-01

The article begins by presenting an overview of the contents of this journal that relate to the five Intangible Heritage domains identified by UNESCO. A model for digitising Intangible Heritage is presented (Tripartite Digitisation Model) and further explained by surveying and including articles ...

A high-precision chronological model for the decorated Upper Paleolithic cave of Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche, France

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Quiles, Anita; Valladas, Hélène; Bocherens, Hervé; Delqué-Količ, Emmanuelle; Kaltnecker, Evelyne; van der Plicht, Johannes; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Feruglio, Valérie; Fritz, Carole; Monney, Julien; Philippe, Michel; Tosello, Gilles; Clottes, Jean; Geneste, Jean-Michel

2016-01-01

Radiocarbon dates for the ancient drawings in the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave revealed ages much older than expected. These early ages and nature of this Paleolithic art make this United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) site indisputably unique. A large,

Message in a bottle: learning our way out of unsustainability

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Wals, A.E.J.

2010-01-01

Inaugural lecture of Prof. dr. ir. Arjen E.J. Wals upon taking up the posts of Professor of Social Learning and Sustainable Development, and UNESCO Chair at Wageningen University on May 27th 2010. Lecture about the consequences of unsustainable usage of plastics.

In need of deliberative inter-school relations in the Northern Cape

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Erna Kinsey

deliberative schooling — more specifically inter-school relations — has to unfold. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), education faces challenges on the basis of relevance, quality and internationalisation/globalisation. First, relevance involves questions as to how ...

News and Views from Industry and Industrial Training Boards

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Hale, Peter

1971-01-01

The first of a two-part paper by Unesco's Director of the Division of Educational Methods, Materials and Techniques. This part is an indictment of current methods being used in education and a look at the need for technological innovations in education. (AA)

Slesers running roughshod over the city

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2009-01-01

Ettevõte P.V.B. ehitab Riiga ujuvplatvorme, tööd saaks vähemalt 500 inimest. Riia aselinnapea Ainars Slesers tahab lubada ravimitootjal Grindeks ehitada Daugava äärde 24korruselise hotelli, kuigi seda ei luba UNESCO ega Läti arhitektid

Nigel räimekvoot suretab Kihnu maailmapärandikultuuri / Alo Lõhmus

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Lõhmus, Alo

2004-01-01

Sihtasutuse Kihnu Kultuuriruumi pöördumisele on alla kirjutanud teiste seas ka presidendiproua Ingrid Rüütel. Pöördumises hoiatatakse, et keskkonnaministri kinnitatud räimekvoot töötab vastu UNESCO püüdlusele Kihnu kultuuri säilitamiseks

GlottoVis : Visualizing Language Endangerment and Documentation

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Castermans, T.H.A.; Speckmann, B.; Verbeek, K.A.B.; Westenberg, M.A.; Hammarström, H.

2017-01-01

We present GlottoVis, a system designed to visualize language endangerment as collected by UNESCO and descriptive status as collected by the Glottolog project. Glottolog records bibliographic data for the world’s (lesser known) languages. Languages are documented with increasing detail, but the

Kaolins in Uruguay; Caolines en el Uruguay

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Spoturno, J; Coronel, N

1980-07-01

This work belongs to the Syllabus or Mundial monograph about caolines. Its was organized by the number 23 working group caolines genesis of the International geological correlation Unesco programme. History, geology, tectonic development, sedimentation, dating and geochemistry aspects were given in this report.

75 FR 64654 - Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Categories of Archaeological Material From...

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2010-10-20

... Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention, implemented by the Convention on Cultural Property... Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, has determined... determinations of the United States Department of State made under the terms of the Convention on Cultural...

Valorisation des plantes médicinales à coumarines des marchés de ...

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SARAH

2015-01-30

Jan 30, 2015 ... marchés Est de la ville de Douala concernant les différents usages des plantes à coumarines. ... ces plantes dans la médecine traditionnelle et leurs utilisations à des fins thérapeutiques, curatives ...... UNESCO : Paris ; 50.

Innovation, Learning and Institutional Frameworks in Natural ...

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This project is concerned with how Latin American countries can take ... to innovation, industrial growth, technological progress, environmental ... Policymakers, corporate managers and decision-makers will be formally involved throughout project ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

THE DYNAMICS OF TOURISM AS INDICATOR FOR THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MARAMURES COUNTY

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Talida Daniela Giambasu

2016-05-01

Full Text Available The rural tourism represents a major segment of the Romanian travelling sector, which has been under continuous development for the last twenty years. Identifying the development methods of this sector becomes very important and rather necessary considering the many problems this sector is faced with and that impede its progress, at its true potential. Maramures is one of the most complex regions of our country, which manages to successfully combine, using the available resources, several forms of practicable tourism: cultural tourism, religious tourism, agritourism, mountain tourism, balneal tourism etc. The incommensurable diversity and importance of the touristic resources existing in Maramures County was certified not only by the travellers visiting the region, but also by the fact that Maramures has become a place of the UNESCO world heritage, by including eight wood churches located in this county among the UNESCO world sites.

SESAME as a Model Project for Other Regions

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Winick, Herman

2013-03-01

UNESCO became the umbrella organization for SESAME at its Executive Board 164th session, May 2002. The following comments about SESAME were made by this board: ``a quintessential UNESCO project combining capacity building with vital peace-building through science'' and ``a model project for other regions.'' Now that SESAME is well underway, other regions (e.g.; Africa and Central Asia) should be made aware of this progress, and they should be welcomed to join SESAME as a first step in developing similar projects in their region. Students and scientists from other regions should be encouraged to attend SESAME Users' meeting, schools, workshops, etc. where they can learn about synchrotron radiation sources, beamlines, and science. They should be invited to join SESAME scientists in designing and commissioning accelerators and beamlines, gaining relevant experience for their own projects and helping SESAME in the process. Work supported by DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Památky starověké Núbie na známkách světa // Monuments of Ancient Nubia on postage stamps of the modern world

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Břetislav Vachala

2015-06-01

Full Text Available The successful International UNESCO Campaign to Save the Monuments of (Egyptian and Sudanese Nubia became an important motif on the postage stamps of 47 countries of the world in the years 1960–1980. The stamps host famous rescued temples (listed here according to frequency of the used motifs, including general views, details of architecture and relief decoration of Abu Simbel, Philae, Wadi es-Sebua, and Dakka, the Kiosk of Qertassi and the South - ern temple of Buhen. Moreover, some of the unique painted murals found in the episcopal cathedral at Faras were reproduced on Polish stamps. The philatelic contribution to the campaign was far from symbolic. The total philatelic revenue (including income from the Philae Medals reached 112,665.64 US dollars. The philatelic activity of 47 countries substantially contributed to the publicity of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign around the world.

A biography and bibliography: the recent trends in bioethics and medical genetics in Japan (Part I).

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Fujiki, N

2000-01-01

1. Introduction. 2. History of Bioethics in Japan. 3. First international bioethics seminar in Fukui on human dignity and medicine (1987). 4. Second international bioethics seminar in Fukui--international association of human biologists--japan society of human genetics joint symposium on medical genetics and society (1990). 5. Third international bioethics seminar in Fukui on human genome research and society (1992). 6. Fourth international bioethics seminar in Fukui on intractable neurological disorders, human genome research and society (1993). 7. Fifth international bioethics seminar in Fukui on the MURS japan/IBC UNESCO joint seminar on the protection of the human genome and scientific responsibility (1995). 8. Sixth international bioethics seminar in Fukui--UNESCO Asian bioethics conference- and who assisted satellite symposium on medical genetics services and bioethics, in Kobe and Fukui (1997). 9. Coming seventh international bioethics seminar in Fukui on pharmaco-genomics and DNA polymorphism (2000). 10. Conclusion.

In Brief: Report details climate change effects on cultural sites

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Zielinski, Sarah

2007-04-01

A new report from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) details how 26 World Heritage sites could be affected by coming climate changes. The 26 examples, which are meant to be representative of the range of threats to the 830 sites inscribed in the World Heritage List, are divided into five types: archaeological sites, glaciers, historic cities and settlements, marine biodiversity, and terrestrial biodiversity. Some of the examples include the Great Barrier Reef, which is expected to experience more frequent episodes of coral bleaching; Timbuktu in Mali, threatened by desertification; and the Chavín Archaeological Site in the Peruvian Central Andes, one of the earliest and best-known pre-Columbian sites, which could be affected by glacier melting and flooding. The report, ``Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage,'' is available at http://whc.unesco.org/documents/publi_climatechange.pdf

Article 6 of the UNESCO Universal Declaration of Bioethics

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the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural. Organization ... the right to autonomy and informed consent by force-feeding military prisoners.[9] The ..... Tension reigns within global bioethics between individualism and community ...

The Vatican and Unesco Link Efforts for World Literacy

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Ryan, Leo V., Brother

1970-01-01

The problem of functional literacy has been recognized as a moral issue and offers a special challenge to religious authorities. Founded at the Vatican level in March 1969, the Committee on Human Development was commissioned to promote and animate efforts in: (a) basic education; (b) leadership training; (c) vocational education; (d) opinion…

Decapod larvae dynamics on Berlengas Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO - Portugal

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Lénia Da Fonseca Alexandre Rato

2014-05-01

Total decapoda abundance ranged from 0,06 ind.m-3 in May 2011 to 64,28ind.m-3 in August 2012, and significantly different between summer/winter and winter/spring months (P(perm≤0,05. The data obtained on this study revealed that Infraorders Brachyura, Anomura and Caridea are the most common. All three are significantly different between months (P(perm≤0,05 but not between sampling stations (P(perm>0,05. Brachyuran abundance was significantly affected by the Oceanograhic Conditions (P(perm≤0,05. Abundances were higher in spring and summer months, when Chlorophyl a values (mg.m-3, Temperature (ºC and Salinity (ppt were also higher. Decapoda community is directly affected by the surrounding environmental conditions in Berlengas Biosphere Reserve and abundance might also be related with specific larvae release throughout the year. Each sampling station was considered a replica from the study area. The ecological importance of Berlengas was also verified by the presence of non-frequent larvae of Achelata and Stomatopoda.

Albert Einstein, guide spirituel du CERN

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Sandraz, Raphaël

2005-01-01

The year 2005, proclaimed "World year of Physics" by UNESCO, dedicates the 100th anniversary of the theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of the death of his discoverer: Albert Einstein. The CERN in Geneva applies every day his theories (1 page)

Introduction

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Mortensen, Peder Duelund; Feuerhake, Eduardo

2005-01-01

Bogen beskriver den særegne arkitektur, som kendetegner den sydchilenske øgruppe Chiloe Archipelago. Huse i træ udviklet i en lang tradition fra fiskerlandsbyernes Palafitos til et stort antal kirker, hvoraf 16 er på Unescos liste. Videreført i moderne arkitektur....

Modeling the effect of climate change on the indoor climate

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Schijndel, van A.W.M.; Schellen, H.L.

2010-01-01

Within the new EU project ‘Climate for Culture’ researchers are investigating climate change impacts on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Simulation results are expected to give information on the possible impact of climate change on the built cultural heritage and its indoor environment. This paper

Global Education Greenhouse: Constructing and Organizing Online Global Knowledge

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K. Kaun (Kaun); P.A. Arora (Payal)

2010-01-01

textabstractEducation, and the knowledge it generates, is seen as a means to effective participation in societies and economies that are affected by globalization (UNESCO). The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2015) was declared by a Resolution of the General

Towards Inclusive Learning Environments (TILE): Developing the "Roadmap for the Inclusion of Students with Special Educational Needs in Vocational Education and Workplace Settings"

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Smith, Andy; Bell, Sheena

2015-01-01

Twenty years after UNESCO's Salamanca Statement enshrined international action for provision for children, youth and adults with special educational needs within the regular educational system, this article presents the current underpinning international and national UK context for developing inclusion in vocational education and training and…

Improving gender responsive research outcomes: Mentorship and ...

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There is a growing consensus that mainstreaming gender into research on information ... and previous investments have produced successes, overall the impact has been mixed, ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ... New funding opportunity for gender equality and climate change.

Inclusive Education Policies: Discourses of Difference, Diversity and Deficit

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Hardy, Ian; Woodcock, Stuart

2015-01-01

This paper provides an analysis of inclusive education policies across international, and Anglo-American national and provincial/state jurisdictions to reveal how policies discursively construct inclusion under current, increasingly neoliberal conditions. In making this case, the paper draws upon primary UNESCO and Organisation for Economic…

Cultural rights in the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: included or ignored?

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Donders, Y.M.; Kono, T.; Van Uytsel, S.

2012-01-01

In 2001, the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity was adopted by the Member States of UNESCO. In this Declaration, cultural human rights were commended as an enabling environment for cultural diversity. After the Declaration, the Member States wished to adopt a legally binding instrument on

Sustainable Schools in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable ...

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Within UNESCO's conception of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), schools should be implementing approaches to teaching and learning that integrate goals for conservation, social justice, appropriate development and democracy into a vision and a mission of personal and social change. ESD also involves ...

Understanding the historical institutional context by using content analysis of local policy and planning documents : Assessing the interactions between tourism and landscape on the Island of Terschelling in the Wadden Sea Region

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Heslinga, Jasper; Groote, Peter; Vanclay, Frank

2018-01-01

Content analysis is a valuable tool to identify changes in policy. By analysing historical documents, policymakers and planners can improve their understanding of the institutional context in which decisions were made. Using the Island of Terschelling in the UNESCO World Heritage Wadden region of

International Consultation on Peace Education and Research in Higher Education.

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Higher Education in Europe, 1986

1986-01-01

A January 1986 UNESCO international conference on the role of higher education in promoting international understanding, cooperation, peace, and respect for human rights focused on the nuclear threat and conventional warfare, the role of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations, research and education for peace, and…

Women--Their Access to Education and Employment

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Literacy Discussion, 1975

1975-01-01

The Unesco National Commissions carried out a series of studies simultaneously in Argentina, the Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka regarding the relationship between the educational opportunities and the opportunities of employment open to women. Basic conclusions of international scope are presented. (LH)

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law - Vol 9, No 1 (2016)

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Respect for vulnerability is a human right: Article 8 of the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, and senior citizens in South Africa · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. R Rheeder, 18-21 ...

the role of the state and the transnational in lifting the resource curse

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the war in 1994. For more information please see UNESCO, “Report on the ... government as a strategic tool to ensure the loyalty of supporters and to arm illicit .... with his promise of “running the country like a business”often repeated by Sierra ...

Development of a Centralized Automated Scientific and Technical Information Service in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

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Kiratsov, P.

1983-01-01

Discusses the design and organization of the Automated Information Centre, a centralized automated scientific and technical information service established within the main organ of Bulgaria's National System for Scientific and Technical Information, with UNESCO and United Nations Development Program assistance. Problems and perspectives for…

Biobanks in South Africa: A global perspective on privacy and ...

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universally accepted ethical guidelines on privacy and confidentiality of autonomous persons and whether these guidelines .... In the third instance, what is UNESCO's interpretation of the con- ... cal, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions and all .... solicited by interested parties via application in terms of the.

Governing Portable Conservation and Development Landscapes: Reconsidering Evidence in the Context of the Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve

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Elgert, Laureen

2014-01-01

Conservation-with-development landscapes, such as UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Reserves, differentiate between areas of "nature" and "society". In Paraguay's Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, as elsewhere, this model has been used to support governance that focuses on conservation in the "core area" and sustainable…

Marine Science Teaching at the University Level. Report of the Unesco Workshop on University Curricula. Unesco Technical Papers in Marine Science No. 19.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Marine Sciences.

A group of marine science education educators from several countries were requested to provide guidelines for the education and training of marine scientists and formulate recommended curricula in the following disciplines: marine biology (including fisheries biology), physical oceanography, and marine geology. Included in the report are: (1)…

Open Business Models: New Compensation Mechanisms for ...

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Open Business Models: New Compensation Mechanisms for Creativity and Inclusion ... This research aims to explore important new business models in the networked society ... Linking research to urban planning at the ICLEI World Congress 2018 ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Traditsioonilise folkloori käekäik Bulgaarias / Rahel Laura Vesik

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Vesik, Rahel Laura

2008-01-01

Arvustus: Живи човешки съкровища - Бьлгария: Living Human Treasures Bulgaria. Sofia : Academic Publishing House Marin Drinov, 2004. Kokkuvõte Bulgaaria Folkloori Instituudi UNESCO projektist

Generalizing ecological site concepts of the Colorado Plateau for landscape-level applications

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The Colorado Plateau is an iconic landscape of the American West— containing dozens of national parks, monuments, historic sites, and several UNESCO World Heritage Sites— including some of the Nation’ s most recognizable landmarks, such as the Grand Canyon and the Arches National Park. The concentra...

Chiloe

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2005-01-01

Bogen beskriver den særegne arkitektur, som kendetegner den sydchilenske øgruppe Chiloe Archipelago. Huse i træ udviklet i en lang tradition fra fiskerlandsbyernes Palafitos til et stort antal kirker, hvoraf 16 er på Unescos liste. Videreført i moderne arkitektur. 52 sider....

A Sense of Belonging: Childrens' Views of Acceptance in "Inclusive" Mainstream Schools

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Rose, Richard; Shevlin, Michael

2017-01-01

In recent years, international initiatives such as the Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education (UNESCO, 1994) and the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations General Assembly, 2015) have encouraged educational researchers to focus their attentions on those conditions that enable schools to become more…

Selling Mankind

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Duedahl, Poul

2011-01-01

In the wake of World War II, UNESCO promoted a new approach to the writing of world history in an attempt to support UN peacekeeping through "mental engineering" in the service of peace. The first task was to launch an authoritative world history without particular geographical orientations...

education and change management in africa: a new framework for ...

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mobilisation in a number of specialist fields to impact positively on agriculture. This is then related to case studies in the ... Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the. Global Forum on Agricultural ... technical choice and farm management decisions by farmers. Human capital development related to ...

Do cultural diversity and human rights make a good match?

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Donders, Y.

2010-01-01

The link between cultural diversity and human rights was clearly established by the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, adopted by the member states of UNESCO in 2001, which holds that "the defence of cultural diversity is … inseparable from respect for human dignity" and that it " implies

Working with Nature in Wadden Sea Ports

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Baptist, M.J.; Eekelen, van E.; Dankers, P.J.T.; Grasmeijer, B.; Kessel, van T.; Maren, van D.S.

2017-01-01

Wadden Sea ports are situated at the border of the UNESCO World Heritage site Wadden Sea. Because of the protected status of this area, developing new economic activities is not straightforward. However, maintaining and developing port activities is needed to safeguard the economic viability of the

Scale invariance properties of rainfall in AMMA-CATCH observatory ...

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1International Chair in Physics Mathematics and Applications (CIPMA-Chair Unesco) , University of .... modeling the distribution of rainfall intensities, in time and space. There is particular lack of knowledge about rainfall variability at different scales [1].The knotty problem of .... Lovejoy [6] have provided the definition of.

Crossing Borders by "Walking Around" Culture: Ethnographic Reflections on Teacher Preparation

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Sparapani, Ervin F.; Seo, Byung-In; Smith, Deborah L.

2012-01-01

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) documents that the world has become increasingly multicultural and multilingual as international migration rates grow each year. The cultural and language diversity in the United States exemplifies this worldwide phenomenon. It is the authors' belief that teachers have…

The Excellence of Einstein's Theory of Gravitation.

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Dirac, P. A. M.

1979-01-01

This article is adapted from a presentation made in 1978 at the symposium on the Impact of Modern Scientific Ideas on Society organized by UNESCO in Ulm, West Germany. It discusses Einstein's theory of gravitation and how it started a new line of activity for physicists. (HM)

Reflexions sur L'Evolution de L'Enseignement de la Biologie en Afrique.

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Sasson, A.

1980-01-01

Reviews the main stages of the evolution of biology teaching in Africa. Discusses the UNESCO pilot project, the teaching aids produced for English- and French-speaking countries of Africa, and the "Teacher's Guide on the Biology of Human Populations" and projects needs for further assistance. (CS)

The Scope of Cooperative Work in the Classroom from the Viewpoint of Primary School Teachers

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Fernandez-Lozano, M P.; Gonzalez-Ballesteros, M.; De-Juanas, A.

2012-01-01

Introduction: Different international organisms, including UNESCO, insist on the importance of collaborative teamwork to face today's challenges. This skill should be fostered from the early stages of education, and consequently, it is particularly important that Primary School teacher training institutions draw up proposals and implement new…

Consulta regional sobre investigacion en educacion y toma de decisiones en America Latina: Informe final (Lima, Peru, 11-15 de mayo de 1987) (Regional Meeting on Research in Education and Decision Making in Latin America: Final Report [Lima, Peru, May 11-15, 1987]).

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This report presents the highlights of a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conference that was convened to give impetus to and encourage research programs, to analyze research policy formation, and to establish research priorities in the field of educational planning and administration. The document…

Regional Seminar on Community Support for Education and Participation in Educational Management (Bali, Indonesia, October 30-November 4, 1989). Report.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

In recent years issues concerning community support for education and participation in educational management have come to the fore in developing Asian and Pacific countries. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCO/PROAP) has organized regional training…

Mother tongue education in Kenya: significance, challenges and ...

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The importance of mother tongue(s) (also referred to as vernaculars or indigenous languages or African languages) in the cognitive, linguistic, personal and educational development of children cannot be overemphasized. Indeed it is out of this recognition that the UNESCO declared 2006, the Year of African Languages.

Una nueva perspectiva de las políticas lingüísticas: las lenguas indígenas del Ecuador como patrimonio cultural inmaterial

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Gómez Rendón, J.

2012-01-01

A new perspective to approach indigenous languages today is that of Intangible Cultural Heritage as defined by 2003 UNESCO Convention. Either as vehicle or as domain, languages are part and parcel of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. However, the concept of heritage itself is not unequivocal and may

77 FR 16211 - Availability of Seats for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory...

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2012-03-20

... Monument World Heritage site established by UNESCO in July, 2010. The Reserve encompasses an area of the... nautical miles long and 100 nautical miles wide. The Reserve is managed by the Secretary of Commerce... Service, National Science Foundation, U.S. Coast Guard, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management...

76 FR 77779 - Availability of Seats for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory...

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2011-12-14

... Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument World Heritage site established by UNESCO in July, 2010. The Reserve... approximately 1200 nautical miles long and 100 nautical miles wide. The Reserve is managed by the Secretary of... National Marine Fisheries Service, National Science Foundation, U.S. Coast Guard, Western Pacific Regional...

Educational Administration Terminology = Terminologie de l'Administration de l'Education = Terminologia de la Administracion de la Educacion.

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Ortiz, Eduardo; Basile, Anne

Based on educational administration textbooks and on thesauri and dictionaries published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Bureau of Education (IBE), and other institutions, this document presents a trilingual (English, French, and Spanish) glossary of approximately 2,500 terms or…

Science and peace: taste the magic in the blend

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Antonella Del Rosso

2013-01-01

1954: CERN was born. The Laboratory was the first scientific pan-European endeavour. Just a few years after the Second World War, twelve European countries joined forces and built what has become the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. In 2014, CERN will celebrate 60 years of cutting-edge science for peace.   It all started in 1949, when French Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Louis de Broglie called for the creation of a European laboratory. The idea was quickly adopted and, in 1953, twelve countries signed the Convention for the establishment of a European Organization for Nuclear Research under the auspices of UNESCO. “Next year we will celebrate the event with UNESCO in Paris at the beginning of July,” says Sascha Schmeling, general co-ordinator of the 60th anniversary celebrations. “We have invited one of the founding fathers of CERN, the French diplomat François de Rose, to take part, and he has accepted the invitation with enthusi...

Knowledge transfer to Africa

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Laëtitia Pedroso

2011-01-01

For the second year running, a team from CERN comprising experts in the design and running of digital libraries has taken part in a workshop in Africa. The aim of the workshop, which was held in Morocco from 22 to 26 November 2010, was to pass on their expertise and help train librarians and IT engineers from five African countries.   Participants of the training workshop at the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research in Rabat (Morocco).  Although digital libraries are rapidly expanding across the Globe, a large proportion of the professionals working in the field have not followed relevant training, which poses a real challenge. To help to remedy the situation and encourage the development of digital libraries in Africa, CERN and UNESCO organised a training workshop at the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research in Rabat (Morocco) in November. "The success of the first CERN-UNESCO digital library school, which took place in Rwanda in 2009, encouraged...

Lift-off for World Year of Physics

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2005-01-01

Over 1000 participants, including eight Nobel Prize Laureates, personalities from the world of science and close to 500 students from 70 countries took part in the "Physics for Tomorrow" conference at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 13 January 2005. The event marked the official launch of the International Year of Physics, proclaimed by the United Nations. The International Year aims to highlight the importance of physics and its contribution to the development of many other scientific disciplines. It is also to help fight the current lack of enthusiasm for sciences among young people. Throughout 2005, events will be organized across the world to debate physics and it implications to society. The conference was organized by UNESCO, the lead UN organization for the International Year, and by the physics community, in particular by CERN, CNRS and CEA, EU Commission, EPS, IUPAP and others. CERN Director-General, Robert Aymar, participating to the Inauguration Session of the Launch Event of the International Y...

Biobanks in South Africa: A global perspective on privacy and confidentiality

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Riaan Rheeder

2017-05-01

Full Text Available The Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO was adopted unanimously in 2005 by the world community as a universal guideline, according to which members of the global community were accountable to each other. Research results from UNESCO show that the UDBHR has had little or no impact in South Africa (SA. The primary objective of this article is to promote awareness of the UDBHR in SA and Africa by focusing on Article 9 of the Declaration, which accepts the right to privacy and confidentiality. For this objective to be relevant in the SA context, depends on whether the guidelines of the National Department of Health’s Ethics in Health Research: Principles, Processes and Structures of 2015 acknowledge biobanks of the universally accepted ethical guidelines on privacy and confidentiality of autonomous persons and whether these guidelines are broadly in accordance with global bioethical guidelines.

1st Complex Systems Digital Campus World E-Conference 2015

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Bourgine, Paul; Collet, Pierre

2017-01-01

This book contains the proceedings as well as invited papers for the first annual conference of the UNESCO Unitwin Complex System Digital Campus (CSDC), which is an international initiative gathering 120 Universities on four continents, and structured in ten E-Departments. First Complex Systems Digital Campus World E-Conference 2015 features chapters from the latest research results on theoretical questions of complex systems and their experimental domains. The content contained bridges the gap between the individual and the collective within complex systems science and new integrative sciences on topics such as: genes to organisms to ecosystems, atoms to materials to products, and digital media to the Internet. The conference breaks new ground through a dedicated video-conferencing system – a concept at the heart of the international UNESCO UniTwin, embracing scientists from low-income and distant countries. This book promotes an integrated system of research, education, and training. It also aims at contr...

Global bioethics and human rights in an African context: A reformed theological discourse on global bioethics as a new human rights ethos

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A.L. Rheeder

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The 2005 UNESCO Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR is specifically aimed at Africa and developing countries from other regions. The acceptance of this UNESCO instrument shows that global bioethics and human rights have become part of the bioethics discourse of today. It is clear that there is a certain affinity between human rights and bioethics, which makes such a link desirable. The value of this link lies in the fact that human rights facilitate a normative universal expansion of bioethical principles. The human rights framework provides bioethical principles with some authority and political influence, an instrument that can protect people in our broken context. Human rights practice and a reformed understanding of natural law both show that humanity can reach consensus on ethical principles such as those found in the UDBHR. Consensus on the theoretical foundation of human rights is not a prerequisite for the successful utilisation of these principles.

Women in science: a necessity

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Antonella Del Rosso

2013-01-01

Although the original title of the panel discussion held at the UN's Palais des Nations had a question mark at the end, no participant was left in any doubt: involving girls in science should be a priority for any educational system, and science cannot be done without women.     The “Women in science – a necessity?” panel discussion was organised by UNESCO, CERN, ITU and the International Federation of University Women (IFUW) and was moderated by CERN’s Manjit Dosanjh, who is also a member of IFUW, the oldest non-governmental organisation fostering gender equality through education. “There is no question mark, the answer is 'Yes, women are a necessity for science',” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova opening the panel discussion. “I think we all agree we live in a new age of limits – in terms of resources, in terms of the boundaries of the planet. This means we must make fa...

The Wadden Sea region: towards a science for sustainable development

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Bazelmans, J.G.A.; Kabat, P.

2012-01-01

The Wadden Sea is one of the largest intertidal areas in the world and has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its unique natural features. Major changes in the morphology and ecology of the Wadden Sea over the past millennium resulted from increasing anthropogenic

The Wadden Sea Region : Towards a science for sustainable development

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Kabat, Pavel; Bazelmans, Jos; van Dijk, Jouke; Herman, Peter M. J.; van Oijen, Tim; Pejrup, Morten; Reise, Karsten; Speelman, Hessel; Wolff, Wim J.

2012-01-01

The Wadden Sea is one of the largest intertidal areas in the world and has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its unique natural features. major changes in the morphology and ecology of the Wadden Sea over the past millennium resulted from increasing anthropogenic

The Wadden Sea Region: Towards a science for sustainable development

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Kabat, P.; Bazelmans, J.; Dijk, van J.; Hermans, P.; Oijen, van T.

2012-01-01

The Wadden Sea is one of the largest intertidal areas in the world and has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its unique natural features. Major changes in the morphology and ecology of the Wadden Sea over the past millennium resulted from increasing anthropogenic

Cross-National Study of Educational Attainment: Stage I of the I.E.A. Investigation in Six Subject Areas. Final Report. Volume I.

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Bloom, Benjamin S.

Twelve chapters describe an 18-nation study of educational attainment at the elementary and secondary school levels. Professional researchers participated in the project, developed through UNESCO and conducted under the auspices of educational research centers in Australia, Belgium, Chile, England, the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France,…

Globalisation and Internationalism: Democratic Prospects for World Education.

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Jones, Phillip W.

1998-01-01

Contrasts the logic of globalization with that of internationalism (global pursuit of interest through unfettered capitalism versus promotion of global peace and well-being through international structures). Uses these frameworks to explore the policies of key international organizations in education (UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Bank). Contains 39…

Collaborative Governance Models for Managing Aquatic Resources ...

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Collaborative Governance Models for Managing Aquatic Resources and Fisheries in the Peruvian ... The idea is to consolidate this knowledge in a model for the participatory ... Linking research to urban planning at the ICLEI World Congress 2018 ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

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Dec 2, 2015 ... The study of zooplankton as bioindicators of water quality in Jakara ... and biotic factors in the environment is termed ... environmental changes that may lead to appearance ..... and (NESREA) (1991) respectively for inland and .... India. The ecoscan 5 (1):85-87. UNESCO (1991): Volunteer Lake Monitoring.

Education and Leisure in North European Urban Spaces, with Emphasis on Less Privileged Areas, Particularly in the United Kingdom. A Seminar (London, England, United Kingdom, April 13, 1989). Educational Buildings and Equipment 11.

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International Union of Architects, Paris (France).

This collection was gathered from a seminar entitled "Education and Leisure in North European Urban Spaces," which was the result of cooperation between the Sports, Leisure, and Tourism Work Group of the International Union of Architects and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Papers were given…

Immigrant Pupils in Elementary Classrooms of Cyprus: How Teachers View Them as Learners of Mathematics

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Xenofontos, Constantinos

2015-01-01

Research in diverse mathematics classrooms suggests that pupils' learning is influenced by both linguistic and cultural factors. In recent years, the demographics of Cypriot (mathematics) classrooms have become very diverse. In 2003, the Ministry of Education and Culture introduced the Zones of Educational Priorities, a UNESCO strategy for…

Distinctly variable mudscapes: Distribution gradients of intertidal macrofauna across the Dutch Wadden Sea

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Compton, T.J.; Holthuijsen, S.; Koolhaas, A.; Dekinga, A.; ten Horn, J.; Smith, J.; Galama, Y.; Brugge, M.; van der Wal, D.; van der Meer, J.; van der Veer, H.W.; Piersma, T.

2013-01-01

The Wadden Sea is a shallow coastal region, with a large area of sedimentary tidal flats that extends from The Netherlands to Denmark and has been declared a site of international importance in the Dutch and German parts (Ramsar status and UNESCO World Heritage Site). Benthic macrofauna are central

Kooli seksuaalhariduse mõjust Eestis / Kai Part, Kai Haldre, Eva Palm ... [jt.

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2011-01-01

Artikkel on osa UNESCO, Hollandi Radboudi ülikooli ja Tartu Ülikooli koostöös läbi viidud uurimusest, mille eesmärk oli hinnata kooli seksuaalhariduse kulusid ning mõju kuues eri elatustaseme ja geopoliitilise asendiga riigis. Käesolevas artiklis antakse ülevaade Eesti andmetest

Labour Markets for Inclusive Growth in Latin America | IDRC ...

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... poverty, corruption and low level of education (Latinobarómetro 2009). ... the pervasiveness of informal employment and what it means for growth and inclusion. ... yearly summer school on evidence-based analysis of labour markets and inclusive ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

Globalisation, Transnational Policies and Adult Education

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Milana, Marcella

2012-01-01

Globalisation, transnational policies and adult education--This paper examines policy documents produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the European Union (EU) in the field of adult education and learning. Both these entities address adult education as an explicit object of policy. This paper…

Challenges in Implementing National Systems of Competency Validation with Regard to Adult Learning Professionals: Perspectives from Romania and India

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Sava, Simona Lidia; Shah, S. Y.

2015-01-01

Validation of prior learning (VPL), also referred to as recognition, validation and accreditation of prior learning (RVA), is becoming an increasingly important political issue at both European and international levels. In 2012, the European Council, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

Grupo de Trabajo Para la Preparacion del Proyecto Sobre el Desarrolo de Servicias de Bibliotecas y de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnica (Working Group for the Preparation of the Proposal on the Development of Library Services and Scientific and Technical Information).

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Oficina de Educacion Iberoamericana, Madrid (Spain).

The Office of Iberoamerican Education, an intergovernmental body based on educational and cultural cooperation for the purpose of disseminating information, documentation, advice, and assistance in the field of education, co-sponsors (with UNESCO) the work represented in this study of library and information planning and facilities in the Andean…

Policies and Practices of Diversity: Reimagining Possibilities for New Discourses

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Infante, Marta D.; Matus, Claudia

2009-01-01

The processes of globalization have demanded that emergent countries include issues of diversity into their political, economic and educational agendas. Consequently, educational institutions have started, in order to ascribe to requests made by transnational organizations (UNESCO, the World Bank and OECD), to include diversity as a priority to…

World Reference Base for Soil Resources

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Deckers, J.A.; Driessen, P.M.; Nachtergaele, F.O.; Spaargaren, O.C.

2002-01-01

In 1998, the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) officially adopted the world reference base for soil resources (WRB) as the Union's system for soil correlation. The structure, concepts, and definitions of the WRB are strongly influenced by the FAO-UNESCO legend of the soil map of the world

Numerical modeling and monitoring analysis of Heroísmo station, Metro do Porto

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Ferreira, P.; Sousa, T.; Silva, P.

2007-01-01

Metro do Porto is a major light rail infrastructure built in the city of Porto and surrounding municipalities. In Porto's downtown, classified by UNESCO as World Heritage, the metro was built underground. From a technical point of view, one of the most challenging underground metro stations due t...

ONR Tokyo Scientific Bulletin. Volume 5, Number 4, October-December 1980

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1980-12-01

long been of great Importance to both the rulers and the people of the subcontinent. Even today, among many educated people, horoscopes determine the...the Kyodai (Kyoto University) school. Th view is quite true but Japanese oceanographers are reluctant to admit it. According to a UNESCO document, the

Masihambisane, lessons learnt using participatory indigenous ...

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the direct participation of teachers in planning, researching, and developing ... Organization (UNESCO) in 1978 at a meeting of one of the United Nations' (UN) ..... When the teachers realized our commitment to listen to them earnestly, .... effect, owing to active involvement and empowerment received during the life of the.

Nõukogude armeehooned: maailmapärand või risu? / Mart Zirnask

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Zirnask, Mart

2011-01-01

Kunagise raudse eesriide alade kaardistamisest on välja kasvanud Euroopa Roheline Vöö: üle 3000 kaitseala ja -paiga 8000 kilomeetril. Selle Eesti-osa kirjeldatakse Maaülikool raamatus "The Estonian Green Belt". Saksamaa tahab kogu raudse eesriide ala määramist UNESCO maailmapärandisse

Imagining the Past

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Kinzel, Moritz; Tanaka, Mina

2016-01-01

— Since the inscription of Al Zubarah Archaeological Site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the number of visitors has almost tripled. To ensure the protection and preservation of the fragile remains, visitors have only limited access to the site. Therefore it is important to enhance the visitor...

Master's Program Module "Environmental Issues--Decision Making Experience" as Precondition for Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for Professional Training of Teachers

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Vinokurova, Natalia Fedorovna; Martilova, Natalia Viktorovna; Krivdina, Irina Yurievna; Badin, Mikhail Mikhailovich; Efimova, Olga Evgenyevna

2016-01-01

The article discusses current issues related to the implementation of the UNESCO roadmap implementing Global action programme on education for sustainable development. In the context of increasing the professional level of pedagogical workers is a priority area in the implementation of education for sustainable development. Therefore, we believe…

Dialogic Action in Climate Change Discussions: An International Study of High School Students in China, New Zealand, Norway and the United States

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Arya, Diana J.; Parker, Jessica K.

2015-01-01

Global efforts to prepare young developing minds for solving current and future challenges of climate change have advocated interdisciplinary, issues-based instructional approaches in order to transform traditional models of science education as delivering conceptual facts (UNESCO, 2014). This study is an exploration of the online interactions in…

Gender, Land, and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes

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... a professional engineer who has worked on international development projects in both Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. From 1997 to 1999, she worked as a researcher and intern for the International Development Research Centre, in cooperation with the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (UNESCO) in Nairobi, ...

Canada-Africa Research Exchange Grants Phase II | IDRC ...

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It will contribute to IDRC's long-term commitment to the development of research ... IDRC congratulates first cohort of Women in Climate Change Science Fellows ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World ... Copyright · Open access policy · Privacy policy · Research ethics ...

Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. 2nd Edition

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Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed.; Scarpino, Cassandra, Ed.

2016-01-01

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has published a second edition of "Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers." This compilation of case studies from all world regions presents promising literacy and numeracy programmes that use information and…

Expert Meeting on Information Systems in Culture Proceedings (Zagreb, Yugoslavia, September 2-4, 1990).

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Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb (Yugoslavia).

This report presents the proceedings from a meeting jointly organized by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Yugoslavian Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO). Experts from 14 institutions and organizations from 7 countries of Africa, Europe, and North America participated in 4…

Friction or Closure

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Lundahl, Mikela

2014-01-01

Heritage is a discourse that aims at closure. It fixates the narrative of the past through the celebration of specific material (or sometimes immaterial non-) ob-jects. It organizes temporality and construct events and freezes time. How does this unfold in the case of the UNESCO World Heritage si...

Literacy Skills Gaps: A Cross-Level Analysis on International and Intergenerational Variations

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Kim, Suehye

2018-01-01

The global agenda for sustainable development has centred lifelong learning on UNESCO's Education 2030 Framework for Action. The study described in this article aimed to examine international and intergenerational variations in literacy skills gaps within the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this purpose, the…

Fighting A Losing Battle: Assessing The Impact Of Mother-Tongue ...

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Although UNESCO (1953) and a number of other educational organizations have persistently advocated for mother-tongue education, such advocacy has made little impact in most countries. This paper takes stock of some of the issues and arguments involved. It then shows how mother-tongue education remains an ...

Characterization, Classification and Land Capability Evalution of ...

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Soil management measures to control erosion, poor drainage and flooding were recommended. Crop yield in these soils were expected to be high with adequate application of organic fertilizers and lime The soils were classified using the USDA soil taxanomy with approximate correlations with the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map ...

How does one localize climate change? Climate symbols and the case of the Ilulissat Icefjord

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Bjørst, Lill Rastad

The former Danish Minister for Climate and Energy, Connie Hedegaard, targeted the UNESCO World Heritage site Ilulissat Icefjord as a prime example of ‘the Greenlandic case’ and called it a strong ‘climate symbol’. Between the years 2005 and 2009, she invited other Ministers and heads of state...

From Beijing to Belgrade: Academic Freedom around the World.

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Academe, 1999

1999-01-01

A group of articles addresses concerns about academic freedom in Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Additional articles contain a human-rights lawyer's appeal to academics for an international organization and a UNESCO statement on faculty rights and responsibilities. (MSE)

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chifaou.amzat

2013-10-15

Oct 15, 2013 ... is the only remaining superpower and the American president the world's most influential leader. ... The American people finally endorsed his message of change when they ..... The reality is that UN agencies such as UNESCO ... Senator Obama referred to the existence of the Guantanamo prison where.

Nouveau Programme de Troisième Cycle Interuniversitaire : Phase 2

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Social sciences in sub-Saharan Africa are severely underresourced. But an infusion of graduates at the master's and PhD levels in 18 francophone countries in West and Central Africa will increase the region's contribution to global social sciences, especially economics. According to UNESCO's 2010 World Social Science ...

Twitter and the Welsh Language

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Jones, Rhys James; Cunliffe, Daniel; Honeycutt, Zoe R.

2013-01-01

The emergence of new domains, such as the Internet, can prove challenging for minority languages. Welsh is a minority, regional language and is considered "vulnerable" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Welsh-speaking community appears to have responded positively to the Internet and the…

Gender Equality in Media Content and Operations: Articulating Academic Studies and Policy--A Presentation

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Lourenço, Mirta Edith

2016-01-01

In this article, Mirta Lourenço explains the prospects when higher education studies interface with UNESCO for policy change. The baseline is that education institutions' articulation with media organizations, media professionals, policy-makers, and civil society groups is essential to achieve gender equality in and through media.

Terminology of Technical and Vocational Education. Revised Edition = Terminologie de l'Enseignement Technique et Professionnel. Edition Revisee = Terminologia de la Ensenanza Tecnica y Profesional. Edicion Revisada.

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International Bureau of Education, Paris (France).

This five-language glossary of vocational-technical terms is intended to serve a dual purpose: (1) to establish a generally acceptable international terminology in five of the working languages of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)--Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish--in order to facilitate…

Terminologie de Base de la Documentation. (Basic Terminology of Documentation).

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Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). Bureau de Terminologie.

This glossary is designed to aid non-specialists whose activities require that they have some familiarity with the terminology of the modern methods of documentation. Definitions have been assembled from various dictionaries, manuals, etc., with particular attention being given to the publications of UNESCO and the International Standards…

The Arab Spring: Causes, Consequences, and Implications

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2012-03-18

Organization ( UNESCO ) stated that while ―low and perhaps deteriorating quality [has been] the major failing of Arab [public] education systems, private...groups as socialists, Berberists, feminists, and Islamists, among others. Morocco’s “New” Political Face: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Seminario Regional para el Desarrollo de Materiales Educativos para la Paz (San Jose, Costa Rica, 27-31 de octubre de 1986). Informe Final (Regional Seminar for the Development of Educational Materials on the Theme of Peace--San Jose, Costa Rica, October 27-31, 1986. Final Report).

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In conjunction with United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's 40th anniversary, 1986 was named the International Year of Peace. During 1986, UNESCO selected the theme "peace" as an education project to be undertaken in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,…

Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia | IDRC - International Development ...

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2012-08-23

Aug 23, 2012 ... ... of the distribution of enterprises by size across Asia, including India, Japan, ... enterprise development and its overall impact on the economy. ... His main areas of research interest are industry, poverty, labour, and employment, ... In partnership with UNESCO's Organization for Women in Science for the ...

The true ‘EURESCO’? The Council of Europe,transnational networking and the emergence of European Community cultural policies, 1970–90

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Calligaro, Oriane; Patel, Kiran Klaus

2017-01-01

The roots of EU action in the field of culture lie in the 1970s. At the time, the Council of Europe (CoE), the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other organizations were already established players in the field. This article analyses the incremental and