As he walked through the courtyard towards the ordination hall at Wat Pho, the royal Buddhist temple home to a 46-meter-long golden reclining Buddha, UNESCO Director General Khaled El-Enany paused …
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Education & Innovation
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Global Affairs
UNESCO in Chile brought together media, academia and civil society around press freedom
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe commemoration began on 4 May with the opening of the 13th Autumn Radio School 2026, an initiative led by the Municipality of Santiago, through its Deputy Directorate of Culture …
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Economy & Development
UNESCO launches ‘cash for work’ initiatives with communities in Oaxaca to boost sustainable tourism through culture and heritage
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauMore than 30 artists and heritage guides in the city of Oaxaca are launching art and educational initiatives through a temporary paid employment scheme (“Cash for Work”) promoted by UNESCO. …
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Education & Innovation
UNESCO and the Equitable Education Fund (Thailand) strengthen partnership to advance equitable education across Asia and the Pacific
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauUNESCO and the Equitable Education Fund (EEF) Thailand signed a new partnership agreement to strengthen regional cooperation on equitable education and support innovative approaches to reduce the number of out-of-school …
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Education & Innovation
School communities in Chile inspire a regional UNESCO and UNICEF methodology for addressing violence in education
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago and UNICEF Chile presented the Methodological Manual: Dialogues for Learning and Transformation (Manual metodológico Diálogos para el aprendizaje y la transformación), on 14 May 2026, a new …
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On the occasion of International Museum Day, celebrated annually on 18 May, UNESCO joins the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and museum professionals around the world in recognising the essential …
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Education & Innovation
Community radios transforming the lives of young women and men in rural Zambia
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauIn Chongwe district, about 45 kilometres east of Lusaka, a modest community radio station is quietly transforming lives. For over 15 years, Chongwe Community Radio has done more than broadcast …
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Education & Innovation
Better information for inclusive education: regional progress in monitoring students with disabilities
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauRepresenting the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago, specialist Alejandro Vera presented the document Challenges in harmonising administrative data for monitoring inclusive education, a contribution that focuses on one of the main challenges in …
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Global Affairs
When a language returns to its territory: in Chile, UNESCO supports experiences that strengthen Aymara through memory and community
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauIn the Altiplano, language is not learned only in a classroom. It is acquired by naming the hills, recognizing the colours of a llama, listening to a farewell song, preparing a watia—a …
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Education & Innovation
UNESCO launches the second edition of its course on digital citizenship and artificial intelligence following the success of its first call
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThis new edition not only responds to the high demand from the Latin American educational community but also marks a milestone in the global expansion of the initiative with the launch of its English …