In support of its efforts to achieve global literacy, UNESCO has launched its new Litracy Portal. The Portal consolidates UNESCO´s literacy programme and serve as a gateway to sharing information on projects and activities all around the world

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Education at UNESCO´s General Conference (34th Session)

16 October - 3 November 2007

Stay abreast of the latest news concerning Education at UNESCO's General Conference

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Ministerial Round Table - 19-20 October 2007

"L’interaction entre Education et développement économique"

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UK document for UNESCO on trends in home economics - 1979: New trends in the Home Economics Education

Edited by
Vincent G. Hutchinson
Head of the
Department of Home and Professional Studies,
F. L. Calder College of Education,
Liverpool (United Kingdom)

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On Eve of World Water Day, Children Deliver Urgent Call for Change

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Guidelines and Recommendations for Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability

UNESCO - Education for Sustainable Development in Action

Technical Paper No. 2

October 2005

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A new report “Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education and Development” has just been published. It documents the outcomes of the first international survey of education sector readiness to manage and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS.

Education contributes toward the knowledge and personal skills essential for the prevention of HIV, and the mitigation of the impacts caused by AIDS.

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Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey (PDF)

UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education
This team was created in 2002 to support accelerated and improved education sector responses to HIV and AIDS. It is convened by UNESCO.

The under-exploited potential of HIV and AIDS education
Today, nearly forty million people are living with HIV. Experts agree that education could help limit the further spread of the pandemic.Yet many countries are slow to put in place a coherent HIV and AIDS prevention education plan. Education Today reports.

UNESCO’s response to HIV and AIDS
This booklet illustrates the diverse activities that UNESCO undertakes to prevent HIV and reduce the impact of the epidemic.

EDUCAIDS: The new Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS
EDUCAIDS is a UNESCO-led worldwide initiative to help governments and other key stakeholders put together a comprehensive response in the area of HIV/AIDS education.

UNESCO opens online platform for planning multi-stakeholder implementation of WSIS Plan of Action

UNESCO has now opened an online platform to facilitate initial contacts among stakeholders and to launch activities under the Action Lines of the Geneva Plan of Action that are in the area of competence of the Organization.

This includes the following action lines:

• C3: Access to information and knowledge
• C7: E-learning and E-science
• C8: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
• C9: Media
• C10: Ethical dimensions of the Information Society

Link to online platform

General Conference adopts Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions

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Highlights of the General Conference

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UNESCO - Education for Sustainable Development