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Inclusion, education for sustainable development, adult learning, higher education and research: four international conferences to promote equity, quality, relevance and social responsibility in education Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO This cycle of conferences brings together a wide array of influential stakeholders in the common interest of creating education systems that serve the needs of all learners, address the challenges of today's world and make learning a springboard of development. 
Education for Sustainable Development: Partners in Action; Global Action Programme (GAP) Key Partners' Report (2015-2018) Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was launched by UNESCO as a follow up to the United Nations Decade of ESD in order to accelerate progress on sustainable development and scale up action in all areas of education and learning. Its duration is from 2015 to 2019.To that end, UNESCO works with a network of 97 GAP Key Partners from government, civil society, the private sector and academia active in five Priority Action Areas: advancing policy, transforming learning environments, building the capacity of educators, empowering youth, and accelerating sustainable solutions at the local level. Each GAP Key Partner committed to meet specific targets by 2019. To measure progress in meeting the targets set by the GAP Key Partners, 10 indicators were identified, two in each Priority Action Area. Through surveys sent to them by UNESCO, GAP Key Partners report against these 10 indicators and toward the targets set for each indicator. In the surveys, GAP Key Partners are also invited to rate the benefits of participation in the GAP for their work and provide qualitative data concerning their implementation progress. Three progress reports are scheduled to be produced: The first report, covering progress between 2015 and 2016, was released by UNESCO in 2017 This second report, covering 2015-2018, is to be published in 2019 The third and final report, covering the entire period of the GAP, 2015-2019, will be published in 2020 This second report presents the results of the GAP Key Partners survey carried out at the end of 2018, with a response rate of 78%. The report presents the analysis of the quantitative responses of GAP Key Partners to each of the 10 indicators. Based on the qualitative responses provided by the GAP Key Partners, a short comment on each of the progress status is also provided. Inclusión, educación para el desarrollo sostenible, aprendizaje de adultos, educación superior e investigación: cuatro conferencias internacionales para promover la equidad, la calidad, la pertinencia y la responsabilidad social en materia de educación Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO This cycle of conferences brings together a wide array of influential stakeholders in the common interest of creating education systems that serve the needs of all learners, address the challenges of today's world and make learning a springboard of development. Inclusion, éducation pour le développement durable, éducation des adultes, enseignement supérieur et recherche: quatre conférences internationales pour promouvoir l'équité, la qualité, la pertinence et la responsabilité sociale en matière d'éducation Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO This cycle of conferences brings together a wide array of influential stakeholders in the common interest of creating education systems that serve the needs of all learners, address the challenges of today's world and make learning a springboard of development. 
Intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO The collection of materials of the Central Asian round table is devoted to sharing best practices in intercultural dialogue and to the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity.The work highlights issues on the exchange of best practices in the field of intercultural dialogue, popularization of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on cultural diversity, the creation of a “Central Asian platform to strengthen cultural cooperation and dialogue ”, to strengthen UNESCO Chairs in Central Asia. Межкультурный диалог и культурное разнообразие Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Сборник материалов Центральноазиатского круглого стола посвящен обмену передовым опытом в области межкультурного диалога и попу- ляризации Всеобщей декларации ЮНЕСКО о культурном разнообразии.В работе освещаются вопросы по обмену передовым опытом в области межкультурного диалога, популяризации Всеобщей декларации ЮНЕСКО о культурном разнообразии, созданию “Центральноазиатской платформы для укрепления культурного сотрудничества и диалога”, укреплению сотрудничества кафедр ЮНЕСКО в Центральной Азии. Respuestas del sector de educación frente al bullying homofóbico Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: UNESCO This publication is part of a Good Policy and Practice series that addresses key themes of UNESCO’s work with the education sector including HIV and AIDS and safe, healthy educational environments for all learners. This volume, on the theme of homophobic bullying in educational institutions, builds on UNESCO’s work on gender, discrimination and violence in schools. 
Evaluation of UNESCO's work in information and communication technologies (ICT) in education Year of publication: 2019 Author: Seán Ó Siochru and Graham Attwell Corporate author: UNESCO ICT in Education is a fast-growing area globally that offers many strategic opportunities. As the leader and coordinator of the SDG 4 – Education 2030 with the aim to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”, UNESCO has the mandate and expertise needed to strategically position itself as a world leader in this field. UNESCO’s work in ICT in Education aims at enhancing the quality and relevance of learning and at strengthening inclusion. While technology can facilitate wider access to education and bridge learning divides, can advance gender equality and inclusion as well as digital skills development, the rapidly changing technologies and work processes require the development of new pedagogies, both for the use of ICT for teaching and learning in the classroom and through open access and distance learning. Compared to other players, UNESCO leverages its comparative strengths in its ICT in Education interventions - especially its impartiality, convening power, and policy expertise - through an inclusive and humanistic approach to achieving quality education in coherence with Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. Its expertise across all levels of Education and its multidisciplinary potential of working across its Programme Sectors are also considered among UNESCO’s specific strengths. The evaluation revealed that UNESCO achieved important results, at the level of the learning environment, at the policy level and in institutional capacity building, but it also showed that UNESCO still needs to strengthen its positioning and visibility within the wider landscape of ICT in Education. For example, UNESCO has to continue positioning itself for producing forward-looking knowledge on ICT in Education and as a laboratory of ideas for future-oriented thinking. While the evaluation came across various specific interventions successfully addressing the needs of disadvantaged groups, the evaluation found that considerations of inclusion and gender equality were not consistently mainstreamed into policy-related and capacity building interventions. Other challenges are mainly linked to the current dispersion of resources and fragmentation of expertise across different entities within the Organization, which also leads to reduced visibility. While the key entities active in this area recognize that they are working within a common theme, collaboration and coordination still needs to be improved. The strategic measures proposed by the evaluation towards an overall organizational framework for ICT in Education aim at establishing an enabling environment for inter- and multidisciplinary approaches and greater coherence and collaboration. Réponses du secteur de l'éducation au harcèlement homophobe Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: UNESCO This publication is part of a Good Policy and Practice series that addresses key themes of UNESCO’s work with the education sector including HIV and AIDS and safe, healthy educational environments for all learners. This volume, on the theme of homophobic bullying in educational institutions, builds on UNESCO’s work on gender, discrimination and violence in schools. Working knowledge: symbiosis of programmes in science teaching, environmental education, and technical and vocational education Year of publication: 2006 Author: Saif R. Samady Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO’s work in science teaching began shortly after the Organization was established. After the Second World War, many schools in Europe were in great need of science equipment. To meet this need, the Organization sponsored the publication of a small volume entitled Suggestions for Science Teachers in Devastated Countries. The book was further developed to include a wide range of guidelines for simple equipment and science experiments and published in 1956 as the UNESCO Source Book for Science Teaching. Over the years, the Source Book was revised several times and translated into more than twenty-five languages. During five decades, the Organization promoted worldwide exchange of information and innovations in science education and assisted many Member States, especially the developing countries, in setting up science teacher training programmes, curriculum development centres, and projects for design and development of science equipment.