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Advancing Digital Equity for All: Community-Based Recommendations for Developing Effective Digital Equity Plans to Close the Digital Divide and Enable Technology-Empowered Learning Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: USA. Department of Education. Office of Educational Technology In spring 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) committed to advancing digital equity through the Digital Equity Education Roundtables (DEER) Initiative. Through DEER, OET hosted a series of national conversations with leaders from community-based organizations, as well as families and learners furthest from digital opportunities. The “Advancing Digital Equity for All” resource illuminates insights from these conversation to highlight the barriers faced by learner communities and promising solutions for increasing access to technology for learning.The historic federal investments authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act offer critical opportunities for broadband planning that can identify and equitably address the various availability, affordability, and adoption challenges described. Using this guidance resource as a starting point, it is essential that leaders collaborate with those most impacted by the digital divide to develop comprehensive digital equity plans that outline strategies to meet the needs of learners, their families/caregivers, and communities effectively and sustainably. 
Adolescents in a Changing World: The Case for Urgent Investment Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report focuses on the strong returns on investment associated with investing in adolescent health and well-being. Today, adolescents make up more than 16% of the world's population. They are a demographic that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Investments in adolescents can reduce inequalities and help to protect their human rights. The economic and social returns from a wide range of investments to address adolescent well-being are significant. The report makes a compelling case for investing in adolescents, they are living in a world facing multifaceted crises, and they will be tomorrow's changemakers and leaders. The staggering cost of inaction is estimated at US$110 trillion over a period of 27 years (2024-50). That amounts to 7.7% of the total GDP of those countries included in the models, which themselves include around 80% of the world's population. Many interventions will yield high returns, including those focused on health services and multisectoral interventions, for example on SRHR, HPV, TB, myopia, education and training, child marriage and road accident prevention. This evidence base is crucial for policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, donors, and civil society organizations as we map the road ahead for a better and more sustainable future. Investing in adolescent health and well-being strengthens the human capital of a country, and hence a country's potential for future development and for ending extreme poverty and creating more inclusive societies. 
Political Participation of Young People in Kazakhstan: The Role of Digital Technologies Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Paperlab Research Center (Kazakhstan) At the end of July, the PaperLab Research Center held a discussion on "Political participation of youth in Kazakhstan: the role of digital technologies". Experts say that after the January events, Kazakhstanis became more interested in politics. But the real political participation of young people is still limited. 
[Summary] Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) The Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020 charts countries’ progress towards the SDGs aimed at ending violence against children. Jointly published by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence against Children, and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, it collates inputs from over 1000 decision-makers in 155 countries who assessed their violence prevention status against the evidence-based approaches set out in INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children. The report shows that while many of the participating countries are taking some action, government officials from these same countries acknowledge that their efforts are clearly insufficient to achieve the SDG targets. The report concludes with recommendations for boosting INSPIRE implementation efforts and accelerating national progress. 
2024 State of Climate Services: Five-year Progress Report (2019–2024) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) In 2018, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) called on WMO, through its Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), to regularly report on the state of climate services. WMO has issued annual reports on the state of climate services since 2019 in response to this United Nations request for more information on the adaptation needs of countries. The information helps countries, funding agencies and development partners to identify steps needed to address climate services gaps and needs, to inform more effective investment and to enhance adaptation and development outcomes. The 2024 edition of the report describes the current state of climate services while also examining and assessing the progress that has been made during the last five years. The report explores the climate policy response to the climate challenge and advancements made by Members across numerous value chain components. This year’s edition also includes an in-depth look at how a selection of 13 countries have successfully leveraged climate services to deliver socioeconomic benefits at a national, regional or global level. The analysis draws on 113 case studies that were developed over the last five years across multiple sectors, and examines the key success factors, including showcasing the value being created by climate services. 
[DIALOG #13] Information and methodological bulletin on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The website and the informational and methodological bulletin "Dialogue" was created in order to assist educational organizations of the countries of Central Asia in the implementation of multilingual education programs. The website is supported by the Central Asian Education Program of the OSCE HCNM, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the Center for Social Integration.The bulletin is addressed to teachers and school leaders, representatives of education authorities, researchers and experts in the field of education. The bulletin is intended to quarterly inform about initiatives and significant events in the field of multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia and around the world. In each issue of the bulletin you can find a variety of materials: interviews with experts, a review of the experience of multilingual schools, methodological articles and lesson development, announcements of events and publications, links to Internet resources. 
[DIALOG #14] Information and methodological bulletin on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The website and the informational and methodological bulletin "Dialogue" was created in order to assist educational organizations of the countries of Central Asia in the implementation of multilingual education programs. The website is supported by the Central Asian Education Program of the OSCE HCNM, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the Center for Social Integration.The bulletin is addressed to teachers and school leaders, representatives of education authorities, researchers and experts in the field of education. The bulletin is intended to quarterly inform about initiatives and significant events in the field of multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia and around the world. In each issue of the bulletin you can find a variety of materials: interviews with experts, a review of the experience of multilingual schools, methodological articles and lesson development, announcements of events and publications, links to Internet resources. 
Gender and Rural Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Key Issues Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) This report provides a brief overview and description of the critical issues affecting the situation of rural women in the region. This overview has been compiled with the aim of informing all stakeholders and using this information in public campaigns and to achieve greater impact of interventions for development. 
[DIALOG #16] Information and methodological bulletin on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The website and the informational and methodological bulletin "Dialogue" was created in order to assist educational organizations of the countries of Central Asia in the implementation of multilingual education programs. The website is supported by the Central Asian Education Program of the OSCE HCNM, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the Center for Social Integration.The bulletin is addressed to teachers and school leaders, representatives of education authorities, researchers and experts in the field of education. The bulletin is intended to quarterly inform about initiatives and significant events in the field of multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia and around the world. In each issue of the bulletin you can find a variety of materials: interviews with experts, a review of the experience of multilingual schools, methodological articles and lesson development, announcements of events and publications, links to Internet resources. 
Gender Equality: A Large-Scale Study by the UN and the Government of Kazakhstan Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Организация Объединённых Наций (ООН) Women in Kazakhstan have enough rights and opportunities – 73% of the country's male population believes so. Among women, about 58 percent of participants in a large-scale sociological study on gender equality, which was recently conducted in Kazakhstan with the support of the UN Women structure and the UN Development Program.