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CENTURY: An AI-powered teaching and learning platform
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Learning Cities Award Winners
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) announced that the winners of the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award are: Aswan (Egypt), Chengdu (China), Heraklion...
Rio de Janeiro named as World Capital of Architecture for 2020
UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Ottone R, Thomas Vonier, President of the International Union of Architects (UIA), and Verena Vicentini Andreatta, Municipal Secretary...
Experts lay out plans to prepare the UN Decade of Ocean Science
Two years away from the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), international experts gather in Paris to kick...
The future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: A joint responsibility
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa and universal access to information and knowledge were at the heart of discussions during the UNESCO Forum on Artificial...
Cities rally against hate, discrimination, racism and violent extremism
Local governments are and should continue to be key global actors and
“co-shapers of a global framework for action” to address current worldwide
challenges related to...
Preventing Violent Extremism through Education in Central Asia
The UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and UNESCO Headquarters, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
Culture – the “X Factor” for Building Back Better after Conflict and Disasters
Culture is the foundation upon which cities are built. Cities are not just a collection of buildings but are people, their stories, and how...
Correcting media myths about refugees and migrants
Today the world is home to more displaced persons than at any time in recorded history, leading to complex challenges for many countries as...
UNESCO promotes Internet Universality indicators to advance SDGs at WSIS Forum 2018
Building on the vibrant consultation that UNESCO conducted on defining the Internet Universality Indicators at the WSIS Forum in 2017, UNESCO hosted a high-level...