23rd @EUROCLIO Annual Conference
23rd EUROCLIO Annual Conference “Remembering the Difficult Past through History and Heritage Education” Calling for Registrations, Workshop Proposals & Offers Exciting Programme with Key Note Speeches by Prominent Historians, Minister For Education, Partnerships across Northern Ireland & Europe and many more… 19-24 March 2016, Belfast Conference offers much more: The conference […]
The #globaleducation community adopts and launches #Education 2030 Framework for Action
The Education 2030 Framework for Action (FFA) was adopted and launched at a high-level meeting, held alongside the 38th UNESCO General Conference at the Organization’s Headquarters on 4 November. “Today, with the Education 2030 Framework for Action, Governments from across the world have agreed on how to translate a promise on paper to change on the […]
Global Response to Climate Change Keeps Door Open to 2º C Temperature Limit #COP21
New UN Report Synthesizes National Climate Plans from 146 Countries An unprecedented world-wide effort is underway to combat climate change, building confidence that nations can cost effectively meet their stated objective of keeping a global temperature rise to under 2 degree C. A report released today by the UNFCCC secretariat, assessing the collective impact of over […]
END 2016 – Education and New Developments
END 2016 – Education and New Developments 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia: send your abstract until 2 November, 2015 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (1st Call – New Date) International Conference on Education and New Developments 2016 (END 2016) 12 to 14 of June, 2016 – Ljubljana, Slovenia http://www.end-educationconference.org/ = Important Dates = Abstract submissions (2nd […]
2015 #EFA #Gender Report: Less than half of countries have achieved gender parity in #education
A new Gender Report compiled by UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) for International Day of the Girl Child, shows that fewer than half of countries – of which none in sub-Saharan Africa – have achieved the goal of gender parity in both primary and secondary education, even though all were supposed to achieve it […]
Using Nature’s Design Principles to Feed Nine Billion: Finalists announced for the world’s first food system-focused biomimicry innovation accelerator
Using Nature’s Design Principles to Feed Nine Billion Finalists announced for the world’s first food system-focused biomimicry innovation accelerator Earlier this year, hundreds of people from around the world took on a challenge to fix our global food system by looking to nature for design solutions. Now, eight finalist teams have been invited to prototype […]
Global Citizens Strong Support for Ambitious Paris Agreement
Launch of World Wide Views Global Citizen Consultation Results Report on Climate and Energy Strong Public Support for Political Leaders to Commit to Ambitious Climate Action Now The COP 21 Paris Agreement Needs to Open a Credible Path to Limit Global Warming to No More than 2 Degrees Celsius Citizens worldwide have given their leaders […]
Cartas de Federico Mayor Zaragoza al Presidente Barack Obama y a las ONG de las Naciones Unidas
Ante procesos potencialmente irreversibles no caben aplazamientos: en cuestiones de medio ambiente y de dignidad humana pueden alcanzarse puntos de no retorno. Sería una irresponsabilidad histórica permitir que la habitabilidad de la Tierra se deteriorara. Y no remediar el drama humano de los refugiados e inmigrantes. Y no detener la locura del llamado Estado Islámico. […]
Nomination call for UNESCO-Hamdan Prize 2015-2016
The fourth edition of the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers has opened the call for nominations. The prize is awarded every two years and it recognizes initiatives that contribute to improving educational practices around the world, with priority given to developing countries and to marginalized and disadvantaged […]
Sustainable Development Goals for 2030: The Land Beyond Borders for our Planetary Youth
Interconnecting dreams in the land beyond borders. Photo in Vitsa, Greece. Spanish version Around the world, young people of both sexes look to the future, and question current socio-economic models that are based on the irrational exploitation of natural resources. While it is true that capitalist systems have brought enormous material benefits, their functionalist view subordinates […]
