The UN World Water Development Report 2015, Water for a Sustainable World
The 2015 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2015), titled Water for a Sustainable World, will be launched at the official celebration of the World Water Day. The WWDR 2015 demonstrates how water resources and services are essential to achieving global sustainability. Taking account of economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability, […]
Closing Gender Gap in Education
Empowering adolescent girls and young women through education is the aim – and the name – of a programme launched in New York today by UNESCO, UN Women, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. Announced by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde […]
The Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015
The Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015 is taking place this week from the 19th -20th of February at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Representatives from Ministries of Education from Europe and North-America, together with international organisations, European institutions and civil society organisations, are gathering to further discuss the education agenda in the future Sustainable Development Goals […]
From International Relations to Global Politics. Free Online Course
From the theories of International Relations to the practice of global politics. To grasp the rule of the global political game and be ready to play it. Course Instructors: Raffaele Marchetti Raffaele Marchetti (Laurea, Rome-La Sapienza; PhD, London-LSE) is assistant professor (national qualification as associate professor) in International Relations at the Department of Political Science […]
ESCA Ecole de Management (Morocco) Signs Agreement with Louvain School of Management (Belgium)
Internationalisation is at the core of ESCA Ecole de Management’s strategic development. The School, that is ranked Number 1 among universities and business schools in Morocco and French-speaking African countries, is already engaged in a network of over 60 institutions worldwide, and strengthens its international reputation in the heart of Europe with a partnership agreement […]
Physical Education for Healthier, Happier, Longer, and More Productive Living
The time children and adults all over the world spend engaging in physical activity is decreasing with dire consequences on their health, life expectancy, and ability to perform in the classroom, in society and at work. In a new publication, Quality Physical Education, Guidelines for Policy Makers, UNESCO urges governments and educational planners to reverse this trend, […]
Involving Youth in the Sustainable Development Goals: the ECOSOC Youth Forum
From the 2nd to the 3rd of February, the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Youth Forum brought together UN Member States, UN agencies, youth delegates, representatives of youth organisations and other young people in the UN Headquarters in New York City. The sessions focused on youth engagement in the transition from MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to SDGs […]
Integral Science for Global Education
Integral Science for Global Education Amrit Srecko Sorli obtained engineer degree back in 1980 at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His main research areas are dynamic quantum vacuum, cosmology, time, gravity, Relativity Theory, Theory of everything, bijective epistemology, transpersonal psychology, consciousness research, philosophy of science. Amrit co-founded SpaceLife Institute back in 2000 with Italian […]
GLOBAL REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to […]
HUMANISFESTO: THE BIOMIMETIC SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Learning from the Nature in the Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines. Versión castellana Solidarity is a trans-dimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the ontological essence of human nature. In fact, when we analyze the connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm, we perceive that human beingsare not involved in chaos and arbitrariness, but belongs to […]
