The #Philippine Former senator feted for social innovation
FORMER senator and climate visionary Heherson Alvarez was conferred the Social Innovation Leadership Award by the organization of Asia’s top marketing executives and professionals. CMO Asia conferred the award during the Asia Social Innovation Excellence Awards 2016 at the Pan Pacific Marina Square in Singapore over the weekend for his distinguished record in both public […]
PMAP TO HONOR ALVAREZ AS PUNONG BAYANI NG KALIKASAN
Senator Heherson T. Alvarez during a tribute to Ninoy Aquino, August 2014. The Pride of the North, former Senator Heherson T. Alvarez, will add another feather to his cap when he will be honored with the Punong Bayani ng Kalikasan, a national leadership award, this Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The People Management Association of the Philippines […]
@UNESCO presents new finance model that could triple the availability of textbooks
A new study by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM)* to be issued on 19 January proposes an economic model that would help reduce the cost of textbooks and increase their availability to students in schools around the world. According to the paper, Every Child Should Have a Textbook, centralized financing mechanisms could allow for a […]
Learning to Live Together: Experiences from Education Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region
Aliénor Salmon Research Assistant, Education Policy and Reform Unit. UNESCO Bangkok – Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. E-mail: a.salmon@unesco.org . Ramya Vivekanandan-Rodrigues Programme Specialist, Education Policy and Reform Unit. UNESCO Bangkok – Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. E-mail: r.vivekanandan@unesco.org . Abstract: Peace has stood at the core of UNESCO’s mandate since its […]
