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The World Declaration on Higher Education was adopted by UNESCO's World Conference on Higher Education on 9 October 1998, [36] with the aim of setting global standards on the ideals and accessibility of higher education. UNESCO's early activities in culture included the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, launched in 1960. [37]
Since it was founded in 1945, UNESCO has been supporting global dialogue and action in the field of Adult Learning and Education. In 1949, it organized the first CONFINTEA. Since then, five further CONFINTEA conferences have taken place at intervals of roughly twelve years, providing UNESCO member states with valuable opportunities to consider ...
During the session on Transforming Teacher Education Institutions, the UNESCO-Chinese Funds-in-Trust (CFIT) project that is being implemented in eight sub-Saharan African countries (Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Namibia, United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda) was introduced by representatives ...
The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014 was an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative of the United Nations. The Decade was delivered by UNESCO as lead agency, and gave rise to Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) networks, and the GUPES universities' partnership.
The first version, known as ISCED 1976, was approved by the International Conference on Education (Geneva, 1975), and was subsequently endorsed by UNESCO's 19th General Conference in 1976. The second version, known as ISCED 1997, was approved by the UNESCO General Conference at its 29th session in November 1997 as part of efforts to increase ...
This document is the legitimate successor of the International Charter of Physical Education and Sport, [2] originally adopted in 1978, during the 20th General Conference of UNESCO. The original Charter, which was amended in 1991, was the first rights-based document to state that "the practice of physical education and sport is a fundamental ...
It helps UNESCO's Member States to manage their educational system and to achieve the Education 2030 Agenda. The International Institute for Educational Planning offers training in educational planning and management, but also explores fields such as statistical tools for educational planning, strategies and policy options, projects, budgets ...
In UNESCO usage, a recommendation is a formal international instrument accepted by the member states of UNESCO (UNESCO, 1981). As is generally the case with international instruments, the Recommendation is soft law , that is, the enforcement of the norms and standards within the Recommendation is through the force of moral persuasion.