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UNESCO Almaty and Qazaq Geography concluded memo

ALMATY. KAZINFORM A Memorandum of Understanding was concluded between the UNESCO Almaty Office and «Qazaq Geography» Republican Public Association on 13 October 2020.

Society > Culture

18.10.2020 14:46

UNESCO and Open Science: regional consultation for Eastern Europe

ALMATY. KAZINFORM To build a global consensus on Open Science, and in line with the decision taken by the UNESCO General Conference in November 2019, the development of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science relies on an inclusive, transparent and consultative process involving all countries and stakeholders and taking stock of the different regional perspectives.

Society > Science

01.10.2020 20:56

ResiliArt Debate: concert and cultural-event industry of CA during quarantine. Lessons learned

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Third ResiliArt Debate of UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty will take place on Wednesday 30 September 2020 from 16:00 to 18:00 time of Almaty and will be dedicated to the state of concern and cultural-event industry of Central Asian during the quarantine, the Office’s official website reads.

Society > Culture

23.09.2020 19:43

Open letter to educators, parents, and students from Director of UNESCO Almaty

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Kazinform offers its readers an open letter to educators, parents, and students from the Director of UNESCO Almaty on the importance of learning during and after COVID-19.

Society > Education and Science

01.09.2020 21:20

UNESCO announces initiative to rebuild Beirut's heritage buildings

BEIRUT. KAZINFORM - Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), announced on Thursday that the UNESCO has launched the initiative «Beirut» to attract funds to be used in rehabilitating Beirut's heritage buildings, LBCI local TV channel reported, Xinhua reports.

World News > World News

28.08.2020 15:39

Sub-Regional Training for Trainers in field of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central Asia held

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Quarantine and lockdown measures in Central Asian countries have disrupted many activities.

State Programs > Cultural Heritage

28.08.2020 13:54

Any time is Sports Time: Online Campaign in Response to COVID-19 crisis

ALMATY. KAZINFORM More than 1 400 000 people participated in #IDSDP2020 online campaign in Kazakhstan.

Regions > Almaty

16.06.2020 21:09

World Heritage Volunteers Initiative

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative was launched in 2008 in collaboration with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) to mobilize and involve young people and youth organizations in World Heritage preservation and promotion, the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office’s official website reads.

Society > Culture

22.04.2020 10:43

UNESCO supports culture and heritage during COVID-19’s shutdown

ALMATY. KAZINFORM UNESCO is launching initiatives to support cultural industries and cultural heritage as billions of people around the world turn to culture for comfort and to overcome social isolation during the COVID-19 sanitary crisis, which is hitting the culture sector hard.

State Programs > Cultural Heritage

19.04.2020 12:44

UNESCO Little Artists Exhibition: Call for artwork!

ALMATY. KAZINFORM COVID-19 has presented a host of new challenges for parents and guardians of young children, the majority of whom are out of school. Yet confinement can also be an opportunity for learning, creativity and discovery.

Society > Culture

17.04.2020 21:39

World Art Day – April 15

ALMATY. KAZINFORM World Art Day, a celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art, was proclaimed at the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 2019.

Society > Culture

08.04.2020 17:44

Azerbaijan, Turkey submit application for inclusion of balaban in UNESCO Cultural Heritage List

BAKU. KAZINFORM Azerbaijan and Turkey have submitted an application for inclusion of the balaban (cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument) in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List, Trend reports on April 6 referring to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Society > Culture

06.04.2020 21:05

UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education 2020 accepting nominations

ALMATY. KAZINFORM UNESCO launched the call for nominations for the 2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education. The Prize awards US$ 50,000 annually to two laureates making outstanding efforts in favour of girls’ and women’s education.

Society > Education and Science

17.03.2020 18:00

UNESCO Almaty call to organize national training workshop on Journalism, «Fake news» & Disinformation

ALMATY. KAZINFORM UNESCO Almaty Office invites partners to co-organize training workshop on Journalism, «Fake news» & Disinformation.

Regions > Almaty

07.02.2020 14:18

International Conference on Sustainable Tourism and Sacred Heritage development to be held in Turkestan

TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM - Turkestan has become the spiritual capital of the Turkic world, Kazinform reports with reference to the press service of the Akimat.

News

04.02.2020 19:52

National Commission for UNESCO and ISWESCO holds regular meeting in Nur-Sultan

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan’s National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (ISWESCO), held its regular sitting at the National Academic Library, Kazinform learnt from the MFA’s press service.

World News > Diplomacy

31.01.2020 17:47

Almaty held forum to celebrate 2020 Int'l Education Day

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Last week the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office, in collaboration with the Kazakh National Women's Teaching University, co-organized the Republican Forum «A New Perspective on Education».

Society > Education and Science

31.01.2020 10:38

Year of Abai kicks off in Azerbaijan

BAKU. KAZINFORM The Year of Abai in the Turkic world and celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the great Kazakh thinker and poet were inaugurated on January 30 at the Baku State University.

Abai 175 Years

31.01.2020 08:11

UNESCO Almaty: One week left before the deadline! Apply now!

ALMATY. KAZINFORM UNESCO Almaty invites competent organizations from Central Asia to participate in the competition of project proposals for the second stage of the project «Developing Online Curriculum to Mainstream Cross-Cutting Competences for Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan» with the support of Estonia.

Society > Education and Science

22.01.2020 13:34

Samal Yeslyamova and Sergey Dvortsevoy: Cinema that mirrors reality

PARIS. KAZINFORM Migrant women workers at a clandestine sweat-shop in Moscow. Ayka, the eponymous heroine of Sergey Dvortsevoy's 2018 film, is seen in the foreground.

Society > Culture

31.12.2019 16:20

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