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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

Join the World Heritage Volunteers Campaign 2020!

ALMATY. KAZINFORM The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the Call for Projects for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Campaign 2020.

Society > Society

30.12.2019 14:09

Kazakh Secretary of State, UNESCO Director-General hold talks

PARIS. KAZINFORM Kazakh Secretary of State Krymbek Kusherbayev met with Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General in Paris, the Akorda press service reports.

World News > Diplomacy

18.12.2019 20:24

UNESCO inscribes “Lazgi” on Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

TASHKENT. KAZINFORM On December 12, 2019, at the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, in Bogotá (Republic of Colombia), it was decided to include the Khorezm dance «Lazgi» on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as an element of Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage. This issue was initiated following the meeting of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, UzA reported.

World News > World News

13.12.2019 21:12

Register to participate in World Radio Day in Central Asia

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Join us in celebrating the World Radio Day with streaming and community media, as well as journalism universities and Media NGOs.

Society > Society

10.12.2019 19:14

Almaty holds training on fostering relationship between security forces and journalists

ALMATY. KAZINFORM 9 December 2019 UNESCO Almaty jointly with Programme Office UNODC in Kazakhstan and Kazakhstani Media Alliance are organizing training workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Regions > Almaty

09.12.2019 18:38

UNESCO Almaty Office attends 2nd UNESCO Model

ALMATY. KAZINFORM UNESCO Almaty Office participated in the second UNESCO Model organized by Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs (KazFUCA) in the premises of UNESCO Club: Suleiman Demirel University (SDU) in Kaskelen, Kazakhstan.

Society > Environment

05.12.2019 18:46

Almaty to host discussion on alpine cryosphere module

ALMATY. KAZINFORM On December 3, a meeting on the creation and implementation of cryosphere (glaciers, snow cover and permafrost) training modules in the universities of the Central Asian region is to be held in Almaty with the participation of representatives of universities and institutes of Central Asia, experts and partners, as well as with the involvement of young people.

Society > Environment

03.12.2019 12:10

Saudi Arabia elected to UNESCO's world heritage committee

RIYADH. KAZINFORM - Saudi Arabia was elected to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee for the first time on Wednesday, Kazinform has learnt from Arab News.

World News > World News

28.11.2019 10:58

Aktoty Raimkulova speaks at forum of UNESCO Ministers of Culture

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Aktoty Raimkulova, Minister for Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, spoke at the forum of UNESCO Ministers of Culture, Kazinform correspondent reports.

State Programs > Cultural Heritage

20.11.2019 13:51

International Day for Tolerance 16 Nov

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - The United Nations is committed to strengthening tolerance by fostering mutual understanding among cultures and peoples, Kazinform refers to the UN official website.

Society > Society

16.11.2019 10:24

UNESCO Celebrates World Cities Day today

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Changing the World: Innovations and Better Life for Future Generations, is the theme of this year’s celebration of World Cities Day and the subject of a daylong conference that UNESCO will host at its Headquarters in Paris on 31 October.

News

31.10.2019 11:44

UNESCO to decide on creating Mendeleev prize in November

PARIS. KAZINFORM The UNESCO Executive Board will submit a proposal to the UNESCO General Conference due in November to establish a prize in the area of fundamental research to commemorate renowned Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, a source in the UNESCO Secretariat told TASS on Tuesday.

Society > Education and Science

22.10.2019 21:19

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