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Agency or Program |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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| Description |
UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 192 Member States
and six Associate Members in the fields of education, science, culture and
communication. |
| Main Website |
http://portal.unesco.org |
| CPD/CB Link |
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| Principal Contact |
Mr Orlando Hall-Rose, Chief of Section -
o.hall-rose at unesco.org |
| Activity Summary |
UNESCO's programme in
science and technology education focuses upon the means and methods to
address these issues in both formal and nonformal education, notably by
supporting Member States in:
- Cooperation at the International, Regional, and Subregional levels
- Training and capacity building of relevant personnel
- Production and dissemination of innovative and context-specific
teaching/learning materials
- Establishment and management of networks of specialists and
specialised institutions
- Promoting exchange of information and popularisation of STE
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| Resources |
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Editor's note: Because UNESCO does include an educational component
within its formal charter, it has a vast and complex program of educational
activities that cannot be captured by the above simplistic profile. We
urge readers to explore the site for themselves to discover the multitude of
resources available. In general, the website is so complex as to defy
simple characterization according to the above schema. In general, we
would prefer to provide links here to the excellent individual CB resources
UNESCO provides, such as the GIS modules (above), rather than the typical
programmatic descriptions the website currently provides.