Welcome to UNESCO Dhaka
UNESCO, born on 6 November 1945, embodies this postulate. Its purpose, the same as that of the other specialised agencies within the United Nations system, is to promote "international peace and the common welfare" through collaboration among nations.
UNESCO Dhaka, within the framework of UNESCO's Medium Term Strategy, and in close collaboration with UNESCO Headquarters and field offices, works with the Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO, the line Ministries and relevant public and private institutions, including NGOs actively involved in UNESCO's fields of competence, for the development of a coherent strategy for UNESCO in Bangladesh.
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UNESCO Dhaka in partnership with UNESCO Head Quarter Paris and UNESCO Bangkok office organized a workshop on “Capacity Development of NFE Teaching Personnel in Asia and Africa” from 19-21July 2010 in Dhaka.
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Nazrana Chowhdury of NTV, one of the 12 private satellite television channels in Bangladesh, has won the UNESCO Bangladesh Journalism Award 2010 for the best investigative report. The report identifies some mistakes in the primary and secondary level text books.
Introduced in 2008 by UNESCO Dhaka, the award is already one of the most sought-after and prestigious journalism awards in Bangladesh. UNESCO has been conferring the award in investigative journalism in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) held on May 3 each year.
Abul Kalam Azad, Minister for Information and Cultural Affairs, handed over the award that carried a cash prize of Tk 50,000 and certificate to the winner at a ceremony held at a city hotel on 3 May 2010. The ceremony organised jointly by UNESCO Dhaka and UNESCO National Commission for UNESCO (BNCU) was attended by over 100 colleagues from the media sector who were eager to find out this year’s winners of UNESCO journalism award. |
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Read more... [UNESCO Bangladesh Journalism Award 2010 conferred]
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Bangladesh is happy to invite submission for UNESCO Bangladesh Journalism Award 2010. UNESCO Bangladesh has been giving away this award since 2008 as a part of its effort in promoting freedom of expression and media development in Bangladesh. |
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Read more... [UNESCO Bangladesh Journalism Award 2010 Opens]
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 Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, released on 19 January, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to protect their right to education. The Report examines who these children are and why they are being left behind, and shows that the cost of providing Education for All is much higher than previously estimated. The report looks at concrete solutions for making sure that no children are excluded from schooling. Get the report and other relevant documents and data |
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Ministers and high level government officials representing eight South Asian countries agreed to step up their efforts to eliminate illiteracy from the region by 2015 when they met at the second ministerial meeting of South Asia Education for All (EFA) Forum in Dhaka on13-14 December 2009.
Participants from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan met to evaluate the state of education, especially the efforts to achieve the EFA goals, in their respective countries and plan the way forward to attain education for all in the region. |
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Read more... [Second ministerial meeting of South Asia Education for All (EFA) Forum promises to eradicate illiteracy by 2015]
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UNESCO supports creation of the first ever citizens' media forum in Bangladesh In Bangladesh citizens are largely unexposed to the notion that they have a stake in the media. Newspaper readers or TV viewers are happy to play the passive consumers even as their counterparts in neighbouring India and Pakistan have started raising their voices on media issues. A strong relationship between the media and citizens based on mutual trust is crucial for developing and sustaining free and pluralistic media organisations and indeed for healthy democratic societies. But it's a process that has to be nurtured and built over time. There has been no serious attempt in this regard in Bangladesh, until recently. |
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Read more... [Nagorik Media Forum launched in Bangladesh]
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