UNESCO - EDUCATION THIS WEEK (30 November – 4 December 2020)

 

NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL ON GENDER EQUALITY IN LEARNING CITIES

UNESCO has produced a video tutorial explaining how gender equality must be prioritized in learning cities to empower women through learning, eliminate gender-based discrimination and foster equitable, inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities. The video is available in the 6 UN languages. Learning cities advance policies and practices that foster sustainable development, notably through lifelong learning programmes that promote equity, cohesion and peace. The video tutorial is a part of the series ‘How to build a learning city’, which encourages the creation of thriving learning communities and provides cities with hands-on approaches to better implement policies and guiding documents.

PLAYLIST OF VIDEO MESSAGES AND 2020 GLOBAL EDUCATION DECLARATION

Watch your country’s education Minister or representative commitment to education on the 2020 Global Education Meeting playlist Watch the explanation video of the 2020 GEM Declaration and read the Declaration (available in numerous languages).

UPCOMING E-EVENTS

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->4 December: The neuroscience of learning: Relevance and prospects in the time of COVID-19: Seeks to contribute to closing the gap between scientific knowledge on learning and its application to education policies and practice. <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->8 December: Worldwide virtual launch of TIMSS 2019 results: First look at the results of TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2019 and present highlights from the TIMSS 2019 international report. COVID-19 and implications for learning assessment: Back-to-back following the launch of the TIMSS2019 results as a reminder to all of us of the critical importance of data, evidence and insights generated by large scale learning assessments in improving learning outcomes.

RESOURCES ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE GLOBAL CONVENTION

Last Wednesday (25 Nov), UNESCO organized the celebration of the First Anniversary of the Adoption of the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications regarding Higher Education. The virtual event counted more than 150 participants, including representatives from Norway and Nicaragua, the first two countries to ratify the Convention, among others. Check out the following resources in connection to the event: <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Recording of the event <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Concept note and agenda <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->A practical guide to recognition: implementing the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->What you need to know about qualifications recognition <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Social media assets for the digital campaign launched in connection to this event

LATEST NEWS

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->New UNESCO working paper on the impact of climate displacement on the right to education <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->UNESCO and The European Union (EU) have signed a new 5 million Euro agreement for the second Phase of the national TVET  Reform project. <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Corruption in education: Where does your country stand? <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->UNESCO laureate harnesses communities to ensure the education of hard-to-reach girls in Kenya <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Addressing anti-Semitism in schools: UNESCO and OSCE launch framework curricula for teacher trainers <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Are countries ready to build learners’ resilience in times of crises? <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->School-related gender-based violence impedes inclusive education of good quality

JUST PUBLISHED

Learning to become with the world: education for future survival Learning assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa: Teaching and Learning Educators’ Network for Transformation       The impact of climate displacement on the right to education   Inter-Agency group on TVET newsletter – November 2020   AI in education: change at the speed of learning      Cost Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning – World Bank publication   Translate a Story: A book translation campaign to promote early age reading during COVID-19 crisis

210TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

The first part of the 210th session of the UNESCO Executive Board is taking place from 2 to 10 December. The Board will open with a plenary session on 2 and 3 December, to be followed by the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations and NGO Committee on 4 December.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

 
Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible

 and sustainable post COVID-19 World

Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security. It is also central to the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind. The commitment to realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an investment in a common future.

The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities.

Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community. An integrated approach is required to ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind.

Disability inclusion will result in a COVID19 response and recovery that better serves everyone, more fully suppressing the virus, as well as building back better. It will provide for more agile systems capable of responding to complex situations, reaching the furthest behind first.

This year, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) falls on the same week as the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 30 Nov.-1 and 3 Dec. 2020 and will be observed throughout the week in conjunction with the 13th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD.

History

The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

Building on many decades of UN’s work in the field of disability, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006, has further advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other international development frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, the New Urban Agenda, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development. 

The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy

When launching the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy in June 2019, the Secretary-General stated that the United Nations should lead by example and raise the Organization’s standards and performance on disability inclusion—across all pillars of work, from headquarters to the field.  

The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations. Through the Strategy, the United Nations system reaffirms that the full and complete realization of the human rights of all persons with disabilities is an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

In recognition of this commitment, the Secretary-General submitted in October 2020, the first comprehensive report on steps taken by the United Nations system to mainstream disability inclusion and implement the Strategy since its launch. 

 

RD CONGO - CAHIERS POUR LES ELEVES DE KAPOLOWE

 UMEC - RD CONGO - AFC 

" Le 23 Novembre 2020, le Père Albert Kabuge a représenté l'UMEC - de la RD Congo dans le village de Kapolowe mission et de Lwisha, à cette occasion  plus de 65 élèves ont reçu les cahiers venus de l'UMEC Mondiale. 

Tous les enfants  remercient  le Président Guy Boyurdeaud'hui  avec son comité pour ce geste missionnaire en  aidant ces enfants de notre Province pour à bien étudier en cette période difficile de la pandémie. Que Dieu vous bénisse.

 Au nom de l'UMEC, le Prof Emmanuel Banywesize et le Père Albert vous remercient pour votre soutien d'accompagnement et nous comptons sur vous. 

FORMATION IN VIRTUES

 

It ought not to be controversial for the Catholic Church to proclaim that her schools are profoundly humanist institutions, because for the Catholic Church, Christ is the universal norm of all human ethical action - Christ stands before us as the model human template, the ‘new Adam’ that redefines what it means to be human. 

As Catholics, we may venerate the stationary image of Christ on the cross, with his arms stretched wide, embracing all humanity in the moment when he suffers and dies for us all. But as his disciples, we celebrate our faith in Christ as always ‘on the move’, inhabiting our world so that we can truly abide in Him as we journey through time. 

We celebrate what one of the early Fathers of the Church, St Gregory of Nyssa, said of Christ: “Although he is great and holds all creation in the palm of his hand, you are able to hold him, he dwells in you and moves within you without constraint, for he has said: ‘I will live and move among them.’ (2 Corinthians 6:16).”’

FORMATION IN VIRTUES

TROUVER LE RECONFORT DANS LA NAISSANCE DU SAVEUR

 Le message de Noël du COE

Le message de Noël du révérend Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), est consacré au moment historique difficile que vit l'humanité en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19.

 Comme au moment de la naissance de Jésus, «il y a de nombreuses raisons d'avoir peur et de vivre dans le désespoir », mais « aux heures les plus sombres de l'histoire, les chrétiens ont si souvent trouvé réconfort et espoir dans la bonne nouvelle de la naissance du Sauveur à Bethléem », commence le message du Conseil Oecuménique des Églises.

« Cette année, la célébration de Noël dans les églises et les familles sera atténuée par les distances physiques et autres restrictions nécessaires pour se protéger du coronavirus. Nous pleurerons de nombreux morts dans le monde entier et exprimerons notre gratitude à ceux qui s'occupent des malades avec dévouement et beaucoup de courage », écrit le révérend Sauca. « Partout la pandémie a déchiré le tissu social, entraînant un chômage de masse et même la faim, exposant et exacerbant les inégalités, semant la discorde et le chaos », sapant la stabilité des gouvernements, reconnait le secrétaire général intérimaire du COE.

Se souvenir des conditions précaires du Fils de Dieu

«Et pourtant, même dans ces circonstances, la voix des anges résonne dans le ciel, proclamant avec une grande joie la venue du Christ. En tant que chrétiens, nous voyons dans cet événement singulier de la naissance de l'Enfant Jésus dans un village désolé à la périphérie de l'Empire romain, les débuts fragiles de notre propre rédemption. En tant que croyants, nous entrevoyons le "oui" de Dieu à la vie et l'aube d'une nouvelle vie qui triomphe de la mort et du désespoir. L'Incarnation est le "oui" décisif de Dieu à l'humanité et à la création », remarque le révérend Sauca.

Il invite les chrétiens à tous les hommes et femmes de bonne volonté à faire en sorte « que la peur cède la place à la joie et qu'en cette année de tristesse, de solitude et de souffrance», cette période de mémoire de la Nativité de Jésus «soit porteuse d'espoir, de courage et d'amour au service de la justice et de la paix. Dans un monde de douleur et de mort, la fête de Noël nous permet de trouver du réconfort, de retrouver l'espoir et d'entrevoir avec une foi profonde le triomphe de la vie et de l'amour dans la naissance de Jésus », conclut le message.

 

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