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New open-access publication, Inclusive Innovation (Routledge, 2022), highlights ‘Learning Coin’ as exemplary lifelong learning initiative in South-East Asia By Sowirin Chuanprapun Project Officer, Literacy and Lifelong Learning Team, Section for...

A joint discussion by VVOB and UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok. Introduction Violence perpetrated against persons based on their sex, gender identity and expression happens all the time, in all corners of the globe. Violence...

By Montira Horayangura Unakul Culture Programme Officer, Culture Unit, UNESCO Bangkok Whenever floods ravage Thailand, we hear many calls to enlarge drainage channels, construct new riverside barriers and build more pumping stations. But despite years of...

Over 600 registrants and more than 250 participants attest to the timeliness of the topic and its potential in the Asia-Pacific region. By Chairat Chongvattanakij, Public Information Volunteer, Public Information and Outreach Team, UNESCO Bangkok To...

By Libing Wang Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD), UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand 2022 has been a big year for the international higher education community as we saw the once...

โดย กองทุนเพื่อความเสมอภาคทางการศึกษา (กสศ.) และสำนักงานยูเนสโกเพื่อการศึกษาส่วนภูมิภาคเอเชียและแปซิฟิก (ยูเนสโก กรุงเทพฯ) คุณอินก์จิน กันซอริก นักกิจกรรมข้ามเพศชาวมองโกเลียคนสำคัญปัจจุบันเป็นนักศึกษาระดับมหาวิทยาลัย...

By Equitable Education Fund (EEF) of Thailand and UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) Prominent Mongolian trans activist Enkhjin Ganzorig is currently a university student who has endured challenges and limitations posed...

By Libing Wang Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD), UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand The Sustainable Development Goal 4, Target C (SDG4.c), of the Education 2030 Agenda aims to...

Asia Pacific countries need to work harder to make STEM education attractive, say experts. [MANILA] The Philippines, despite numerous attempts to improve its educational outcomes, has instead become an educational laggard, taking the ignominious...

By Danting Cai Trainee, Section for Inclusive Quality Education (IQE), UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) Ningxi Wen Intern, Section for Inclusive Quality Education (IQE), UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for...

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in collaboration with UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) and crucial expertise from DVV International is collaboratively organizing an Africa-Asia exchange to highlight and...

This is the second round of UNESCO’s Higher Education Conversations, now in the leadup to the entry into force of the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education. This fourth conversation in the series aims to bring...

High-quality, disability-inclusive education data collection and monitoring are indispensable tools for improving education access, quality, and outcomes By Brandon Darr Consultant, Inclusive Quality Education Section (IQE), UNESCO Asia and Pacific...

BEIJING, 2 December 2022 – The Tokyo Convention provides a mechanism for countries in Asia and the Pacific to facilitate the recognition of qualifications to access higher education through basic principles of fairness, increased information provision and...

An inaugural, inter-ministerial consultation was held on 25 November 2022 in Vientiane to review a roadmap for strengthening heritage impact assessments (HIAs), building upon efforts already underway by national authorities. Mr Phakanxay Sikhanxay...

On World AIDS Day 2022, a reflection on how education remains a fundamental tool for addressing the continuing challenge of AIDS in all its dimensions By YuJeong Hwang Intern, Education for Health and Well-being Team, Section for Inclusive Quality...