In 2008, Quebec will be hosting the world! The Festival VidéEau is an international competition for video clips organized by the International Secretariat for Water (ISW), in preparation for the International "Water and Film" Events that will take place in Istanbul in 2009, within the context of the 5th World Water Forum.
The battle against HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact is the area of increasing concern to the UNESCO as a whole. UNESCO's focus on preventive education represents an important niche in the worldwide campaign to arrest and reverse this scourge. Communication and information can help to fight HIV/AIDS by changing young people's behaviour through preventive education schemes.
UNESCO to launch ICT Competency Standards for Teachers at Moving Young Minds Conference, London, 8 January. UNESCO guidelines* for teachers to use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve education will be presented to education ministers from more than 100 countries and to the press at the Moving Young Minds Conference in London on 8 January.
The World Youth Report 2007 examines the challenges and opportunities existing for the roughly 1.2 billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world. Distinct from the 2003 and 2005 editions, it provides a regional overview summarizing the major youth development trends in the fifteen priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth. Available here
Welcome to the latest Peace Child Book Project - making a young people's summary of this year's Human Development Report on Climate Change. The UN's Annual Human Development Report is probably the most widely read document published by the UN. But the reports are not widely read by young people, which is why the UN is inviting us to make a short, eye-catching summary of it. Read it
Cuba is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean that will meet the UN Millennium Goal for universal education, states a United Nations report issued on Thursday. Argentina, Chile and Mexico will be close to reaching the goals but Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic are far from doing so, notes the UN report.
The battle against HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact is the area of increasing concern to the UNESCO as a whole. UNESCO's focus on preventive education represents an important niche in the worldwide campaign to arrest and reverse this scourge. Communication and information can help to fight HIV/AIDS by changing young people's behaviour through preventive education schemes.
UNESCO to launch ICT Competency Standards for Teachers at Moving Young Minds Conference, London, 8 January. UNESCO guidelines* for teachers to use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve education will be presented to education ministers from more than 100 countries and to the press at the Moving Young Minds Conference in London on 8 January.
The World Youth Report 2007 examines the challenges and opportunities existing for the roughly 1.2 billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world. Distinct from the 2003 and 2005 editions, it provides a regional overview summarizing the major youth development trends in the fifteen priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth. Available 
Welcome to the latest Peace Child Book Project - making a young people's summary of this year's Human Development Report on Climate Change. The UN's Annual Human Development Report is probably the most widely read document published by the UN. But the reports are not widely read by young people, which is why the UN is inviting us to make a short, eye-catching summary of it. 
Cuba is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean that will meet the UN Millennium Goal for universal education, states a United Nations report issued on Thursday. Argentina, Chile and Mexico will be close to reaching the goals but Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic are far from doing so, notes the UN report.
