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• 20. Februar 2025

The Austrian Commission for UNESCO and the association Work Smart are jointly presenting “Mobility Arts & Culture Austria”. The platform provides free and publicly accessible information and advice for people working in the arts and culture who are or would like to become internationally active.

The term transformative education (or transformative learning TL) has become increasingly significant for UNESCO in recent years (UNESCO 2021a)[1]. The biannual global UNESCO forums as well as new types of events held specifically on this topic, such as the 2022 Transforming Education UN/UNESCO…

• 23. November 2023
• C3, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Vienna

Technologies play an essential role in achieving SDG4. Especially during the Covid 19 pandemic, the enormous potential, but also the limits and risks of technology use in education became clear. Consequently, the GEM Report 2023 is dedicated to the topic "Technology in education: A tool on whose…

Two other cultural techniques that have been cultivated in Austria for centuries were today included in the Representative UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: "Lipizzan horse breeding traditions" and "timber rafting".

As the new school year begins in many parts of the world, new UNESCO data shows that 244 million children and youth between the ages of 6 and 18 worldwide are still out of school. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, calls for collective mobilization to ensure that the right of every child to access…

The extensive knowledge regarding Traditional Irrigation is to become part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO – A multinational nomination of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland for the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of…

"Digital generation. Our generation: Learning in the era of COVID-19"The gender digital divide has meant that many girls have missed out on education in the last year. More men than women have access to the internet in most regions of the world.