News of UN agencies and organizations for the period from October to December 2020 are available in the fourth issue of the “UN in Russia” Bulletin.

On 23 December 2020, UNESCO IITE and the UNESCO Almaty Office collaboratively organized and held an online expert meeting within the UNESCO-WEIDONG joint project “Building future schools through ICT competency development”.

Teachers from the SCO countries took part in the activities aimed at integration of online tools for promotion of SDGs and creation of engaging learning environment.

For many students, school is not the safe haven it should be. Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, talks about the role gender plays in the violence we see play out at school.

The project is aimed to present Nordic programmes in developing knowledge on media and information literacy and provide specific tools for assessing reliability of information, organize a scientific conference, information meetings, discussions and workshops with specialists and professional organisations in the Nordic countries and North-West Russia.

The incumbent is expected to assist in coordination of the UNESCO IITE – BNU joint project

The new educational reality: how can we stop trying to avoid it and learn to act within it? This and other issues will be discussed on March 12–14 at the global EdHeroes online forum, which is being hosted by the Rybakov Foundation.

IITE's partner, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), supports teachers and offers 50 scholarships for ISTE’s Online Teaching Academy.

The third International Day of Education (January 24) will be marked on Monday 25 January 2021 under the theme "Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation".

The seminar to be held on 16-17 January seeks to reinforce the inter-sectoral and multi-stakeholder cooperation, which aims to accelerate the renovation of rural education. It will also work to deepen North-South knowledge exchange in the field of rural education, facilitate the design of collaboration strategies and capitalize on the best practices that expedite progress towards Education 2030.