News: IITE and partners in action

UNESCO’s General Conference, which meets every two years, is holding its 36th session from 25 October to 10 November at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris. Delegations from 193 Member States, Associate Members, as well as observers for non-Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are attending the session. The General Conference will decide on UNESCO’s proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society. It will also pave the way for early work on the Organization’s next Medium-Term Strategy for 2014-2019. Read more The 36th session of UNESCO’s General Conference

Third session of the project "Public Diplomacy Corps" was opened on the premises of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on 26 September, 2011 and will work until 30 September. UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) was invited to take part in the event and meet with its participants. Read more UNESCO IITE takes part in the Civic Diplomacy Corps 2011

The analytical survey “Open Educational Resources in Lithuania: State-of–the-Art, Challenges and Prospects for Development” (author – Airina Volungeviciene) has been out of print. The publication opens the series of case studies summarizing best practices in OER in non-English-speaking countries. Read more “Open Educational Resources in Lithuania: State-of–the-Art, Challenges and Prospects for Development”

From 6 to 10 September 2011, UNESCO Director-General visited the Russian Federation for participation in the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum and meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev.

The Yaroslavl Forum brought together renowned public figures from across the world, including former Heads of States, Ministers, Nobel Prize laureates and scholars, to explore the theme of “Modern State in an Age of Social Diversity.”

At the forum, Irina Bokova delivered a clear message that cultural diversity and cultural literacy are vital for building healthy societies and stable states. “Cultural Diversity: Building Bridges to Lasting Peace” was the theme of her address. Read more “Cultural Diversity: Building Bridges to Lasting Peace”

UNESCO IITE took part in the scientific-practical conference “Partnership of education, business and science in the field of ICT”, which took place at the College of Automatization and Informational Technologies № 20 on 7 September 2011. The Conference was organized by the Department of Education of Moscow, educational establishment “Educational-methodological Centre for TVET” and College of Automatization and Informational Technologies № 20. Read more Conference “Partnership of education, business and science in the field of ICT”

The International Conference “Emerging Information & Communication Technologies in Higher Education-2011” was held on July 8–10, 2011 at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It became a joint effort of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. Read more The International Conference “Emerging Information & Communication Technologies in Higher Education-2011”

Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, UNESCO Moscow Office, UNESCO IITE, UNESCO-UNEVOC, German International Cooperation (GIZ), the Bashkir Institute of Social Technologies and the Committee of the Republic of Bashkortostan for UNESCO are organizing a joint Meeting of the UNEVOC CIS Regional Network: Networking and Building Capacity for TVET and ESD in the CIS in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, 29 June -1 July 2011. Read more Meeting of the UNEVOC CIS Regional Network: Networking and Building Capacity for TVET and ESD in the Commonwealth of Independent States

In response to the request from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia for independent assessment of the state-of-the-art of ICT application in education and support of further development in this area, IITE has launched the project aiming to provide expert support and technical assistance to the Republic of Armenia. Read more Technical support to the Republic of Armenia

May 31 – June 1, 2011
Moscow, Russia

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE), UNESCO Moscow Office, and the UNESCO Communication and Information (CI) Sector in cooperation with the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow) are organizing the Joint Workshop on Open Educational Resources to bring together experts in open education and IPR. Read more Joint Workshop on Open Educational Resources and Intellectual Property Rights

May 30 – June 3, 2011
Saint-Petersburg, Russia

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) in close cooperation with the UNESCO Moscow Office and Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation organizes an International Conference of the UNESCO IITE and UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education: Innovations and Best Practices”.  Read more International Conference of the UNESCO IITE and UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education: Innovations and Best Practices”

In the framework of the joint IFESCCO/ UNESCO IITE project, aimed at strengthening and further development of ICTs use in TVET in CIS and Ukraine, an on-line meeting of national experts and UNESCO IITE team members was held on 20 May 2011.  Read more On-line national experts meeting in the framework of the joint IFESCCO/ UNESCO IITE project

On 17-18 April 2011, within IITE “ICTs in Primary Education” project, IITE held an expert meeting, organized in cooperation with the French National Centre for Distance Education (CNED) in in Poitiers, France. Read more Meeting of ‘ICTs in Primary Education’ project experts