Dec 15, 2017 - of the ESD policy at the county level & at the delivery of educational services level. The 45 ESD foc
Issue 55 11 to 15 December 2017
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Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
This week we are committed in different and very interesting projects and activities,
before
we
end
2017.
To kick off the week, the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa participated in the Regional Conference on Refugee Education, organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Djibouti, from 12 to 14 December 2017. During the meeting, regional quality education standards and inclusion into national systems for refugee children were discussed, in line with the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), as well as Sustainable Development Goal 4, and Agenda 2063 on Education. The focus on refugee education around the world in general and in the Eastern and Horn of Africa region in particular is a response to the alarming increase in the number of people forced to flee their homes due to conflicts and persecution. UNESCO must ensure, by working in cooperation with UN agencies and actors in the field, that all children, including refugees, have access to quality educational systems. In delivering as One, we need to enhance commitment by donors to align funding to better bridge the gap between humanitarian and development assistance, and in support of national education strategies that provide improved access and quality of education in all
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countries.
In parallel in Kenya, the Regional Office for Eastern Africa also trained 45 Education for Sustainable Development focal points of the Kenyan counties on how to make the Education for Sustainable Development policy real, through a Master of Trainers workshop, from 13 to 15 December 2017. The workshop aimed to understand the implications of the Education for Sustainable Development policy at the county level and at the delivery of educational services level. The project is supported by the Government of Japan, under the UNESCO Global Action Programme for Education for Sustainable
Development
(GAPesd).
Moreover, in Kampala, Uganda, from 11 to 15 December 2017, UNESCO, supported by the Ministry of Education assisted curriculum developers from Kyambogo University to harvest openly licensed educational resources to populate
the
recently
approved
Communication
Technology
(ICT)
Competency Framework for Teachers for Uganda Course. The course material will
be
rolled-out
in
in
a
blended
mode
in
2018.
Finally, the Regional Office for Eastern Africa organized a joyful end of the year Christmas celebration with UNESCO staff and their families in Nairobi,
on
15
December
2017.
The event rounds-up a full year where the office worked as a team to the benefit of our Eastern African Member States. I wish you all a joyful end of 2018 and may
joy
and
happiness
accompany
you
and
your
families.
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See
you
in
2018!
Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta
Announcements
Consult all the photos from the
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Conference on Education for Sustainable
Development:
Local Sustainable Solutions for Cities and Communities, by
clicking
here
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Holiday Season UNESCO Social
Club
Celebrations
in
Nairobi
with
Staff
Families, 15 December 2017 Nairobi, Kenya, Consult all the
photos
on
this link
Events of the week Workshop with the Ministry of Education on Data Cleaning for District Education Officers to improve quality of Education 11 to 15 December 2017 Kigali, Rwanda
Third cohort of training on the ICT Essentials for Teachers in Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda 18 to 22 December 2017
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What happened this week in UNESCO in the Region Master
of
Trainers
Education
for
Sustainable
Development
A Master of Trainers took place in
Nairobi,
training Sustainable
Kenya,
Education
for
Development
(ESD) focal persons, from 12 to
15
December,
to
understand the implications of the ESD policy at the county level & at the delivery of educational services level. The 45 ESD focal points from the Kenyan counties will be working together, for 4 days, with 18 members of the technical working group, UNESCO, UNESCO National Commission of Kenya, Ministry of Education of Kenya staff, to work on strategies for delivering policy messages and mobilizing support for ESD at the county level & with partners. The project is supported by the Government of Japan, under the UNESCO Global Action Programme for Education for Sustainable Development (GapESD).
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The goal is to work on an action plan for the delivery of the ESD messages to different,
various
constituents
at
county
level.
Eastern and Southern Africa meeting on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
UNESCO
in
partnership
with
National
Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV in Kenya
(NEPHAK)
and
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance organized, on 14 December 2017, a consultative meeting that brought together 16 stakeholders drawn from the civil society fraternity to review the progress made towards the targets in the ESA commitments. By the end of the day, the participants put together a comprehensive report on the progress made. The review of the ESA progress is part of a process covering 20 countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
that
affirmed
the
commitment
in
December
2013.
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Training of 28 ICT personnel on sustainable Management of ICT infrastructure
From 4 to 5 December 2017, a 2-day face-to-face training workshop for ICT personnel for the 23 China Funds In Trust
(CFIT)
Teacher/tutor Education
Phase
II
Instructor and
Training
(TIET) hubs, on ICT Infrastructure Sustainable Management was conducted at Shimoni Core PTC in Wakiso, Uganda. This training is a Follow up to the needs assessment survey on the status, use and priority requirements of ICT infrastructure in CFIT Phase II TIET hubs that took place on 13 to 17 November
2017.
The training encompassed hands-on presentations and demonstrations from the facilitator, individuals and groups in various activities. Participants had opportunities to interact and raise questions or concerns freely throughout the training workshop, which was a good learning environment for them. The purpose of the training was to equip the ICT personnel with necessary skills and confidence on management of ICT infrastructure in line with the guidelines for ICT in Education management. Just to mention a few, participants had insight on planning for ICT needs, ICT Institutional Policies, ICT Asset Management and Disposal as guided by the Public Procurement and Disposal Act
of
2003.
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What the Press says about us S. Korea, UNESCO to Support Vocational Education in 5 African Countries, Source: The Korea Bizwire Somalia attends the second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism & Culture, Source: Horn Observer Chogan, Kamancheh Enter UNESCO Heritage List, Source: Financial Tribune.com UNESCO Commemorates 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a focus on freedom of expression, Source: IPS, Inter Press Service News Agency
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Web News of the week
Education
for
Sustainable
Development Focal points in Kenya
get
implementation
ready of
for ESD
Policy
FINAL PRESS RELEASE Education for Sustainable Development in SubSaharan Africa: finding local solutions for sustainable cities and communities
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Education is a powerful tool for peace: Kenya holds Training of Trainers on Transformative Pedagogy for PeaceBuilding
Publications
Defending Journalism: How national mechanisms can protect
journalists
address
the
issue
and of
impunity- a comparative analysis of practices in seven countries. The study is part of a larger project on the safety of journalists financed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which includes a peer-to-peer sharing of best practices on safety across borders, co-implemented by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The mechanisms surveyed in the publication can also be found on The Journalists’ Protection wiki. This study was presented at the Eastern Africa Conference on national mechanisms for the Safety
of
Journalists,
13
to
14
November
2017
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Reshaping Cultural Policies, Advancing Creativity for Development: Monitoring the Convention
2005 on
the
Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
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Trandraka, Investigative Media, magazine number 2, Madagascar In both French and Malagasy Languages
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Videos
Education
for
Sustainable
Development, Best practice from Rwanda (watch the complete Sustainable
Education
for
Development
series of 8 videos, here)
Network of ASPnet Schools in SubSaharan Africa on Education for Sustainable Development
ESD
Implementation
Kenyan
in
Counties_Kajiado County
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(watch the complete ESD Implementation Series of 6 videos, here)
Birthdays Walter Owuor 24 December Jane Kamau 31 December
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Inspiration of the Week
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