Background: As the United Nations specialized agency with a specific mandate for science, UNESCO works to advance and promote science in the interests of peace, sustainable development and human livelihoods, in close collaboration with its Member States and a wide variety of partners, through its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia, covering up to 1-1.6 million ha in the wet season with 8-11 m deep. It harbours rich biological diversity and ecosystems as well as vast cultural heritage, being one of the world’s most productive inland fishing waters. Recognizing its unique ecological, economic and cultural values, Tonle Sap was inscribed on the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 1997, and intently enforced by Royal Decree in 2001.
Share The Cambodia Garment Training Institute (CGTI) and Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), in close cooperation with UNESCO and the Department of Non-Formal Education (DNFE) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has organized a hybrid capacity building Training of Trainer (ToT) workshop for teachers of the factory literacy program (FLP) on 14-16 July 2021. With 12 teachers from participating factories in the program, the three-day workshop was conducted with the aim to review the lessons learned, challenges, and to introduce more training techniques and tools to better design and deliver the lessons to literacy learners as part of Adult Learning and Education (ALE).
Share As a follow-up to the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held on 17-19 May 2021, and in line with the Berlin Declaration, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia and the UNESCO Phnom Penh Office co-organized a national consultation on ESD for 2030 on 5 July 2021. Over 180 participants from MoEYS, concerned government ministries, development partners, representatives from NGOs, universities, education institutes took part in the online event. The national consultation discussed the needs, achievements, challenges, available resources and concrete implementation plans of the new ESD for 2030 framework and agreed on the Country Initiative for ESD 2030 around its five Priority Action Areas, namely (1) Advancing policy; (2) Transforming learning environments; (3) Building capacities of educators; (4) Empowering and mobilizing youth; and (5) Accelerating local level actions. Good practices and country level experiences in ESD were also shared, including the whole-city approach for ESD promotion in Okayama, Japan.
Share Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the 35th Technical Session of the ICC-Angkor initially scheduled in June was postponed to September, however, in order to continue the urgent conservations on the site, the Secretariat of the ICC-Angkor organized on 28 and 29 June 2021 a technical meeting between the adhoc group of Experts of the ICC-Angkor, the APSARA and Sambor Prei Kuk National Authorities on the Conservation and Sustainable Development projects at the World Heritage sites of Angkor and Sambor Prei Kuk. Prior to this meeting, the Secretariat, together with the APSARA National authority and the International teams present in Angkor conducted a site visit at the Angkor World Heritage site from 24 to 26 June 2021. The aim of the visit was to seek advice from the international teams and to receive a technical report to be shared with the adhoc Experts of the ICC for evaluation of the ongoing projects at Angkor.
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Share A Japanese company meets with a Vietnamese partner at a ‘Good Goods Japan 2019’ event held in Hanoi on September 27, 2019. VIETNAM NEWS Japanese goods touted at fair Thu, 4 February 2021 The Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh, the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on February 3 jointly launched the first edition of Japanese products showcase “Good Goods Japan 2021” in the Kingdom. JETRO Phnom Penh Office chief representative Marisa Haruta said “Good Goods Japan” provides an online business-matching platform and introduces the world to Japanese products in fields such as cosmetics, kitchen appliances, as well as baby and children’s essentials.