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The role of ICTs to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities discussed in Beijing

: Opening Ceremony at the 9th China Information Accessibility Forum@UNESCO/CFDP

The role of ICTs to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities was discussed at the 9th China Information Accessibility Forum held in Beijing on 15-16 October 2013. With the theme “Consolidation and Integration — Accessibility Services in the All-media Age”, the forum was co-hosted by the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, the China Foundation for Disabled Persons and with the support of UNESCO and other key national partners. Read More

UNESCO Beijing Office Director’s Address at the 2013 Seminar on International Special Education

It is an honor and a pleasure to join you today at this Seminar to further promote Inclusive Education in China. On behalf of UNESCO, I wish to thank the China Education Association for International Exchange for the kind invitation extended to UNESCO to this event and compliment their efforts to make this knowledge exchange happen, where experts, teaching professionals, and parents gather to share information and innovative practices to further meet the educational needs of the persons with disabilities. More

UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a new Open Access policy

Paris, 14 May—UNESCO will make its digital publications available to millions of people around the world free-of-charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Organization’s Executive Board in April, UNESCO has become the first member of the United Nations to adopt such an Open Access policy for its publications. The new policy means that anyone will be able to download, translate, adapt, distribute and re-share UNESCO publications and data without paying. More

"Eat Well, Grow Well” - UNESCO Supports Food Safety and Security in China

Chinese rural schools integrating nutrition and food safety into the teaching curriculum, women’s associations engaging to raise awareness on child-nutrition and media practitioners enhancing their capacity to professionally report on food safety are among the achievements of actions undertaken by the UNESCO Office Beijing in the framework of a UN Joint project. Aiming at“Improving Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Security for China’s Most Vulnerable Women and Children”the project has been supported by the Spanish Government through the MDG-Fund’s thematic window on Children, Food Security and Nutrition. More

The Experimental E-Classroom of the Future in China: the Haidian Model

Imagine students with a tablet each, moving around on rolling chairs with a foldable table while networked through a wireless to an interactive whiteboard – this is the optimal setting of the experimental e-classroom according to the empirical tests by the Education and Information Center of the Haidian DFistrict in Beijing. This format allows students to move around to undertake groupwork for discussions or peer-evaluations, while the teacher can show on the main screen what is on each pupil’s tablet and interact with it by touching the digital whiteboard.

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The DG signs agreement with China establishing a Category 2 Centre on Science and Technology Strategy

On 14 May 2012 the signing ceremony regarding the establishment of an International Research and Training Centre for Science and Technology Strategy as a Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO took place in Shanghai, China. The Director-General Irina Bokova signed the official agreement with Mr. Wan Gang, the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology.

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Preschool Education In China

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The role of ICTs to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities discussed in Beijing

UNESCO Beijing Office Director’s Address at the 2013 Seminar on International Special Education

UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a new Open Access policy

"Eat Well, Grow Well” - UNESCO Supports Food Safety and Security in China

The Experimental E-Classroom of the Future in China: the Haidian Model

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The DG signs agreement with China establishing a Category 2 Centre on Science and Technology Strategy

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