Events

Social Media Contest “Air dan Krisis Iklim” for World Water Day 2020

UNESCO Jakarta partnering with the Climate Tracker celebrating World Water Day 2020 by holding Social Media Contest “Air dan Krisis Iklim” World Water Day 2020. A series of online events will also be held during March and April 2020. The participant is required to fill in an online registration form to join the competition. They will be tasked to: 1.    Follow the Instagram accounts of @ClimateTracker and @UnescoJakarta. 2.    Register at the following link http://tiny.cc/airdankrisisiklim 3.    Follow a short webinar held by Climate Tracker on Friday, March 27, 15.00 - 16.30. The topics for discussion. a.    general information about the Social Media Contest: "Air dan Krisis Iklim b.    about water and the climate crisis c.    interesting and informative visual communication about the climate crisis. (Further information will be sent via email after registration). 4.    Create a short video (maximum 1 minute) about water and climate change. They can use their mobile phone or professional video making. We encourage participants to stay at home while developing the video. 5.    Post the video on the participant’s Instagram account (make your Instagram account public). Add an interesting captions. Add hashtag #AirDanKrisisIklim; #worldwaterday #hariairsedunia #climatechange #unescojakarta. Also, mention the @climatetracker and @unescojakarta Instagram account. Deadline for posting: 15 April 2020.

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23.03.2020

COVID-19 education response webinar 1 - Ensuring equity in remote learning responses to school closures

The webinar will aim at sharing information about how governments are accounting for equity in the planning and management of distance learning strategies to overcome COVID-19 related school closures, now impacting half the world’s student population. The webinar will facilitate knowledge exchange across national borders. As a result of school closures to slow the spread of COVID-19, Ministries of Education are scrambling to provision education remotely and maintain the continuity of learning. The mix of approaches adopted by different countries vary considerably. Regardless of approach, equity and inclusion must be guiding concerns. While countries are under pressure to open alternative portals to learning to reach students, principles such as equal access and equal opportunity, pillars of international agreements on education, cannot be treated as afterthoughts. The first UNESCO COVID-19 Education Response Webinar will look at country strategies and responses through the lens of equity. - What steps are countries taking to ensure that distant learning solutions leave no one behind? - If a country is rolling out digital learning resources, how is it accounting for gaps in device and connectivity access?- How are digital learning and access to mass media combined to reach-out to under privileged learners and reduce divide?- How is teaching staff mobilized to address equity challenges? The target audiences for the webinar are Ministry of Education officials implementing strategies to maintain the continuity of learning in different contexts. Le webinaire est destiné aux représentants des ministères de l'Education chargés de mettre en place des stratégies pour assurer la continuité de l'apprentissage dans différents contextes.

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20.03.2020

World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change

Starting from the 24th of March, UNESCO's Cluster Office for the Caribbean, through its social media platforms, will give an overview of the main findings and key messages of the WWDR 2020. Mr. Massimiliano Lombardo, Programme Specialist in Natural Sciences, will comment on how such findings and messages relate to the water and climate situation in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The scientific evidence is clear: the climate is changing and will continue to change, causing severe impacts on the use of water resources by human societies and communities all over the world. Climate change will affect the availability, quality and quantity of water for basic human needs and threaten the effective enjoyment of the human rights to water and sanitation for potentially billions of people. Changes in the water cycle will also pose risks to energy production, food security, human health, economic development and poverty reduction, thus seriously jeopardizing the achievement of sustainable development objectives. Increasing scientific evidence and natural disasters demonstrate that water and climate change are inextricably linked. Aiming to raise global awareness and promote impactful action on these issues, the United Nations (UN) will launch the 2020 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2020), entitled “Water and Climate Change” on 23 March on the occasion of the World Water Day 2020. The WWDR 2020 addresses the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. It focuses on the challenges, opportunities and potential responses to climate change – in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience – that can be addressed by enhancing water resources management. The Report indicates that combining climate change adaptation and mitigation, through water, is a win-win proposal, that improves the provision of water supply and sanitation services and tackles both the causes and impacts of climate change, including disaster risk reduction.

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24.03.2020 Kingston - Jamaica