In most cases, girls have less access to education than boys do. This gender gap is the focus of SDG 4 and SDG 5, as these two intersects. Education access should not be limited despite their gender; therefore, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development aims to fill in the gap between girls and boys in education. UNESCO Regional bureau for Science and Culture has conducted two studies to explore the intersection of Gender and Education.

The European Union will organise an international donors’ conference on 17 February in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts in Albania after the earthquake that struck the country at the end of November.

The CoMoCoSEE - Enhancing culture for development is a unique cooperation platform in the field of culture, created by the Ministers responsible for culture in South-East Europe with the aim of promoting culture as an important vehicle for peacebuilding, reconciliation and development. Being the main cultural cooperation platform in South-East Europe, its main purpose is to strengthen regional cooperation and boost cultural heritage and creativity as drivers for sustainable development and regional integration.

Ocean literacy is defined as the understanding of human influence on the ocean and the ocean influence on humans. Ocean literacy is not only about increasing awareness on the state of the ocean, but it is about providing tools to transform ocean knowledge into actions.

Originating in Northern Spain in the second half of the 14th century, the “Sarajevo Haggadah” is a valuable manuscript written on parchment, with superb illuminations. Its origin and journey to Sarajevo, where it has been housed by the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of the 19th century, are still shrouded in mystery.