International Day of Education: Online celebration 24 January 16.00 – 19.00 CET
The year 2023 marks the mid-point since the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for people, planet and prosperity, with a set of 17 interlocked goals that will come up for …
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Joint letter from European public health and consumer associations to the EC on the future front-of-pack nutrition label for Europe
European public health and consumer organisations[1] wrote a letter on December 19th, 2022 to Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal), and EC Commissioners Kyriakides (DG Health) …
Food and nutrition education and school food to improve diets for life
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme in collaboration with the School Meals Coalition will organise a webinar: “Food and nutrition education and …
Food and nutrition education and school food to improve diets for life – Webinar 8 December
On 8 December 2022, 15.00 (CET) the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme in collaboration with the School Meals Coalition will organise a …
Webinar: Improving inclusion of children living with a rare disease through curriculum transformation – 28 November 2022
UNESCO-IBE is organising a webinar on “Improving inclusion of children living with a rare disease through curriculum transformation”, co-organised with the Agrenska Foundation and Rare Diseases International and taking place …
BMJ Collection on Adolescent Well-being
The world’s 1.2 billion adolescents (young people aged 10-19 years) now represent almost 16% of the world’s population; yet this group has received limited attention from global agenda-setting initiatives, such …
Transforming Education Summit September 2022
The UN Transforming Education Summit was being convened in response to a global crisis in education – one of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. Often slow and unseen, this …
244 million children won’t start the new school year (UNESCO press release)
9 September 2022 – New UNESCO data shows that 244 million children and youth between 6 and 18 years old worldwide are still out of school. Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General, …
Event: Healthy & Educated – Investing in School Health and Nutrition (SHN) to Transform Education and the Lives of Children and Young People
Every child has the right to survive, thrive, and reach their full potential – but they can only realize this right if their schools provide them with a learning environment …
Article: We underestimate the impact of climate change on education
In the article “We underestimate the impact of climate change on education” Irene Torres and Carole Faucher describe the impact of climate change on education in Latin America and the …