UNESCO Office, Jakarta 2012 Annual Report UNESCO Office, Jakarta 2012 Annual Report contents Foreword ii UNESCO Today iv UNESCO in Numbers vi UNESCO Office, Jakarta viii Director’s Report on x Science Overview xii Chapter 1 : Education 1 Chapter 2 : Disaster Risk Reduction 6 Chapter 3 : Enginering Sciences and Technology 12 Chapter 4 : Ecological Sciences 18 Chapter 5 : Sciences for Society 22 Chapter 6 : Social and Human Sciences 28 Chapter 7 : Water Sciences 34 Chapter 8 : Culture 40 Chapter 9 : Communication and Information 50 Chapter 10 : Timor Leste Overview 54 UNESCO Office, Jakarta Staff 60 Publication 2011 66 Regional Networks 74 National Commisions in Asia and the Pasific 78 UNESCO Partners 88 foreword Recognizing the importance of energy for sustainable development all over the world, the United Nations General Assembly has designated, by its resolution 65/151, the year 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The International Year of Sustainable Energy for All presents a valuable opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of increasing sustainable access to energy, energy efficiency, and renewable energy at the local, national, regional and international levels. In recognition of the International Year, the theme for this Annual Report will be ‘Sustainable Energy’. During the year 2012, the UNESCO regional science mandate the office Office, Jakarta, continued to strengthen made progress in strengthening the four its programmatic support along the two regional science flagship programmes on dimensions of the office as Regional climate change, water, disasters and on Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, science policy and science education. The and as Cluster Office representing JFIT-UNESCO “Science Programme on UNESCO in Brunei Darussalam, Global Challenges in Asia and the Pacific” Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and supported by MEXT, Japan has been Timor Leste. In the field of Education, the particularly helpful in the design and office continued to support the Cluster development of these regional Flagships. countries in achieving the ‘Education for In the field of culture work centred All’ (EFA) goals, and to strengthen the around the long term safeguarding of concept of ‘Education for Sustainable both tangible and intangible heritage, development’ (ESD) in their national and under the Communications and education systems. The Green Schools Information mandate we continued Programme was initiated as a best practice to build capacity for the media and to in mainstreaming ESD in both curriculum promote freedom of expression. and school management. Under the ii UNESCO Jakarta Annual Report 2012 Significant progress was also made in as an integrated approach, bringing Palestine as a Member of UNESCO. the development of ‘Connect-Asia’ together individual components of the Overall the financial and programmatic (COllaboration for Network-eNabled Natural and Social and Human Sciences capacity of the office has grown in 2012, Education, Culture, Technology and programme. The Regional Science and is expected to grow further next year. science), which is a regional connectivity Bureau organized several regional events The office has also been engaged in platform initiative of the UNESCO Regional on Sustainability Science, a.o in Kuala preparatory work and follow up relating Bureau in collaboration with the School Lumpur and in Tokyo. to the United Nations Conference on of Internet Asia (SOI) and other network Sustainable Development (Rio+20), partners. This platform, which connects The cooperation with Category 2 and the development of the Post-2015 national university and institutional institutes and regional centres was Development Agenda, both within networks, provides opportunities for joint further strengthened. The Cat II UNESCO, and with other partners (UNDG- research, education and other initiatives, Water Centres, currently 6 in ASPAC, AP, RCM, ESCAP, UNCTs, ICSU). This has using connectivity, partnership and have become important gateways helped to position the role of Science, collaboration. The Regional Bureau has and partners for the implementation technology and Innovation in the follow supported the development and delivery of activities in the framework of the up from Rio+20, and in discussions on of a range of e-learning modules (e.g. International Hydrological Programme Post-2015 Agenda. on Energy for Sustainable Development, (IHP), and in joint project development Grass Root Technologies, HIV/AIDS), and implementation. The SWITCH-in- In closing, I would like to convey my and has organized a large number of Asia regional flagship programme, which great thanks to the dedicated team of connectivity events, such as UN-lecture focuses on water challenges in cities and UNESCO Jakarta, and to all partners series, cultural presentations, and catchments, provides a good opportunity who contributed to the realization of various e-forums. These activities have for further cooperation. the activities and results presented in contributed substantially to strengthen this report, be it via direct collaboration the use of ICTs in higher education, In light of the severe Regular Programme and partnership, by providing financial in capacity building, and in research funding gap of UNESCO globally, we support, or by consolidating and cooperation in Asia and the Pacific. have initiated new strategic partnerships disseminating the results achieved. I and cooperation modalities with count on all of you again in 2013, and I In June, delegations of 30 Member several Member States in the Cluster. look forward to what we will achieve States (out of 46) of the Asia and Pacific This includes the development of a together in the coming years. region attended the Director-General’s new Malaysia – UNESCO Cooperation consultation with Member States and Programme, and the Indonesia – National Commissions for UNESCO, UNESCO Cooperation Programme. Hubert Gijzen hosted by Vietnam, on the preparation Besides, Indonesia and Timor Leste Director and Representative of UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategy provided valuable financial support to and the next Programme and Budget the Emergency Fund, which was set up cycle. Several delegations suggested the in response to the withholding of funding development of “sustainability science” by the US following the admission of UNESCO Jakarta Annual Report 2012 iii UNESCO today The United Nations Educational, Scientific and sciences, culture and communication • Fostering cultural diversity, inter- Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born on and information contribute towards the cultural dialogue and a culture of realization of those goals. peace. 16 November 1945. UNESCO works to create • Building inclusive knowledge the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to societies through information and cultures and peoples, based upon respect the building of peace, the eradication of Communication. poverty, sustainable development and for commonly shared values. It is through intercultural dialogue through education, this dialogue that the world can achieve the sciences, culture, communication and UNESCO Principles global visions of sustainable development information. The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities: encompassing observance of human rights, UNESCO, in all its activities, is guided mutual respect and the alleviation of poverty, by three fundamental and inseparable • Africa principles: all of which are at the heart of UNESCO’S • Gender equality. mission and activities. • Universality And on a number of overarching The broad goals and concrete objectives objectives: • Diversity of the international community - as • Dignity set out in the internationally agreed • Attaining quality education for all and lifelong learning. development goals, including the These principles are closely related • Mobilizing science knowledge and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the values of justice, solidarity, policy for sustainable development. - underpin all UNESCO’s strategies tolerance, sharing and equity, respect • Addressing emerging social and ethical and activities. Thus UNESCO’s unique for human rights and democratic challenges. competencies in education, the principles. Five Principal Functions iv UNESCO Jakarta Annual Report 2012 To fulfill its mandate, UNESCO performs Through its strategies and activities, UNESCO is actively pursuing the five principal functions within its Millenium Development Goals, especially those aiming to: spheres of competence, a single activity sometimes fulfilling several of these: • halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in developing countries by 2015 • A laboratory of ideas: • achieve universal primary education in all countries by 2015 anticipating and defining the most • eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005 important emerging problems in • help countries implement a national strategy for sustainable development the light of the ethical principles by 2005 to reverse current trends in the loss of environmental resources by UNESCO champions, and identifying 2015. appropriate strategies and policies to deal with them; • A standard-setter: serving as a Some Milestone over 60 years central forum for articulating, building understanding, • 2011: South Sudan and Palestine archive collections. It now includes benchmarking, and mobilizing become UNESCO’s 194th and 195th sound, film agreements and international opinion members. related