UNESCO 2015 United Nations United Nations Educational, Scientific and Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Cultural Organization Organisation des Nations Unies UNESCO pour l’éducation, la science et la culture 2015 Building peace in the minds of women and men unesco.org Cover On Saturday 28 March 2015, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova launched #Unite4Heritage at Baghdad University – a global movement and social media campaign powered by UNESCO that aims to celebrate and safeguard cultural heritage and diversity around the world. The campaign calls on everyone to counter the propaganda of cultural cleansing and the destruction of cultural heritage, and to stand up against extremism and radicalization by celebrating the places, objects and cultural traditions that make the world such a rich and vibrant place. 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[email protected] ERI-2016/WS/2 2015 Untitled, tapestry by Papa Ibra Tall (1935–2015) at UNESCO Headquarters. © ART for PEACE, Austrian FMEIA and Lois Lammerhuber Contents UNESCO’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 7 Chapter 1 Education for the 21st Century 21 Chapter 2 Fostering Freedom of Expression 39 Chapter 3 Protecting our Heritage and Fostering Creativity 51 Chapter 4 Learning to Live Together 67 Chapter 5 Building Knowledge Societies 83 Chapter 6 One Planet, One Ocean 95 Chapter 7 Science for a Sustainable Future 109 UNESCO at COP21 125 The 70th anniversary of UNESCO 141 Annexes 159 © UNESCO/Nora Houguenade Preface by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO 2015 was a turning point year for countries across the world – the issues with security issues, represents a major breakthrough in the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for global understanding of the role of culture for the protection of people All objectives, and the year to reach agreement on the new 2030 Agenda across the globe. The same principles apply in Mali, where UNESCO has for Sustainable Development and on climate change at COP21. delivered on its promise to rebuild the mausoleums in Timbuktu. 2015 was also the 70th anniversary of UNESCO and the United 2015 also proved to be a turning point for UNESCO in its work to Nations – a year in which to celebrate the salience of UNESCO’s essential help shape a new vision of sustainable development, based on humanism and the relevance of its mission to foster the soft power of innovation and human resource. In this sense, the 2030 Agenda is truly education, sciences, culture and communication to lay lasting foundations people-centred and innovation-oriented. The World Education Forum for peace and sustainable development. In this spirit, UNESCO worked in Incheon, Republic of Korea, in May 2015 was instrumental for the across the board to support governments and their societies. adoption of the new comprehensive Sustainable Development Goal on The rise of violent extremism and the number of deadly terrorist education, at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. UNESCO also joined forces attacks in France and in countries across the world have stressed the with all partners to fully integrate the role of science, technology and profound relevance and urgency of UNESCO’s action to ‘build peace in innovation in the new UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. the minds of men and women’. In the midst of enduring unresolved UNESCO launched its new UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030, to conflicts and rising humanitarian crises, UNESCO’s vision to prevent provide an essential baseline to help orient implementation and drive radicalization and hatred through quality education and youth assessment of the 2030 Agenda over the years to come. A special empowerment has never been so relevant today. UNESCO bolstered its section of the report is dedicated to UNESCO’s participation in the role in responding to the threat of violent extremism, to combat all historic agreement reached in Paris at the Climate Change Conference forms of racism and anti-Semitism. This included a sharper focus on (COP21). On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO education for global citizenship and human rights. In June, UNESCO led Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of a major international conference on the Internet and youth, to counter Cultural Expressions, the 2030 Agenda also marked a leap forward, radicalization in the virtual world. This conference launched a global acknowledging for the first time so explicitly the role of culture and initiative which harnesses the unique role of UNESCO on social and cultural diversity as an enabler of sustainable development. UNESCO human sciences to better understand the processes of radicalization, also strengthened its efforts to combat all forms of discrimination and and the full power of communication and information to combat racism, building notably on the power of sports to learn to live together, violence. In March, I launched UNESCO’s new global #Unite4Heritage with the revision of the International Charter of Physical Education and campaign, at the University of Baghdad, Iraq, to counter the Sport, to foster a culture of respect, inclusion and excellence. propaganda of violent extremism, by engaging young women and Drawing on a unique mandate, and seven decades of experience, men across the world. UNESCO stepped up action in the protection of UNESCO remains at the forefront of global efforts to build a more cultural heritage under attack, and to fight against the illicit trafficking peaceful, just and sustainable world for human rights and dignity, for of cultural goods. The landmark UN Security Council Resolution 2199, every woman and man. This Annual Report opens a window onto how, banning cultural trade originating from Syria, and linking heritage every day, we are taking this mission forward across the world. ‘We must counter a threat that is fuelled by an exclusive vision of the world and identity, based on false interpretations of faith, hatred of others, ignorance and intolerance,’ said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova in her address at the Leaders’ Forum, and in the aftermath of the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris. UNESCO’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Girls from Ban Houy-Youkpaso School in Thailand smile after a World’s Largest Lesson, a project supported by UNESCO, and part of UK film director Richard Curtis’ major initiative ‘Project Everyone’. This initiative set to make the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) famous in every school in the planet, reaching 7 billion people in seven days in September 2015. © OBEC/ Soratda Worrakittichotikorn UNESCO’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development UNESCO actively contributed to the shaping The 17 Sustainable Development Goals contribution of quality education at all of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable (SDGs) and 169 targets included in levels and to the importance of lifelong Development – adopted by the UN the 2030 Agenda go far beyond the MDGs learning opportunities for all (SDG 4). General Assembly in 2015 – drawing on by addressing the economic, social and It breaks new ground in acknowledging the its humanist mandate, and mobilizing all environmental dimensions of sustainable growing importance of science, technology of its partners and stakeholders. Designed development in a balanced and integrated and innovation (STI) for sustainable as an agenda of the people, by the people manner. It is a universal agenda, applying development (SDGs 9 and 17). It contains and for the people, it highlights the vital to all countries, regardless of their ambitious goals in the areas of freshwater Like millions of importance of human capacities, skills development status, aiming to address (SDG 6) and the ocean (SDG 14), which children around and knowledge to adapt and respond to inequalities and ensure that ‘no one are major priorities for the Organization. the world, these the challenges and opportunities of the is left behind’. The 2030 Agenda will It recognizes the role of information students from Nurul Hudda present and the future, many of which truly transform the scope and practice and communication technology (ICT) Primary School in are still unknown. It places national of sustainable development work in and of the media in accelerating access Tudun Wada Zaria ownership and support at the country the years to come. to development opportunities and in (Nigeria) were level as a cornerstone for its successful The 2030 Agenda confirms the promoting good governance and the rule informed about implementation.