Winners Announced! Schools Can Make a Difference: ASPnet Good Practice Development Project in Achieving MDGs through ESD in the Asia-Pacific Region
This UNESCO Associated Schools Project launched in 2009, is designed to promote Education for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific region by encouraging teachers to develop and share sound educational practices and methods so that they can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The project is jointly organized by Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU), UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) and sponsored by UNDP and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea. KNCU has selected nine winners of the 2009 ESD/MDG Good Practices.
UNESCO ASPNet workshop urges ICT use in HIV/AIDS awareness
The Ministry of Education and Culture, in collaboration with the Jakarta Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO, Braillo Norway, and ASPnet/iEARN organized a three-day national workshop on “Using ICT as a Tool to Get Updated Information about HIV & AIDS”.
The workshop ran from Feb. 1- 3, 2008 at the LabSchool-Rawamangun in East Jakarta, and was officially opened by Dr. Arief Rachman, executive director of the Indonesian National Commission of UNESCO.