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Cluster Office to Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland
As a specialized agency of the United Nations, UNESCO contributes to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
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 01 May 2013 UNESCO/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – RFP: Hydro-meteorological Variables and Statistical Hydrology (deadline 17th of May 2013).
The 2010 – 2011 floods in Namibia caused widespread damages over seven regions in the country. Some 200 000 people were displaced with a death toll of over 90 being recorded. The President of the Republic declared a state of emergency at the end of March 2011, and various national and international partners responded in a varied manner to the call for assistance and collaboration in addressing flood management issues. UNESCO also responded to the call by sending a team of hydrologists on an exploratory mission to determine areas in which UNESCO can further collaborate with Namibia in addressing flood management. The team visited Namibia in July 2011, and presented its initial findings to the Prime Minister on 29 July 2011.
At this stage the objective is to procure the government with information and tools [data collection procedures, data collection methods, data collection tools, modeling tools, technical capacities requirements and the lack on the technical capacities noticed in the government structure] and a strategic plan for the way forward that allows the government to fix the above mentioned challenges and thus UNESCO is inviting all the experts, consulting firms to submit an offer for Consultancy Services' in accordance with the downloadable pdf solicitation document. More |
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 30 Jan 2013 Culture for Development Indicator Suite
Culture and Development Indicator Suite (CDIS) is a project that aims to use methodologies to generate new cultural statistics in developing countries, analyse them in regards to the local context, and based on their findings, advocate for the creation of better cultural policies and inclusion in development strategies. UNESCO Windhoek and UNESCO Paris in collaboration with the University of Namibia (UNAM) statistics department, are hard at work in preparing for the final results of CDIS. The presentation workshop will be held on the 14 February 2013, at Nice, 2 Mozart Street, Cnr. Hosea Kutako Drive. See below the workshop programme. More |
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29 Jun 2012 Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem, Palestine, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List along with sites from Israel, Palau, Indonesia and Morocco UNESCO
Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation), 29 June – New sites have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine); Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel), Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau), and The Cultural Landscape of Bali: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy (Indonesia), Rabat, modern capital and historic City: a shared heritage (Morocco). Inscriptions are expected to continue today and tomorrow. More |
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25 Jun 2012 Namibia: Sustainable living in the desert Absalom Shigwedha
Deep in the Namib Desert, in a dune valley in the south of the NamibRand Nature Reserve in Namibia's Hardap region is an environmental education centre that is helping Namibians to live sustainable lifestyles. More |
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 18 Jun 2012 Conference: “Indigenous Education in a Changing World” 19-21, June 2012, Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek UNESCO Office Windhoek
There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, representing approximately 5% of the total world population. Indigenous people account for more than 5,000 languages in over 70 countries on six continents; i.e. nearly 75% of all languages believed to exist. Despite two UN decades on indigenous people, the “International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995-2004)” and the “Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (2005-2014)”, these groups continue to face serious discrimination in terms of access to basic social services, including education and healthcare. A great number are marginalized and live in precarious conditions, often due to forced displacement and the impacts of globalization and climate change. More |
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06 Jun 2012 Call for nominations – UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2012 UNESCO
Initially established in 1967, these Prizes are currently sponsored by the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea, and they are composed of the two UNESCO Confucius Prizes for Literacy and the two UNESCO King-Sejong Literacy Prizes. They are awarded each year to individuals, governments and non-governmental organizations in recognition of their distinguished contribution to the promotion of literacy, and their meritorious efforts in this regard. More |
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