Highlights

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Source: UNESCO MAB

Paris, 25 March—Following UNESCO’s Forum on Biodiversity on 24 March, the Organization has called for the mobilization of governments, citizens and civil society, including the private sector, in favour of biodiversity through the a multi-partner fund currently being set up.

The Philippine National Commission for UNESCO (PH NatCom or UNACOM) joins UNESCO in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Programme. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference

  The year 2021 is a crucial year for biodiversity, during which new objectives and new commitments will be made for the coming decade. UNESCO, as a laboratory of ideas and a guardian organization of knowledge and know-how respectful of biodiversity, has an important role to play in helping to shape and fuel a dialogue

The British Council Philippines and the Department of Trade and Industry – Design Center will hold a virtual event from March 16-19, 2021 entitled Drivers of Change. Leaders and changemakers will exchange ideas on the important role of creative hubs in the growth of the creative economy. Moderated by Creative Innovators Fellow Kae Batiquin of

The British Council Philippines and the Department of Trade and Industry - Design Center will hold a virtual event from March 16-19, 2021 entitled Drivers of Change. Leaders and changemakers will exchange ideas on the important role of creative hubs in the growth of the creative economy. Register by 15 March 2021.

09 February 2021, Paris, France – The Philippine Delegation co-headed by Ms. Aileen S. Mendiola-Rau, Deputy Permanent Delegate of the Philippine Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, and Mr. John Francis S. Herrera, Director at Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA-MOAO), actively participated in the 53rd Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council, which was held virtually from 01-09 February 2021.