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The road to 2030 to take shape at UNESCO’s General Conference
The 38th session of UNESCO’s General Conference opened today with an eye on the future.
The biennial meeting of the governing body will set the path for UNESCO as it reviews programme and policy plans aimed at achieving the 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in New York in September.
World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, to highlight the enabling power of science
Hungary will host this year’s World Science Forum, from 4 to 7 November. The Forum has been held every other year since 2003 serving as a platform for exchange between the scientific community and society. The theme of this year event will be “the enabling power of science.”
The World Science Forum will be the first major international science event since the recent adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of new Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-20130.
Outcomes of the 3rd week of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme
During the third week (October 19-23) of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme the fellows visited experimental laboratories of the leading Russian research and scientific institutions and participated in educational seminars and online conferences.
On October 19, fellows participated in a scientific seminar held by the Joint Institute for High Temperatures (JIHT) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The results of the 2nd week of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme
During the second week (October 12-16) of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme the fellows visited various lectures and seminars, participated in professional discussions with lecturers and students of the Ecological Faculty of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
The curriculum agenda was devoted to the problems of modern society, in particular to the topical issues, such as “Global climate change”, “Low-carbon development”, “Energy poverty” and “Environmental safety”.
ISEDC focuses attention on effective use of energy resources in the framework of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme
On October 6, 2015 the IX session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition officially started up at the premises of Ecological Faculty of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR).
The programme will be held from 5th to 30th October 2015. This year 19 young specialists from all over the world participate in the IX session, including fellows from Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Kirghizstan, Madagascar, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey and Zimbabwe.
