UNESCO and Japan reconfirm their long-standing partnership to promote science cooperation in Asia and the Pacific

From 7 to 10 February 2022, UNESCO and representatives of donor agencies from the Government of Japan held their joint annual review meeting. Organized online, the meeting served as a platform to share progress on ongoing projects, renew collaboration, and discuss...

Sharing Solutions to Water Scarcity, Quality and Disasters

For the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, representatives from across UNESCO’s region-wide water network – known as the UNESCO Water Family - met in the 28th Regional Meeting of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme in Asia and the...

Improving the Relationship Between People and Nature For a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian Biosphere Reserves Network Gather in Rinjani-Lombok, Indonesia "The Southeast Asian MAB Community continues to thrive, to grow, to expand and to reach new heights of achievement – despite the pandemic," said Hans Dencker Thulstrup, the Secretary of...

Reflecting on the Past and Present for Futures Thinking on Disaster Risk Reduction

As we develop and enhance our resiliency, the best way forward is to create a system that helps us anticipate and identify different future possibilities and helps to navigate the challenges and uncertainties of today. In support of this approach, the United Nations...

Regional Science Stakeholders Explore the Interaction between Climate Change and the Ocean in Asia Pacific SIDS

On the occasion of Mother Earth Day on 22 April, UNESCO Jakarta Office organized the “Intersection between Climate Change and the Ocean in Asia Pacific SIDS” on 20 April 2021, supported by Japanese Funds-in-Trust. Panelists shared the overview of the UN Decade of...

JFIT for Science

UNESCO has enjoyed a long-standing and solid cooperation with the Government of Japan. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT) deposited its first Funds-in-Trust in 1969 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs followed in 1989. Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) is covering all the fields of UNESCO as education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture as well as communication and information, helping UNESCO to fulfill its mandate “Building peace in the minds of men and women”.

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