UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously approves Italy’s proposal of Appeal for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in crisis zones
UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously approved Italy’s proposal of Appeal for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in crisis zones. The Appeal will be launched by the Organization’s 195 Member States during the next General Conference, in the framework of the Culture Commission, which will be chaired by Italy. This initiative has two purposes : a) underline […]
Read moreFrancesca Merloni named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by the Organization’s Director-General, Irina Bokova
(ANSA) – PARIS, OCT 4 – Today the Italian poet and writer Francesca Merloni has been named UNESCO goodwill Ambassador by the Organization’s Director-General, Irina Bokova, for “her engagement in favor of UNESCO’s creative cities network”. She is the Organization’s younger goodwill Ambassador and this year’s only Italian nominee. During a ceremony which was attended, […]
Read moreItaly elected to the Approval Commette of the Fund for the Elimination in Doping in Sports
During the 4th Conference of State Parties of the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport of 2005 which took place in Paris on September 25-26, Italy has been elected to the Fund’s Approval Committee for 2017-2019, together with the Russian Federation, Chile, China, Cameroun and Kuwait. This result rewards our country’s active role in […]
Read moreAgreement between Italy and UNESCO to foster girls’ education and protect cultural heritage through education in Pakistan
In the presence, among others, of the Pakistani Ministers of Education and Communication, the Italian Ambassador in Islamabad, Stefano Pontecorvo, signed an agreement with UNESCO pour a two-year project called “Support to girls’ right to education and safeguarding cultural heritage through education in Pakistan”. This project aims at supporting the Pakistani Government in its efforts […]
Read moreItaly and France work together avec UNESCO on the Ice Memory project
« Ice Memory » is an international programme which aims to create a climate archive in order to save the « memory » of the world’s glaciers from deteriorations dues to global warming. The project was launched in 2015, thanks to the collaboration between the Italian National Centre for Research (CNR), the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and the […]
Read more“Culture Blue Helmets”: lecture by the Carabinieri TPC Commander in Aquileia
The Commander of the Carabinieri Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC), Gen. Fabrizio Parrulli, gave a lecture at the National Archeologic Museum of Aquileia, in the framework of a cycle of talks on « Wounded Archeology » which were organized during the exhibition “The Palmyra Busts in Aquileia”. Here’s a press article from Udine Today : […]
Read moreVacancy for a local employee at the Italian Consulate in Paris (expires on September 29, 2017)
The Italian Consulate in Paris recruits 1 local employee to serve as driver-clerk-telephone operator. More detailed information is available here
Read more“The art of the showcase. Technological innovation for museum conservation and communication” convention and launch of “The science of showcases. An analysis of conservation hazards”
The Italian National Research Centre (CNR), Goppion Ltd. and the Civita Association organized a convention on “The art of the showcase. Technological innovation for museum conservation and communication” under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The event took place in Rome in the presence of Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini. “The science […]
Read moreWhere do students go to study? Where do they come from? The Unesco Institute for Statistics publishes the data on the mobility of students
UIS (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) data on the mobility of students shed light on the shifting demand for higher education, particularly in the developing world. For further information, explore the data of the Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students
Read moreUnite4Heritage Task Force: training courses by the Carabinieri from the TPC Department in Baghdad and Erbil
In the framework of the Unite4Heritage Task Force, the Carabinieri from the TPC Department are engaged in the “Inherent Resolve/Prima Parthica” operation and provide training courses for polices forces in countries at risk. Namely, in: · Baghdad, where the 3rd Heritage Safeguarding Training Course for the Tourism and Antiquities Security Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry […]
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