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UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
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The Value to the UK of Ratifying The 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols of 1954 and 1999
06
What should be the Criteria to Evaluate UNESCO’s ‘Global Priority Gender Equality’?
08
What could be the contribution of the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences SHS Sector?
09
Education for Sustainable Development ESD in the UK – Current status, best practice and opportunities for the future
10
Proposed UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2013 – The UK National Commission’s Submission to the Consultation
11
Enhancing and Harmonising the Strategic Management of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Programme
12
What are the implications for UNESCO of the proposed post-2015 EFA goals?
13
An evaluation of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s role in global marine science and oceanography.
14
A critical analysis of results reporting at UNESCO current situation and future opportunities
15
The ‘S’ in UNESCO key challenges for UNESCO’s science programmes and priorities
16
How can UNESCO successfully map the capacity and impact of its Category 2 Centres network?
17
UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Next steps for the UK Government
19
UK submission to the review of the UNESCO review of the Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers key issues for inclusion
20
An evaluation of the World Social Science Report Challenges and potential
21
A National Experience of the Management of the UNESCO Prizes Process – Perspectives and Recommendations
22
Practical considerations for the UK in applying and communicating the new UNESCO Recommendation on protecting documentary heritage including in digital form
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Enhancing and Harmonising the Strategic Management of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Programme
AUGUST 2013
#PolicyBrief n°11
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An evaluation of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s role in global marine science and oceanography
FEBRUARY 2015
#PolicyBrief n°13
Browse our #Science Policy Briefs
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Enhancing and Harmonising the Strategic Management of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Programme
AUGUST 2013
#PolicyBrief n°11
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An evaluation of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s role in global marine science and oceanography
FEBRUARY 2015
#PolicyBrief n°13
Browse our #Education Policy Briefs
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Enhancing and Harmonising the Strategic Management of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Programme
AUGUST 2013
#PolicyBrief n°11
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An evaluation of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s role in global marine science and oceanography
FEBRUARY 2015
#PolicyBrief n°13
Browse our #C&I Policy Briefs
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Enhancing and Harmonising the Strategic Management of UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Programme
AUGUST 2013
#PolicyBrief n°11
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