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The
Programme implemented by Umid HSSC has been presented at the panel 2 on Literacy and Health
during the UNESCO Regional Literacy Conference
14-16 May 2008, Baku
The Programme ‘Improvement of potable water
provision’ implemented by Umid HSSC has been selected to be presented at the
panel 2 on Literacy and Health during the UNESCO Regional Literacy
Conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 14 – 16 May 2008.
The Programme "İmprovement of potable
water
provision is implementing by the support of BP and its
Partners along the BTC/SCP communities since 2005.
The Conference was organized in Azerbaijan in
Baku, Azerbaijan, under the auspices of Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of
Azerbaijan, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESKO, President of Haydar
Aliyev Fund, as well as the Deputy of Milli Mejlis.The organizes of the
Conference were UNESCO, Haydar Aliyev Fund and Ministry of Education of the
republic.
Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, Prencess of Holland, Ms
Laurentien, Goodwill Ambassadors of UNESCO - Ms. Ferial - the Prencess of
Jordan, and ex-rpesident of Islandia Ms. Viqdos Finboqadottir, as well as
Ministers of Education and experts from most countries, high-ranking
officials from the Government of Azerbaijan, ambassadors of foreign
countries in Baku participated the conference.
The UNESCO Sub-Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy entitled
«Addressing Literacy Challenges in Europe with a sub-regional focus:
Building Partnerships and Promoting Innovative Approaches» forms part of a
series of six regional or sub-regional conferences supporting global
literacy that are being organized by UNESCO within the framework of the
United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) and UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for
Empowerment (LIFE).
The conferences are part of a major drive to promote literacy at national,
regional and international levels as one of the major Education for All
goals and as a foundation of lifelong learning.
UNESCO is now organizing the fifth conference in the series which will cover
Europe with a sub-regional focus (Central, Eastern and South-East Europe and
the Baltic States) and will target the following 30 countries: Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania,
Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
The conference aims at:
- undertaking strong advocacy for youth
and adult literacy in the sub-region as part of the global literacy
drive and the UNLD within the overall framework of EFA;
- identifying and discussing the main
challenges and achievements in youth and adult literacy and developing
recommendations on the way forward;
- building renewed commitment towards
literacy at the highest political level, including increased investment
and resources;
- building a coalition and cooperation
among all stakeholders, involving governments, NGOs, private providers,
development agencies, universities, etc., in support of effective
national literacy programmes and policies in the framework of UNLD and
other global initiatives such as Education for All (EFA), the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) and the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (DESD);
- facilitating exchange and sharing of
successful experiences and effective practices in the area of literacy,
and access to the stock of knowledge and know-how;
- creating a new momentum for UNLD in
Europe and contributing to the preparation of the UNLD mid-decade review
in 2008
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