Keystones to foster inclusive knowledge societies: access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy, and ethics on a global internet

The transnational and multi-dimensional nature of Cyberspace and its growing importance presents new frontiers with unparalleled opportunities and challenges for access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy and ethics. The Internet Study being undertaken by UNESCO is seeking to provide the necessary clarity to support holistic approaches to addressing this broad range of interrelated issues as well as their short and long-term effects. The study was built on a year-long multistakeholder consultation process, which involved several rounds of consultation with member states and other actors, as well as almost 200 major responses to an online questionnaire. The Study includes the Options for future actions of UNESCO in the Internet related issues, which has served as a basis for the Outcome Document as adopted by the CONNECTing the Dots Conference on 3 and 4 March 2015. The Study also affirmed that the same rights that people have offline must be protected online, and good practices are shared between Member States and other stakeholders, in order to address security and privacy concerns on the Internet and in accordance with international human rights obligations. The Study also supports the Internet Universality principles (R.O.A.M) that promote a human rights-based approach, including freedom of expression, privacy, open Internet, accessible to all and characterized by multistakeholder participation

The Dialogue Among Peoples: The Rabat Commitment

This document contains the recent declaration adopted during the “Conference on Fostering Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations through Concrete and Sustained Initiatives” held in Rabat, Morocco from 14 to 16 June 2005. This international conference was convened by six co-sponsoring organizations: UNESCO, OIC, ISESCO, ALECSO, the Danish Centre for Culture and Development and the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, and with the participation of the Council of Europe as observer. It is of note that this event represents a unique international partnership initiative

CBR: A Strategy for Rehabilitation, Equalization of Opportunities, Poverty Reduction and, Social Inclusion of People With Disabilities

[From Introduction] Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) promotes collaboration among community leaders, people with disabilities, their families,and other concerned citizens to provide equal opportunities for all people with disabilities in the community. The CBR strategy, initiated two and a half decades ago, continues to promote the rights and participation of people with disabilities and to strengthen the role of their organizations (DPOs) in countries around the world

RBC: Estrategia para la rehabilitación, la igualdad de oportunidades, la reducción de la pobreza y la integración social de las personas con discapacidad

[From Introducción] La rehabilitación basada en la comunidad (RBC) promueve la colaboración entre los dirigentes comunitarios, las personas con discapacidad, sus familias y otros ciudadanos involucrados para ofrecer igualdad de oportunidades a todas las personas con discapacidad en la comunidad. La estrategia RBC, iniciada hace 25 años, sigue promoviendo los derechos y la participación de las personas con discapacidad y fortaleciendo el papel de sus organizaciones (OPD) en el mundo

RBC: Une Stratégie de Réadaptation, d’égalisation des chances, de Réduction de la Pauvreté et d’Intégration Sociale des Personnes Handicapées

[From Introduction] La réadaptation à base communautaire (RBC) promeut la collaboration entre les dirigeants communautaires, les personnes handicapées, leurs familles et les autres citoyens intéressés afin d’offrir des chances égales à tous les membres de la communauté ayant un handicap. La stratégie de RBC, initiée il y a vingt-cinq ans, continue de promouvoir les droits et la participation des personnes handicapées et à renforcer le rôle de leurs organisations (OPH) dans les pays du monde entier

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How to teach fully illiterate adults to read.

About 750 million adults (15%) worldwide lack any literacy skills, most because they lack adequate learning opportunities (UNESCO, 2016). In this chapter, we discuss how to teach to read to such people. We first examine scientific evidence suggesting that literacy acquisition does not radically differ as a function of age of acquisition. We then discuss the data relevant for designing effective methods aimed at teaching literacy to fully illiterate adults. We argue that the available adult data confirm those relative to teaching methods and learning processes that have been gathered on literacy acquisition by children. On the basis of those works we propose principles that should underlie any method aiming at rapidly developing basic literacy skills. Lastly, we present evidence (Kolinsky, Leite, Carvalho, Franco, & Morais, submitted) suggesting that implementing these principles does indeed allow teaching illiterate adults to decode words and pseudo-words in a very short period of time

Intervir em paisagens culturais evolutives: a arquitectura do vinho no Alto Douro Vinhateiro

Este trabalho tem como âmbito de estudo a realização de uma reflexão em torno da relevância que assume o património vernacular para a manutenção dos pressupostos subjacentes à classificação das paisagens culturais evolutivas pela United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), definindo como amostra as intervenções humanas sobre a paisagem, destinadas à produção de vinho, no contexto da região do Alto Douro Vinhateiro.This investigation work reflects on the relevance that takes the vernacular heritage for the maintenance of the assumptions underlying the classification of evolutionary cultural landscapes by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), setting to sample human interventions on the landscape, for the production of wine in the context of the Alto Douro Wine Region.Peer Reviewe