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UNESCO
Maputo News
Swedish National Commission for UNESCO visited
Mozambique
22-28 October 2006: A delegation of eleven members
of the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO went on a
one week visit to Mozambique, to learn more about
UNESCO's work in the field. The program included a visit
to Ilha Mozambique, to the Community Multimedia Centre
in Namaacha, the primary school in Maguiaguana and a
number of museums, galleries and cultural institutions.
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Exhibition of African
teaching and learning material
4-8 September 2006: Teaching and learning
materials from more than twenty-five African countries -
in English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Kiswahili and
more than thirty other African languages - were
presented at the exhibition which took place at the
Joaquim Chissano Conference Centre in Maputo from 4-8
September. The exhibition was organized parallel to the
Conference of Ministers of Education of the African
Union (COMEDAF) for the launching of the Plan of Action
for the Second Decade of Education for Africa.
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National
craft fair celebrating the artisans of Mozambique
3 July 2006: The
second National Craft Fair of Mozambique took
place from 29 June until 2 July
at the Franco Mozambican Cultural Centre in Maputo. More
than 50 groups of artisans from the whole country were
offering quality crafts such as ceramics and Maconde
masks from Cabo Delegado, basketry from Inhambane,
jewlry from Nampula, Manica and Sofala, decorative
candles, batiks, leather products and iron works from
Maputo, and much more.
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UNESCO's Community Multimedia Centre Initiative praised
by independent study
29
May 2006:
UNESCO’s Community Multimedia Centre initiative is
contributing to improving quality of life through access
to information, according to an independent evaluation
report carried out by the International Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD). UNESCO’s CMC initiative
promotes sustainable local development through
community-based facilities that combine traditional
media like radio, television and print with new
information communication technologies (ICTs) such as
computers, the Internet, and mobile devices.
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Fifty
five thousand teachers needed to achieve Education For
All in Mozambique
24 April 2006: The shortage of teachers in quantity
and quality - and the poor working conditions of many teachers
- dominated the messages from the students,
teachers and parents during the launching of the EFA
week (24-30 April) in Mozambique in Changalane, Maputo
province. The teachers of Mozambique were celebrated,
under the headline “Toda Criança Precica de um
Professor”.
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New
project for development of the cultural institutions of
Mozambique
3
April 2006: UNESCO and Ministry of Education and
Culture have signed a plan of operation for a new project
for the development of the cultural institutions of
Mozambique. The Project is financed by Sweden with a total
budget of SEK 20,000,000 (approx. three million dollars) for
the three years duration. more
Protect our
Water, protect our culture!
22 March 2006: World Water Day 2006 was guided by
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) under the theme “Water and Culture”.
In Mozambique World Water Day 2006 was celebrated with big
events in Zambezia and Maputo.
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Women making news in
Mozambique
8 March 2006: In Mozambique only 2 % of the
editors and 25 % of the journalists and are women.
UNESCO calls on the media worldwide to hand over
editorial responsibility to women at International
Women’s Day on 8 March, and to participate in the global
initiative “Women Make the News” 2006.
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Improving HIV
and AIDS responses in teachers education
3 March 2006:
Responding to the challenges of HIV and AIDS within the
education sector, UNESCO Maputo today signed an agreement
with the Mozambican Ministry of Education and Culture on
implementing a project to build the capacity of teacher
training institutions. The project is funded by Japan with a
budget of 225 000 USD over two years.
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New book
on slavery routes and oral traditions in South-eastern
Africa
28 February 2006: With support
from UNESCO Maputo, Dr. Benigna Zimba has been contacting
local people in Mozambique, Uganda, South Africa and
Tanzania living in the places were the slaves were embarked
only a few generations ago, resulting in the book “Slave
Routes and Oral Tradition in South-Eastern Africa”.
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Avante Mozambique! – festival
promoting cultural tourism for development
27 February 2006: UNESCO Maputo
is taking part in the biggest cultural event ever organized
in Mozambique. The festival “Avante Mozambique!” aims to put
Mozambican culture on the world map and promote cultural
tourism for development. The event will take place from
August 28 – September 10, 2006.
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Community Radio Forum confirms a
strong common vision at second national conference
31 October – 04 November 2005:
More than 125 participants took part in the second National
Conference of Community Radios, representing 48 community
media organizations. The conference in Chimoio confirmed
that a strong common vision of the organization has been
developed and that FORCOM has a strong potential to become
an effective strategic forum ensuring sustainability to all
members.
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Six scale-up CMCs off the ground in
Mozambique
5 September 2005: The first
Community Multimedia Centre integrated in the scale-up was
inaugurated on 9 May in Xinavane. The ribbon was cut by the
Minister of Science and Technology, Venâncio Massingue. Two
weeks later President Armando Guebuza cut the ribbon of a
new CMC in Chókwè. Since then four further Scale Up CMCs
have been inaugurated - in Moamba, Ribáuè, Chiúre and Alto
Molócuè. With other initiatives and the three already
existing pilot CMCs, Mozambique now has twelve members of
the CMC family offering its services to rural communities in
the country.
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