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OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES OF NATIONAL COMMISSIONS FOR UNESCO: A FEW INDICATORS

The following information is compiled from our database and from data provided in the updates received as of August 2003.

Other sources, such as Newsletters, Annual Reports and Websites were also consulted

2AFRICA: 46 National Commissions

Country and date of

establishment of the National Commission

Chairperson Secretary-General: full-time/ part-time

Staff

Number of Programme Com-

mittees and periodicity of their

meetings

Primary focus of activities in recent years

Reporting mechanisms

Documentation Centre

E-mail/ Internet/ Website

Angola 1980

Minister of Education

and Culture (ex officio)

Full-time Informationnot com-

municated

4 Programme Committees

(Education and Science; Culture; Youth and Sports;

Information)

Protection of Human Rights Information not communicated

Information not communicated

Benin 1963

Minister of Education and Scien-

tific Re-search

(ex officio)

Full-time 16 persons:

7 profes-sionals

9 support staff

8 Programme Committees; meetings are

convened when required

Literacy; education for chil-dren and women in rural areas; education for human rights and democracy; cul-tural industries; world heri-tage protection; intangible heritage; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin issued once a year in French

2. Annual Report published in French

Documentation Centre holding 5,000 publica-

tions

Botswana 1983

Minister of Education (ex officio)


2 profes-sionals

1 support staff

Main Commit-tees: Education;

Science; and Cul-ture.

Working Sub-Committees

(EFA; ASPNet; Literacy; Applica-

tion of Remote Sensing; Man-

agement of Semi-Arid Zones)

EFA/Basic education; tech-nical and vocational educa-tion; human rights educa-tion; preventive education against AIDS; monitoring the quality of teaching; teachers’ training; protec-tion of natural heritage; youth; culture of peace

1. Annual Report published in English

2. Information magazine pub-lished in English

No official Documentation

Centre has been set up, but the Com-mission has

created a small library in its premises.

E-mail Internet

3

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Burkina Faso 1961


tific Re-search

(ex officio)


13 profes-sionals

5 support staff


convened when required.

Education; science; culture; book promotion; human rights education; women; cultural identity and national languages; youth; Associ-ated Schools; (UNESCO Clubs); culture of peace; children in need

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in French


Documentation Centre holding

more than 4,000 publica-tions (mainly

UNESCO pub-lications)

E-mail

Burundi 1964



5 profes-sionals

6 support staff

Programme Committees meet

twice a year

Education for All; revitaliz-ing primary and secondary education; technical and vocational education; use of new information and com-munication technologies in education; solar energy; empowerment of women; youth; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin in French not issued cur-rently



tions

Cameroon 1962



8 profes-sionals

6 support staff

No Programme Committees es-

tablished

Basic education; populari-sation of science and tech-nology; environmental pro-tection; women and democ-racy; youth; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued ir-regularly in French



mainly UNESCO pub-

lications

Cape Verde 1987


and Human Resources (ex officio)

Full-time 2 profes-sionals

Programme Committees cur-rently not func-

tioning

Literacy; adult education; MOST; training of journal-ists; development of the media; MAB

Annual Report pub-lished in Portuguese

Documentation Center holding 1,000 publica-tions (mainly

UNESCO puli-cations)

E-mail

4

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Central African Republic 1961


tific Re-search

(ex officio)


18 profes-sionals

9 support staff


(Education and Training; Exact and Natural Sci-ences; Biodiver-sity Social and

Human Sciences; Communication;

Arts; Culture; Youth and Sport);

meetings are convened when

required

Technical and vocational education; education for girls and women in rural areas; human rights educa-tion; science education; training of journalists; de-velopment of the media; culture of peace



Documentation Centre holding 1,200 publica-tions (issued by UNESCO,

National Commissions, European and Central African

institutions)

Chad 1962



12 profes-sionals

7 support staff


when required

Literacy; preventive educa-tion against AIDS; human rights education; bilingual teaching; environmental protection; empowerment of women; culture of peace; non-violence and democ-racy


2. Biennial Report published in French


mainly UNESCO pub-

lications

Comoros 1979



3 profes-sionals

1 support staff



Women literacy; distance education; ocean protec-tion; costal areas and small islands development; cul-tural heritage protection; promotion of cultural indus-tries; UNESCO Clubs; cul-ture of peace

Information Bulletin published four times a year in French

None E-mail

5

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Congo 1962

Minister of Primary,

Secondary and Higher Education (ex officio)


12 profes-sionals

5 support staff

5 Programme Committees (1

Transdisciplinary Committee; 4

Committees deal-ing with: 1) Edu-

cation; 2) Culture; 3) Communica-

tion, information, peace, women,

youth and sports; 4) Exact, natural, social and human

sciences). Meetings are


Literacy; education of girls and women; adult educa-tion; promotion of national languages; women’s and children’s rights; tolerance; UNESCO Clubs; youth, Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in French

2. Activity Report published in French twice a year


mainly UNESCO pub-

lications

Côte d'Ivoire 1961



5 profes-sionals

6 support staff

Programme Committees are

established on an ad hoc basis to address specific

issues; meetings are


Literacy; adult education; preventive education against AIDS; sustainable development; intercultural dialogue; empowerment of women; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace



3. Reports pub-lished in French on specific activi-ties


mainly UNESCO pu-

blications

Democratic Republic of the Congo 1967


Full-time 76 persons



Human rights education; poverty eradication; devel-opment of science and technology; environmental protection; Associated Schools; culture of peace




mainly UNESCO pub-

lications

E-mail

6

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Djibouti 1991

Part-time 4 profes-sionals

No information provided

No information provided No information pro-vided

No information provided E-mail:

Equatorial Guinea 1980



Programme Committees cur-rently not func-

tioning

Literacy; technical and vo-cational education; devel-opment of communication; UNESCO Clubs

Annual Report pub-lished in Spanish

No Documen-tation Center

Eritrea 1995


Full-time No informa-tion pro-

vided




Ethiopia 1969



2 profes-sionals

6 support staff


established on an ad hoc basis to address specific

issues; meetings are


Teachers’ training; curricu-lum development; human rights education; intercul-tural dialogue for social cohesion; cultural heritage protection; empowerment of women; Associated Schools; culture of peace

The Ethiopian Na-tional Agency does not publish any in-formation bulletin or newsletter, nor An-nual Report.


tions

Gabon 1961



12 profes-sionals

5 support staff



Literacy; basic education; higher education; children in need; protection of local languages; development of communication capacities; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Newsletter is-sued once a year in French


Documentation Centre cur-

rently not func-tioning.

7

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Gambia 1983

Appointed by the Sec-

retary of State for

Education


4 profes-sionals

7 support staff

6 Technical Committees

composed of 5 members (Educa-

tion; Science; Social Science;

Culture; Commu-nication; and Wa-

ter Resource Management); meetings are


Adult education; education for girls and women; human rights and peace education; cultural heritage protection; computerization of records; youth; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs; freedom of the press; capacity-building of the media

Annual Report pub-lished in English (The Commission is currently looking for funds to publish a newsletter in English and in local lan-guages.)

Documentation Centre has

been set up.

Ghana 1954



5 profes-sionals

9 support staff


convened four times a year

Literacy; special needs education; preventive edu-cation against AIDS and drug abuse; human rights education; developing read-ing skills; bio-diversity; film preservation; Associated Schools

Annual Report pub-lished in English

None E-mail

Guinea 1962

Minister of Higher

Education and Scien-

tific Re-search

(ex officio)


17 profes-sionals

7 support staff


(Education; Exact and Natural Sci-

ences; Social and Human Sciences;

Culture; and Communication);

meetings are convened once a

year.

Preventive education against AIDS and drug abuse; new information technologies in education; bio-diversity; natural and intangible heritage; rural development; community radio; empowerment of women; children in need; Associated Schools; culture of peace and tolerance; literacy; EFA Programme; distance education; NGO support; MAB Programme

1. Information Bul-letin issued in French every two years (publica-tion temporarily suspended)



about 4,000 UNESCO pub-

lications

8

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Guinea-Bissau 1982



5 profes-sionals

5 support staff



Basic education; secondary education; civic education for peace and democracy; training of journalists; de-velopment of communica-tion; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin in Portu-guese not issued currently

2. Annual Report published in Por-tuguese

No Documen-tation Center, but a library

Kenya 1964



10 profes-sionals 17

support staff


convened three times a year

Literacy; monitoring the quality of education and learning achievements; computer training; water resources management; solar energy; youth Associ-ated Schools; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin issued ir-regularly in Eng-lish


Documentation Centre holding 11,000 publi-

cations

E-mail Internet

Lesotho 1971

Minister of Education and Train-

ing (ex officio)


2 Pro-gramme

Coordina-tors,

2 secretar-ies, 5 gen-eral staff members

4 Programme Committees (Sci-ence; Education;

Culture; and Communication),

which meet at least twice a year.

Primary education; distance education; development of information skills; education for peace; poverty allevia-tion; culture and develop-ment; UNESCO Clubs

1. Newsletter pub-lished once a bien-nium 2. Report published one a biennium

Documentation Centre holding 900 publica-

tions

E-mail Internet

Liberia 1951



2 profes-sionals

3 support staff


convened twice a year

Literacy; education for girls; post-war and human rights education; skills training for rural women; local schools management; culture and tourism; culture of peace



mainly UNESCO pub-

lications

9

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Madagascar 1961

Minister of Secondary

and Primary Education (ex officio)


9 profes-sionals

8 support staff


tablished

Literacy; adult education; technical and vocational education; science educa-tion; secondary and primary education; higher educa-tion; promotion of women’s and girls’ education; educa-tion planning and statistics; environmental protection; solar energy; cultural heri-tage protection; capacity-building in communication; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs


2. Information Bul-letin published four times a year in French


tions

E-mail Internet

Malawi 1979

Appointed by the

President of the

Republic


7 profes-sionals

1 accountant

10 support

staff


tablished

Guidance and counselling; HIV/AIDS; Education for All; environmental education; solar energy; bio-technology; promotion of human rights and democ-racy; world heritage; radio communication; freedom of the press; youth; the Asso-ciated Schools Project

1. Annual Journal “Tizame” in Eng-lish


Documentation Centre holding 4,500 publica-tions (issued by UNESCO or National

Commissions)

E-mail Website

Mali 1963


tific Re-search

(ex officio)


12 profession-

als 6 support

staff



Literacy; human rights edu-cation; young children and girls’ education; curriculum development; ecological and environmental protec-tion; cultural tourism; em-powerment of women; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in French



tions

E-mail Internet

10

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Mauritius 1970

Minister Full-time 25 mem-bers

No information provided.

Based on UNESCO Pro-grammes (Education; Cul-ture; Science and Commu-nication)

None. DocumentationCentre located in the Ministry of Education and Scientific

Research

Mozambique 1980

Appointed by the

President of the

Republic


8 profes-sionals

10 support staff

No Programme Committees

Literacy; adult education; technical and vocational education; sustainable de-velopment and coastal management; solar energy; good governance; heritage protection; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in Portu-guese and Eng-lish

2. Annual Report published in Portuguese


2,000 publications

E-mail Internet

Namibia 1992

Appointed by the

Govern-ment

Full-time 3 persons:2 profes-sionals

1 support staff


being established

Basic education; education of street children; curricu-lum development; intercul-tural dialogue; mass media campaign against AIDS; heritage protection; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace


2. Reports are pub-lished in English on specific activi-ties

UNESCO pub-lications are kept at the Ministry of

Higher Education,

Training and Employment

Creation

E-mail Internet

Niger 1962


tific Re-search

(ex officio)


5 profes-sionals

5 support staff



Literacy; civic education; rural development; renew-able energies; promotion of traditional arts; cultural heri-tage protection; community radio; empowerment of women; Associated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin in French not issued cur-rently



6,000 UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

11

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Nigeria 1963

Minister of Education (ex officio) (Part-time)


17 profession-

als 24 support

staff


(Education; Sci-ence and Tech-nology; Social

and Human Sci-ences; Culture; Communication

and Information); meetings are

convened once a year.

Education for All; adult edu-cation; science and tech-nology education; gender equality; solar energy; wa-ter; cultural and natural heri-tage; capacity-building in communication; community media; use of ICTs; youth; culture of peace

Reports published in English on specific activities (The publication of a Newsletter is ex-pected before the end of 2003)


over 8,000 copies of various

UNESCO publications

Rwanda 1965


Part-time 11 persons:

7 profes-sionals

4 support staff



Literacy; basic education; world heritage; bio-diversity; human rights; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued every year in French

2. Annual Report published in French, English and Kinyamanda


mainly UNESCO pu-

blications

E-mail

Sao Tome and Principe 1985



Part-time 2 persons (full-time)

Programme Committees deal-ing with Educa-tion and Culture. Meetings twice a

year.

Education for All (EFA); promotion of books and reading; culture of peace; cultural diversity; human rights and democracy; train-ing to fight poverty

1. Information Bul-letin issued once a year in Portu-guese

2. Annual Report published in Portuguese

No Documen-tation Centre, but the publi-

cations issued by UNESCO and other UN Agencies are

available at the National Library

12

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Senegal 1963

Minister of National

Education and

Research (ex officio)


9 profes-sionals

3 support staff


(Education; Exact and Natural Sci-ences; Culture; Social and Hu-man Sciences;

Communication; Relations with

Associated Schools and

UNESCO Clubs; Scholarships and Requests; Coop-eration with IS-

ESCO). Meetings are convened

when required.

Literacy; distance educa-tion; education for democ-racy and human rights; poverty alleviation in rural areas; protection of cultural heritage; training of artists; empowerment of women; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin in French issued occasion-ally



mainly UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

Seychelles 1977


Part-time No full time members

The Natcom meets twice a

year, it may cre-ate sub-

committees or working groups to work on specific

matters.

Early childhood education; promotion of reading and books among children and young people; coastal zone management and other small islands issues; cul-tural heritage protection and promotion; culture of peace; promotion of the mother language; HIV/ AIDS edu-cation and information; youth; World Heritage

Annual report Documentation Centre holding 5,000 publica-tions, mainly

from UNESCO

E-mail Internet

13

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Sierra Leone 1971



2 profes-sionals

5 support staff



Basic education; literacy; curriculum reform and re-newal of primary education system; vocational training; education of street children; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in English



tions

E-mail

Somalia 1963

Minister of Culture and

Higher Education

of the Tran-sitory Na-

tional Gov-ernment

No informa-

tion provided

No informa-tion pro-

vided




South Africa 1998

Appointed by the Min-

ister of Education


2 profes-sionals

2 support staff


established on an ad hoc basis to address specific issues (National Committee of the

memory of the World Register; IFA Committee initiated during

2003). Meetings are


Education for All; gender-sensitive literacy; develop-ment of science and tech-nology; bio-ethics; cultural heritage and management; intercultural dialogue; Asso-ciated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin issued three times a year in English


Documentation Centre holding about 100-150 publications, most of them

being UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

14

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Swaziland 1978



2 profes-sionals

1 support staff


(Education; Hu-man and Social

Sciences; Natural Sciences; Culture and Communica-tion); meetings are convened

four times a year.

Basic and early childhood education; literacy; distance education; education of street children; solar en-ergy; bio-diversity; media and freedom of expression; empowerment of women; teacher training institutions; curriculum development; educational planning

Reports published in English on specific activities


mainly UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

Togo 1963


and Research (ex officio)

Full-time 12 persons(full-time):

6 profes-sionals

6 support staff


(Education; Sci-ence, Technology and Environment; Culture and De-

velopment; Com-munication;

Social and Hu-man Sciences; Human Rights, Peace and De-

mocracy; Higher Education and

Research); meetings are


Literacy; book promotion; distance education; renew-able energies; environ-mental protection; use of the radio in rural areas; training of journalists; Asso-ciated Schools; culture of peace





mainly UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

15

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Uganda 1963

Minister of Education and Sports (ex officio)


3 profes-sionals

3 support staff

12 Programme Committees,

which meet at least twice a year.

Increase people’s aware-ness and participation in UNESCO’s work; EFA; Lit-eracy, teachers’ training; education for women; pre-ventive education against AIDS; environmental protection; bio-diversity; book promotion; culture and development; Associated Schools; Culture of Peace; rural information centers; promotion of ICT; assisting in policy information

UNESCO-Uganda magazine published annually


mainly UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

United Republic of Tanzania 1963

Minister for Science,

Technology and

Education (ex officio)


5 profes-sionals

11 support staff


(education; sci-ence; culture;

social sciences; MOST; IOC and MAB); meetings

are held regularly.

Education for All; adult edu-cation; non-formal educa-tion focused on marginal-ized and disadvantaged groups; distance learning; culture of maintenance in schools; promotion of crea-tiveness through art and handicrafts; empowerment of women; youth; UNESCO Clubs; culture of peace; popularisation of science; intangible heritage; promot-ing of solar energy in rural areas and promoting the use of ICTs in education and in governance

1. Annual Report published in Kiswahili

2. An annual report in English is in preparation


tions

E-mail

16

Country and date of



Staff



meetings





Zambia 1966



5 profes-sionals

6 support staff

4 Programme Committees;

meetings are held regularly

Early childhood education; science education; technical and vocational training; training skills for girls and women; provision of water resources in rural areas; forest management; heri-tage protection; youth; cul-ture of peace



mainly UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

Zimbabwe 1987

Minister of Higher



6 profes-sionals

3 support staff


convened four times a year

Literacy; teaching of sci-ence and mathematics; dis-tance education; curriculum development; preventive education against AIDS; solar energy; training of young artists; language pol-icy in Africa; use of new information and communi-cation technologies in edu-cation; Associated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin issued once a year in English


None E-mailInternet

17ASIA AND PACIFIC: 41 National Commissions

Country and

date of establish-

ment of the National

Commission


Staff

Number of Programme

Committees and periodicity of their meetings


Reporting mecha-nisms



Afghanistan 1948

Secretary-General

previously Director-

general of the Higher Teacher Training Institute

Internet:

Australia 1947

Appointed by the Min-ister of For-eign Affairs




Education for the 21st century; distance education; technical and vocational education; oceanography; bio-diversity; management of social trans-formations; world heritage; intangible heritage; culture and development; museology; women; youth; culture of peace

1. News Bulletin issued once or twice a year in English

2. Reports pub-lished in English on specific activi-ties

UNESCO publications are

kept in the Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs

E-mail Internet Website

Bangladesh 1972


Full-time 22 per-sons:

8 profes-sionals

14 support

staff

5 Commissions; meetings are


Education for the 21st century; gender mainstreaming; inter-national management in Higher Education; training for teachers of education; preven-tive education on HIV/AIDS; MAB; information and informat-ics

Reports are pub-lished in Bangla on specific activities before each steering committee meeting and circulated among members of steering committee.

UNESCO and other publications

are kept in the library and the Documentation

Centre of the Na-tional Commis-

sion for UNESCO

E-mail Internet

18Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Bhutan 1986

Minister of Home Af-

fairs (ex officio)


2 profes-sionals

2 support staff

None Literacy; non-formal education; cultural and natural heritage; intangible heritage; develop-ment of libraries, archives and information services


Documentation Centre is cur-

rently being set up

E-mail Internet

Cambodia 1951

Senior Minister in charge of

the Council of Ministers


3 profes-sionals

1 support staff

None Literacy; education for All; cur-riculum development; teachers’ training; cultural and natural heritage; safeguarding of tradi-tional arts; development of communication; youth; Associ-ated Schools; culture of peace

No informationprovided

E-mail

China 1979

Vice Minis-ter of Edu-

cation (ex officio)

Full-time 14

professionals

Programme Committees; meetings are


Education for All; adult educa-tion in rural areas; technical and vocational education; higher education; environ-mental protection; new forms of energy; bio-technologies; information and informatics; world cultural and natural heri-tage; intangible heritage

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in English and Chi-nese (publication in English tem-porarily sus-pended)

2. Annual Report published in Chi-nese


mainly UNESCO publications

E-mail Internet

Cook Islands 1993

Information not yet received by the Secretariat

19Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1974

Vice- Minis-ter of For-

eign Affairs (ex officio)

Full-time 7 full-timestaff

members

5 Sub-Committees dealing with:

Education; Sci-ence; Social

Sciences; Cul-ture; Communi-cation and In-

formation

Education for All; learning and teaching of foreign languages; technical and vocational education; environmental protection; cultural and natural heritage; information and informatics

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in Korean

2. Annual Report published in Ko-rean

UNESCO publications are kept in the Peo-

ple’s Palace

Fiji 1993


and Technology (ex officio)

Full-time 2 persons No Programme Committees established

Primary and secondary educa-tion; curriculum development; use of new technologies in education; Associated Schools


None

India 1949

Minister of Human Re-source De-velopment (ex officio)

Part-time 26 per-sons



Education for All; curriculum development; literacy; use of communication technologies in education; bio-diversity; cul-tural management; human rights; culture of peace

Reports published in Hindi, Tamil and English on specific activities




Indonesia 1952




4 profes-sionals

10 support staff

No Programme Committees established

Basic education; Sciences; Culture (especially Dialogue among civilizations); Peace Education and Human Rights; Communication and Informa-tion (especially the use of ICTs in Education; Poverty Eradica-tion; Sustainable Development; Associated Schools Project)

Reports published in Indonesian on spe-cific activities


1,500 titles, most of which are

UNESCO publi-cations

E-mail Internet

20Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1948

Minister of Science, Research

and Technology (ex officio)


19

profes-sionals

9 support staff

10 part-time staff



Inclusive education; technical and vocational education; wa-ter resources; environmental protection; teaching of social sciences; conservation and restoration of cultural heritage

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in Persian

2. Annual Report published in Per-sian



E-mail Internet

Japan 1952


ister of Education, Science,

Sports and Culture

Part-time Secre-tariat sup-

port is provided

by the Office of

the Direc-tor-

General for Inter-national Affairs,

Ministry of Education,

Culture, Sports, Science

and Tech-nology

6 Programme Committees (Education; Natural Sci-

ences; Human and Social Sci-ences; Culture; Communication; Public Informa-tion); meetings are convened

when required.

Education for All; education for sustainable development; sci-ence and sustainable devel-opment, including water man-agement and international ba-sic science programmes; bio-ethics; protection of cultural and natural heritage

1. Annual Report published in Japanese

2. Reports pub-lished in Japa-nese, and occa-sionally in Eng-lish, on specific activities

UNESCO pu-blications are

kept in the Documentation

Centre of the Min-istry of Education, Science, Sports

and Culture

E-mail Internet

21Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Kazakhstan 1992

Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ex officio)

Part-time 3 staffofficers

work on a part-time

basis


Preservation of cultural and historical heritage; promotion of a culture of peace and dia-logue among civilizations; EFA; quality of education; de-velopment of ICTs; implemen-tation of projects under the Participation Programme

Annual Report pub-lished in Kazakh and Russian

To be established at the Almaty division of the

National Commission

E-mail

Kiribati 1997

Minister of Education,

Training and Tech-

nology (ex officio)

Part-time 1 staffmember


Literacy; teachers’ training; vocational education; educa-tion for peace, human rights and democracy; water man-agement; publication and documentation on indigenous knowledge, skills and stories


The establishment of

a documentation

centre is planned.

22Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Kyrgyzstan 1993

Appointed by the

Govern-ment


5 full-time profes-sionals and 2

part-time support

staff


(Education; Sci-ence; Culture and Informat-

ics). Meetings are


Dialogue among civilizations; intercultural, interethnic and inter-religious dialogue; culture of peace; tolerance and conflict prevention; democratic gov-ernance in a multicultural soci-ety; preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heri-tage; education for girls and women; ecological education; distance education in rural schools; poverty eradication through social integration of marginalized youth; UNESCO Associated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin published four times a year in English and Russian;

2. Information in print and elec-tronic media about all UNESCO activi-ties in the coun-try

3. Publication of journal “Central Asia and Culture of Peace”


UNESCO publications


Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1968



2 profes-sionals

1 support staff

5 Programme Committees dealing with:

Education; Ex-act and Natural

Sciences; Social and Hu-man Sciences; Information and Communication;

Culture. Meetings are


Literacy; Education for All; non-formal education; educa-tion projects of the ASPnet; preventive education against drug abuse; improvement of scientific and technical education; World Heritage; national strategy on science and technology

Annual Report pub-lished in Lao



23Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Malaysia 1966


Part-time 10 per-sons:

6 profes-sionals

4 support staff

5 Programme Committees dealing with

Education; Sci-ence; Culture;

Social Science; Communication;

meetings are convened twice

a year.

Education for All; peace and human rights education; Sci-ence and technology for All; Cultural Heritage; Information and Communication Technol-ogy; Associated Schools Net-work; UNESCO Clubs





E-mail Internet

Maldives 1980


Full-time E-mail

Marshall Islands 1998


Part-time 2 personsworking

on a part-time basis


Education for All; youth; crafts produced by women; radio communication; Associated Schools


None E-mailInternet

Mongolia 1963

Minister of Science,

Technology, Education



2 profes-sionals

3 support staff


Education for All; technical and vocational education; use of ICT in education; cultural heri-tage; cultural diversity; public awareness on desertification and water resources; urbaniza-tion; migration and social ex-clusion; rural media organiza-tions; press freedom and hu-man rights; youth; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in Mongolian

None E-mailInternet

Myanmar 1950


Full-time E-mail

24Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Nauru 1998


and Internal Affairs

(ex officio)

Part-time 2 persons working on a full-

time basis


Archival development; radio development

The National Com-mission does not publish any Informa-tion Bulletin or An-nual Report.

No Documentation

Centre.

E-mail

Nepal 1955

Minister of Education and Sports (ex officio)


4 profes-sionals

9 support staff


Education; Cul-ture; Science;

Communication; Social Sciences;

committees meet when required.

Early Child Development; Community Learning Centre; Reduction of school drop-outs; education for peace and international understanding; women’s participation in com-munity development; cultural heritage preservation; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin issued yearly in English and Nepali



mainly UNESCO publications as

well as Newslet-ters on

Education, Sci-ence and Culture

E-mail Internet

New Zealand 1947

Chancellor of Lincoln University, appointed

by the Min-ister of

Education

Full-time 6 persons 5 Programme Committees; meetings are


Education for All; technical and vocational education; values in education; regional network for microbiology; international mi-gration and environmental transformation in indigenous communities; cultural diversity; indigenous women; world heri-tage protection; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued three times a year in English

2. Annual Report issued in English

None E-mailInternet Website

Niue 1993

By appoint-

ment

Part-time 2 persons No Programme Committees established

Reform of secondary educa-tion curriculum; eco-tourism development; development of broadcasting and community media; culture of peace




E-mail

25Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Pakistan 1950

Federal Minister of Education (ex officio)


7 profes-sionals

30 support staff

One Advisory Committee;


required.

Education for All; environ-mental and national resources’ management; science and technology for development; safeguarding traditional cul-tures and folklore; capacity-building in communication; culture of peace

1. Newsletter is-sued four times a year in English

2. Newsletter of the Associated Schools Project published in Eng-lish




Palau 2000

Director of Education (ex officio)

Part-time No staff working on full-

time basis



Quality education; teachers' training; teaching of national culture et language

Bi-Annual Report published in English



E-mail Internet

Papua New Guinea 1981

Secretary for the Edu-cation De-partment

(ex officio)




Literacy; technical and voca-tional education; coastal man-agement and environmental protection; preservation of tra-ditional cultures; women; youth; Associated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin issued in English




Philippines 1947

Secretary of the

Department of

Foreign Affairs

(ex officio)


11 full-

time Offi-cers and

3 part-time Officers


Education; Cul-ture; Communi-cation; Science

and Technology; Social and Hu-man Sciences. Meetings are


Education for peace and inter-national understanding; policy planning for quality education; sustainable tourism and coastal zone management; environmental protection; mi-gration and multiculturalism; curriculum and textbook re-view; culture and development; cultural heritage; youth

1. Information Bul-letin (UNESCO Philippines Jour-nal) issued twice a year in English






26Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Republic of Korea 1954


and Human Resources Develop-

ment (ex officio)


40

profes-sionals,

30 support staff

5 Programme Committees (Education; Natural Sci-

ences; Social Sciences;

Culture and Communica-

tion); meetings are convened when required

Education for peace and inter-national understanding; lifelong learning; human rights educa-tion; language education; envi-ronmental protection; role of ethics; bio-diversity; Man and the Biosphere; world heritage; cultural diversity; info-ethics; information technology; youth; strengthening of cooperation among National Commissions; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. UNESCO News (a monthly news-paper)

2. The Korea Jour-nal (a quarterly magazine)

3. UNESCO Forum (a quarterly jour-nal)

4. Revue de Corée (a biannual ma-gazine)

5. UNESCO Courier (in both Korean and in Braille)

6. Asian Pacific Bulletin of IN-FOYOUTH (a quarterly bulletin)


15,000 monographs and

70 periodicals published by UNESCO or

within UNESCO’s field of

competence

E-mai Internet Website

Samoa 1997

Minister of Education, Sports and

Culture (ex officio)

Part-time 1 person working full-time,

2 persons working



Vocational training for out-of-school youth; science educa-tion for women teachers; pri-mary and se-condary computer literacy; intangible heritage preservation; indigenous lan-guage development

The National Com-mission does not publish any Informa-tion Bulletin, but re-ports its activities as part of the MESC Bulletin.



Sri Lanka 1950

Minister of Education and Higher Education (ex officio)


2 profes-sionals

11 support staff



Basic education; world heri-tage; Associated Schools

1. Information Bulle-tin issued in Sin-hala, Tamil and English every two months

2. Annual Report published in Eng-lish


400 publications

E-mail Internet

27Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Tajikistan 1994

Minister of Culture

(ex officio)

Full-time 3 personsworking

on a full-time

basis

No Programme Committees established;

Monthly meet-ings-NatCom with all mem-

bers

Education; Natural Sciences; Social and Human Sciences; Culture; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); Youth and Women

Information Bulletin issued by the Nat-Com, but not regu-larly


about 2,000 UNESCO

publications; opened to gen-eral public, stu-

dents, specialists


Thailand 1949


Part-time 34 profes-sionals and 16 support

staff, who split their time be-

tween the Ministry of Education and Na-

tional Commis-

sion affairs


convened regu-larly.

Basic education; Education for All; basic science; hydrology; Man and the Biosphere; world heritage; dialogue among civi-lizations; freedom of expres-sion and media pluralism; hu-man rights; youth; Associated Schools

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in Thai

2. Newsletter pub-lished monthly in Thai

3. Biennial Report published in Thai and English

Documentation Centre holding 2000 UNESCO

publications


28Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Tonga 1984


Full-time 3 personsworking


Programme Committees

may be estab-lished by the

Commission to carry out studies

and research work on related

activities of UNESCO or

other matters as deemed neces-

sary by the Commission.

Literacy and Improving Read-ing programme in primary schools; ICT; TVET; Teacher Training and professional de-velopment; solar energy; cul-tural heritage protection; up-grading library resources; de-velopment of women; youth; culture of peace

Publications/Press Releases/ Newsletters are de-posited to a special UNESCO section at the library of the Tonga Institute of Education. Reports and other important documents are kept at the National Com-mission Office.

Annual report included in the

annual report of the Ministry of

Education.

E-mail

Turkmeni-stan 1994

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister

of Educa-tion

(ex officio)


3 profes-sionals

3 support staff


Reform of the educational sys-tem; water resources management; cultural heritage protection; safeguarding of traditional cul-tures and folklore; capacity building in communication; communication networking

No information pro-vided


E-mail

Tuvalu 1996

Minister for Education and Sports and also

Minister for Health

(ex officio)


1 profes-sional on a full-time

basis 1 support staff on a part-time

basis


Literacy development; Associated Schools programme; women’s and youth development; Culture and Information

Information Bulletin published monthly in English and Tuvaluan



E-mail

29Country and

date of establish-



Staff

Number of Programme






Commission Uzbekistan 1994

Deputy Prime Min-

ister for Social Sec-

tor (ex officio)

Full-time 9 profes-sionals on a full-time

basis


(MAB; MOST; IHP; Solar En-ergy; EFA; Na-tional Bioethics; Memory of the World; Interna-

tional Music Council; ICOM);


required.

Reform of educational systems (assistance to formal education, introducing new forms of non-formal and adult education); ASPnet and UNESCO Chairs networks; community multimedia centers; special needs education; basic sciences (science education); solar energy; management of water resources; preservation of cultural heritage (tangible and intangible); intercultural and interreligious dialogue; human rights; development of communication networks; me-dia resources center; youth

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in Uzbek and Rus-sian

2. Annual Report published in Uzbek, Russian and English

Documentation Centre holding 1,000 UNESCO and other UN

agencies’ publica-tions

E-mail Internet

Vanuatu 1999

Minister of Education, Youth and

Sports (ex officio)

Part-time No per-manent

staff

Programme Committees dealing with

Education, Cul-ture, Sciences, and Communi-

cation.

Cultural heritage conservation; gender equality; youth and sports; Associated Schools, Education for All.

No information pro-vided

The Commission is in the process of building up a Documentation

Centre.

E-mail

Viet Nam 1977

Vice Minis-ter of For-

eign Affairs (ex officio)


10

profes-sionals

2 support

staff


convened twice a year.

Literacy; bio-diversity; science for sustainable development; information and communica-tion; traditional knowledge; cultural and natural heritage; youth; Associated Schools; women and a culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year in Vietnamese

2. Annual Report published in Vietnamese



E-mail Internet

30

ARAB STATES: 19 National Commissions

Country and date of

establish-ment of the

National Commission


Staff



meetings





Algeria 1963


Full-time 6 persons:(full-time)

4 profes-sionals

2 support staff

5 Programme Committees (Edu-

cation; Natural Sciences; Culture;

Information; Youth)

Basic education; renovation of educational systems; human rights education; preservation of traditional arts and folklore; preserva-tion of the World Heritage; protection of natural heri-tage; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in French and Arabic

None E-mailInternet

Bahrain 1967



7 profes-sionals

1 support staff

No Programme Committees have been established

Information and Communi-cation Technology; estab-lishment of a Center of Ex-cellence for Technical and Vocational Education; tech-nical education at the high school level; development of teaching and learning materials; preservation and enhancement of cultural and natural heritage; book promotion; cultural indus-tries

1. Information Bulletin issued four times a year in Arabic

2. Annual Report published in Arabic

3. Quarterly magazine


mainly UNESCO,

ALESCO, IS-ESCO and

ABEGS (Arab Bureau of Edu-cation for the Gulf States) publications


31Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Egypt 1946

Minister of Higher Edu-

cation (ex officio)

Full-time 67 persons 5 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Natural Sci-ences; Communi-

cation and Informa-tion; Culture; Social Sciences; MOST); meetings are con-

vened when re-quired.

Education for All; higher education; special needs education; preservation of cultural and natural heri-tage; environmental protec-tion; bio-ethics; safeguard-ing and promotion of tradi-tional folklore and handi-crafts; training in the field of audio-visual communication

1. Information Bulletin issued once a year in Arabic with English ab-stracts

2. Annual Report published in Arabic and English

Documentation Centre holding approximately

200 000 publications,

issued by UNESCO,

ALECSO, IS-ESCO, IIEP,

other National Commissions and local au-

thorities

E-mail Internet

Iraq 1962

Minister of Education (ex

officio)

Jordan 1952


Full-time 14 persons:11

profession-als

3 support staff

Specialized Com-mittees established on an ad hoc basis;

5 Programme Committees (MAB; IOC; IHP; MOST; International bio-

ethics Committee), which meet when

required.

Basic education; education for All; art education; hy-drology; environmental pro-tection; man and biosphere; renewable energies; cultural development; copyrights protection; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Newsletter is-sued four times a year in Arabic


A small library has been estab-lished within the

Secretariat, mainly holding

UNESCO publi-cations

E-mail Internet

32Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Kuwait 1952


Full-time 44 persons 2 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened

when required.

Education for All; early childhood education; reform of educational systems; distance education; science education; development of science and technology; cultural heritage; conserva-tion and restoration of manuscripts; Associated Schools; new information and communication tech-nologies

1. News Releases issued once or twice a month in Arabic and partly in English



mainly UNESCO,

ALECSO and ISESCO publi-

cations

E-mail Internet

Lebanon 1948

Elected by the General Assembly


5 profes-sionals

4 support staff

3 Sub Committees (Education; Sci-ence; Culture) which meet when required

Education Training; Culture; Ethics of science; Informa-tion technology; UNESCO Clubs; Associated Schools

Annual Report pub-lished in Arabic

Documentation Centre holding approximately 3500 publica-

tions issued by UNESCO,

ALECSO, other National Com-missions and the National University

E-mail Internet

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1957

Secretary of the General

People’s Committee for Foreign Affairs and

International Cooperation (ex officio)

Full-time 24 persons(full-time)

3 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Science; Culture), which meet when re-quired.

Literacy; teaching of sci-ence and mathematics; de-velopment of science; solar energy; cultural heritage protection; safeguarding of intangible heritage


2. Newsletter pub-lished in Arabic

Documentation Centre holding approximately 1000 publica-tions, mainly

issued by UNESCO,

ALECSO and ISESCO

E-mail Internet

33Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Mauritania 1963

Minister of Culture and

Islamic Orientation (ex officio)


10 profes-sionals

20 support staff

4 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened when required.

Literacy; teaching of mar-ginalized youth; safeguard-ing and restoration of manuscripts; participation of youth in world heritage pro-tection; cultural tourism; training in informatics; cul-ture of peace

Information Bulletin issued six times a year in Arabic and French

Documentation Centre holding 3000 UNESCO, ALECSO and ISESCO publi-

cations

E-mail Internet

Morocco 1957

Minister of Higher

Education, Training and

Scientific Research (ex-officio)

Full-time 13 persons No Programme Committees estab-lished

Human resources management in education; sociology in the Arab world; basic sciences; oral arts festival; physical heritage; UNESCO Clubs; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Annual report published in Arabic

2. Activity Reports issued in Arabic and in English

Documentation Centre holding 500 UNESCO, ALECSO and

ISESCO publications

E-mail Internet

Oman 1974


Part-time 6 persons(full-time)

4 Sub-Committees (Education; Sci-ence; Culture; Women Affairs), which meet when required.

Basic education; literacy and adult education; techni-cal and vocational educa-tion; curriculum develop-ment for biology and ecol-ogy; preservation of water resources; management and maintenance of com-puter networks; world heri-tage protection

1. Information Bulletin issued occasionally in Arabic



publications from UNESCO, ALECSO and

ISESCO

E-mail

Qatar 1962


Full-time 15 persons 4 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened when required.

Secondary education; dis-tance education; special needs education; education for international understand-ing; environmental protec-tion; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bulletin issued irregularly

2. Biennial Report published in Arabic and English


mainly UNESCO,


cations

34Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Saudi Arabia 1964



11 profes-sionals

9 support staff

4 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Natural, Human and Social Sciences; Culture; Communication and Information). Meetings are con-vened when re-quired.

Illiteracy eradication; adult education; vocational edu-cation; teaching of science and mathematics in secon-dary schools; curricula evaluation; new forms of energy; cultural heritage protection

1. News Bulletin issued every two months in Arabic


The Documen-tation Centre has not been

officially set up but 2 persons

are in charge of the Information Affairs Division of the Commis-

sion


Sudan 1956



15 profes-sionals

17 support staff

5 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Science; Culture; Social Sciences; Commu-nication); meetings are con-vened once a month.

Basic education; adult edu-cation; Education for All (EFA); culture of peace; cultural policies; transfer of technology; hydrology; youth

1. Information Bulletin pub-lished twice a year in Arabic

2. Annual Report issued in Arabic

Documentation Centre holding 4000 UNESCO, ALECSO and

ISESCO publications

E-mail

Syrian Arab Republic 1948



19 profes-

sionals 1support

staff

5 Specialized Committees (Hy-drology; MAB; geo-logical correlation; science and tech-nology; oceanog-raphy); meetings are con-vened when re-quired.

Itinerant schools for rural population; education in informatics and new tech-nologies; science and engi-neering education; safe-guarding archives and ar-chaeological sites; world heritage protection; cultural tourism

Activity Report issued four times a year in Arabic


mainly UNESCO,


cations

Internet Website

35Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Tunisia 1957


and Training (ex officio)


10 profes-sionals

12 support staff

8 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Natural Sciences; Social and Human Sci-ences; Culture; Informa-tion and Communi-cation; Information technology; Women; Youth). Meetings are con-vened when re-quired.

Education for All; early childhood education; adult education; primary schools in rural areas; secondary education; physical educa-tion; environmental protec-tion; women and science; cultural tourism; handicrafts; youth; culture of peace; human rights education; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs

1. Information Bul-letin issued four times a year

2. Associated Schools Infor-mation Bulletin

Documentation Centre holding approximately 8000 publica-

tions issued by UNESCO,

ALECSO, IS-ESCO, National Commissions, and other na-tional institu-

tions working in UNESCO’s

fields of competence

E-mail Internet

United Arab Emirates 1976



Full-time 10 persons 3 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Culture, Information and Communication; Science). Meetings are con-vened when re-quired

Secondary education; tech-nical and vocational educa-tion; Associated Schools; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in Arabic

None E-mail

36Country and

date of establish-



Staff



meetings





Commission Yemen 1971


Full-time 50 persons 5 Programme Committees; meetings are con-vened when re-quired.

1. InformationBulletins pub-lished monthly in Arabic

Documentation


Centre holding mainly

UNESCO, ALECSO and

ISESCO publications

Palestinian Committee for Educa-tion, Culture and Science 1994



Full-time 20 persons

4 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened monthly

Education for All; teachers’ training; curriculum devel-opment; technical and voca-tional training; development of natural sciences; envi-ronmental protection; pres-ervation and enhancement of cultural heritage; promo-tion of peace and interna-tional understanding; Asso-ciated Schools; UNESCO Clubs

3. Information Bulletin in Ara-bic not issued currently


5. Reports pub-lished in Arabic and English on specific activi-ties


mainly UNESCO,


cations


37EUROPE: 47 National Commissions

Country and

date of establish-


Commission

Chairper-son

Secre-tary-

General: full-time/ part-time

Staff



meetings





Albania 1959


and Science

(ex officio)

Part-time 1 part-time professional

No Programme Committees estab-

lished

Higher education; reform of educational systems; envi-ronmental protection; solar energy; cultural heritage pro-tection; preservation of na-tional archives

DocumentationCentre holding


E-mail:

Andorra 1996

Appointed by the

Govern-ment


2 profes-sionals

1 support staff

2 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened

when required.

Early Childhood education; technical and vocational edu-cation; environmental protec-tion; cultural tourism; youth; culture of peace; Associated Schools; natural and cultural heritage; gender issues; communication and informa-tion

1. Information Bul-letin issued twice a year in Catalan

2. Translation of "UNESCO Cou-rier" in Catalan (until 2001)


tions

E-mail Internet

Armenia 1992

Minister of Foreign Affairs

(ex officio)


No Programme Committees have been established

yet.

Higher education; ASP; world heritage; cultural tourism; preservation of historical and cultural monuments; informa-tion and communication; and youth affairs

1. Information Bul-letin issued in English and Ar-menian once a year

2. Annual Report published in

Armenian

Documentation Centre holding both UNESCO

and UN publications

E-mail Internet

38Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Austria 1949

Appointed by the Fed-

eral Minister of Education,

Science and Cul-

ture


2 profes-sionals

1 secretary

Programme/ Advisory Commit-

tees are set up according to the

focal points of the working pro-

grammes of the Commission, which

are derived from the UNESCO Me-dium term Strategy 2002-2007 (in pro-

gress).

Education; Human rights and peace education; Associated Schools; media education; Science: biosphere reserves; culture; cultural diversity; in-tangible heritage; dialogue among civilizations; world heritage; communication/ information; memory of the world; linguistic diversity and terminology; World Summit on the Information Society

1. UNESCO Schools Newsletter- issued twice a year in German

2. Annual Report of the Austrian Na-tional Commis-sion is planned from 2002 on

3. Publication of various editions of UNESCO pub-lications in Ger-man, in collabo-ration with the German and the Swiss National Commissions




Azerbaijan 1994


(ex officio)

Part-time 4 profes-sionals

(three full-time and one part-

time)


when required.

Education for All; man and the biosphere; hydrology and water resources; bio-ethics; cultural heritage; fight against illicit import and export of cultural property; information technology; culture of peace

Biennial Report pub-lished in Azerbaijani

UNESCO publi-cations are kept in the Documen-tation Centre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

E-mail Internet

39Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Belarus 1956

Ambassa-dor at

Large, Min-istry of For-

eign Affairs



lished.

2 meetings of the National

Commission a year and ad hoc ses-

sions

Education for All Programme (education for sustainable development, quality of edu-cation; equal access to edu-cation; children’s health in schools); new technologies in education; special education needs in the areas contami-nated by the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station

Information Bulletin issued four times a year in Belarusian and English

UNESCO Infor-mation and

Documentation Center at the Na-

tional Library of Belarus

E-mail Internet

Belgium 1948

Information not yet received by the Secretariat In view of constitutional reforms, the National Commission is in a stage of reorganization.

Bosnia and Herzego-vina 1993

Appointed by the

Council of Ministers

Part-time 11 persons No Programme Committees estab-

lished. 2 meetings of the National Commis-sion a year and ad

hoc sessions.

Reform in education; envi-ronmental education; world heritage; communication technologies; development of communication; ecological sciences; intangible heritage

Annual Report Publications are currently kept in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

E-mail Internet

40Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Bulgaria 1956

Deputy Minister of

Foreign Affairs

(ex officio)


2 profes-sionals

2 support staff

4 Programme Committees spe-

cialized in: Educa-tion; Sciences;

Culture; Communication.

Basic education; civic educa-tion; education for human rights and democracy; Edu-cation for All; education for sustainable development; education for HIV/AIDS pre-vention; education for the protection of the environ-ment; solar energy and new sources of energy; protection of the environment; hydrol-ogy; seismology; oceanogra-phy; management of social transformations; cultural heri-tage; reading for all; cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue; tolerance and non-violence; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace; Euro-Arab dialogue (with the National Commissions of France and Morocco)

Annual Report pub-lished in Bulgarian




41Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Canada 1957

Selected by the Ex-

ecutive Committee

and confirmed by the An-nual Gen-eral Meet-

ing

Full-time 14 personsincluding

the Secre-tary-

General

3 Sectoral Com-missions dealing with: Education;

Natural and Social Sciences; Culture,

Communication

Literacy; adult learning; hu-man rights education; asso-ciated schools project net-work (ASPnet); environ-mental issues; freshwater and oceans; bioethics; man-agement of social transfor-mations; cultural diversity; intercultural dialogue; world heritage; fight against illicit import and export of cultural property; information and communication technologies

1. Annual Report

issued in French and in English

2. Reports pub-

lished in French and English on specific activities

All publications are also posted on the website.




Croatia 1992

Appointed by the

Govern-ment

Full-time 3 staffmembers


meetings are con-vened when re-quired (twice a

year on average).

Associated Schools; human rights education; ecological sciences; small islands and coastal cities; MAB; MOST; world heritage; intangible heritage; cultural pluralism and cultural dialogue; com-munication technologies; de-velopment of communication; and bioethics.

No publications on a regular basis

Documentation Centre holding mainly UNESCO publications

E-mail: Yes

Internet: Yes

Website: Yes

Cyprus 1962

Appointed by the


Part-time

6 members besides the President and the

Secretary-General

Plenary meetings take place every 2 months to decide on the action plan and the organiza-tion of the activi-ties. In the future,

Committees will be organized.

Emphasis on the EFA pro-gramme, cultural policies, protection of cultural heritage and development of the IT sector.

Information Bulletin issued every three months in Greek (some texts are sometimes written in English as well).



42Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Czech Republic 1994

Appointed by the Min-ister of For-

eign Affairs

Part-time

4 full-time staff mem-

bers


meetings are con-vened when re-

quired.

Education for All; Associated Schools Project; basic sci-ences; microbiology; devel-opment of science and tech-nology; cultural heritage and management; youth

Annual Report pub-lished in Czech

Documentation Centre holding more than 35,000 publications

E-mail Internet

Denmark 1947


ister of Education


2 full-time profession-

als 2 part-time

support staff



quired.

Education for All in particular women and minorities; hu-man rights education; cultural rights of indigenous people; ethics in science; cultural pluralism; world natural and cultural heritage; freedom of expression and capacity-building in developing coun-tries within the information field; reforms in the structure and the function of UNESCO

The Secretariat of the National Com-mission is editing a homepage (unesco.dk). It also produces, in coop-eration with the Na-tional Education Au-thority, a National Annual Report on Education

Documentation Centre holding 2,000 publica-tions


Estonia 1992


Full-time 3 full-timeprofession-

als

Programme Com-mittees are estab-

lished on an ad hoc basis to address specific issues;

meetings are con-vened when

required.

Adult education in a period of transition; civic education; world heritage preservation; cultural tourism; environ-mental studies; intangible heritage

Annual Report pub-lished in Estonian

None E-mailInternet Website

43Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Finland 1957

Appointed by the

Council of State, after consultation

of the Ministries concerned


3 profes-sionals

1 support staff

No ordinary Sub-Commissions. The National

Commission may appoint though a select committee. Establishment of a working group on education (mainly

networking on EFA) as well as a

task force on social and human sci-ences (mainly

MOST).

Education for All through life, including human rights edu-cation and education on sus-tainable development (ASP); ethics of science and world water resources; cultural policies and development; cultural diversity; cultural and natural heritage (world heri-tage education); freedom of expression; development of information/knowledge soci-ety

1. Annual Report published in Fin-nish

2. Reports pub-lished in English and/or Finnish on specific activi-ties

UNESCO publi-cations are kept in the Documen-tation Centre of the Ministry of

Education.


France 1946



8 profes-sionals

8 support staff



quired.

Education for All; higher edu-cation; science education; adult education; environ-mental education and protec-tion; bio-ethics; cultural diver-sity; promotion of multilin-gualism; world heritage; info-ethics; freedom of the media; promotion of human rights; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace





tions


Georgia 1992


(ex officio)



meetings are con-vened twice a year.

Education for All; world heri-tage education; development of informatics; ecological pro-tection; renewable energies; cultural heritage; free flow of information; training of jour-nalists; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace

Biennial Report issued in Georgian and Eng-lish

Documentation Centre holding 350 UNESCO publications

E-mail Internet

44Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Germany 1950

Elected by the Gen-eral As-sembly


12 profes-sionals

4 general

service staff

4 Sub- Committees dealing with: Edu-cation; Natural and Social Sciences;

Culture; Communi-cation; and a work-ing group on a cul-

ture of peace.

Education for All; higher edu-cation; technical and voca-tional education; education for children with special needs; human rights educa-tion; cultural heritage and cultural development; inter-cultural dialogue; new infor-mation technologies; bio-ethics; Education for a Cul-ture of Peace /ASP and Euro-Arab Dialogue.

1. UNESCO Heute: a magazine pub-lished twice a year in German

2. Forum: a maga-zine of the Asso-ciated Schools published in Ger-man

3. A web site www.unesco.de in German, Eng-lish and French


some 10000 pub-lications


Greece 1946


ister of Foreign Affairs

Vacant 5 persons:3 profes-sionals

2 support staff

4 Committees; meetings are con-


Education for All; Associated Schools; cultural pluralism, world heritage; international understanding.

None DocumentationCentre holding

mainly UNESCO

E-mail

publications

Internet

Hungary 1948



4 profes-sionals

1 support staff

5 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened three to four times

a year.

Environmental education; environmental management; ASP; cultural policy and cul-tural development; cultural heritage protection; ethics of science; new information technologies; promotion of human rights; bioethics

Annual Report pub-lished in Hungarian

UNESCO publications are

kept in the Library of

Parliament

E-mail Internet

http://www.unesco.de/

45Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Iceland 1966


ister of Education,

Science and Cul-

ture

Part-time 2 part-timeprofession-

als

Programme Com-mittees not estab-

lished. Plenary meetings are or-

ganized 6-8 times a year.

Education for All; higher edu-cation; hydrology and water resources; ethics in science; cultural heritage; information technology and cultural pluralism; info ethics

The National Com-mission does not publish any Informa-tion Bulletin nor An-nual Report.

No documenta-tion centre has

been settled since all publica-

tions are stored in the library of the

Ministry of Educa-tion,

Culture and Science


Ireland 1961

The Secre-tariat is pro-vided by the Department of Educa-tion and Science.

The reportingmechanism is through the secre-tariat in the Depart-ment of Education and Science.

Located in the Department of Education and

Science


Israel 1950

Director General,

Ministry of Education,

Culture and Sport (ex officio)


1 profes-sional

1 full-time and

1 half-time support

staff

6 Programme Committees (Cul-tural Heritage, So-

cial and Human Sciences, Educa-tion for All, Culture for All, Information for All, Science for

All); meetings are con-


Civic and values education; science and technology edu-cation; oceanography; Man and the Biosphere; Science for Peace; intercultural dia-logue; conflict resolution; human rights; empowerment of women; youth; Associated Schools; Culture of Peace; World Heritage; Water for Peace

1. Bi-annual Activity Report (English and Hebrew)

2. Annual Report,

namely on ASP-net (English)


exclusively UNESCO

publications

E-mail Internet

46Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Italy 1950





als 4 adminis-

trative and support

staff



quired.

World heritage; intangible heritage; women rights; As-sociated Schools

Annual Report pub-lished in Italian; available on the website.


11,000 UNESCO publications


Latvia 1992

Minister of Culture

(ex officio)



als 1 part-time

professional2 support

staff


when required.

Contribution to the integration of society in the perspective of life-long learning; imple-mentation of the Dakar Framework for Action in Lat-via, approved by the World Education Forum; promotion of sustainable development and harmonious interaction of individuals and the environ-ment; preservation and de-velopment of the Historical Centre of Riga as a site of the UNESCO World Heritage List; preservation and promo-tion of the Latvian oral and intangible heritage in the world; seeking the support of UNESCO to the Latvian Li-brary Project

Newsletter is-sued in Lat-vian

Annual Report published in Latvian



E-mail Internet

47Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Lithuania 1992

Elected by the Gen-eral Con-ference of

the National Commis-

sion


6 full-time staff mem-

bers

2 part-time support

staff mem-bers


they meet when required; usually once a month.

World cultural heritage; Lithuanian cultural heritage; education (Education for All, Life-long learning); dialogue among civilizations; science (World Science day); bio-ethics; cultural pluralism; UNESCO ASPnet; culture of peace; exhibitions

Annual Report pub-lished in Lithuanian and English


most of UNESCO publications since

1992. Included in the Internet page.

E-mail Internet

Luxem-bourg 1949


ister of Culture, Higher

Education and

Research

Full-time 1 profes-sional




quired.

Teaching of mathematics; world heritage protection; promotion of languages; cul-ture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in French

UNESCO publi-cations are kept in the National

Library


Malta 1965


ister of Education


2 part-time profession-

als 1 part-time

support staff




quired.

Literacy for children and youth; technical and voca-tional education; teaching of science and technology in schools; land and water man-agement; intercultural dialogue; environmental monitoring; world cultural heritage; culture of peace

Reports published in English on specific activities



E-mail

Monaco 1950

Appointed by H.S.H the Prince of Monaco

Part-time 2 part-timeprofession-

als

4 Programme Committees: meet-ings are convened

when required.

Education for All; biodiversity; illicit traffic of cultural assets; protection of immaterial cul-tural heritage; information society; bioethics and chil-

dren rights.


mainly UNESCO

E-mail

publications

Internet

48Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Netherlands 1947


ister of Education,

Culture and Sci-

ence


4 profes-sionals

1 support staff

5 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened three times a year.

Higher education and life-long learning; technical and vocational education; bio-ethics; social cohesion; pro-motion of human rights; un-derwater archaeology; ocean preservation; cultural plural-ism; world heritage; Associ-ated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued two to three times a year in Dutch

2. Biennial Report published in Dutch

3. Reports pub-lished in English on specific

activities




Norway 1946


ister of Culture

Full-time 8 persons: 5 profes-sionals 3 support staff

3 Sub- Committees meet four times a

year

Basic education; teaching of science and technology; higher education for peace; ASP; coastal management; Man and the Biosphere; wood conservation; role of water in development; pov-erty eradication; cultural heri-tage; freedom of the press; multilinguism in cyberspace

1. Information Bul-letin in Norwe-gian on its web site

2. Annual Report published in Norwegian with an English sum-mary

UNESCO publi-cations are kept

in the UN Association Li-

brary


Poland 1956

Nominated by the

President of the



6 profes-sionals 4 support staff

5 Programme Committees (Edu-

cation; Exact, Natural and Tech-

nical Sciences; Social Sciences;

Culture; and Information)


quired.

Higher education; promotion of science and scientific re-search; intercultural dialogue; preservation of cultural heri-tage; Associated Schools

Annual Report pub-lished in Polish and English


tions

E-mail Internet

49Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Portugal 1980

Nominated by the

Govern-ment

Full-time 10 persons:5 profes-sionals

5 support staff


lished

World heritage; bioethics; infoethics; human rights; As-sociated Schools; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in Portuguese




Republic of Moldova 1993




Programme Com-mittees to be established.

Reform of the educational systems; art education; spe-cial needs education; water resources; environmental protection; cultural heritage; promotion of freedom of ex-pression and press freedom; Associated Schools; culture of peace

1. Information Bul-letin issued three times a year in Romanian

2. Annual Report published in Romanian



E-mail: Internet:

Romania 1956



9 profes-sionals

3 support staff

5 Sub-Committees dealing with: Edu-

cation; Sciences; Culture;

Communication-Information; Trans-

disciplinary Pro-grams; Cross Cut-

ting Themes

Higher education; ASP; toler-ance; cultural and natural heritage protection; natural sciences; gender issues; re-lationship with civil society and NGOs; UNESCO Clubs; youth; Complexity and Knowledge based society

Annual Report pub-lished in Romanian


tions


50Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Russian Federation 1955

Appointed by the

Govern-ment

Full-time 8 full-timeprofession-als includ-

ing the sup-port staff


regularly.

Education for All; environ-mental education; science; energy conservation and de-velopment; environmental protection; museum man-agement; cultural and intan-gible heritage protection; dia-logue among civilizations; traditional cultures; copyright and intellectual property rights; freedom of the press; UNESCO Chairs; Associated Schools; culture of peace.

1. Translation of the "UNESCO Courrier" in Rus-sian

2. Annual Report published in Russian



E-mail Internet

San Marino 1980

Appointed by the

Council of State


1 part-time professional

1 support staff

Cultural heritage protection; intangible heritage; cultural tourism

The National Com-mission does not

publish an Informa-tion Bulletin or an Annual Report.



E-mail Internet

Serbia and Montenegro 1950 and re-established in 2001

Federal Minister for Technol-ogy, Sci-ence and Environ-

ment

E-mailWebsite

51Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Slovakia 1993


Full-time 2 full-timeprofession-

als



quired.

Cultural and natural heritage; education; preservation of archives; quality education; new information technolo-gies; environmental protec-tion; multilingual communica-tion networks

1. Information Bul-letin has been replaced by an updated web site

2. Annual Report published in

Slovak 3. Reports pub-

lished in English on specific

activities




Slovenia 1992

Appointed by the

Govern-ment


2 profes-sionals

1 support staff

4 Standing Com-mittees; meetings

are convened once a year and when

required.

Education for All; adult edu-cation; civic education; edu-cation for tolerance and hu-man rights; bio-diversity; IHP, IGCP, IOC, MAB; coopera-tion with developing countries in the field of science; women in science and technology; cultural and natural heritage; cultural diversity; tangible and intangible heritage; promotion of human rights and democ-racy; youth; Associated Schools; Information Society; cooperation with developing countries and South East Europe in all fields

Annual Report pub-lished in Slovenian

Documentation Centre is

currently being set up.

E-mail Internet

Spain 1953

Appointed by the

Govern-ment



when required.

Environmental protection; impact of new communication technologies on children and youth; promotion of human rights; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs; culture of peace and non-violence





52Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Sweden 1951

Appoint-ment by the Gov-ernment


3 profes-sionals

2 part-time support

staff

No sub-Committees or ad

hoc groups.

Human Rights Education; young peoples’ participation in world heritage preservation and promotion; ethics of sci-ence; culture and develop-ment (follow-up of the Stock-holm conference); cultural heritage; increasing the visi-bility of UNESCO in Sweden

1. Information bro-chures published regularly in Swedish

2. Annual Report published in Swedish




Switzerland 1949

Appointed by the

Federal Council


5 Sections and 3 Programme Com-

mittees, which meet 4 to 6 times a

year.

Intercultural education; Asso-ciated Schools; fight against illiteracy; natural and cultural heritage (tangible and intan-gible); social sciences and development (focus on gen-der); fight against illicit import of cultural property; bridging the technology gap

1. Annual Report published in Ger-man and/or French

2. Reports pub-lished in French and German on specific activities

3. Electronic News-letter (in French and German)




The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1994

Minister of Culture

(ex officio)


1 profes-sional

2 support staff


when required.

Education for All; reform of educational systems; civic education; hydrology; natural and cultural heritage; cultural diversity; cultural tourism; youth; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in Macedo-nian and English

Documentation Centre holding mainly UNESCO publications

E-mail Internet

53Country and

date of establish-


Chairper-son

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Commission Turkey 1949

Elected by the Gen-eral As-

sembly of the Na-tional

Commis-sion

Secre-tary-

General: vacant since 1997.

Deputy Secre-tary-

General: full-time

6 persons:


on a regular basis

Education; ASP; cultural and intangible heritage (working on normative instruments); world heritage; intercultural dialogue; bio-ethics (working on normative instruments); MAB and biosphere reserves; communication and informa-tion (cyberspace); music (IMC)

Biennial Report published in Turkish



CD on World

Heritage sites in Turkey available

upon request


Ukraine 1956

Deputy Head of

the Admini-

stration of the

President,

Head of the main Depart-ment for Foreign Policy


Programme Committees (for MAB, IHP, IOC, IGCP, Bioethics) meet on a regular

basis.

Technical and vocational education; higher education; special needs education; en-vironmental protection; cul-tural diversity; cultural heri-tage; cultural tourism; infor-mation and informatics; promotion of human rights and democracy; Associated Schools; culture of peace; Man and the Biosphere Pro-gramme; oceanography

The Natcom used to publish an Informa-tion Bulletin four times a year in Ukrainian and Eng-lish.


2,000 publications


54LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBEAN: 36 National Commissions

Country and

date of establishment of the National Commission

Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Antigua and Barbuda 1988

(ex officio) Full-time UNESCO Clubs; AssociatedSchools' Project

Argentina 1958


Vacant 4 persons:

3 profession-als

1support staff

One Programme Committee meets

when required

World natural and cultural heritage; intangible heri-tage; UNESCO Clubs; youth; ASP; culture of peace

Annual Report pub-lished in Spanish within that of the Ministry of Educa-tion annual report



E-mail Internet

Aruba 1987

Minister of Tourism, Economic

Affairs, So-cial Affairs

and Culture


2 profession-als

1 support staff

Programme Com-mittees not estab-

lished

Reform of the educational systems; environmental protection; communication; cultural heritage; ASP

Annual Report pub-lished in Dutch

E-mailInternet

Bahamas 1991

Appointed by the Gov-

ernment


2 profession-als

2 support staff

Programme Com-mittees meet on a

regular basis

Basic education; distance education; early childhood education; focus on the Car-ibbean environment; pres-ervation of indigenous handicrafts and oral tradi-tions; museology; youth; ASP

1. Newsletter is-sued twice a year in English


UNESCO publi-cations are kept at the Ministry of Education and

Youth

E-mail Internet

Barbados 1970


Part-time 2 part-timepersons

4 Programme Committees which convene meetings once every quarter

World heritage; Slave Route; Memory of the world; Associated Schools Project; culture of peace; Education for All

The National Commission does not publish an In-formation Bulletin. It is currently work-ing on its Annual

Report.

The documents are housed in the Secretary Gen-eral’s Office and in the Ministry’s

Library.

E-mail

Belize 1984

A new National Commission is presently being constituted and as soon as it is completed, up-to-date information will be forwarded to ERC/NCP (situation August 2003)

55

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Bolivia 1948

Minister of Education, Culture and

Sports (ex officio)

Part-time 5 persons Literacy; solar energy; world heritage; intangible heri-tage; protection of archives; youth; Associated Schools; UNESCO Clubs; culture of peace

E-mail

Brazil 1946


Full-time 9 persons 2 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened

when required.

Education for All; renewal of secondary education cur-riculum; environmental edu-cation; cultural heritage; museology; press freedom; children in need; culture of peace

Information Bulletin issued once a year in Portuguese


tions

E-mail Internet

British Virgin Islands 1996

Information not yet received by the Secretariat

Chile 1958


Part-time 2 persons Follow-up to Dakar’s Framework for Action; coor-dination of the ASPnet and of four UNESCO Chairs and promotion of action regard-ing Cultural Heritage.

E-mail

Colombia 1959



3 profession-als

2 support staff

4 Programme Committees; meet-ings are held regu-

larly.

Adult education; primary education in rural areas; civic education; bio-diversity; bio-ethics; new communication technolo-gies; cultural heritage; pro-motion of human rights; empowerment of women; youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace



tions

E-mail Internet

56

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Costa Rica 1949


(ex officio)


6 profession-als

5 support staff

8 Specialized Committees, which

meet once a month.

Education for human rights and tolerance; environ-mental protection; world heritage; teaching and pro-motion of traditional music; Associated Schools; civic, cultural and ethical values

1. Information Bulletin pub-lished in Span-ish

2. Annual Report published in Spanish

3. Reports on specific activi-ties in Spanish



E-mail Internet

Cuba 1947

Appointed by the Gov-

ernment


7 profession-als

9 support staff

Programme Com-mittees meet when

required

Higher education; literacy; science education; biotech-nology, management of ocean resources; intercul-tural dialogue; promotion of traditional and cultural heri-tage; community radio and television; youth; Associ-ated Schools

1. Information Bulletin issued four times a year in Spanish



tions

E-mail Internet

57

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Dominica 1981

(ex officio) Full-time 10 persons(including the

Secretary-General)


Expanding science pro-grammes; Education for All; integration of World Heri-tage to tourism and sustain-able development; Access for all to information and communication technology; Improving the quality of education

1. Monthly Report to the Minister of Education

2. Quarterly Re-port to the Na-tional Commis-sion

3. Biennial Report to UNESCO headquarters

4. Financial and Evaluation Re-port on various Projects to UNESCO Headquarters

No Documenta-tion Center has

been established

E-mail Internet

Dominican Republic 1957




2 profession-als

2 support staff

Five Sub-Commissions,

each of them com-prises

15 members.

Literacy; education of chil-dren with special needs; continuing education; bio-ethics; world heritage; inter-cultural dialogue; preserva-tion of cultural heritage; cultural tourism; Associated Schools; culture of peace


Documentation Centre holding approximately 1,000 publica-

tions

E-mail Internet

Ecuador 1947



4 profession-als

6 support staff


when required.

Basic education; life-long education; environmental protection; bio-ethics; hy-drology; Man and the Bio-sphere; world heritage; freedom of expression; in-tercultural dialogue; poverty eradication; Memory of the World; culture of peace

E-mail

58

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





El Salvador 1950



3 profession-als

3 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Culture and

Communication; Science and Tech-nology); meetings

are convened when required.

Education for All; Associ-ated Schools Project; cul-tural and natural heritage; Participation Programme

Annual report pub-lished in Spanish.

Documentation Centre holding publications in Spanish and in

English


Grenada 1981

(ex officio) Full-time E-mail

Guatemala 1949


Full-time E-mail

Guyana 1978



3 profession-als

5 support staff

5 Programme Committees (Edu-cation; Science; Technology; Cul-ture; Communica-

tion), which meet at least once a term.

Promotion of educational media; bio-diversity; cultural ecology and cultural heri-tage; intangible heritage; Associated Schools; culture of peace; prevention of HIV/AIDS-infection and drug abuse.


None E-mailInternet

Haiti 1950


Education, Youth and

Sports (ex officio)


11 profes-sionals

8 support staff


larly.

Education and sciences (promotion of sciences and of quality education through the Associated Schools Network); culture (culture of peace and non-violence, promotion of arts and thea-tre); information and com-munication

Annual Report pub-lished in French


tions (mainly is-sued by

UNESCO)

E-mail

59

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Honduras 1948


Part-time 5 members 4 National Sections (Associated

Schools; World Heritage; Educa-

tion for All; Science and Technology) and Specialized Committees cre-ated according to national priorities

Expansion of the network of Associated Schools; Or-ganization of UNESCO Clubs; Sports and Arts

1. Information Bulletin pub-lished every year in Spanish

2. Annual Report issued in Span-ish


E-mail Internet

Jamaica 1965



Full-time 5 persons 5 Programme Committees;

meetings are con-vened every two

months.

Development of life skills for adults; science education; sustainable development; water resources develop-ment; cultural heritage pro-tection; intangible heritage; promotion of public libraries

1. Information Bulletin issued in English ir-regularly



tions

E-mail

Mexico 1947

Secretary of State for

Public Edu-cation

(ex officio)

Part-time 15 persons 2 Programme Committees

(Memory of the World; Education

for All); meetings are con-vened every two

months.

Education for All; education of street children; basic sci-ences; biotechnology; man-agement of social transfor-mations; protection of cul-tural and natural heritage; new communication tech-nologies; violence on the screen; Associated Schools




Netherlands Antilles 1991



Full-time 7 persons 2 Programme Committees

(Communication, Science)

Education; Culture; Com-munication and Sciences

Final reports of meetings, confer-ences and activi-

ties; press re-leases; video and

photographic documentation

Library of the Directorate of

Education, Cul-ture and Sport


60

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Nicaragua 1952

Minister of Education, Culture and

Sports (ex officio)


4 profession-als

2 support staff




quired.

Education for All; secondary education; curriculum de-velopment; use of commu-nication technologies in education; promotion of human rights; protection of historical archives; Associ-ated Schools; culture of peace

The National Commission does

not publish any Bulletin or Annual

Report.



E-mail

Panama 1949


Full-time 3 persons 3 Programme Committees;


quired.

Education for All; adult edu-cation; teachers’ training; education of street children; use of communication tech-nologies in education; cul-tural heritage; rural devel-opment; promotion of hu-man rights; culture of peace

Information Bulletin issued once a year in Spanish

E-mail

Paraguay 1955


Part-time

8 persons:

5 profession-als

3 support staff


World natural and cultural heritage; intangible heri-tage; culture of peace; As-sociated Schools; preserva-tion of indigenous handi-crafts and oral traditions; promotion of human rights

Annual Report pub-lished in Spanish within the Ministry of Education and Culture

E-mail Internet

Peru 1947 (Reorganized on November 11th 2002)


Full-time 4 persons 3 Programme Committees deal-

ing with Education, Science and

Communication, Culture

Culture and Intangible Heri-tage; Education for All; In-formation Society

E-mail

61

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Saint Kitts and Nevis 1991

Full-time 6 persons 6 Sub-Commissions

ASPnet; Special Projects (Small Islands Voice); Par-ticipation Programme Pro-jects; Radio and Television Programmes

Partially com-pleted

E-mail

Saint Lucia 1981


Sports (ex officio)


1 profes-sional;

3 support staff

5 Sub-Commissions

(Human and Social Sciences; Science; Culture; Education;

Communication; Information and

Informatics)

Literacy; adult education; development of life skills; environment; media train-ing; disadvantaged youth; Associated Schools; culture of peace; world heritage; information technology; promotion/popularisation of science; cultural diversity: sustainable development; heritage tourism

Annual Report of Activities submitted to all members and other affiliated or-ganizations


tions

E-mail Internet

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1983


Sports

Full-time E-mail

Suriname 1981



2 profession-als

2 support staff


larly.

Computer education in sec-ondary schools; capacity building of youth organiza-tions; human rights; im-provement of music educa-tion

Oral assessment of its activities during the General As-sembly



E-mail

62

Country and date of


Chairperson

Secre-tary-


Staff



meetings





Trinidad and Tobago 1970



3 profession-als

3 secretaries 3 support

staff

4 Programme Committees; meet-ings are convened every month and

as often as neces-sary.

Education for All; Obser-vance of United Nations International Days and Years; participation of youth in heritage protection; As-sociated Schools; culture of peace; promoting environ-mental protection aware-ness

1. Administrative Report in Eng-lish

2. Reports pub-lished in Eng-lish on specific activities


about 6000 pub-lications

E-mail

Uruguay 1975

Deputy Min-ister of

Education and Culture (ex officio)

Part-time 4 persons(part-time):

2 profession-

als 2 support

staff

Sub-Committees have recently been established in all UNESCO Pro-

grams (Education; Ethics in Science; Sciences; Culture;

Information and Communication; “Memory of the

World”)

Environmental protection; sustainable development; bio-ethics; world heritage; development of local cul-tures in border areas; new information technologies; democracy and pluralism

Biennial activities Report in Spanish

A Documentation Centre has re-cently been set

up.

E-mail Internet

Venezuela 1948

Director-General for

Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs (ex officio)

Full-time 10 persons(including Secretary-General):

7 profession-

als 3 support

staff

Education for All; higher education; preventive edu-cation against AIDS; cultural heritage protection; intangi-ble heritage; new informa-tion technologies; conserva-tion of audiovisual heritage; promotion of libraries; cul-ture of peace; illicit traffic of cultural goods

1. Information Bulletin issued four times a year in Spanish




E-mail

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