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March 14, 2012 No. 05

News from UNESCO Office, Jakarta

Request for Proposal - Strengthening the Management Board of the Mt. Isarog National Park
Dear Sir/Madam, Your are invited to submit an offer for "Strengthening the Management Board of the Mt. Isarog National Park (MNIP) and Reviewing MINP Existing Protection Mechanisms" no later than 28 March 2012 (17.00 or COB). For further detail, kindly click here

Request for Proposal - Promoting Gunung Leuser National Park in Media

Dear Sir/Madam You are invited to submit an offer for "Promoting Gunung Leuser National Park in Media". Your offer comprising of technical proposal and financial proposal should reach no later than 28 March 2012 (17.00 or COB). For further detail click here

Indonesia Formalized Contribution to Emergency Multi-Donor Fund

12-3-2012 In October 2011, stating that UNESCO was experiencing difficult times, Indonesia's Minister of Education and Culture Mohammad Nuh announced that Indonesian government will contribute $10 million to support UNESCO's activities. More

Donate to Borobudur and receive UNESCOs new book

9-3-2012 The publication aims to document the extensive work that has been carried out by UNESCO at the Borobudur World Heritage site since the Mt Merapi eruptions of October 2010. More

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Matenek Lokal, Timor Nian! (Traditional Knowledge of Timor!): a proceeding of the national workshop on promoting Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Timor Leste
The book explains that the environmental knowledge of local and indigenous peoples is an essential building-block of sustainable development and the conservation of biological and cultural diversity, all of which can be used to build their resilience to face global changes. DOWNLOAD

Systematic Monitoring of Education for All training Modules for Asia-Pacific

Adopting a holistic approach from school-level records management to data collection, indicators, analysis, information dissemination and use at all levels of the education administration, these training modules aim in particular at strengthening knowledge and skills at decentralized levels not only in data management but more importantly in the use of data and information in support to decision-making and communications with stakeholders. DOWNLOAD

Article Alert!
Biotechnology crops. Jakarta Post 13-3-2012
An important milestone was reached last year, on Oct. 31, 2011. On that day, the United Nations confirmed that the worlds population had reached 7 billion. More

Bringing Borobudur to Cyberspace. President Post 3-3-2012 Bringing the Borobudur to Cyberspace is aimed at creating global awareness of the Borobudur and its message, and to bring this awareness ultimately and quite literally into everybodys pocket by using state-of-the-art interactive technology.
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Dangdut hopes for UNESCO heritage list. Jakarta Post 5-3-2012

The Indonesian government has agreed to throw its full support behind dangdut music being enlisted as one form of Indonesias musical heritage by UNESCO. More

HIV AIDS spreading in Indonesia at worrying rate. Antara 1-3-2012

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The rate at which HIV/AIDS is spreading in Indonesia is becoming increasingly worrying and needs to be reversed through concerted efforts by the government and society, a national AIDS eradication official said. More

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Indonesian Schools to Get Funding Boost. JakartaGlobe 8-3-2012
The government has announced a series of steps designed to ensure universal education through 12 years of school, including providing more money for students and building new classrooms. More
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Islamic approach to tackle AIDS in Indonesia. Antaranews 29-2-2012

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - World Vision Indonesia (WVI) launched the "Channel of Hope" (COH) with an Islamic context in response to HIV and AIDS. More

Kemendikbud Sumbang Unesco. MediaIndonesia 6-3-2012

JAKARTA--MICOM: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (Kemendikbud) RI menyumbang US$10 juta ke Unesco. Dalam siaran pers yang diterima Senin (5/3), sumbangan itu disampaikan Mendikbud Mohammad Nuh di sela-sela sidang Executive Board UNESCO di Paris, Prancis, 2 Maret 2012 yang ditandai dengan penandatanganan pemberian sumbangan bersama Dirjen UNESCO Irina Bokova. More

Kualitas Guru Masih Rendah. Kompas.com 7-3-2012

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Secara umum, kualitas guru dan kompetensi guru di Indonesia masih belum sesuai dengan yang diharapkan. Dari sisi kualifikasi pendidikan, hingga saat ini, dari 2,92 juta guru, baru sekitar 51 persen yang berpendidikan S-1 atau lebih, sedangkan sisanya belum berpendidikan S-1. More

Women rights still denied. Jakarta Post 8-3-2012

With this years International Womens Day around the corner, women in this country continue to struggle in a male-dominated world and efforts to protect their rights have been met with opposition from conservative groups. More

World nations achieve UN goal to improve access to safe drinking water. Washington Post 6-3-2012

UNITED NATIONS The worlds nations achieved a U.N. goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United Nations announced Tuesday. More

Yogya could be model for handling of HIV AIDS. JakartaPost 10-3-2012

Yogyakarta has set a good example of how to deal with the spread of HIV/AIDS, as shown by the high level of awareness among members of high-risk groups in the region getting checked through voluntary counseling tests (VCT). More

Illiteracy tops 4 percent in Bogor. The Jakarta Post 14-3-2012

BOGOR: About 150,000 people in Bogor, West Java, 4 percent of the regencys population, are illiterate and are not fluent in Indonesian. More