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Dear Colleagues,
You are warmly invited to join the following online working sessions of the Priority Africa Flagships Series. This Series is organized as a follow-up to the International Forum of UNESCO Chairs and Partners on Transforming Knowledge for Africa's Future. These sessions will explore possible collaboration and concrete actions on UNESCO’s Priority Africa Flagship Programmes.
- Flagship Programme 3: Strengthening Cultural Heritage and Capacity Development
Wednesday 12 February 2025, 14:00 – 15:30 (Paris time)
This working session focuses on strengthening capacity building in the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property, return and restitution requests, and the preservation and promotion of collections and museums.
- Flagship Programme 4: Harnessing new and emerging technologies for sustainable development in Africa, including through the implementation of the recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence
Wednesday 19 February 2025,14:00 – 15:30 (Paris time)
This working session aims to foster collective reflection on the potential of new and emerging technologies for sustainable development in Africa, including through the implementation of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
- Flagship Programme 5: Enhance Open Science, reinforce capacity building in Basic and Applied Sciences and Scientific Research to strengthen innovation and technology development and use in Ocean Science, climate change resilience and water resource management in Africa
Part 1: Wednesday 12 March 2025,14:00 – 15:30 (tbc)
Part 2: Wednesday 9 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:30 (tbc)
Registration links to follow.
Participants are invited to engage in strategic discussions, share insights, and contribute to the implementation and advancement of these flagship programmes. We kindly invite you to prepare for the topics, using the attached background documents.
We are pleased to share the recordings in English and French from the last working session on 'Priority Africa Flagship Programme 2: General History of Africa’, held on Wednesday 11 December 2024. Kindly share these with your networks, including colleagues and students.
Please save the dates and we hope that you can join.
Best wishes,
UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme
