The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge

The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge is an initiative focusing on research in and on Higher Education and Knowledge, with the objective to widen our understanding of systems, structures, policies, trends and developments in higher education, research and knowledge with a special focus on low and middle income countries. Related areas of interests are research on agriculture and health research, since they are important elements of the national research systems in low and middle-income countries.

Global Research Seminar:
Sharing Research Agendas on Knowledge Systems
Paris 28-30 November

The Global Research Seminar, an activity of the Forum, is to be an occasion to gather researchers and research organizations actively engaged in studying Research and Knowledge Systems in all regions of the world. The objective is to provide an arena for researchers to network, to present and discuss new and ongoing research, identify research gaps and suggest new research agendas on research systems, with a view to forge closer links between the research communities and UNESCO in these fields.

USAID and UNESCO collaborate on educational project

According to the Daily Times of Lahore:

The Directorate of Staff Development (DSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is implementing a project, Strengthening Teacher Education in Pakistan (STEP), on October 25, according to a press release issued on Friday.

The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The DSD is working to update teachers on new trends in education and making the teaching and learning process more fruitful for students.