UNESCO national commissions are in many countries in the world. InSEA members are encouraged to meet with their UNESCO representatives about arts education ideas and initiatives and to engage with other UNESCO policies whenever possible.. InSEA is a non-governmental organisation official partner of UNESCO
If you are an InSEA member, you will receive regularly news from UNESCO activities, awards, projects and publications related to arts education ( InSEA e-newsletter). InSEA Representative in the UNESCO NGOs commission is Marie- Françoise Chavannes. Though InSEA your voice can be represented in UNESCO.
Following the success of the Second World Conference on Arts Education (Seoul, 2010), the UNESCO’s General Conference at its 36th session in 2011 proclaimed the 4th week of May as the International Arts Education Week. The International Arts Education Week aims at increasing the international community’s awareness on the importance of arts education and at reinforcing its cooperation by promoting cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion.
Here are the dates for future planning. May 19-25, 2014 May 25-31, 2015 May 23-29, 2016 May 22-28, 2017 May 21-27, 2018 May 20-26, 2019 May 25-31, 2020 May 24-30, 2021 May 23-29, 2022 May 22-28, 2023 May 20-26, 2024 May 19-25, 2025
UNESCO: The ten targets of the Sustainable Development
UNESCO held its first World Congress on Arts Education in Lisbon in March 2006. A key element of that Congress was the announcement of a Joint Declaration between the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA), the International Society for Music Education (ISME), and the International Society for Education through the Art (InSEA) to work together and to launch the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE). read more
UNESCO, U.S. Library of Congress and partners launched World Digital Library
UNESCO and 32 partner institutions yesterday launched the World Digital Library, a web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site – located at www.wdl.org – includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs. It provides unrestricted public access, free of charge, to this material. World Digital Library
