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. Find your national commission on the listing of national UNESCO commissions.  

Find your national commission on the listing of national UNESCO commissions.
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Call for Papers: Encounters on Education
Encuentros sobre Educación/Rencontres sur l’Éducation

Vol 11  Navigating the UNESCO Roadmap for Arts Education: Current directions in research and best practice (Fall 2010)

Guest Editor:  Larry O'Farrell, Professor and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, , Canada. email: ofarrell@queensu.ca

This issue will focus on current developments in arts and learning in the context of the UNESCO Roadmap for Arts Education. The Roadmap was an important outcome of the first UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2006. The Roadmap laid out a set of priorities in research, best practice both in schools and in community arts programs, policy development, networking and the training of teachers and artists. Coinciding with the second UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education that will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea in 2010, this special issue of Encounters will provide a scholarly perspective on progress that has been made on the themes of the Roadmap in the intervening four years.

Papers are invited on any aspect of the UNESCO Roadmap for Arts Education.
Submissions should be prepared in MS Word or Rich Text Format and sent directly to the guest editor by e-mail. 

Deadline:  Submissions must be received on or before Monday, May 31, 2010.
For more details, download pdf here.

The 2nd World Conference on Arts Education

Call for Papers: 2nd UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, 25-28 May, 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea (pdf)
25-28 May, 2010, COEX Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hosted by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, UNESCO
Approximately 2,000 participants from 193 countries.

Programs:
* Pre-conference (May 24): UNESCO Int'l Advisory Committee Meeting, International youth forum
* Main-conference (May 25-28): Plenary session, Ministerial Round table, Special sessions (Regional discussion, International NGO forum), Announcing Seoul declaration
* Cultural Program: Opening/Closing Ceremy, Exhibition and Reception, Tour program

For more information, please visit the conference website > English | Korean

UNESCO and The Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO):  Arts Education in CIS Countries, October 2009

see website

UNESCO, France, June 2006 (publication)

Education Through Art: Building Partnerships for Secondary Education
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001442/144239E.pdf

1ST UNESCO World Congress on Arts Education, Lisbon, March 2006

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).

UNESCO Chair for Arts and Learning

http://educ.queensu.ca/unesco/chair.html   

UNESCO Observatory on Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts

The UNESCO Observatory brings together people with shared interests in the arts and encourages activities that cross disciplinary divisions, drawing on the combined expertise of national and internationally recognised researchers. The Observatory's focus crosses over the areas of architecture; the physical, natural, social and health sciences; well-being, culture, heritage, arts practice, education in the arts, community arts practice, research methodology, philosophy, ethics and program evaluation across pure, strategic, applied and action research. http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/unesco/

World Digital Library

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 

UNESCO Links to Education and Art

 LEA - Links to Education and Art 

UNESCO and Peace Education

http://www.unesco.ca/en/interdisciplinary/peace/default.aspx