UNESCO
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.
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Acting on the Seoul Agenda: The Role of UNESCO Chairs and Observatories (Webcast, video)
An International Panel at the 4th Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning (Winnipeg, MB, Canada, December 2010)
UNESCO relies on a network of UNESCO Chairs and Observatories as important agents to implement its commitment to arts education in member states around the world. This commitment has been most recently articulated in The Soul Agenda: Goals for the development of arts education, a document that was a major outcome of the UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education held in Seoul, Republic of Korea in May, 2010. Representatives of UNESCO Chairs and Observatories will outline the main features of the Seoul Agenda and will explain how the goals, strategies and action items in the report are being addressed through Chairs and Observatories in their countries and regions.
Available in English: http://educ.queensu.ca/unesco/registration-events/previous-events.html
Disponible en français: http://educ.queensu.ca/unesco-home-fr/registration-for-events-fr/previous-events-fr.html
Also available in English, only: http://130.15.118.27:8080/Accordent/SeoulAgenda/
The UNESCO Seoul Agenda
The Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education is a major outcome of UNESCO’s Second World Conference on Arts Education held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on 25 – 28 May 2010.
The Seoul Agenda calls upon UNESCO Member States, civil society, professional organizations and communities to recognize its governing goals, to employ the proposed strategies, and to implement the action items in a
concerted effort to realize the full potential of high quality arts education to positively renew educational systems, to achieve crucial social and cultural objectives, and ultimately to benefit children, youth and
life-long learners of all ages.
See website.
The 2nd World Conference on Arts Education
See website > English | Korean
UNESCO and The Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO): Arts Education in CIS Countries, October 2009
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
UNESCO
InSEA began with the help of UNESCO and continues to work closely with them today, developing policies and initiatives that may help art educators’ worldwide.
