DAMIETTA, Egypt – Damietta Governorate said Saturday it was chosen among 10 cities worldwide to win the 2021 edition of the UNESCO Learning City Award.
In a statement, Governor Manal Awad said the winners would be officially announced during the Fifth International Conference on Learning Cities, to be hosted by South Korea on October 27 to 30.
Damietta joined the UNESCO Network of Learning Cities in 2019 and took concrete steps to advance sustainable development programs, develop basic skills, and support learning programs of women, health, education, youth, sports, motherhood and childhood in cooperation with the concerned and cultural bodies to implement a lifelong learning strategy, she added according to MENA.
The UNESCO Learning City Award has been established to recognize and showcase good practices in promoting quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all at the local level.
This biennial award is presented to cities in each of the five UNESCO regions that have demonstrated significant progress in learning city development by implementing the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities guiding documents.
Only member cities of the UNESCO GNLC are eligible to apply for the UNESCO Learning City Award, which is valid for one award cycle.
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