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[...] [...] the UNU – Global Virtual University in Norway; the proposal for a new UNU institute on the alliance of civilizations, to be established in Spain; the proposal for a new UNU research and training programme on landscape and ecosystem health, to be located in the Slovak Republic; a new initiative for a UNU institute or UNU-IAS operating unit on traditional knowledge, to be [...] [...]

[...] [...] previous reports and provided an overview of systemic issues identified during the reporting period, including perceived disparities in recruitment processes and mobility and career development issues, particularly those affecting staff recruited through the G-to-P examination and the national [...]

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service of the United Kingdom has confirmed that the tariff points awarded for the highest level of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination are higher than those awarded for the highest grade in the General Certificate of Education A Level or International Baccalaureate Diploma [...]

[...] [...] conditions as the graduation examination for the gymnasium and secondary general education.

[...] private general education schools must arrange study in accordance with the national curriculum which creates equal opportunities for acquiring [...]

[...] [...] qualifications for the training of experts at the higher education institutions was adopted, conceived in accordance with ISCED-97 and EUROSTAT, and since 2005 matriculation is organised in large sectors of vocational training of studies/fields and qualifications. 27 double teaching qualifications within simultaneous training [...]

[...] [...] tanks, dispenser retrofit, and safety-related equipment, as compared to other similar costs agreed in previously approved projects; the application of similar unitary costs to all enterprises irrespective of the output capacity or the age of the equipment, or the number of equipment items in the baseline; the feasibility of reducing the number of premixing stations and polyol buffer tanks; and the potential for rationalizing costs related to product and process trials, process and safety training, safety audit/certification and external expertise given that among other considerations, several enterprises will be converted to the [...]

[...] [...] exempting local students from the Joint Entrance Examination for Universities [...] [...]

[...] [...] sitting the Joint Entrance Examination for Universities in the People’s Republic of China for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Students, so as to promote exchanges between Hong Kong and Mainland students; and

[...] [...] process, including that relating to senior officials, fully and fairly addresses language requirements, so that in the medium-term, the organizations of the system could rely on a multilingual workforce that is fluent in one working language [...] [...]

We ride in automobiles with systems designed by engineers having graduate degrees; send our children to schools where a growing number of teachers have graduate degrees and were themselves trained by people with advanced degrees; pick up prescriptions for drugs designed and tested by scientists with graduate degrees; visit museums and view displays arranged by curators with graduate degrees; and go to movies enhanced by [...] [...]

[...] [...] particularly climate change, biodiversity loss and freshwater scarcity – that would produce among other effects population displacements and governance threats - by supporting the production of social and human science knowledge within an intra-disciplinary science framework; (b) to reflect on ethical principles that can make sense of environmental challenges and offer a normative basis to address them; (c) to support ethically and scientifically grounded national policies in selected countries to adapt to global environmental change and build resilience, with particular reference to assessment methodologies and policy design; and (d) to understand holistically how ethics of [...]

Focus will be placed on promoting systemic reform of secondary education curriculum as well as national policies for enhancing linkages between general secondary [...]

[...] [...] Committee, adopted resolution 61/159, in which it proposed a number of concrete measures to redress the geographical imbalance of the staff of OHCHR, including the establishment of a temporary mechanism whereby recruitment for extrabudgetary posts at the P-2 level would not be restricted to successful candidates from the national competitive examination.

[...] the Iljegosa system, which creates unnecessary competition between schools and limits the choice of study paths in higher education.

[...] girls in the final year of general, technical, vocational or agricultural secondary school, whether they are enrolled in a public school or a private school under contract, in France or abroad, to [...] [...]

[...] their joint activity to support children are the establishment of free arts and sports facilities for children; the introduction into the general education system of a national inclusive education model to mainstream disabled children; the provision of material assistance to children from large families, families lacking social support and families with disabled children; and the organization of national competitions and festivals to identify, encourage (through grants) and then support gifted children.

[...] [...] of ill conceived and time consuming management tools without neither sufficient prior testing (ex. the first Performance Appraisal System and the recruitment tools Galaxy and Inspira) [...]

[...] the Department of high-quality translation and interpretation services is based on a three-pronged approach: (a) reliance on exacting standards in recruiting language staff only through periodic competitive language examinations in the relevant language professions; (b) provision of training and close and continuing supervision of junior language staff throughout their initial probationary period and beyond, as well as expanded opportunities for upgrading substantive and technical skills for longer-serving staff; and (c) an outreach programme aimed at helping equip [...] [...]

[...] requirements for results obtained in the “Joint College Entrance Examination for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Students”, and will consider applications from [...] [...]

[...] the elections, and considering the proposed drawdown mentioned in paragraph 10 above, the military component of UNOCI will continuously review and adjust its concept of operations to the evolving situation on the ground, and will work closely with the Licorne forces to assist the Ivorian parties in their efforts to devise plans for the reunification of the defence and security forces, including the police and gendarmerie, and provide, as stipulated in the fourth Supplementary Agreement to the Ouagadougou Agreement, the necessary mentoring and basic training to the Forces nouvelles elements eligible for reintegration into the defence and security forces.

[...] [...] from the Joint Entrance Examination for Universities in the People’s Republic of China for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Students, so as to promote exchanges between Hong Kong and Mainland students

One notable project is the “Thailand Human Rights Caravan”, an initiative developed jointly by Thailand and the United Nations country team to promote and disseminate knowledge about human rights among the general public, especially children in schools across the country.

[...] has been made in most countries towards achieving the EFA goals and there is new emphasis on developing holistic education policies, plans and practices that integrate cross-cutting themes (such as education for sustainable development and HIV/AIDS), better targeting excluded populations and expanding provision of education beyond formal primary schooling.