{"id":1815,"date":"2025-07-09T05:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T05:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/?page_id=1815"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:49:53","slug":"news-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/news-update\/","title":{"rendered":"All News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  data-label=\"banner\" data-id=\"cta--1\" data-export-id=\"cta-centered-bg-section\" data-category=\"cta\" data-section-ov=\"1\" class=\"cta-centered-bg-section content-section content-section-spacing-medium white-text\" data-parallax-depth=\"20\" id=\"banner\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-size: cover; background-position: center top; background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/All-the-news.png&quot;);\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row text-center\"><div  data-type=\"column\" class=\"\">  <h1  class=\"\">\n<br ><br ><span  style=\"font-weight: 700;\">All the News<\/span>\n<br ><br >\n<\/h1><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><div  data-label=\"Latest-news\" data-id=\"latest_news--1\" data-export-id=\"blog-section-card\" data-category=\"latest_news\" class=\"blog-section content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"latest_news-1\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none;\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row\"><div  data-type=\"column\" class=\"section-title-col\"> <h2  class=\"\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(3, 169, 244);\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\" >Latest News<\/span><\/h2> <\/div> <\/div> <div  class=\"row\"> <div  data-type=\"row\" data-dynamic-columns=\"handled\" data-content-shortcode=\"mesmerize_latest_news item_class=&quot;card no-padding&quot; posts=&quot;6&quot; \">\t\t<div class=\"row center-sm content-left-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3747\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/09\/call-for-applications-global-south-key-teachers-ai-literacy-training-program-2026\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3-17.png 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/09\/call-for-applications-global-south-key-teachers-ai-literacy-training-program-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCall for Applications | Global South Key Teachers&#8217; AI Literacy Training Program 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Applications are now open for the Global South Key Teachers&#8217; AI Literacy Training Program 2026, jointly organized by ISTIC, the Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World (AETDEW),[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/09\/call-for-applications-global-south-key-teachers-ai-literacy-training-program-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3709\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/08\/south-africa-istic-participated-in-the-sri2026-africa-regional-conference-and-successfully-concluded-the-science-diplomacy-workshop-for-early-and-mid-career-researchers\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-1024x502.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-1536x753.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478-1920x942.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DJI_20260626133647_0048_D-scaled-e1783496644478.jpg 2027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/08\/south-africa-istic-participated-in-the-sri2026-africa-regional-conference-and-successfully-concluded-the-science-diplomacy-workshop-for-early-and-mid-career-researchers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSOUTH AFRICA: ISTIC Participated in the SRI2026 Africa Regional Conference and Successfully Concluded the Science Diplomacy Workshop for Early- and Mid-Career Researchers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In June, the International Science, Technology and Innovation Center under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC) participated in the SRI2026 Africa Regional Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. As\u00a0a\u00a0partner of[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/08\/south-africa-istic-participated-in-the-sri2026-africa-regional-conference-and-successfully-concluded-the-science-diplomacy-workshop-for-early-and-mid-career-researchers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3703\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/02\/call-for-applications-40th-khwarizmi-international-award-kia\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-02-at-11.36.43.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-02-at-11.36.43.png 718w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-02-at-11.36.43-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/02\/call-for-applications-40th-khwarizmi-international-award-kia\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCall for Applications \u2013 40th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC) is pleased to share the opening of the call for submissions to the 40th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA), organized[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/07\/02\/call-for-applications-40th-khwarizmi-international-award-kia\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3666\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/21\/hong-kong-istic-participates-in-the-40th-annual-plenary-meeting-of-the-interaction-council\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/703199616_27968774032711878_4900931567095890051_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/21\/hong-kong-istic-participates-in-the-40th-annual-plenary-meeting-of-the-interaction-council\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHONG KONG : ISTIC participates in the 40th Annual Plenary Meeting of the InterAction Council\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation&nbsp;(ISTIC)&nbsp;participated&nbsp;in the&nbsp;40th Annual Plenary Meeting of the&nbsp;InterAction Council,&nbsp;held in&nbsp;Hong Kong&nbsp;from&nbsp;18 to 20 May 2026.&nbsp;The meeting serves as an important platform for[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/21\/hong-kong-istic-participates-in-the-40th-annual-plenary-meeting-of-the-interaction-council\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3649\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/14\/strengthening-international-cooperation-the-partnership-between-um-and-istic\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-11.26.04-1-1024x577.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-11.26.04-1-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-11.26.04-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-11.26.04-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-14-at-11.26.04-1.png 1330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/14\/strengthening-international-cooperation-the-partnership-between-um-and-istic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStrengthening International Cooperation: The Partnership Between UM and ISTIC\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The collaboration between the International Science, Technology and Innovation Center for South-South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC) and the Universitas Negeri Malang (UM) was further strengthened\u00a0 during the[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/14\/strengthening-international-cooperation-the-partnership-between-um-and-istic\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"post-3617\" class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-4 space-bottom space-bottom-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content card no-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/12\/indonesia-istic-and-nrf-concluded-the-afrasia-programme-validation-and-stakeholder-strategic-engagement-workshop\/\" class=\"post-list-item-thumb \">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-12-at-15.33.26-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-padding col-padding-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-title space-bottom-small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/2026\/05\/12\/indonesia-istic-and-nrf-concluded-the-afrasia-programme-validation-and-stakeholder-strategic-engagement-workshop\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tINDONESIA : ISTIC and NRF concluded the AFRASIA Programme Validation and Stakeholder Strategic Engagement Workshop\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Science,\u00a0Technology\u00a0and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC), in collaboration with the\u00a0National Research Foundation\u00a0(NRF)\u00a0South Africa\u00a0successfully\u00a0convened\u00a0the \u201cAFRASIA\u00a0Programme\u00a0Validation and Stakeholder Strategic Engagement Workshop\u201d from 6 to 8 May 2026 at\u00a0Universitas Negeri[&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more link\" 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