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    Bangkok's Leap into Lifelong Learning for All

    Published on 02/04/2024

    » Bangkok unveils its vision for multidimensional learning to transform into a learning city accessible everywhere and at all times for everyone.

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    Unesco adds three Thai ‘learning cities’

    Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2024

    » Bangkok, Khon Kaen and Yala have been included in Unesco’s 2024 Global Network for Learning Cities (GNLC) for promoting lifelong learning, according to Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob.

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    The smart city revolution

    Published on 31/01/2024

    » Advanced technologies with secure connectivity and intelligent capabilities, coupled with enhanced collaboration fostered among policymakers, community stakeholders, and technology vendors, will empower smart cities, address digital inclusion challenges, and promote increased gender equality, according to the technology giant Huawei. This holistic approach aims to effectively tackle Thailand's pain points of the digital economy, the digital divide, and the ongoing shortage of skilled cybersecurity talents, contributing to a more inclusive and technologically advanced future in line with Huawei's mission to "unleash digital for a better future".

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    Ripe time for culture-based action

    Oped, Published on 14/12/2023

    » Climate change affects every aspect of our lives, from the food we produce and our health to global peace and security. But the climate crisis is transforming not only our natural ecosystems but also our social and cultural landscapes, eroding our tangible and intangible heritage and practices, and depriving us of precious sources of resilience, meaning, identity, and knowledge.

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    Land of natural wonders

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 26/10/2023

    » After intermittent rain, the cluster of nimbus finally dispersed and we decided to stick to our plan to see a sunset over the Andaman Sea. The Khao To Ngai Fault Plane, also known as the Time Travel Zone, is one of the greatest places to take in the splendour of nature, but the sky was not clear when we arrived.

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    The grandeur of Sukhothai

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 15/06/2023

    » While the majority of visitors arriving in Sukhothai head straight to Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai Historical Parks, which were added to the list of the Unesco World Heritage Sites in 1999, this lower northern town itself provides a variety of local delights for those wanting to experience slow life, local wisdom and the splendour of nature.

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    Closer to heaven

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 01/12/2022

    » Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover lush sub-alpine woodland and limestone mountains that rise 2,225m above sea level. As part of Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, its topography is comparable to that of the Himalayas and south China.

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    Asia pursues goal of lifelong learning curve

    News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 06/11/2022

    » SINGAPORE: Thai universities are being urged to work with the Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to promote lifelong learning programmes in the country.

  • News & article

    3 Thai cities added to Unesco learning network

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/09/2022

    » Sukhothai, Phayao and Hat Yai in Songkhla province have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) list of "learning cities", raising the number of such cities in Thailand to seven.

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    Thailand’s R&D Grows Amidst Covid-19 NXPO sets R&D investment target at 2 percent of GDP by 2027

    Published on 26/05/2022

    » The Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO), led by Dr. Kitipong Promwong, President, reveals that the volume of R&D investment in Thailand has grown continuously since 2011. Despite the Covid-19 Pandemic, which prompted the government sector to take action in the form of increased public R&D injection in response to potential national R&D slump from the pandemic, in accordance with a prior forecast by NXPO, the survey on R&D investment in 2020 by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) shows an increase in the country’s R&D allocation to 208,009 million baht (66,304 million baht – or 32 percent – from the government sector and 141,705 million baht – or 68 percent – from the private sector). Noteworthily, the amount from the government sector increased from the previous year by almost 10 percent. The investment in R&D accounts for 1.33 percent of GDP, up from 1.14 percent last year.

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