UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is the United Nations’ specialized agency. In 1999, the UNESCO General Conference made decision to establish the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training; its office is located in Bonn, Germany. The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre is one of eight UNESCO institutes and centres in the field of education.
Academic Information Centre – former National Observatory – is UNEVOC Network Member in Latvia since the establishment of this network. There are 246 centres in the UNEVOC Network
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