Thanks for sharing this. It's important that all of us consider this
important petition.
Here is the link from Jennifer:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Ensure_Creativity_remains_a_UNESCO_priority/?sTqfFfb
Here is a link to UNESCO's Creativity page.
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34326&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Lucinda
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Jennifer Kanary Nikolov(a) <
jenniferkanary@yahoo.com> wrote:
> HI All,
>
> Just wanted to point out this new petition about creativity in education
> in danger of being eliminated from UNESCO, very relevant to this discussion
> I would say:
>
>
> "UNESCO has been busy analyzing and ranking the areas of their work by
> priority, with those areas that receive the lowest ranking being marked
> for elimination. The Creativity programme, within which arts education
> falls, was ranked at the very bottom of UNESCO's 48 priority areas and
> is at risk of elimination. If this happens, UNESCO's invaluable work in
> this area, including the Road Map for Arts Education, the World
> Conferences for Arts Education, the International Arts Education week,
> and all the other projects related to both arts education and creativity
> in the broadest sense, will be terminated and will no longer receive
> support. An additional consequence will be to give our governments yet
> another excuse to de-prioritise Arts Education and to deny both
> promotion of and access to the arts for children and young people"
>
>
> https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Ensure_Creativity_remains_a_UNESCO_priority/?sTqfFfb
>
> Regards,
>
> Jennifer
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