Open to debate and public scrutiny, the guidelines can be adapted and changed to suit local contexts.

UNESCO: WORLDWIDE

This allows for a crucial opportunity to not just tweak business models but more importantly test products in local contexts.

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"MMTK promotes and supports linkages between new and traditional media through standard, workshop kits that can be adapted to local contexts, " explains Stella Hughes from UNESCO.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.

UNESCO: Education

The activities require users to analyse and interpret this information and to apply the ideas learnt to local curriculum and teaching contexts.

UNESCO: Introducing the TLSF Dissemination & Training Toolbox

The UNESCO Chair concentrates on the themes of education for pluralism, human rights and democracy, in local, national and international contexts.

UNESCO: Purpose/Objectives of the Chair/UNITWIN Network

Favour the production and use of OER in local languages and diverse cultural contexts to ensure their relevance and accessibility.

UNESCO: 2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION

In other contexts, they argue that local governments are best suited to making decisions in the interest of their constituencies.

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