News

• March 15, 2016

  New Regional Director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean

  María Cristina Perceval has taken office as UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, whose offices are located at the City of Knowledge. A national of Argentina, Mrs. Perceval arrives at UNICEF after a long career of over 30 years as a Human Rights advocate, Senator and Diplomat and extensive work aimed at safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable. She replaces Bernt Aasen, who is retiring after 28 years of service in the organization. 

• May 6, 2014

  Members of CORELAC sign Framework Partnership Agreement

  This March, the Regional Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), RET-Protecting Through Education, World Vision, Plan International and Save the Children, all with regional headquarters at the City of Knowledge, have signed the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) on the Resilience of children and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean – CORELAC.

• March 6, 2014

  Plan and UNICEF invested more than USD 1 million for safe schools in Central America

  Plan and UNICEF, both with regional headquarters at the City of Knowledge, called for a greater coordination between education and sectors of disaster risk management at regional, national and local levels, which is necessary for children and adolescents to have better access to education in emergency situations.

• July 2, 2013

  Project Presentation: Education Statistics for the Construction of Indicators

  In recent days the presentation of the project "Education Statistics for the Construction of Indicators" organized by UNICEF and SENACYT, took place at UNICEF’s Regional Office at the City of Knowledge. 

• June 21, 2013

  Panama collects more than 7,000 dollars to support Syrian children

  The Concert "Panama for the Children of Syria", an initiative of the Organization Music For Life International, and performed at the City of Knowledge Athenaeum, raised $ 7,460 to support UNICEF's efforts to meet the immediate needs of the children of Syria.

• July 12, 2012

  Environmental Education Dialogue at the Metropolitan National Park

  The dialogue about Environmental Education, part of the conversation cycle entitled: Panama on the Road to Sustainable Development, was held with great success, at the Oropéndolas Salon of the Metropolitan National Park.

• March 2, 2012

  UNICEF press release on children in urban areas

  Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services, UNICEF warns in The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World.

• December 20, 2011

  International Year of People of African Descendants at City of Knowledge

  On December 13 the Information Center of the United Nations in Panama (CINUP), located inside the City of Knowledge, held the closing ceremony in commemoration of the United Nations International Year of People of African Descendants.