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Bangkok offices. Researcher consulted different records, published documents, archives and
eLibrary website to collect data on past twenty year events and activities. According to the
available data, Bangkok office has produced more than 734 publications in education, science,
social and human sciences, culture, communication and ICTs since 1990.
Publications as a mean of change
Since its creation UNESCO has been giving great importance to its publications and it has
always kept them at central position because these documents have played very important role in
furthering UNESCO‟s mission by strengthening human development in education, science and
culture (UNESCO-Bangkok, 2008). UNESCO-Bangkok regional bureau for education being a
laboratory of ideas and capacity building institution is working for knowledge generation and
human capital development. This regional bureau, to achieve its goals, is engaged in the
production of quality material in written, audio and video forms that cover a wide range and a
variety of subjects in the field of education, science, ICT and culture.
In the field of education this office has published varied type of material covering a range of
subjects: Education for All (EFA), Education for sustainable development (ESD), primary
education, secondary education, tertiary education, vocational and professional education, adult
education, basic literacy, female education, inclusive education etc. These publications are
important tool of policy reforms, information and ideas sharing, a mean to train the active
players in education at all levels.
UNESCO-Bangkok office publications from 1991 to 2010
Education
Period Training General Pri. Sec.
Tech.
/ Voc.
Science Culture Info others Total
Higher
1991-95 25 97 3 2 22 10 8 9 6 24 206
1996-99 18 49 8 7 16 9 3 3 3 18 134
2000-04 23 63 2 1 2 16 3 5 32 3 150
2005-09 28 83 1 14 1 15 8 13 30 20 213
2010 1 12 0 4 0 1 4 1 1 7 31
Total 95 304 14 28 41 51 26 31 72 72 734
Table is produced by author. Data from UNESCO Bangkok office 2011
Table 11 Summary table of UNESCO-Bangkok office publications from 1991 to 2010
According to data UNESCO-Bangkok office has produced documents for capacity development
in all fields of its activity that covers from pre-primary education to higher education. This office