AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 minutes agoEducation & Skills: Dubai’s Digital School has expanded in Seychelles, launching a new phase to train 100 teachers across 11 schools so they can better use digital tools in classrooms, with the programme run in partnership with Seychelles’ Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and the UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme. Heritage & Research: Heritage experts and officials met in Mauritius to strengthen preservation and documentation of indentured labour heritage across the Indian Ocean, building a regional roadmap with UNESCO and ICOMOS input. Youth & Resilience: Young people in Seychelles completed a five-day gabion construction training to support watershed restoration, erosion control and climate resilience, backed by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Tourism Tech: Victoria’s mayor joined a Beijing dialogue on tech-empowered tourism, highlighting China-Seychelles people-to-people links and local infrastructure projects. Cybersecurity: Dutch authorities disrupted a major botnet operation that infected over 17 million devices worldwide, using them as a residential proxy service for large-scale cyberattacks. Environment & Travel: A World Environment Day-linked travel piece argues destinations are shifting from “green tourism” marketing to protecting nature as a core part of climate resilience. Aviation Standards: A regional ICAO workshop in Eswatini covered new Aircraft Classification Rating/Pavement Classification Rating standards, with Seychelles among participating countries.
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