UNESCO Learning CityHat Yai, Thailand
Hat Yai, Thailand, was inducted into UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities in 2022.
A modern and multicultural city
Located in southern Thailand, near the Malaysian border, Hat Yai is a modern and multicultural city, with Thai, Chinese and Malay influences. Home to a number of small- and medium-size industries, it serves as a hub for transportation and trading and is a popular destination for shopping, education and public health services.
Mr. Sakorn ThongmuneeMayor of Hat Yai
"We intend to drive Hat Yai City to be a livable, investable city with a clean and orderly environment, safe, non-polluted, increasingly large green areas, and a waste management system to manage wastewater and natural disasters."
Strategies for sustainability and health
Hat Yai mobilizes and utilizes its resources to promote a green policy in collaboration not only with local community but also private and public sectors. The objectives are manifold: managing and increasing green areas, improving water quality, as well as reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr. Sakorn ThongmuneeMayor of Hat Yai
"We realize that learning is the cornerstone of sustainable urban development, considering it key to the building of peaceful, inclusive, safe and resilient cities."
Promoting equity and inclusion
Hat Yai’s initiatives focusing on vulnerable groups includes education management programmes for homeless and disadvantaged children; in addition, a budget has been established to provide scholarships for disadvantaged students.
Moreover, the Four Corners Learning Centre project supports learning of people in all areas of Hat Yai, using the community as a base for local development.
Moreover, the Four Corners Learning Centre project supports learning of people in all areas of Hat Yai, using the community as a base for local development.
Mr. Sakorn ThongmuneeMayor of Hat Yai
"Meanwhile, the city aims to address the learning needs of people at all levels. Hat Yai has fully supported our people from womb to tomb. We value every citizen in the city, leaving no one left behind, which is the same goal as many cities around the world. We think global to act local, truly."
Commitment to decent work and entrepreneurship
When it comes to decent work and entrepreneurship, the city offers a variety of upskilling, reskilling and new skilling programmes to the working-age population, providing them with updated tools for accessing and succeeding in the labour market.
The Geographic Information System Database Project
The Geographic Information System Database Project is among the city's good practices. It enlists technology and information, both spatial and non-spatial data, as tools for management and organization development. The goal is to improve the quality and modernity of the information system of all municipality departments and increase the efficiency of public services, addressing the needs of citizens in a timely manner and assisting in urban development.
Hat Yai Chivasuk Health Promotion Centre
Situated in Hat Yai Municipal Park, the Hat Yai Chivasuk Health Promotion Centre, as another one of the city's good practices, promotes alternative and traditional Thai medicine, offering medical treatment, physical therapy, nutritional advice, hydrotherapy, music therapy, and much more.
Mr. Sakorn ThongmuneeMayor of Hat Yai
"Hat Yai endeavors to develop into a learning city by establishing a clear learning path and making the most of the benefits of being a member of the UNESCO GNLC, mainly in terms of cooperation and capacity-building."
Providing inspiration and best practiceThe UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
The UNESCO Learning City of Hat Yai will continue working towards providing learning opportunities for all its citizens. Furthermore, it will exchange knowledge with other learning cities around the world, in order to reach its learning and development goals.
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) supports and improves the practice of lifelong learning in member cities by promoting policy dialogue and peer learning, documenting effective strategies and good practice, fostering partnerships, providing capacity development, and developing tools and instruments to design, implement and monitor learning cities strategies.
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
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UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
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Hat Yai, Thailand
A modern and multicultural city
Mr. Sakorn Thongmunee
Strategies for sustainability and health
Mr. Sakorn Thongmunee
Promoting equity and inclusion
Mr. Sakorn Thongmunee
Commitment to decent work and entrepreneurship
The Geographic Information System Database Project
Hat Yai Chivasuk Health Promotion Centre
Mr. Sakorn Thongmunee
Providing inspiration and best practice
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities