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In his address, Deputy Director-General for External Relations Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah emphasized that exploring the impact of digital technologies on child development is linked to UNESCO's commitment to promote accessibility to digital education, which brings both challenges and opportunities.

In 2024 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Cultural-Historical Psychology, the key principles of which were developed by L.S. Vygotsky and implemented in the research of his scientific school, which has gained not only international recognition, but also a sphere of dissemination.

This special issue, "Sport Psychology" delves into the depths of the human mind in sports and exercise, revealing how mental strength can be crucial for achieving top-notch athletic results. This call extends beyond works exploring the psychological aspects of successful athlete performances to those emphasizing the role of sports psychologists in shaping and optimizing athletes' mental framework.

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Psychology “Education and Development in Early Years From Cultural-Historical Theory” has been published.

On October 13-15, 2023, the International Psychological Symposium was held at Sichuan Normal University (Chengdu, China) as part of the Congress of the Chinese Psychological Society. 

The Russian Psychological Society reports approval of a professional holiday - the Psychologist’s Day, which will be celebrated on November 22. 

The delegation of the Russian Psychological Society attended the opening of the Intercontinental Congress of Psychologists HOMINIS 2023 in Havana 24-28 April.

In his official letter, Alexander Alimov emphasized the importance of the topics of the Forum in the light of the recommendations of the declaration of the recently held World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education in Tashkent: adaptation of preschool education to modern digital technologies, pedagogical innovations in the use of ICT, digital risks for the psychological development of the child and others.

You can read about the topics of the forum at https://digitalchildhood.org/ru/programme/reports/

The journal "Psychology in Russia: State of the Art" has been working for five years to enter the prestigious international scientific database PubMed Central.

This is the first psychological journal in Russia, which was accepted into the PMC, where at the moment only a few of the Russian scientific peer-reviewed journals are represented.

On November 24, 2022, an interdisciplinary seminar on education, governance and the environment was held by the Fafe Institute of Higher Education (Portugal) and the Federal University of Catalão (Brasil). The seminar was organized by the UNESCO Chair in Education, Youth and Society.