Applications Open for 2025/2026 UNESCO-Hamdan Prize
The 2025/2026 UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development is now welcoming applications. This distinguished award was founded in 2008 to improve teaching and learning quality in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 4 for education, which stands as a central focus for UNESCO. Read more about Opportunities The Prize is awarded every two years through the […]
UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education 2025 (USD 50,000)
The UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education provides a unique international platform to recognise and celebrate outstanding projects and programs in Global Citizenship Education (GCED) worldwide. Read more about Opportunities Established in 2024 with the generous support of the Republic of Korea, this UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education marks a pioneering initiative. The […]
UNESCO SDG4 Youth & Student Network: Applications Open for 2026-2027 Cohort
UNESCO is currently recruiting young education advocates for the next generation of the SDG4 Youth & Student Network for the 2026-2027 term. Read more about Opportunities The SDG4 Youth & Student Network brings together young education leaders who are committed to advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education). Under UNESCO’s management, this global community […]
Apply for the 2025 UNESCO World Heritage Residence Scholarship
Innovative individuals with cultural, artistic, and research ideas are encouraged to apply for the 2025 UNESCO World Heritage Residence Scholarship. Read more about Opportunities The UNESCO World Heritage Residence Scholarship is aimed at “people who have a cultural idea, such as art, music, research, etc., related to the UNESCO World Heritage list and are interested […]
Apply for the 2025/2026 Rotary/UNESCO-IHE Scholarships
The Rotary Foundation, in collaboration with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, is inviting applications for the 2025/2026 Rotary/UNESCO-IHE Scholarships. Read more about Scholarships The 2025/2026 Rotary/UNESCO-IHE Scholarships are designed to “tackle the world’s water and sanitation crisis by increasing the number of trained professionals to devise, plan, and implement solutions in developing […]
The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Program 2025
The Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea have launched the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Program dedicated to young women scientists in Africa. Read more about Opportunities The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Program 2025 is aimed at creating concrete career opportunities for young […]
Apply for the UNESCO Internship Program 2024
The UNESCO Internship Program is a platform for students and recent graduates to understand the mandate, programs, and processes of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Read more about Opportunities It is also a unique opportunity for selected interns to enhance their academic and technical knowledge through practical assignments in the form […]
International Day of the Girl Child: Empowering Girls for a Brighter Future
The International Day of the Girl Child celebrated annually on October 11th, is a United Nations initiative aimed at highlighting the needs and challenges that girls face globally while promoting their empowerment and human rights. This day serves as a reminder of the importance of investing in girls’ education, health, and well-being, as well as […]
Apply For the UNHCR Internship 2024
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is looking for young people who are talented, motivated, and passionate to join its 2025 internship program and bring their knowledge, ideas, skills, and innovative prowess to support people who were forced to flee their location. Read more about Opportunities Eligible students and recent graduates can […]
Do You Know: First West African To Be Elected As The President Of UNESCO General Conference: Michael Omolewa
Michael Abiola Omolewa is a Nigerian diplomat, scholar, education historian, and civil servant. Omolewa is an emeritus professor of adult education at the University of Ibadan. He is a former deputy chair of the governing board of the Commonwealth of Learning in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Omolewa is also a member of the Commonwealth […]
Win $25,000 In The Netflix UNESCO Short Film Competition 2022
Netflix and UNESCO have collaborated to launch a short film competition themed “African Folktales, Reimagined.” The contest is designed to discover and give life to retellings of some of Africa’s best-known folktales. Read more about Opportunities For centuries, even millennia, folktales have been part of Africa’s cultural fabric. They have conveyed timeless lessons and […]
Did You Know? Potential UNESCO Heritage Sites In Nigeria
Nigeria is a country blessed with stunning sights and noteworthy edifices. They occur in every geographical region of the country—as though nature ‘knew’ that each region needed something to brag about. Read more about Did you know? The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) keeps a list of such places from across […]
International Day Of Education
Aside from being a human right, education is a public good and responsibility. Sadly, 258 million children and youth around the globe still lack access to education, 617 million children and adolescents can neither read nor do basic math. The situation in sub-Saharan Africa is disturbing as less than 40% of girls in the […]
December 3: International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
Globally, one billion people or 15% of the entire global population are confronted with some form of disability. Prevalent in countries that are still developing, an estimated one-fifth or between 110 million and 190 million people of the world’s population suffer significant disabilities. People with disabilities are vulnerable to adverse economic and social life […]
International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty
In 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line of surviving on less than $1.90 per day. Three years later (2018), nearly 8% of workers in the globe and their families lived below the US $1.90 daily for each person in the family. Majority of the people from these figures reside in […]
International Day Of The Girl Child
Globally, 1 in 4 girls that are between 15-19 years of age is neither employed, receiving education or training. This figure can only be compared to 1 in 10 boys of the same age. Projections suggest that by 2021, about 435 million women and girls will be surviving on less than $1.90 daily, while […]