UNESCO
Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace
Public access to information is a key component of UNESCO’s commitment to transparency and its accountability.
Based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, the 2005 Convention ultimately provides a new framework for informed, transparent and
UNESCO’s e-Platform on intercultural dialogue is designed for organizations and individuals to learn from shared knowledge or experiences from infl
Established in 2002, the GEM Report is an editorially independent report, hosted and published by UNESCO.
To recovery and beyond: The report takes stock of the global progress on the adoption and implementation of legal guarantees on Access to Info
Addressing culture as a global public good
For almost 75 years, the UNESCO Courier has served as a platform for international debates on issues that concern the entire pla
Lifelong learning is key to overcoming global challenges and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Main UNESCO website
UNESCO Digital Library website.
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UNESCO
As the leading UN agency for education, UNESCO has a staff of nearly 1,000 colleagues in its Education sector, working at its Paris-based headquarters and across a global network of field offices, specialized institutes, centres and networks. The Sector is led by Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini.
UNESCO headquarters in Paris provides overall guidance for UNESCO’s action in education worldwide, working with colleagues from around the world. The Education Sector is composed of the Executive Office and five Divisions (Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems; Inclusion, Peace and Sustainable Development; Education 2030 Support, Future of Learning and Innovation and the Global Education Monitoring Report). Discover the Sector’s senior management team at Headquarters.
UNESCO supports its education programme across the world through its 53 field offices in Africa, the Arab States, Asia and Pacific, Europe and North America and Latin America and the Caribbean, where specialized staff establish strong working relationships with governments, development partners and civil society.
Category 1 institutes are an integral part of UNESCO and help countries in their work on a wide range of education challenges from policy to adult literacy.
UNESCO also works through its extensive global education networks including:
Category 2 centres are independent, privileged partners of UNESCO which contribute to the implementation of its education programme and raise its profile at country level in their different areas of excellence.
