2026 Youth4Climate Call for Solutions

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Italy, has announced the launch of the Youth4Climate Call for Solutions 2026. This...

2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

UNESCO is launching the call for nominations for the 2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education. Each year, the Prize recognizes two laureates...

International Pride Awards 2026

UNDP and ILGA World honour global LGBTIQ+ equality heroes. Global initiative celebrates heroes driving LGBTIQ+ equality and positive change; nominations open on 17 March 2026, and the...

2026 Young Champions of the Earth award

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched a call for nominations for the 2026 cycle of the Young Champions of the Earth award, which honours outstanding...

2026 Champions of the Earth award

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has opened nominations for the 2026 Champions of the Earth award – the UN’s highest environmental honour – this year focusing...

WIPO Global Awards 2026

Awarding innovative and creative companies that turn Intellectual Property (IP) into economic and societal value. We celebrate and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and...
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UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2026

UNESCO Member States may nominate candidates in consultation with their National Commissions. In addition, international and regional professional non-governmental organizations working in the field...

Infographic Contest on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and...

Ahead of the International Conference for the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material which will take place in Vienna, Austria from 23 to...

IAEA Launches Competition on Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain

Young professionals under 35 years are invited to submit essays on innovations in the nuclear fuel supply chain, with winners presenting at an IAEA...

UN Tourism and FIA Launch Global Awards for Excellence in Sustainable...

Featuring four categories, the awards are designed to recognise initiatives that drive sustainability, innovation, social impact, and successful examples of public-private partnership within the...

World Food Day Poster Contest

Join the World Food Day Poster Contest and show FAO your creativity! Use your skills to show how better foods create a better future...

UN Tourism and Sommet Education Foundation launch “Social Innovation Challenge”

Global call to empower and accelerate startups and scaleups that implement sustainable, inclusive, and green solutions for social Impact.

Call for submissions: The Global Radio for Resilience Initiative

The Global Radio for Resilience Initiative, led by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in collaboration with regional broadcasting unions—including the...

Memory of the World – Wikimedia Challenge 2025

A month-long initiative inviting Wikipedia contributors to enhance public knowledge of humanity’s documentary heritage. Parcitipants will focus on improving coverage of the UNESCO Memory...

Call for short stories on the theme: land governance, justice, and...

The Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),...