From Woodland to Woodwork: a photo contest (UNECE)

On the occasion of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s 75th anniversary, the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section is launching a photo contest...

Global Media and Information Literacy Awards

The International Steering Committee of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance calls for nominations for the 2022 edition of the Global Media and...

Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching the eighth...

iDiaspora Photo contest

The IOM defines Diaspora as “Migrants or descendants of migrants whose identity and sense of belonging, either real or symbolic, have been shaped by...

UNWTO Awake Tourism Challenge

Tourism is resilient. While it has been one of the most impacted sectors by global crisis, it has also demonstrated its potential as a...

#CrisesofInequality UNRISD Media Contest

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has launched the #CrisesofInequality Media Contest for the best journalistic materials to showcase the key themes of...

IFAD Indigenous Peoples Awards

IFAD launches the second Call for Nominations for the Indigenous Peoples Awards. The Indigenous Peoples Awards recognize the efforts and achievements of development projects that...

2022 UN Secretary-General Awards: Call for Nominations

Every year the Secretary-General honours and recognizes significant performance of UN Secretariat personnel who go above and beyond the call of duty in the...

Sing for resilience contest

The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster...

Minamata convention photo contest 2022 (#MakeMercuryHistory)

Photographers worldwide are invited to participate and raise awareness of the ongoing global concern of toxic mercury. Mercury is in the top 10 chemicals of...

OPCW-The Hague Award

In 2013, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its extensive efforts to...

“Land and Drought”: international press cartoon contest

Calling all cartoonists! Together with CARI NGO and the Observatorie du Sahara et du Sahel, UNCCD have launched an international press cartoon contest 'Land...

WMO 2023 Calendar Competition

2023 is an important year for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It marks 150 years of international cooperation in weather and climate observations dating...

UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in...

The UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) was created to encourage young people...

The International Contest of Scholarly Articles

Organizers: The joint project of The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environmental Protection, UNDP and GEF “Complete HCFC Phase-out in...