Past Competitions and Awards

UNESCO has opened its call for applications for the prestigious UNESCO International Literacy Prizes. All champions in the field of literacy learning are encouraged...

UNESCO calls on young people around the world, aged 14 to 25 years old, to pick up their cameras and send their best photos...

Actions are contagious, they can scale up to spur the collective change we need to tackle the climate crisis. Starting on Earth Day, join...

It is more important than ever to shine a spotlight on hope and togetherness – and on people making a difference everywhere – especially...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a call for nominations for its annual Champions of the Earth award – the UN’s highest environmental...

On International Women’s Day, UNESCO launched the call for nominations for the 2022 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education. The Prize awards US$...

The WTO has issued a call for young economists to submit papers for the 2022 WTO Essay Award. The aim of the award is...

We are asking people from around the world to make a 60-second film on the theme of ‘Groundwater –making the invisible visible’. Tell us...

The UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival returns to the Eleventh World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, 26-30 June 2022. Organised in partnership with First+Main Films, the festival...

Photography is a powerful medium to convey a feeling or a message. This open and free photo competition seeks to inspire the creation of...

The 2022 theme for Category B of the 17th International Poster Biennial is: "Only One Earth - Unpublished Posters for the Restoration of the...

Is your institution the most sustainable institution of the year? Is your institution benefitting society? Is your institution empowering students? Is your institution providing next-generation learning and...

UNESCO is now receiving nominations for the 9th edition of the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize. Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, as well as international non-governmental organizations...

General Awareness raising of disarmament issues among next generations: Global Disarmament Essay Competition. The UN Secretary-General’s “Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament”, highlighted...

The call for nominations for the 2022 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is open, under the theme “Building resilience through a...