Past Competitions and Awards

2023 Scroll of Honour Award

UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency focusing on sustainable urbanization, has launched nominations for its prestigious 2023 Scroll of Honour Award. Nominations are open from 20 March to 20 June 2023. The UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award, launched in...

2023 Champions of the Earth Award

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a call for nominations for its annual Champions of the Earth award – the UN’s highest environmental honour – to recognize outstanding leaders from government, civil society, and the...

2023 UN Human Rights Prize

Nominations are now open for the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize, which recognizes individuals and organisations for outstanding achievements in human rights. The award ceremony will take place at UN Headquarters in New York...

2023 Small Business Champions Competition

Launch of the 2023 edition of the Small Business Champions Initiative under the theme “Helping smallholder farmers go global.” The call for proposals was announced on 16 March 2022. All proposals must be submitted by 5 May...

Sourcing Digital Public Goods Solutions (UNDP & DPGA)

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have joined forces to launch a campaign to source digital public goods that can help combat information pollution and restore information...

UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development 2023

UNESCO has launched the call for nominations for the 2023 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The UNESCO-Japan ESD Prize, funded by the Government of Japan, consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for...

SDG Action Awards 2023

Does your initiative bring positive change and transformative solutions to the most pressing challenges? Apply now for the UN SDG Action Awards 2023. Imagine a world that's safe, just, and on track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...

WIPO Global Awards 2023

WIPO Global Awards 2023 celebrates exceptional enterprises and individuals making smart use of intellectual property for commercialization while also bringing a positive contribution to society through their innovation and creativity. The annual competition is open...

International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People 2023

"Imagine you are a super hero and your mission is to make all roads around the world safer for children. Write a letter to someone explaining which super powers you would need to achieve...

2023 Essay Award for Young Economists (WTO)

The WTO has issued a call for young economists to submit papers for the 2023 Essay Award for Young Economists. The aim of the award is to promote high-quality research on trade policy and...

Competitions and Awards

Video Games, Mobile Apps & Podcasts

UNRISD: SSE Essentials

Podcast series by UNRISD unpacking entries of this newly released Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy.