UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development: Call for nominations 2016

2nd February 2016

The 2016 call for nominations for the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), endowed with USD 150,000 for three laureates, was launched last week.

Eligible for the Prize are individuals, institutions and organizations with a specific ESD project or programme having been running for at least two years and contributing to one or more of the 5 priority action areas of the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP).

Nominations can only be submitted by governments of UNESCO Member States, and by NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO. The deadline for submission is 30 April (midnight, Paris time).

Interested candidates should contact the National Commission for UNESCO of their country, or a partner NGO in official relations with UNESCO.

Further information can be found here:
• https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/nomination 
• https://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_calls_for_nominations_for_2016_prize_on_education_for_sustainable_development/#.Vq8eOFKhvOB