Events

March 25, 2021

Global partnership offers course on journalistic coverage of COVID-19 vaccine

Journalists, communicators and fact-checkers from around the world will be able to take a specialized Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled “Covering the COVID-19 Vaccine: what […]
March 22, 2021

World Poetry Day 2021

Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history […]
March 22, 2021

World Water Day

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management […]
March 17, 2021

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The UN General Assembly resolution 2142 (XXI)(link is external), adopted on 26 October 1966, proclaimed 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to […]
March 14, 2021

International Day of Mathematics 2021

14 March, proclaimed by UNESCO as International Day of Mathematics (IDM), will be held under the theme “Mathematics for a Better World“. Celebrating the beauty and […]
March 2, 2021

International Women’s Day

In 1945, the Charter of the United Nations(link is external) became the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men. The UN celebrated […]
March 2, 2021

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development – Engineering for a Healthy Planet, Celebrating the UNESCO Engineering Report

This day is celebrated each year on 4 March-to highlight the achievements of engineers and engineering in our modern world and improve public understanding of how […]
February 8, 2021

World Radio Day 2021

Proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day, February 13 became […]
February 5, 2021

“Sankofa” Small Grants Programme 2021

Terms of Reference for Project Proposals Deadline: March 10th, 2021 at 4PM GMT   Civil society organizations (CSOs) and local communities have a recognized role in […]