March 21, 2021

Call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) is now open – 2005 Convention

The Ghana Commission for UNESCO is pleased to inform you that from 17 March to 16 June 2021, UNESCO will receive applications to the International Fund […]
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 12, 2021

Call for nominations: 2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences

Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2021 The UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences aims to promote and honour excellence in the basic sciences, defined […]
March 4, 2021

2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

Gender equality in education is a basic right and a prerequisite to build inclusive societies. Although notable progress has been made over the last 20 years, […]
March 3, 2021

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development – 2021

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development – 2021   “Engineers aren’t very good at articulating the value of engineering and the impact that engineers and engineering […]
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 21, 2021

International Mother Language Day 2021

The theme of the 2021 International Mother Language Day, “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society,” recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and […]