Press Releases

October 15, 2021

New edition of Asante Traditional Buildings publication aims to promote sustainable heritage tourism

As part of the Sankofa Project, sponsored by the French Embassy in Kumasi, Ghana – the revision and 2021 edition of Asante Traditional Buildings has been published. The […]
October 15, 2021

Netflix & UNESCO launch groundbreaking competition in Sub-Saharan Africa to find Africa’s next generation of filmmakers

Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ across Sub-Saharan Africa. Winners of the competition will be trained and […]
October 14, 2021

UNESCO CLUB ORIENTATION AT ACCRA TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRE (ATTC)

As part of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO’s outreach programmes, the Secretariat organised an orientation session with students of Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC) on Thursday […]
October 14, 2021

INAUGUARATION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE UNESCO INTERGOVERNMENTAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAM (IHP).

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources on the 12th October 2021 launched a committee for the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Program (IHP). The Intergovernmental Hydrological Program […]
October 11, 2021

International Day of the Girl 2021 – Digital Generation. Our Generation: Learning in the era of COVID-19

This event, organized by UNESCO in partnership with Plan International and the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs celebrates International Day of the Girl 2021. […]
October 5, 2021

On World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO and partners urge governments to prioritize teachers in education recovery

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe.  It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO […]
September 30, 2021

NATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK

The Ministry of Education (MoE) of Ghana is organizing a National Education Week (NEW) from 28th September to 1st October 2021 at the Labadi Beach Hotel and La […]
September 29, 2021

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION CELEBRATION 2021

Recognizing the significance of access to information, the 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) at […]
September 29, 2021

Project to strengthen science, technology, innovation policies commences

A project designed to strengthen national and regional science, technology and innovation (STI) policies, in accordance with UNESCO’s 2017 recommendation on science and scientific research (RS&SR), […]