February 7, 2023

World Radio Day

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 7, 2023

Accra, World Book Capital (WBC) 2023

By RODNEY NKRUMAH-BOATENG (rodboat@yahoo.com) The other day, in a telephone conversation with my friend the writer Kofi Akpabli about everything and nothing, he mentioned that Accra […]
February 7, 2023

Bia Biosphere Reserve: Sustainable Livelihoods for Cocoa Farmer

The Biosphere Reserve Bia is located in the Western North Region of Ghana close to the border of Côte d’Ivoire and overall covers 1956 km². Following […]
January 24, 2023

Call for nominations: 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). Generously funded by the Government of Japan, the Prize will […]
January 17, 2023

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence […]
January 17, 2023

World Press Freedom Day 2023

Celebrated every 3rd of May, this year’s theme for the Day will be “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human […]
January 12, 2023

International Day of Education

Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration […]
December 19, 2022

Water Resource Management at Lake Bosomtwe

Conserving the Beautiful Ecosystem of Ghana’s Meteorite Lake Lake Bosomtwe is one of six meteorite lakes in the world. It was caused by a meteorite action […]
December 6, 2022

Invitation to Hamburg Education Talk

Initiation as a socio-cultural practice of transmission of endogenous knowledge in Africa (12 December 2022) On 12 December 2022, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) […]