Press Releases

April 6, 2021

Call for Nominations – 2021 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards

Within the framework of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme, UNESCO have launched the call for nominations for the 2022 International Awards. The 2022 edition […]
March 31, 2021

“World in 2030” Public Survey: climate change and biodiversity loss biggest concern by far, multilateralism and education most important solutions

The results from UNESCO’s ‘World in 2030’ Public Survey – held from May until September this year – are in. An inclusive international call for input […]
March 26, 2021

IEPA joins 15 other UNESCO Category II Centres for Education to dialogue on ways to achieve UN SDG 4

The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre at the University of Cape Coast, joined 15 global UNESCO Category II Centres […]
March 26, 2021

AIMS Forum to mark International Mathematics Day

Accra, March 14, GNA – The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana will hold a high-profile virtual forum on Monday, March 15, to commemorate the […]
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 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 […]