The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development

The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development is a UNESCO award of USD 150,000 awarded annually to three individuals or organizations for projects in favour of education for sustainable development (ESD). The award was established in 2014 by the Executive Board of UNESCO at the initiative of the government of Japan, as part of the UNESCO Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP). The prize winners are selected by a jury consisting of international members, and the Director-General of UNESCO appoints the jury, which meets annually in Paris, France.

The prize is awarded at a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The first prize was awarded in November 2015 by Director-General Irina Bokova[1]

Nominations for the prize can be submitted by Member States of UNESCO or Non-Governmental Organizations in official partnership for UNESCO each year.

Criteria

In order to be eligible for the Prize, individuals or organizations have to

The official criteria for assessment are[2]

Other mentioned criteria for selection are: contribution to the Global Action Programme on ESD, and impact and replicability of the project[3]

Prize winners

The first winners of the Prize were announced in September 2015. To date, one laureate comes from Latin America, one from Europe and one from Asia and the Pacific.

2015

2016

The 3 winners of 2016 are[7] :

  • Cameroon : Centre for Community Regeneration and Development
  • Japan : Okayama ESD Promotion Commission
  • United Kingdom : National Union of Students UK

2017

The 3 winners of 2017 are[8] :

2018

The 3 winners of 2018 are[9] :

References
  1. "Single View News - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org.
  2. "UNESCO-JAPAN PRIZE on Education for Sustainable Development" (PDF).
  3. "Selection Criteria". UNESCO.
  4. "Maastricht Green Office Model wins UNESCO-Japan Prize 2015". Maastricht University. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. "UNESCO announces winners – SERES named!". SERES. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. "Jayagiri Center awarded UNESCO-Japan prize on education for sustainable development". ANTARA News. 2015-11-07. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2016laureats
  8. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2017laureats
  9. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2016laureats
  • UNESCO website: UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
  • Statutes of the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
  • Ministry of Japan
  • UNESCO Global Action Programme on ESD
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