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.

Since October 2019, the prize will be delivered once every two years[2]

Criteria

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

The official criteria for assessment are[3]

Other mentioned criteria for selection are: contribution to the Global Action Programme on ESD, and impact and replicability of the project[4]

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 three winners of 2016 were:[8]

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

2017

The three winners of 2017 were:[9]

2018

The three winners of 2018 were:[10]

2019

The three winners of 2019 were:[11]

References
  1. "Single View News - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org.
  2. "Decisions Adopted by the Executive Board at Its 207th Session" (PDF). UNESCO.
  3. "UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development" (PDF).
  4. "Selection Criteria". UNESCO.
  5. "Maastricht Green Office Model wins UNESCO-Japan Prize 2015". Maastricht University. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. "UNESCO announces winners – SERES named!". SERES. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. "Jayagiri Center awarded UNESCO-Japan prize on education for sustainable development". ANTARA News. 2015-11-07. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  8. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2016laureats
  9. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2017laureats
  10. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2018
  11. https://en.unesco.org/prize-esd/2019
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