The project submitted by candidates shall have made a significant contribution to enhancing teaching and learning, in line with UNESCO’s principles and objectives in this field:

• by demonstrating innovation aimed at promoting the quality and effectiveness of teaching;
• by producing teaching materials or other special aids designed for the development of innovative teaching and learning;
• by mobilizing initiatives and/or means likely to contribute to enhancing the quality and effectiveness of teaching;
• by strengthening coordination and research that inform and enhance teacher quality and effectiveness.

In addition to the conditions described above, the project must:

• have been implemented for at least three years, so its results can be evaluated and its effectiveness verified;
• represent an outstanding contribution to the fundamental objectives of UNESCO and the UN in the field of quality education for sustainable development;
• be such that it can be reproduced elsewhere and is likely to foster similar initiatives;
• have shown itself to be effective in mobilizing new intellectual and material resources.

Application open for UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development.

Application for the project are now  open and must be submitted online by the closing date of  December 7, 2023. Successful applicants will be contracted not earlier than 6 weeks after the closing date.