UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development 2025 ($50,000 prize)

The UNESCO-Japan Prize seeks to reward exceptional projects and programmes undertaken by institutions, organizations or other entities in the field of education for sustainable development (ESD).

The Prize and award winners recognize the role of education in connecting the social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. It was established by the Executive Board of UNESCO at its 195th session within the framework of the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD and officially announced at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD (10-12 November 2014, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan).

Award of UNESCO-Japan

• The three laureates of the Prize will receive an award of US $50,000 each.

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Eligibility for UNESCO-Japan

Nominees

• Institutions, organizations or other entities engaged in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) can be nominated.
• Nominations must focus on a specific ESD project or programme of the nominee, meeting the eligibility criteria.

Nominator

• Nominations can be submitted to the Director-General of UNESCO by Governments of Member States via their Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, and by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in official partnership with UNESCO. Each Permanent Delegation or NGO can make up to three nominations for any edition of the Prize.
• Self-nominations are not accepted.

Evaluation Criteria

The project/programme of the nominee are assessed by the Jury on the basis of the following criteria:

• Transformation: The project/programme practices Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as transformative education in support of sustainable development, leading to individual and social change.
• Integration: The project/programme addresses the three dimensions of sustainable development (society, economy, environment) in an integrated way.
• Innovation: The project/programme demonstrates an innovative approach to ESD.

Nomination

• The nomination form must be completed online in English or French via a dedicated platform (for nominating entities only – the fields of the nomination form are described in the explanatory note).
• Nominations must be completed online by the Permanent Delegation to UNESCO of the concerned Member State, or by an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO.

Nominations have to be submitted in the online system by the concerned Permanent Delegations to UNESCO, the NGO or the foundation by midnight of 18 April 2025 (UTC+1, Paris time).

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