Deadline: 14-Jul-23
The Okayama City Office is now accepting applications for the ESD Okayama Award 2023, which recognizes outstanding ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) initiatives in Japan and abroad.
To solve various problems they face, such as climate change, biodiversity and poverty, and to realize a society in which current and future generations can live in peace, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which promotes learning and practice to change conventional values, thinking and behavior, has been introduced in many parts of the world. In order to facilitate action to build sustainable societies around the world, the 17 global goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which was adopted in September 2015 at the UN Summit. Since education is the key to achieving the SDGs, the new international framework of ESD, “ESD for 2030”, started in January 2020. ESD is expected to be further promoted to create a sustainable society.
Funding Information
- Prize: US $3,000 per project.
- Number of Awards: One or Two
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations based in any country, including Japan, implementing ESD activities in local communities are eligible to apply for the ESD Okayama Award.
- Only one application per organization can be accepted.
- Projects eligible for this award are ongoing and have been running for at least two years as of April 2023. Projects in the planning stages are not eligible.
- The organizations that have won the ESD Okayama Award in the past cannot apply with the awardwinning projects, but can apply with other projects.
Selection Process
- The organizations receiving the award will be informed, and the results will also be published on the website in the middle of October.
- ESD Okayama Award
- At the first round of selection, finalists will be selected. One or two project(s) out of the finalists will be selected by the judges at the final selection.
- Please understand that they are unable to respond to inquiries regarding the results.
Award Ceremony
- One representative from the organization(s) implementing the awarded project(s) will be invited to the Award Ceremony in Okayama, Japan and requested to give a presentation on the project. The scheduled date is 23 November 2023 (Thursday).
For more information, visit ESD Okayama Award.