Deadline: 20-Jun-22
Nominations are now open for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Literacy Prizes related to the 2022 theme “Transforming literacy learning spaces”.
Types
- The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize (3 awards)
- Established in 1989, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Korea. It gives special consideration to mother language-based literacy development.
- Each of the three UNESCO King Sejong prizewinners receives a medal, a diploma and US$20.000.
- The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy (3 awards)
- The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, established in 2005, with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China. It gives special consideration functional literacy, leveraging technological environments, in support of adults in rural areas and out-of-school youth.
- Each of the three UNESCO Confucius prizewinners receives a medal, a diploma and US$30.000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Institutions, organizations and individuals promoting literacy through effective and innovative projects or programmes.
- Eligible programmes or projects who have a proven record of innovative work in the field of literacy for at least three years.
- Programmes/projects that have not been awarded the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes in the past five years.
Selection Process
- All the eligible nominated applications submitted to UNESCO will be examined by an International Jury, composed of distinguished experts appointed by UNESCO’s Director-General, which meets in Paris once a year.
- Based on its recommendations, the Director-General of UNESCO makes a final decision about the Prizewinners of 2022.
- The Prizes are awarded every year at an official ceremony on the International Literacy Day, 8 September (TBC).
For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy/prizes/guidelines