Apply to UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2020

Brief Description:

If you are working to promote literacy and skills development, and have an innovative idea or project in the field of literacy, you can apply to the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2020. UNESCO is accepting applications and nominations for its 2020 literacy prizes.
This prize has been awarded since 1967.  Over 485 projects and programs have recognized that are undertaken by governments, NGOs, individuals.

Details:

Deadline for the nomination: June 28, 2020 (12:00 am Paris time) Extended: July 12

Nomination deadline for nominating entities: July 12, 2020

In the years 2020 UNESCO will offer two types of prizes for literacy practices:

Location: Paris, France

The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize:

·        Focus on mother tongue literacy and education training and development.

·        Supported by The Korean government

·        Established in 1989

·        Number of awards: 2

The UNESCO Confucius Prize for literacy:

·        Focuses on adult literacy promotion particularly in rural and country areas, out of school youth, girls and women,

·        Supported by the government of China

·        Established in 2005

·        Number awards: 3

Each award contains the following:

A medal

20,000 US Dollars

A diploma

value

·        Each award contains the following:

·        A medal

·        20,000 US Dollars

·        A diploma

Eligibility:

Applicants who fall in one of the following categories can participate in the UNESCO literacy award:

·        NGOs,

·        Governments

·        Individuals

Projects/program selection

The projects must meet the following criteria to be considered as an eligible project for the UNESCO international Literacy award:

·        The project or program must be relevant to literacy and areas focused by the prize

·        Be relevant to individuals and the social needs and have high-quality design, structure, management and other factors that the effects the process and impact of the project

·        Have a high quality of teaching and learning

·        The impact of the project is another criterion for the selection. The more positive effect the project will have, the more desired the project will be.

·        Innovation

·        Sustainability

Furthermore, the projects must be effective and be ongoing for at least 3 years and have not been awarded this prize in the last 5 years

Application Instructions:

There are two ways to apply to UNESCO International Literacy Prize:

·        Applicants can submit their application or nomination to the entities such as the National Commission for UNESCO in the country or a UNESCO partner organization.

·        Applicants can submit their applications online.

Any relevant question can be asked by contacting literacyprizes@unesco.org 

Deadline: July 12, 2020