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UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards; The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development; UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights; UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy; UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize; UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize; UNESCO Nadezhda K. Krupskaya literacy prize; UNESCO Niels ...
The UNESCO Science Prize is a biennial scientific prize awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to "a person or group of persons for an outstanding contribution they have made to the technological development of a developing member state or region through the application of scientific and technological research (particularly in the fields of ...
UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards (since 2000) are given with as the strategic purpose of UNESCO with in the region Asia Pacific.The objective is to motivate the protection of Cultural Heritage sites, which are initiated by any individual organization under private sector or institutional organization.
The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust [1] in India.
It is part of the International Literacy Prizes, which UNESCO awards every year in recognition of excellence and inspiring experiences in the field of literacy throughout the world. The Confucius Prize offers two awards of US$20,000 each, a medal and a diploma, as well as a study visit to literacy project sites in China.
UNESCO: Sponsored by the government of the Soviet Union: 1970 - 1992 ILA literacy awards: International Literacy Association: Various categories: 1979 - Present Noma Literacy Prize: UNESCO: Noma Prize for group or individual who has done most to combat illiteracy: 1980 - Present King Sejong Literacy Prize: UNESCO
Winners of the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. This list of general science and technology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for general contributions to science and technology. These awards typically have broad scope, and may apply to many or all areas of science and/or technology.
UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation. [10] UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. [11]