UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education 2025 (up to $50,000) – YOA

Deadline: September 1, 2025

Nominations are open for the UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education 2025. The UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education offers an distinctive world platform to promote the visibility and recognition of tasks and initiatives within the area of GCED from around the globe.

Established in 2024 with the help of the Republic of Korea, the UNESCO Prize is the primary of its variety. It shall be awarded each two years and acknowledges excellent efforts in selling and advancing GCED via two classes: 

• Youth-led organisations
• Other: people, establishments, non-governmental organisations and different entities.

Prize

• An worldwide jury will choose two finest tasks, one per class. Each prize winner shall be awarded $50,000 USD.

Eligibility

To apply for the class “Youth-led organization”: The applicant should be:

• An group that’s led by particular person(s) aged between 18-30 years outdated

To apply for the “Other” class: The applicant may be both an:

• Individual,
• Institution,
• Non-governmental group, or
• different entity.

The initiative should be: 

• Relevant to GCED
• The initiative ought to have been carried out for not less than 1 12 months with proof of concrete actions
• The undertaking and its group shouldn’t be affiliated with, or obtain any funding from, UNESCO
• Be nominated by both a UNESCO National Commission or an NGO in official relation with UNESCO

Nomination

• Contact the suitable nominating entity to inform them about your curiosity in making use of for the Prize (Note: Only attain out to one):
• After contacting the nominating entity, create your account: request a person account through this form and point out which nominating entity sort you can be making use of.
• Once your account request is accredited, go to the online application platform.
  (For info, a presentation of the application form is obtainable).
• Fill within the application kind both in English or French. Answer every query clearly and concisely, maintaining in thoughts the choice standards. Note that there are most character limits in every response. All supporting supplies (e.g., publications, pictures, movies) should be transmitted electronically via the web system.
  Follow-up along with your nominating entity on the standing of your application.

To be nominated by your nation’s National Commission for UNESCO

• Contact your National Commission to UNESCO by e mail as quickly as attainable to specific your curiosity in making use of for the Prize.
• Fill within the application kind and submit it through the UNESCO on-line platform. This shall be robotically despatched to the National fee for assessment and consideration for nomination.
• If chosen, the National Commission will present the nomination to the UNESCO Prize Secretariat through the web platform.   

To be nominated by an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO

• Identify an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO.
• Provide this NGO with details about your undertaking and ask for a nomination.
• Receive a nomination (within the type of a letter) and connect it to your on-line application.
• Submit the application to the Prize Secretariat through the UNESCO on-line platform.

For extra info, go to UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education.