The Organization has 54 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located in Paris, France.
Its mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.
This is the first in a three-part series examining some of the pressing issues and challenges in the non-formal education sector in countries where UNESCO Bangkok is actively involved in expanding the reach of those under-served by the formal education sys...More
As the ‘ICT for Education: Mobile Broadband in Myanmar’ conference is set to get underway in Yangon, a look back at 18 months of UNESCO and partners’ groundbreaking initiative Eighteen months ago, UNESCO set out to introduce ICT-pedagogy integration in Mya...More
Education’s central role in enabling all development goals and Lao PDR’s commitment to harnessing this potential were the main themes of the national launch of the 2016 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report. National Launch of the 2016 Global Education...More
The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education rewards outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions other entities or non-governmental organizations engaged in activities in girls’ and women’s education. The Prize was established by the Executive Bo...More
Thailand is one of the leading countries in the Asia-Pacific region that has developed legal and policy frameworks to stop gender-based violence in all areas of society, including the education sector. It has several laws and policies that ensure gender eq...More