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.
In Lao PDR and Myanmar, UNESCO Bangkok is providing technical assistance in developing equivalency programmes for lower secondary education. In Myanmar, under the supervision and guidance of a UNESCO consultant, a technical writing team from key MOE...
Twenty-five beat reporters and Parliament staff were trained by UNESCO to improve access to information and coverage of the Myanmar Parliament from 31 August to 2 September 2016. The three-day training managed to build trust between the media and the...
UNESCO has trained 45 Spokespersons on media relations through a workshop held at the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on June 20-22, 2016. The workshop, which covered media relations, social media for public information work, issue management/crisis...
First in-depth study by International Media Support and UNESCO provides clear recommendations to government and Myanmar’s media stakeholders on crucial next steps of the media’s reform process Myanmar Minister of Information joins UNESCO and International...
In June 2015, the workshop was conducted with 9 countries to develop the action plans to improve and expand current FLS/NFE/ALS programmes. By looking into country contexts and situations of the current programmes, UNESCO Bangkok decided to focus on 3-4...