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YOUTH FOR PEACE: UNESCO INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: June 22, 2025, 23:59 CET (Paris time) 

LOCATION: France

The Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme is an initiative designed to equip emerging leaders with the skills, knowledge, and resources to champion intercultural dialogue as a strategy to address pressing global challenges. Through this programme, UNESCO is cultivating a new generation of champions for dialogue, cohesion, and peace, empowering them to lead transformative action at local, national, and global levels. 

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible, applicants must: 

Be between 25 and 45 years old as of 1 September 2025.

Have a proven record of leadership in their field.

Demonstrate a commitment to intercultural dialogue and social impact.

Have the potential to influence and create change within their communities.

Be available to participate in all components of the programme. 

Community-led projects must: 

Align with the theme: ‘Learning to Collaborate for a Shared Future: Using dialogue to foster social cohesion in a world on the move’.

Be able to be implemented within six months.

Be of local or national scope. 

BENEFIT:

Capacity-Building– Participants will engage in a structured capacity-building programme that includes: 

Online Training Workshops—An immersive programme featuring strategic sessions designed to equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and tools to embody intercultural leadership and implement concrete projects to champion intercultural solutions within their communities. 

Ongoing Learning and Exchange— A continuing platform of training and exchange will help to further reinforce the skills and knowledge needed by participating Young Leaders as they begin to put plans into action through the implementation of projects in their communities (see below section for more details). 

Peer-to-Peer Learning and Mentorship—Regular knowledge-sharing sessions and personalized coaching will be provided to help guide participating Young Leaders as they implement projects in their communities. 

Financial Grants for Community Projects: Following the initial online training workshops, participants will finalize and submit plans to implement a project within their community, leveraging the knowledge and skills gained to design actions around the theme of ‘Learning to Collaborate for a Shared Future: Using dialogue to foster social cohesion in a world on the move’. Upon approval, they will receive a grant of 10,000 USD to implement their project, accompanied by ongoing training, peer support, and mentorship.

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UNESCO INTERNATIONAL LITERACY PRIZES

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Application Deadline: 27 June, 2025

LOCATION: France

Member States and International Non-Governmental Organizations which maintain official relations with UNESCO are invited to solicit and submit nominations for the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes.

The application process consists of two stages, an application and a nomination.

Applicants will be asked to make submissions related to the 2025 theme “Promoting literacy in a digital era” and take into consideration the specific focuses of the two prizes when applying.

ELIGIBILITY:

Currently there are two UNESCO International Literacy Prizes:

The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize (3 awards): Established in 1989, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Korea, it gives special consideration to mother language-based literacy development.

The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy (3 awards): Established in 2005, with the support of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, it gives special consideration functional literacy, leveraging technological environments, in support of adults in rural areas and out-of-school youth.

Institutions, organizations and individuals promoting literacy through effective and innovative programmes.

Programmes must be still in operation and have a proven record of innovative work in the field of literacy for at least 2 years.

Programmes that have not been awarded the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes in the past five years.

The first stage is for an applicant to fill in and submit an application form through either a National Commission for UNESCO or an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) maintaining official relations with UNESCO.

The second stage is for the concerned National Commission or international NGO to review and nominate the successful candidatures to the Secretariat of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes. 

BENEFIT:

The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize (3 awards): Each prizewinner receives a medal, a diploma and US$20.000.

The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy (3 awards): Each prizewinner receives a medal, a diploma and US$30.000.

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