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The UNESCO Chair in the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Expansion of Political Space, led by Professor Paul Gready and based at the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) University of York…

A consultant is needed to put in place and carry out an evaluation of the UK National Commission for UNESCO’s (UKNC’s) National Lottery Heritage Fund (Heritage Fund) project: Local to Global 2.0.

Our Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage pilot sites have been working hard to unlock new learning about the stakeholder and data landscapes local to their UNESCO site…

Monthly newsletter from the UK National Commission for UNESCO.

Sunday 6 October is International Geodiversity Day. International Geodiversity Day is a worldwide celebration, bringing people together on each year, to promote the many aspects of geodiversity.

UKNC designed & delivered a series of workshops to support UNESCO designated sites to come together and horizon scan their environment, exchange knowledge and generate ideas.

Monthly newsletter from the UK National Commission for UNESCO.

Over the summer of 2024, the world’s attention was undoubtedly on the sport action at the Paris Olympics.

One of the early priorities of the United Nations was its campaign for universal literacy. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1965 the campaign recognised illiteracy as a pressing global issue.

Three UNESCO sites are set to receive funding and expert support to engage in the pilot over a 12-month period.

Monthly newsletter from the UK National Commission for UNESCO.

Two new sites in the UK are set for inscription onto the UNESCO World Heritage List later this week (w/c 22 July 2024).