Capacity Development

The Global University Climate Forum brings student activists together to share ideas, learn, connect, and act on the global imperative of addressing climate change. Multidisciplinary teams of students at all levels from all parts of the world are invited to submit…

UNESCO has launched the Global Skills Academy offering free and high-quality online trainings from members of the Global Education Coalition. Under the project “Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”, the Academy aims to equip…

The ProSPER.Net Joint Research Project ‘Disaster Education for Integrating SFDRR and SDG in Asia‘ has designed an online survey questionnaire in order to understand the impact of situations during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as coping mechanisms and adaptation of…

Sustainability: The Journal of Record invites contributions to a special issue focused on pandemics, socially equitable economic advancement, and resilient and sustainable systems. The special issue will explore the impacts of the pandemic, how it has revealed injustices across economic advancement and…

UNESCO is inviting young people to submit their stories about their COVID-19 experiences in written or video format, sharing any actions they have taken or creative ideas developed to face these challenging times. Stories will be disseminated through UNESCO’s social…

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has launched a photography contest, ‘Humans locked down, nature unlocked: a global photo contest on flora and fauna in the time of COVID-19 in support of the restoration of ecosystems’.    Submissions are being accepted of…

The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2020 (ICSBE) – The Kandy Conference – will be held at Earl’s Regency Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka from 10-12 December, 2020. Held since December 2010, with collaborations from local and worldwide universities and research institutions, the Conference is now accepting papers related…

Entries for the ‘ESD Okayama Award 2020’ are now open. Conducted by Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee, the Award rewards outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to showcase ESD and to support organisations carrying…

From 31 August – 2 September 2020 educators from around the world will gather online for the Virtual Higher Education Summit 2020 (#HES2020). Co-organised by the COPERNICUS Alliance, saguf, td-net, the University of Bern, and the University of Lausanne, this forward-looking event…

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) in cooperation with the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education are pleased to announce the 2020 SEAMEO-Japan Education…