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UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

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The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education was awarded annually beginning 1981. The main goal of UNESCO education prize was to encourage excellent effort in the drive to reach a better quality education. The prize endowed up to US$60,000 and a statuette designed by spanish sculptor Apel·les Fenosa for UNESCO.[1] It honored extraordinary activities for peace education in the spirit of the UNESCO constitution. The prize was phased out in 2013.[2]

Recipients

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Honourable mention: Fridtjof Nansen Academy (Norway), World Court Project (New Zealand), Ulpan Akiva Netanya (Israel)
Honourable mention: Verein für Friedenspädagogik, Tübingen (Germany)
Honourable mention: Fundación para la Reconciliación (Colombia)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ UNESCO Prize for Education. France: UNESCO. 2009. pp. 34, 53.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ "UNESCO Prizes". unesdoc.unesco.org.
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