People we serve
Teachers
Every day, UNESCO works to ensure that teachers are better trained, better equipped and better recognised — everywhere in the world, including in crisis zones.
have benefited from professional development opportunities since 2018
trained by UNESCO worldwide in 2024 alone
by UNESCO and Google to Ukrainian Teachers to help them deliver classes remotely.
Mobilised in the Greening Education Partnership
Young people and children
In the UNESCO ASPnet network, present in over 180 countries
by UNESCO through the Gaza Virtual Campus
launched by UNESCO with the Global Partnership for Education
have received ocean literacy training through UNESCO/Prada Sea Beyond initiative
Journalists
Every day, UNESCO condemns violence against journalists, monitors judicial proceedings, trains newsrooms, judges and security forces, and funds legal assistance for journalists at risk — because informing the public should never cost a life.
Journalists documented by the UNESCO Observatory
Covered by a continental mechanism monitoring attacks against journalists
Made more sustainable through policy reforms and UNESCO's editorial and technical support
Direct beneficiaries of UNESCO's Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF)
Researchers and scientists
Every day, UNESCO coordinates global scientific cooperation, produces reference data, sets the ethical boundaries of new technologies and supports women scientists at every stage of their careers.
in designing national AI ethics policies, based on UNESCO’s Recommendation.
In AI ethics awareness activities coordinated by UNESCO
Supported by the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme since 1998
Rise in the proportion of women Nobel laureates in science since 1998
Artists and creators
Through the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)
Members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in over 100 countries
Supported through the UNESCO-Netflix Competition
in the cultural sector, UNESCO is the world's primary observatory for the creative economy
Heritage site managers
Every day, UNESCO provides thousands of site managers with a recognised label, management tools, a global community and unique credibility to secure conservation funding and protect biodiversity.
World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks
Live inside or immediately adjacent to a UNESCO-designated site
are found in UNESCO sites
in Heritage restoration in Yemen since 2018, restoring 500 historic buildings
Judges and judicial actors
Local and coastal communities
Every day, UNESCO affirms that communities are not passive beneficiaries: they are the active custodians of living heritage, and their role is at the heart of every UNESCO designation.
Documented across UNESCO sites, many of them indigenous languages.
For the reconstruction of Mosul with 15 international partners
Educational facilities rehabilitated in Beirut by UNESCO
Will be certified "Tsunami Ready" by UNESCO by 2030