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Become a partner

UNESCO cannot act alone. We need collective intelligence. We need to share knowledge. We need to act together.

UNESCO relies on a comprehensive and diverse set of collaborative relations and partnerships to pursue its mission and implement its programmes. Partnering with UNESCO is a commitment to the highest standards of equity, fairness, accountability, and excellence. 

Become a partner of UNESCO and bring out the best in our shared humanity.

Our partners

UNESCO-EU Partnership

UNESCO and the EU share values and objectives to support countries in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

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UNESCO-Globo TV Partnership: Criança Esperança

UNESCO partners with Globo TV to transform the future of vulnerable children and young people.

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Our Stories

10 years of strategic partnership with EU

UNESCO and the European Union have transformed the lives of millions of people through quality education, climate change mitigation, culture and heritage, freedom of expression, and crises response.
Empowering women and supporting biodiversity with Guerlain

Women for Bees is a state-of-the-art female beekeeping entrepreneurship programme implemented in UNESCO designated biosphere reserves around the world.
Lake Chad Initiative creates green jobs for local communities

Enabling the inhabitants to live and work serenely on the shores of Lake Chad is the ambitious goal of the BIOPALT (Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad) project.

Partnerships in numbers

406
NGOs

and 33 foundations are in official partnerships with UNESCO
138
Institutes and Centres

are under the auspices of UNESCO and contribute to the delivery of UNESCO's programmes
8
Cities networks and programmes

work for the sustainability of cities towards implementing the SDGs
850
Institutions in UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks

promote international inter-university cooperation and networking in 117 countries
12000
Schools in the UNESCO Associated Schools Network

are connected to build peace in the minds of children and young people in 182 countries
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Action on the ground

Entry points at global, regional and national level

Global partnerships

Partners can channel their support to programmes of global scope that are coordinated from UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

UNESCO field network

With 53 UNESCO Field Offices and 11 Institutes, partners can engage in the preparation and implementation of programmes of (sub)regional/national scope that are designed to address the needs of specific Member States.
Delivering as One: UN Country Team

At country level, UNESCO, other members of the UN Country Team, embassies, aid agencies, financial institutions, civil society and business engage with government and other stakeholders to see how best they can support the country to achieve the SDGs.