In the area of communication and information, UNESCO awars several prozes including the IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication, the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize and the World Press Freedom Prize.
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Three nominations pre-selected for UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
27-03-2007 (Paris) - Three out of 23 nominations received from Member States for the second UNESCO /Jikji Memory of the World Prize were preliminarily selected by the Bureau of the Memory of the World Programme during its meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 19 to 20 March 2007.
Launch of UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2007
13-09-2006 (Paris) - UNESCO invites Member States and regional and international organizations professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Kaiser-CNN Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Journalism in Africa
23-08-2006 (Health-e) - Khopotso Bodibe and Anso Thom of the South Africa-based Health-e news network recently won the first Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Journalism in Africa for their investigative reporting on HIV/AIDS.
UNESCO TV series collects Grand Prix and other awards
20-07-2006 (Paris) - The 25th Grand Prix of Documentary of the International Radio and Television University was awarded at the 2006 Monte-Carlo TV Festival to UNESCO’s documentary “Children of Darfur”, directed by Camilla Nielsson (Denmark) and produced within the context of UNESCO’s “Revisiting Public Service Television” series.
UNESCO nominated as one of the “Linguists of the Year”
09-01-2006 (Paris) - UNESCO is one of the 14 "Linguists of the Year" 2005 nominated by the members of Inttranet,a global network of professional interpreters and translators. The leading three nominees were Noam Chomsky (17.43%), UNESCO (13.76%) and In Memoriam: interpreters killed in the line of duty (11.01%).
UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2005 prize winners announced
13-10-2005 (Paris) - The main prize of the UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2005 - “City and Creative Media” goes to Indian artist Ashok Sukumaran for his “poetic yet pragmatic” project SWITCH.
INFOLAC Web Award 2005 for best on-line museums
12-10-2005 (Quito) - The deadline for the submission of proposals for the INFOLAC Web Award 2005 for the best on-line museums in Latin-America and the Caribbean is today. The award aims at contributing to capacity building of web content developers.
Launching of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2006
09-09-2005 (Paris) - UNESCO invites Member States and regional and international organizations professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Seven Nominations Pre-selected for UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
24-03-2005 (Paris) - Seven out of 36 nominations received from Member States for the first ever UNESCO /Jikji Memory of the World Prize were preliminarily selected by the Bureau of the Memory of the World Programme during its meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 22 March 2005.
UNESCO Supports Gender in Journalism Awards in Pakistan
08-02-2005 (New Delhi) - The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) seeks applications for the 2005 Gender in Journalism Awards, which honour excellence in gender sensitive reporting in the country. UNESCO supports the two awards, each carrying a cash prize of Rs 25,000 (US$ 400), that will be given to Pakistani journalists.
UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize: New Date for Submission of Nominations
22-12-2004 (Paris) - Nominations for the first UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize can now be submitted up to 28 February 2005. The Prize promotes the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme commemorating the inscription of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world, in the Memory of the World Register.
UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize. Call for Nominations
11-10-2004 (Paris) - Nominations are now being accepted for the first-ever UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize for significant contributions to the preservation and accessibility of documentary heritage. The Prize of US$30 000 was created to commemorate the inscription of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world, in the Memory of the World Register.
UNESCO Grants Patronage for World Summit Award 2005
24-09-2004 (Paris) - The World Summit Award, a global initiative for selecting and promoting the best in e-content and creativity has now been granted UNESCO’s sponsorship. The Award, that is coordinated by the International Center for New Media in Salzburg, Austria, is organized within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
UNESCO Calls for Proposals for 2005 World Press Freedom Prize
08-09-2004 (Paris) - Member States and regional and international NGOs are invited to submit names of candidates for the 2005 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The Prize, created in 1997, each year honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom. Nominations must reach UNESCO by 29 October 2004.
Using Multimedia for Storytelling: Competition Launched
20-07-2004 (Paris) - Promoting creative interpretations of intangible heritage through the use of interactive multimedia tools and digital storytelling technologies, and creating a better understanding of each other's heritage are the objectives of the “Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition of Intangible Heritage” that was recently launched.
INFOLAC Web Prize for Education Portals Launched
16-07-2004 (Quito) - A contest to find the best educational web portal in Latin America and the Caribbean was recently launched by INFOLAC, a programme to enhance co-operation among information systems and networks in the region. The winner of the US$4,000 award will be announced in January 2005. The closure date for online submission of projects is 15 October 2004.
World Press Freedom Day in Belgrade
03-05-2004 (Paris) - UNESCO marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, with an international conference on Media in Conflict Areas and in Countries in Transition - which ended with the adoption of the Belgrade Declaration on support to the media in conflict and post-conflict situations, and the award ceremony of the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize won this year by Cuban journalist and poet Raul Rivero.
UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize Created
30-04-2004 (Paris) - UNESCO's Executive Board this week approved the establishment of a Memory of the World Prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme and to commemorate the inscription of the Jikji, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world.
2004 Gender in Journalism Awards
21-04-2004 (Paris) - The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) sponsored jointly with UNESCO the 2004 Gender in Journalism Awards ceremony for best reporting by female journalists, recognizing the competence of women journalists as role models for other women in journalism, and gender sensitive reporting, in recognition of excellence in coverage of gender related issues.
Schools’ Websites Preserving New Zealand Heritage
04-02-2004 (Wellington) - Three schools from around New Zealand have been recognised for their websites on local heritage with the inaugural UNESCO Living Heritage Award. The schools are Campbell’s Bay School, Auckland for World War Two at Our School, St Joseph’s School, Oamaru for The Walkways of Oamaru, and St Peter’s College, Palmerston North for Opiki Toll Bridge.
HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Media Award for Excellence in Journalism in Eastern and Southern Africa
01-12-2003 - Three journalists from Kenya and Uganda were given this year's HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Media Award for Excellence in Journalism. The award recognizes media professionals for giving an exceptional contribution to society by writing, reporting and producing programmes on HIV and AIDS in a manner that raises awareness, combats stigma and gives hope and solidarity for people living with HIV/AIDS.
UNESCO Project Bags Award for Gender and ICTs
25-11-2003 (Paris) - The UNESCO project "Nabanna: Networking Rural Women and Knowledge” has been declared the winner in the 2003 Gender and ICT Awards sponsored by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the APC Women's Networking Support Program (WNSP), in the category of "Outstanding Individual/Community Based Initiative, Advocacy/Networking."
AIBD Television Programme Awards for the Year 2003
19-11-2003 - "A baby's world - the first step", an educational television programme of the Korea Broadcasting Association (KBA) and the Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) and "AIDS Song", a TV spot against HIV/AIDS of the Young Asia Television (YATV), Sri Lanka, were awarded the UNESCO sponsored $2,000 Television Programme Awards of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD).
Winner of UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 Announced*
25-07-2003 - Mwanya Chanda, a 25-year-old artist from Zambia, is the first winner of the UNESCO Digital Arts Award, which was this year launched under the theme "Digital Pluralism", promoting digital technology and artistic creativity to foster intercultural dialogue. Chanda was selected out of the 122 applications from 49 countries all over the world.
UNESCO Launches Digital Arts Award 2003*
05-06-2003 - UNESCO announces the launch of its Digital Arts Award 2003, a prize organized within the framework of UNESCO's Digi-Arts Portal and the UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts to encourage the work of young emerging digital artists around the world.
INFOLAC Web Prize for Latin America and Caribbean Youth*
16-01-2003 - The INFOLAC Web Prize organized by UNESCO, through the Information Society Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOLAC), in cooperation with the General Directorate for Libraries (DGB) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is seeking to award prizes to three of the best websites for youth in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Argentinean and Peruvian Radios Receive 2001 IPDC-UNESCO Rural Communication Prize Award*
03-05-2002 (Paris) - The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) of UNESCO awarded its 2001 Prize for rural communication to two Latin American projects. The Maestro Pablo Pizzurno school was rewarded for its Huanacache radio network that brings together all the schools and communities in the northern part of the Argentinean province of Mendoza, ninety per cent of which lies in the Lavalle desert created by the gradual disappearance of the forest.
