UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize: UNESCO Culture Sector

CULTURE

UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize

The "UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize" awards local initiatives, which contribute to strengthening social cohesion, improve living conditions in sensitive neighbourhoods and develop a true urban conviviability.

UNESCO offers global insight into innovative practices led by candidate cities by including them in an on-line database "The City, Network of Cultures".

Following a decision by the UNESCO Executive Board at it 171st session in April 2005, it has been decided that the UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize will be officially abolished together with 8 other UNESCO Prizes.

See the "Report by the Director-General on the Overall Review of UNESCO Prizes" (doc. 171EX/19)

The UNESCO Secretariat is therefore no longer accepting applications for the Prize.