United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) About
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture.
What kind of work?
UNESCO develops educational tools to help people live The UNESCO Volunteer Programme offers opportunities as global citizens free of hate and intolerance. UNESCO to contribute to a wide range of UNESCO programmes.
works so that each child and citizen has access to quality Volunteers may also provide online volunteering education. By promoting cultural heritage and the equal services where assignments are completed, in whole or dignity of all cultures, UNESCO strengthens bonds among in part, via Internet and a home computer. nations. UNESCO fosters scientific programmes and
policies as platforms for development and cooperation. More info: UNESCO stands up for freedom of expression, as a h t t p s : / / c a r e e r s . u n e s c o . o r g / c o n t e n t / U N E S C O fundamental right and a key condition for democracy and Volunteers/?locale=en_GB development. Serving as a laboratory of ideas, UNESCO
helps countries adopt international standards and Graduate Opportunities manages programmes that foster the free flow of ideas Recent graduates can also apply to UNESCO's internship and knowledge sharing.
and volunteering programs.
Location
Other job opportunities can be found here:
France (Headquarters). Field Offices in the Asia-Pacific h t t p s : / / c a r e e r s . u n e s c o . o r g / g o / A l l - j o b s region include Samoa, Thailand, China, Bangladesh, openings/782502/ Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Nepal.
Fun Fact / Recent Project
There are also Field Offices in the United States, Memory of the World UNESCO established the Memory of the World Switzerland, Brazil and Peru, among others.
Programme in 1992. The impetus came originally
Student Opportunities
from a growing awareness of the parlous state of
The UNESCO Internship Programme offers you pratical preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage work in a multicultural environment. Aside from helping in various parts of the World Wars and social upheaval, you understand the Organization's mandate, programmes as well as a severe lack of resources, have worsened and main thrusts, it also enhances your academic problems which have existed for centuries. Significant knowledge with relevant work assignments that can help collections worldwide have suffered a variety of fates. Looting and dispersal, illegal trading, destruction, you prepare for your future career. inadequate housing and funding have all played a
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part. Much is vanished forever; much is endangered.
h t t p s : / / c a r e e r s . u n e s c o . o r g / c o n t e n t / I n t e r n s h i p - Happily, missing documentary heritage is sometimes rediscovered. Programme/?locale=en_GB
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