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Institutes and Centres

As part of UNESCO's efforts and commitment to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO has brought to life different institutes around the world.

Category 1 Institutes and Centres

They are institutionally and legally part of UNESCO and are considered an integral part of the Organization's Programme and Budget. There are a total of nine Category 1 Institutes and Centres. Of these, seven of them are education-related:

Category 2 Institutes and Centres under the auspices of UNESCO

They are entities legally external to UNESCO and associated with the Organization through various arrangements, as approved by the General Conference. UNESCO can be represented on their governing bodies, but they do not apply UNESCO’s rules and regulations and are not led by UNESCO staff members.

Though independent of UNESCO, they are a privileged partner of the Organization with access to UNESCO’s logo and international and intergovernmental bodies and networks, and may leverage UNESCO’s international reach and convening powers.

List of Category 2 Institutes and Centres by UNESCO fields of competence:

Stories

Advancing geothermal training in Africa

GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme focuses on sustainable energy and gender equality in its courses.

Drones and great apes, a new story

ERAIFT takes part of efforts to monitor with drones the health and changing habitat of great apes.

Why do we need new narratives for the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site?

UNESCO-WHIPIC joins force in the development of an all-encompassing Interpretation and Storytelling Framework for the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site.