UNESCO Director-General awards UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development, which is funded by the Government of Japan, was created in 2014 to honour exceptional projects and programmes in the field of ESD. The three laureates for 2016 who receive US$50,000 each are the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon, the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan, and the National Union of Students from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In the event UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova thanked the Government of Japan for funding the prize and said: "This is the importance of this UNESCO-Japan Prize… to shine light on individuals making a difference… to reward women and men changing the world from the ground-up. Each of these initiatives is innovative. Each sets a powerful example of local action for positive change. Each of them can be taken elsewhere, scaled up, for global and lasting impact."
H.E. Kuni Sato, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO, who presented the prize with the Director-General, said: “ESD is indispensable for the developing capacity of all people to achieve the SDGs, which plays a significant role in the entire agenda.”
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