What does UNESCO do?

This week, UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week 2025 was held in Paris, where participants explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping education and what it looks like for learners, educators, and education systems globally.

At UNESCO, we believe education is the cornerstone of global peace and sustainable development. Our mission is to ensure that every individual has access to quality education, fostering personal growth and societal progress.

Education transforms lives and is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development. It is a human right for all throughout life. The Organization is the only United Nations agency with a mandate to

Entitled ‘Education in the Air’, the song has been rewritten to promote the message that education is key to unlock Africa’s economic and human potential.

As the leading UN agency for education, UNESCO has a staff of nearly 1,000 colleagues in its Education sector, working at its Paris-based headquarters and across a global network of field offices, specialized institutes, centres and networks.

聯合國教育、科學及文化組織 （法語： Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture， 縮寫 作 ONUESC；英語： United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization，縮寫作 UNESCO），簡稱 聯合國教科文組織，是一個 聯合國 專門機關 [1]，成立於1945年11月16日， 總部 設於 法國 巴黎。