The Education sector of UNESCO focuses on six programmes:
Sector-wide policy formulation, planning and management; Literacy and lifelong learning; Teachers; Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET); Education for Peace, human rights and global partnership; All these from early Childhood care education to higher education. ...
UNESCO places ethics and human rights at the centre of its action
Promote principles, practices and ethical standards pertaining to scientific, technological and social development; Promote the advancement of knowledge on emerging social and ethical global challenges; Contribute to dialogue among civilizations and to a culture of peace through philosophy, the human sciences, good governance, the promotion of human rights and the fight against racism;
In the field of ethics of science and technology, UNESCO focuses on emerging ethical challenges: nanotechnologies, converging technologies, biometrics and biosecurity.
Creating an enabling environment for freedom of expression, press freedom, and freedom of information; Support for development of free, independent and pluralistic media; ... Culture is who we are and what shapes our identity. Culture contributes to poverty reduction and paves the way for a human-centred, inclusive and equitable development. No development can be sustainable without it.
Placing culture at the heart of development policies constitutes an essential investment in the world's future and a precondition to successful globalization processes that take into account the principle of cultural diversity.
