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National Unesco Commission Aruba Invites The Community
To Submit Projects For Funding In The Period for 2018-2019

ORANJESTAD - The National Commission of For more general information or more information on the conditions, please contact the Na-
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scien- tional UNESCO Commission by mail at unescoaruba@gmail.com. Additional information on
tific and Cultural Organization) on Aruba an- the conditions and requirements for project proposals can be found at the following link:
nounces that individuals and organizations, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002430/243028e.pdfIf you would like to get support or
preferably NGO’s, can submit new project advice for your project proposal you can send a mail to unescoaruba@gmail.com to make
proposals to be considered for funding within an appointment.
the framework of the UNESCO Participation Also consult UNESCO Aruba’s facebook page for updates.
Program for the 2018-2019 period. The dead-
line for the submission of project proposals is
Wednesday 14 of February 2018. Please take
good notice of this final date so all projects
that comply with the conditions can be sub-
mitted in time to the international UNESCO
Office in Paris.

The projects must be directed towards the
main priorities of the UNESCO organization
for the period 2015-2030 and must be on one
or more of the working areas of the UNESCO,
which are: education, science, culture, in-
formation and communication. The whole
community is invited to submit concrete proj-
ects that contribute to the capacity building
of our island to achieve the goals and priori-
ties of UNESCO; these are: gender equality,
eradication of poverty, youth empowerment
to realize peace, sustainable development,
social inclusion and intercultural dialogue. q