ICTs in Education Award

Open Access to Education is the theme of the 2007 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education. Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the US$50,000 prize is divided between two winners. Launched in 2005, the prize aims to reward the projects and best practices of individuals, institutions, and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching, and overall educational performance.


Candidates must be presented by the government of a member state of UNESCO or an NGO, maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO and active in the relevant fields covered by the prize. Each government or international NGO is entitled to nominate only two candidates per year. A self-nomination cannot be considered. The winners will attend an award ceremony to be held on December 19 2007 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.



The deadline for application is July 31 2007.