UNESCO New Zealand

UCAF funding is available for New Zealand projects that engage with two or more of UNESCO’s mandated programme areas: Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communications and Information. Successful projects will be those that advance the National Commission’s strategic objectives as outlined in the National Commission’s Strategic Plan. 

UCAF aims to expand the reach of the National Commission’s activities in New Zealand to also achieve the organisation’s goal of working in a more intersectoral manner.

UCAF Applicants 2011

 The National Commission invites applications for 2011.  Please download our application form and guidelines below.

UCAF Guidelines 2011-12 [Word, 248Kb]

UCAF Application Form 2011-12 [Word, 96Kb]

Successful UCAF Applicants 2010

Human rights education in schools, climate change projects in colleges and an information technology festival on the remote East Cape are a few of the innovative projects supported this year by the NZ National Commission for UNESCO’s Contestable Activity Fund or UCAF

Some successful projects funded this year were:

Enviroschools: "Te Aho tu Roa Kotuia" enabled rangatahi Maori in schools and communities throughout the country to explore connections to stories, history, community and place.  Click here to visit the Enviroschools site

350 Aotearoa: Vote Local actively engaged young people from around NZ in teh 2010 local government process.

Ahi Kaa - Through Our Eyes:  Te Runanga O Ngati Porou hosted workshops and a digital photography exhibition at Toihoukura: Maori Art and Design that saw Ngati Porou students living throughout the remote East Coast create a snapshot of contemporary life in their communities.  Click here to visit Te Runanga O Ngati Porou's website

Forest and Bird: Kapiti Mana Bioblitz 2010-2011 was the world's firest combined marine and terristrial bioblitz or rapid assessment of species diversity.  The aim is to increase public awareness of biodiversity and brought together a wide range of communities.  Click here to visit the Bioblitz website

Core-Education: Ed Talks, Student Leaders Speak -secondary school student leaders from around New Zealand were documented in a series of video clips that are available as an online resource. Click here to visit the Ed Talks website