The Information for All Programme (IFAP) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) wishes to encourage communities using information for development to share their success stories and invites organisations to submit their stories to their website where others can learn from them and either replicate or adapt them to their own local situations. The aim is to promote good practices in using information for development in all parts of the world. The stories collected in this open platform are intended to provide practical examples to inspire others and raise the visibility of the role that information plays in development. The specific goal in sharing success stories is to identify ways that people in local communities are using information to address issues that affect them directly.

The Bureau of IFAP has agreed to provide project funding support of US$5,000 for up to five of the most innovative success stories, one in each UNESCO region (Africa, Arab States, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific). The purpose of this support is to help expand the reach of the most successful initiatives to other communities.


The deadline for application is 2007.

Click here for more information on the content, priority areas, and format of the stories, as well as the selection process.


Stories should be submitted in English through the online submission form. For submission in other languages, please ask the UNESCO National Commission in your country to assist you. Your National Commission may also be able to assist post your story to the website if you do not have these facilities. To ask for a Natonal Commission location, the web-based email contact form is available below.


You will need to establish (free of charge) a user login in order to access the submission process.