E4J's grants help universities engage students on more advanced rule of law issues

The global pandemic has greatly affected education around the world, posing new challenges and exposing disparities even further. For Education for Justice (E4J), this was a year of redoubling efforts to ensure consistency in support to academics and educators on teaching rule of law and related topics. These creative and systematic efforts, building up on an already diverse portfolio of educational material and forming bridges between different stakeholders to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), have earned E4J the Secretary General's 2020 Innovation Award.

UNODC's E4J initiative receives Secretary-General 2020 Innovation Award

The responsibility of preparing the next generation to become tomorrow's fulfilled citizens, policymakers and leaders is one that UNODC's Education for Justice (E4J) initiative takes very seriously. This month, it has been recognized by Secretary-General António Guterres and awarded his 2020 Secretary-General Award in the category 'Innovation.'

"Every year, it is my honour to recognize inspiring and exemplary work of Secretariat staff members who have contributed above and beyond the call of duty or advanced projects with great impact and innovative potential," said Mr. Guterres. "In the 'Innovation' category, we honour the Education for Justice initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for directly engaging children, youth, teachers and academics."

TAKORAMA 2021 - online film festival for children and youth around the world

The Education for Justice (E4J) initiative is partnering once again with "Films pour enfants", a French non-profit association of teachers and animated film producers, to support the launch of TAKORAMA, an online film festival for children and youth around the world.

The festival's website is available in all UN languages as well as Bengali, Czech, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Slovene, Swahili and Ukrainian.

All the short films are silent (with music) and address the values of solidarity, acceptance, respect, empathy and sustainable development, which are also at the core of the E4J initiative. There are five categories of films for ages 3+, 6+, 9+, 12+ and 15+ and teachers are invited to register with their students to vote for their favourite film. Parents are also welcome to register their children.

Please join the E4J initiative in ensuring that #learningneverstops and watch some of the short film trailers!