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UNESCO Center for Peace Academy

Learning for a more peaceful world.

Education that connects knowledge, leadership, diplomacy and global citizenship.

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Four subject areas, taught as one progression. Each owns its curriculum and its standards.

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Washington DC Summer Programme

Fourteen days in residence, in three tracks, with field study at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and across Washington DC.

  • Model United Nations, in committee, for the full fortnight
  • STEAM challenges with practising engineers and scientists
  • A community project you carry home and are answerable for
  • The official UCP Summer Programme Certificate
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Live cohorts, self-paced study and the residential programmes — the first lesson of every one is free.

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Global Issues & Model United Nations

Global Issues & MUN Foundations

Ten weeks of live committee practice, from country research to a full resolution session.

13 hoursIntroductory
No certificate$450
Featured

Global Issues & Model United Nations

Summer Programme: IMUN Track

Committee, in the room, for the fourteen days of the Washington DC residential.

11 weeksIntermediate
Verifiable certificate$3,900
Self-paced

Leadership & Communication

Cross-Cultural Communication

Why the same sentence lands differently, and what to do about it before it costs you.

3 hoursIntroductory
Verifiable certificate$180

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Programs

A program is a sequence with one credential at the end — not a single course.

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How it works

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  1. 01

    Discover

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  2. 02

    Learn

    Readings, video and exercises, in the order the course sets.

  3. 03

    Complete

    Quizzes and assignments, marked against a published rubric.

  4. 04

    Get certified

    A serial-numbered certificate, issued on completion.

  5. 05

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The Academy

An educational initiative of the UNESCO Center for Peace

The Center is an independent civil-society organisation and a flagship member of the U.S. Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centers & Associations, based in Frederick, Maryland. It is not an organ of UNESCO and does not speak on its behalf.

The Academy carries the Center’s teaching to people who cannot travel to a room — and opens its publications to anyone who wants to read them.

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