Announcement of the ESD Okayama Award 2026 Winners

City of Okayama (Japan) and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Board are pleased to announce the following winners of the ESD Okayama Award 2026. The ESD Okayama Award recognizes outstanding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) practices in local communities worldwide.

This year marks the 12th anniversary of the ESD Okayama Award, which received applications for 252 projects from 80 countries worldwide. Ten projects from Asia, Africa and the Americas were selected for the final review, and two out of these were chosen as winners.

The ESD Okayama Award 2026 ceremony will be held as Part I of the Okayama ESD Forum 2026 on Saturday, 14 November 2026, in Okayama City, Japan. Representatives of the winning projects will be invited to present their work at the ceremony. During Part II of the Forum, they will participate in group discussions with local students and representatives of local organizations.

The ESD Okayama Award 2026 Winners

Awarded Project Name:
Youth-led Ecosystem for Transformative Sustainability Leadership and Community Resilience

Implementing Organization Name:
SERES Association (Republic of Guatemala)

 

 

Awarded Project Name:
Lanna Koyori: A Regenerative ESD Blueprint for Living Heritage

Implementing Organization Name:
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (Kingdom of Thailand)

 

 

 

For more detailed information about the winners, please visit the following website:
https://www.city.okayama.jp/kurashi/0000085722.html

The video of the ESD Okayama Award 2026 Ceremony and the winning projects’ presentations will be available after the event on the following YouTube channel, both in English and Japanese:
https://www.youtube.com/@esd7141

 

ESD Okayama Award
The ESD Okayama Award has been held every year since 2015, jointly sponsored by the City of Okayama and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Board. The award aims to honor excellent examples of ESD from around the world, support the activities of winning project organizations, and promote ESD activities worldwide.

 

The ESD Okayama Award Steering Board is composed of the following organizations:
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), UNESCO Bangkok Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan Council on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J), The Goi Peace Foundation, Okayama ESD Promotion Commission
Prev
Article
ICLEI Japan September 2026 e-News (No. 127)
ICLEI World Secretariat
Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7
53113 Bonn
Germany
T: +49-228/97 62 99-00
 Email: iclei.org
Africa
Africa Secretariat
africa.iclei.org
Europe
Private: Europe Secretariat
Leopoldring 3
79098 Freiburg, Germany
iclei-europe.org
Private: Brussels Office
Av. de Tervuren 35
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Private: Berlin Office
East Asia
Private: East Asia Secretariat
14/F, Seoul Global Center Building, 38 Jongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (110-110)
eastasia.iclei.org
Japan Office
1-14-2 Nishi-Shimbashi,
Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan 105-0003
japan.iclei.org
Private: Korea Office
(16429) 3F, Suwon Research Institute,
126, Suin-ro, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si,
Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
icleikorea.org
Private: Kaohsiung Capacity Center
4F. No.436, Daye N. Rd.
Xiaogang Dist.
Kaohsiung City 812
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
icleikcc.org
North America
Private: USA Office
536 Wynkoop St.
Suite 901
Denver, Colorado
USA 80202
icleiusa.org
Private: Canada Office
401 Richmond St. W
Studio 204
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8, Canada
icleicanada.org
Southeast Asia・South Asia
Southeast Asia Secretariat
c/o The Manila Observatory Ateneo de Manila University Campus Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1101 Manila, Philippines
icleiseas.org
Private: South Asia Secretariat
Ground Floor, NSIC-STP Complex NSIC Bhawan, Okhla Industrial Estate New Delhi – 110020, India
southasia.iclei.org
Oceania
Private: Oceania Secretariat
Level 1, 200 Little Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
icleioceania.org
Mexico, Central American and Caribbean Secretariat
iclei.org.mx
Associate Partnership
Tabs Opener

Associate Partnership is available to non-governmental organizations, universities, state and national government agencies and not-for-profit research institutions. The purpose of Associate Partnership is to facilitate dialogues between local governments and these partners, to provide knowledge transfer in line with ICLEI’s Mission and Charter, and an avenue for which partners can support ICLEI’s work and mandate.

HARNESS the power of the ICLEI Network! " Governments need to give (the sense of) direction, as Business leaders we don't make the wind, we sail the boats. So policy should set the winds in the right directions if you want the boat going fast to the right harbor." Philippe Joubert Senior Advisor, World Business Council
on Sustainable Development
Click here to view a full list of our associate partners
  • First benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Second benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Third benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Fourth benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

Rates and Dues

Application Form

Eva Madeira Head of ICLEI Global Membership & Governance

Got any questions? I will be happy to assist. Please contact me at iclei(at)iclei.org

ICLEI membership application

Joining ICLEI means connecting to more than 2,500 local and regional governments as well as technical experts and a diversity community of partners worldwide. ICLEI Members actively engage with their peers through conferences, workshops, webinars and online platforms and take advantage of our connections with businesses, financial institutions and other implementation partners that help strengthen innovation and resourcing.

Eva Madeira Head of ICLEI Global Membership & Governance

Got any questions? I will be happy to assist. Please contact me at iclei(at)iclei.org

Want to be a model?
  • First benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Second benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Third benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

  • Fourth benefit point

    Sed ut perspiciatis uncle omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem.

Eva Madeira Head of ICLEI Global Membership & Governance

Got any questions? I will be happy to assist. Please contact me at iclei(at)iclei.org

ICLEI membership online application form
Tabs Opener
[contact-form-7 id="3549" html_class="steps-form"]

Fee Structure

Benefits

Eva Madeira Head of ICLEI Global Membership & Governance

Got any questions? I will be happy to assist. Please contact me at iclei(at)iclei.org