UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for West Africa (Abuja, Nigeria)
The UNESCO Abuja Office was created in the early 1960s for the purpose of serving as a National Office. Following the UNESCO Field Network Reforms in Africa of 2011, UNESCO Abuja Office evolved to be a Multisectoral Regional Office for West Africa in 2013. It covers eight countries, namely Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. In this region, UNESCO is present with National Offices in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, and with Antennas in Liberia, Togo and Benin. In addition, a project office has been established in 2018 in Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The Office works across Major Programme Sectors of UNESCO: Education, Natural Sciences, and Culture. It is committed to collaborating with Member States and other partners to implement a stronger and better targeted strategy to build peace, eradicate poverty and achieve inclusive sustainable development by improving the quality, equity, and relevance of education, by harnessing science, technology and innovation to boost development and build related capacities, by mobilizing the heritage and creative industries for culture and development, by promoting freedom of expression and by using ICTs for development, and by enhancing gender equality and peace and citizenship education.
