UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet)
Changing Lives Through Education
UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet)
Ann Beatty our Chief Executive is the UNESCO ASPnet Coordinator for the UK. We are proud to support the UNESCO ASPnet network exchanging knowledge, materials and good practice in education.
1. Schools as laboratories of ideas
Empowering schools across the world to drive innovation and transformation and to act as living laboratories for global citizenship, intercultural understanding and sustainability.
2. Global networking and collaboration
Strengthening international cooperation and collaboration, knowledge sharing and partnerships between countries and schools.
3. Capacity-building
Developing institutional and human capacities for innovative teaching and participatory learning, particularly through whole-school approaches.
4. Communication and advocacy
Promoting transformative education and whole-school approaches for quality improvement and increasing uptake within and beyond ASPnet, with the wider public and policy-makers.
UNESCO UK ASPNET CELEBRATES YOUNG PEOPLE PLANTING SEEDS OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD
The 2026 UNESCO UK ASPnet Seeds of Hope Competition Online Awards Ceremony took place on 30 September 2026 and was attended by over 70 participants, including young people, teachers, the Competition Judges and UNESCO Commission representatives. The ethos of the Competition was ‘to recognise, value and celebrate the efforts of all young people who entered the Competition, and their contribution towards helping UNESCO realise many of its key objectives, especially with regard to sustainability and climate challenges’.
Seeds of Hope Competition
2025 Winners
For inspiration you might like to have a look at the 2025 Winners
UNESCO ASPnet arts and Culture for Peace Initiative, Kyoto, Japan 2023
Connecting For Peace
On the 17th June 2022, we hosted the first ever free virtual UNESCO ASPnet conference: Connecting for Peace.
We had an inspirational line-up of speakers and workshop hosts who shared innovation and examples of best practice in education for peaceful sustainable development. And we were excited to welcome over 90 attendees from over 30 countries across the globe. You can read all about it here:
