In a Tweet, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Education has announced that Al Wakra, Qatar has won the 2021 UNESCO Learning City Award, stating:

Congratulations to Al Wakra on winning the 2021 UNESCO Learning City Award for outstanding progress in #lifelonglearning. The city has made lifelong learning a priority as part of its sustainability plan, with a focus on vulnerable groups.

Congratulations to Al Wakra 🇶🇦 on winning the 2021 UNESCO Learning City Award for outstanding progress in #lifelonglearning 👏🏽. The city has made lifelong learning a priority as part of its sustainability plan, with a focus on vulnerable groups.

👉🏽 https://t.co/OvfnvObcjI pic.twitter.com/1IqnXIJ7fb

— UNESCO-UIL (@UIL) October 27, 2021

According to its website, ten cities with outstanding achievements in the implementation of the learning city strategy received the UNESCO Learning Cities Award 2021 on 27 October 2021.

The UNESCO Learning City Award 2021 winners:

• Al Wakra (Qatar)
• Belfast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• Clermont-Ferrand (France)
• Damietta (Egypt)
• Dublin (Ireland)
• Huejotzingo (Mexico)
• Jubail Industrial City (Saudi Arabia)
• Osan (Republic of Korea)
• Shanghai (People’s Republic of China)
• Wyndham (Australia)

The cities were selected by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, upon the recommendation of an independent jury of international experts.

Source: UNESCO
Cover Image: UNESCO, Getty Images/Ahmed

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