Unesco India

UNESCO New Delhi Office for South Asia is the organization's first decentralized Office in Asia. Established in 1948, the New Delhi Office is mandated to cover six countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. UNESCO's programmes in Bangladesh and Nepal are implemented by the UNESCO Offices in Dhaka and Kathmandu respectively. All sectors of the New Delhi office have created and implemented several programmes in policy support, capacity building and technical assistance in collaboration with various national/regional institutions, central and state governments, NGOs etc. The synergies created by these collaborations have resulted in many new initiatives. Mostly significantly, UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015.