{"id":28,"date":"2023-04-03T07:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:47:17","slug":"unesco-category-2-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/unesco-category-2-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Category 2 Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  data-label=\"banner\" data-id=\"cta--1\" data-export-id=\"cta-centered-bg-section\" data-category=\"cta\" data-section-ov=\"1\" class=\"cta-centered-bg-section content-section content-section-spacing-medium white-text\" data-parallax-depth=\"20\" id=\"banner\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-size: cover; background-position: center top; background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-ABOUT.png&quot;);\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row text-center\"><div  data-type=\"column\" class=\"\">  <h1  class=\"\">\n<br >Category 2 Institutes and Centres\n<br ><br >\n<\/h1><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><div  data-label=\"Cat2 Centre\" data-id=\"content--1\" data-export-id=\"content-12\" data-category=\"content\" class=\"content-12 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"cat2-centre\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row text-center\"><div  class=\"section-title-col\" data-type=\"column\"> <h2  class=\"\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(6, 106, 181);\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 600;\">About<\/span><\/h2> <p  class=\"lead\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span  style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 300;\"><a  data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/partnerships\/institutes?hub=180061\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/partnerships\/institutes?hub=180061\" target=\"_self\" data-mce-selected=\"inline-boundary\" data-cp-link=\"1\" class=\"\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category 2 institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;are a global network of institutions of excellence in the Organization\u2019s domains of competence. Given their expertise, these institutes and centres contribute to the implementation of <span  style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO\u2019s strategic priorities, programmes, and global development agendas, through international and regional cooperation, research, knowledge production, policy advice, and capacity development<\/span>.&nbsp;\n<br ><br >Though independent of UNESCO, category 2 institutes and centres are a privileged partner of the Organization with access to UNESCO\u2019s logo and international and intergovernmental bodies and networks and may leverage on UNESCO\u2019s international reach and convening powers.&nbsp;<a  data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/partnerships\/institutes?hub=180061\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/partnerships\/institutes?hub=180061\" target=\"_self\" data-mce-selected=\"inline-boundary\" data-cp-link=\"1\" class=\"\">Category 2 institutes and centres<\/a> under the auspices of UNESCO are an integral part of the Organization\u2019s&nbsp;Comprehensive Partnership Strategy.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div> <div  class=\"row center-xs middle-xs\"> <div  class=\"col-sm-9\" data-type=\"column\"> <img  decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow-large\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/c2c-natsc-word.jpg\" title=\"c2c-natsc-wor;d\" alt=\"\"><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><div  data-label=\"Content\" data-id=\"content--4\" data-export-id=\"content-12\" data-category=\"content\" class=\"content-12 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"content-4\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none;\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row text-center\"><div  class=\"section-title-col\" data-type=\"column\"> <h2  class=\"\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(6, 106, 181);\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 600;\">ISTIC in Category-2 Centre Family<\/span><\/h2> <p  class=\"lead\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISTIC is part of the Unesco C2C in the filed of&nbsp;Science Policy and is the <span  style=\"font-weight: 600;\">only&nbsp;UNESCO Category 2 Centre established focusing on South-South Cooperation\u200b.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div> <div  class=\"row center-xs middle-xs\"> <div  class=\"col-sm-9\" data-type=\"column\"> <img  decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow-large\" src=\"https:\/\/istic-unesco.org\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-11.50.42.png\" title=\"cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-11.50.42.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><div  data-label=\"Cta\" data-id=\"cta--2\" data-export-id=\"cta-blue-section\" data-category=\"cta\" class=\"cta-blue-section content-section content-section-spacing-medium bg-color1 white-text\" id=\"cta-1\" style=\"background-color: rgb(6, 106, 181); background-image: none;\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row middle-xs\"><div  class=\"col-sm-8 space-bottom-xs\" data-type=\"column\"> <h2  class=\"\">Learn more about Unesco C2C<\/h2> <\/div> <div  class=\"col-sm-4 end-sm\" data-type=\"column\"> <a  class=\"button color2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/natural-sciences\/centres?hub=1065\" target=\"_blank\" data-cp-link=\"1\" data-icon=\"\">Learn More<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><div  data-label=\"Content\" data-id=\"content--5\" data-export-id=\"content-1\" data-category=\"content\" class=\"content-1 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"content-5\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row middle-sm\"><div  class=\"col-sm-6\" data-type=\"column\"> <h2  class=\"\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(6, 106, 181);\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 600;\">ISTIC\u2019s Involvement in the \n<br >C2C Network<\/span><\/h2> <p  class=\"\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 300; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">In 2024, ISTIC organized the<span  style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> International Symposium of the Category 2 Institutes and Centres<\/span> under the Auspices of UNESCO in the Field of Natural Sciences in Kuala Lumpur.\n<br ><br >The symposium brought together experts, UNESCO Category 2 Centres, and international partners to strengthen scientific cooperation and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 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