Since the first UNESCO Club in Japan was founded in 1947, Clubs, Centers and Associations for UNESCO have been invaluable partners for the Organization. Members of the club movement, who are all volunteers, include people of all ages and nationalities from all walks of life. They share a commitment to UNESCO's ideals and work to translate them into reality on the ground. Members are therefore well
placed to present civil society views to decision-makers. In the half century that the UNESCO Clubs movement has existed, the world has witnessed a wide range of events related to each of UNESCO's fields of competence. The goals of the organization is to:
Promote the ideals, objectives and programs of UNESCO; promote international understanding and education, particularly with a view to the effective exercise of human rights, the endogenous development of each people and the construction of a new world economic and social order, and to pursue these objectives also in nations and peoples, particularly in order to advance mutual understanding between the different cultures of the world; involve people in UNESCO's work, particularly at the grassroots level; promote the use of science and technology for peaceful purposes, for the welfare of humanity and, in particular, of developing countries;
