UNESCO and Unicode strengthen collaboration for Indigenous languages online

UNESCO and Unicode are collaborating to highlight their shared commitment to ensuring that digitally disadvantaged communities, and especially Indigenous Peoples, can access digital environments and technologies to create, communicate, learn, and participate online in their own languages.

The collaboration reflects the multistakeholder spirit of the Global Action Plan of IDIL2022-2032 , which recognizes the growing importance of private organizations and civil society in advancing language preservation and revitalization efforts worldwide.

The Unicode Consortium , founded in 1988 as a public-benefit, nonprofit organization, develops open standards for software internationalization and digital services. Its work plays a key role in advancing digital inclusion, particularly by ensuring that the writing systems of the world's languages are accurately represented across digital devices and platforms. Since its inception, Unicode has been integrated into all major operating systems and is now used on more than 20 billion devices worldwide. This enables billions of users to participate seamlessly in the digital environment, regardless of language, geography, or device.