The city of Al Wakra has won the Education City Award of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2021 for outstanding progress in lifelong learning.

The UNESCO GCC and Yemen Office said on its Twitter account today, Wednesday, "Congratulations to Al Wakra on winning the UNESCO Education City Award 2021 for outstanding progress in lifelong learning. The city has made lifelong learning a priority as part of its sustainability plan, with a focus on vulnerable groups."

In 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) approved the joining of Al Wakra City as a member of the Global Network of Learning Cities from the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, in view of the achievement of all the criteria required to fill this membership through the municipality's adoption of the strategy of spreading the concepts of sustainability and partnership with civil society institutions in order to achieve the Qatar National Vision 2030.