Conferences

UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD: The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) build on the momentum created by the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference, where the global framework ‘Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs’ was adopted. This event, organized in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Commission for UNESCO. The is aims to shape a worldwide movement making ESD an integral part of educational curricula. It will also be, they hope, an opportunity to make strong commitments. This Conference announce in March to June.

 

World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education: The World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE) is a UNESCO intergovernmental meeting (Category II) that aims to reaffirm the right of every young child to quality care and education from birth and urge Member States’ renewed commitment to and investment in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 4.2 which calls for ensuring that “all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education. The main goals of World Conference of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE):To develop ambitious, relevant, and culturally appropriate policies;  To put in place effective and accountable systems, multi-stakeholder partnerships and services; To increase and improve investment in this area as an essential and integral part of countries’ strategies for attaining lifelong learning societies and sustainable development. This Conference announce in July to November.

 

International Conference on Learning Cities: The event is co-organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the City of Yeonsu, Republic of Korea. The event enable participants to acquire a greater appreciation of the power of lifelong learning to foster health and resilience, to identify public policies and planning approaches that support building resilient learning systems in cities, and to share experiences on the implementation of local actions that foster health and well-being. This Conference announce in August to October.


 

Asia-Pacific Regional Education Minister’s Conference on SDG4-Education 2030: The Conference is co-organized by the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok), UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), and the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), and is generously hosted by the Ministry of Education of Thailand with the kind support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. With the theme ‘Education Recovery and Transformation towards more Responsive, Relevant and Resilient Education Systems: Accelerating progress towards SDG 4-Education 2030’, the Conference aims to take stock and analyses progress made in the region towards SDG 4 since the adoption of the SDG4-Education 2030 agenda, and jointly reflect and generate recommendations for an effective education system recovery and transformation with learning for all at its heart, and from a distinctly Asia-Pacific perspective. The Conference is framed by three main cross-cutting themes, which are: 1. Achieving learning recovery and addressing the learning crisis; 2. Transforming education systems; and 3. achieving increased and better investment in education. This Conference announce in March to June each year.



UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, Health and Well-being: This event is jointly organized by UNESCO and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) and hosted by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. The Pre-Summit is a key milestone on the road to the Summit. The main objective of the Pre-Summit is to harness the evolving discussions on transforming education, mobilize actions and generate greater momentum towards. More specifically, the Pre-Summit will provide an inclusive and open forum for countries to (1) present preliminary outcomes of their national consultations; (2) engage in discussions of key recommendations from the action tracks on initiatives for global cooperation, and (3) spotlight some promising practices for accelerating progress on education towards 2030 and beyond.