Events

ECOSOC Youth Forum SDG4 breakout Session: Youth Engagement in Transforming Education

19/04/2022 United States of America
Co-organized by UNESCO and MGCY in cooperation with other UN entities,  this session will explore the role of youth in enhancing the quality of formal and informal education. The event will also raise awareness about youth and student priorities to ensure that education systems are inclusive, future-proof, sustainable, safe, and backed by education policy, financing, and infrastructure. Youth representatives and UN senior officials will reiterate the need to support and build upon existing youth-led solutions to improve the accessibility and equity of education and to accelerate progress on SDG4....

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Education and technological transformations for human-centered recovery

The event will bring about key partners to highlight the unprecedented technological changes in and through education both as means to mitigate the negative impact of COVID 19 and as a trend to reckoned with. It will amplify the messages that the use of new technologies and digital learning opportunities have become foundational in the advancement of the SDGs at all levels while creating changes for inclusive and sustainable progress, promoting equal participation of women and girls to exercise all human rights.

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29 September 2021 Online - United States of America

Virtual event "Education for Sustainable Development: a driver for building back better"

The virtual event will highlight the crucial role of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a key enabler for the successful achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and outline how ESD can contribute to building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the momentum for strengthening ESD in policy and practice, the discussion will shed a light on the ways to harness the transformative power of ESD in achieving sustainable societies and update the UN membership on the latest developments and trends. Consisting of a briefing session and a panel discussion, the event will provide a platform for participants from the UN Member States, UNESCO, other intergovernmental organisations and academia will engage with the audience. The virtual event is organized by the Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning, as co-chaired by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan, Kenya and Norway, together with UNESCO. Registration link: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C_dYmigCSrO8kNorqXaLeQ 

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26 February 2021