The meeting is organised in order to provide an overview of the state of implementation of the ICT-CFT and its contextualisation in the enlargement of national best practices in ICT in education in Nigeria. The main objectives are: a clear understanding of recent developments and challenges posed by COVID19 in Nigeria, sharing of best practices by project members and future activities planned for 2021.  

The webinar OER Dynamic Coalition is being organised within the framework of the Open Education Week, an annual celebration for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide. The objective is to present the work followed by the UNESCO OER Recommendation and the creation of the OER Dynamic Coalition.

The recent manifestations of the upsurge in racial discrimination, including racial violence, as seen in global protest movements, require a renewed commitment from the international community to build a strong front to thwart racism. Various forms of direct, indirect and systemic discrimination, targeting individuals and populations based on their ethnicity, origin, identity (including cultural and religious), gender, age, socio-economic status, disability, inter alia, have proliferated in societies, normalized these social ills, and exacerbated inequalities and exclusion, especially within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a response to this situation and in line with the Global Call against Racism adopted at the 210th session of the UNESCO Executive Board, UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Programme will organize a multi-stakeholder Global Forum against Racism on 22 March 2021. This will also be UNESCO’s contribution to the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action. The Forum will be held in the context of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March).