Leveraging ICT to achieve Education 2030

Leveraging ICT to Achieve Education 2030, the UNESCO-Weidong Group Funds-in-Trust Project, is a 4-year project that helps Member States harness the potentials of ICT to  achieve SDG 4 by 2030.

Specifically, the project aims to:

• Convene global debate and enhance knowledge sharing among policy makers about the ways ICT can be leveraged at scale to support the implementation of SDG 4;
• Help Member States develop national policies, master plans and strategies on ICT in education;
• Formulate partnerships and support national flagship projects on leveraging ICT for SDG 4;
• Strengthen teachers’ capacity-building on ICT in education, and empower women and girls through joint activities with other UNESCO Fund-in-Trust projects;
• Document and disseminate best practices to harness ICT for education with a particular focus on digital innovations.
   

The project includes the following activities

• International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, 2019
• International Forum on ICT and Education 2030, 2017
• International Conference on ICT and Post-2015 Education, 2015
• Development of an OER web portal to support TVET in Uzbekistan
• Creation of OER policy to facilitate lifelong learning in Kazakhstan
• Organization of an International Network on ICT for Education 2030 (INIE 2030)
• Development of ICT in Education policy guidelines and toolkits
• Creation of gender assessment tools for teacher in Asia
• Joint activities with the UNESCO-China-Funds-in-Trust project: Improving the quality of teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Publications

• Qingdao Declaration (2015)
• 2017 Qingdao Statement
• Report of International Conference on ICT and Post-2015 Education
• Report of International Forum on ICT and Education 2030
• Education on the Move (forthcoming)