UNESCO Publications

This publication is designed as a guide for education professionals on the use of ESD in learning for the SDGs, and consequently to contribute to achieving the SDGs. The guide identifies indicative learning objectives and suggests topics and learning ...

Girls’ under-representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is deep rooted and puts a detrimental brake on progress towards sustainable development. We need to understand the drivers behind this situation in o ...

The Education 2030 Agenda highlights the need to rethink technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development. Out of the seven targets to achieve by 2030, two are directly linked to TVET. They aim to “ensure equal access t ...

As part of the GAP on ESD Partner Network 4 on mobilizing and engaging youthaction plan, and in collaboration with UNESCO Beirut office and UNESCO Headquarters, ODDD ngo (UNESCO GAP on ESD Key partner) is ...

UNESCO’s country plan for Jordan, is a costed, two year plan (2018-2019), which aims to respond to the education needs of the country. It is in line with the UNESCO Strategic Framework for Education in Emergencies in t ...

Capacity building for transformational TVET leaders: Vision, knowledge and skills
The following report gives an overview of UNESCO-UNEVOC's TVET Leadership Programme for Southern and Eastern Africa, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 23-27 October 2017. The programme was implemented together with the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern ...

Regional Report
The Sixth International Conference on Adult education(CONFINTEA VI), held in Brazil in December 2009, closed with the adoption of the Belém Framework for Action, which recorded the commitments of Member States and presented a strategic gui ...

For UNESCO, education is a priority because it is a human right and a force for development progress. Education saves lives, delivers hope, builds dignity, prevents extremism, brings about social inclusion and fosters social mobility. The interna ...

5–6 December 2016 - Lilongwe, Malawi
The European Union (EU) is partnering with the Government of Malawi and UNESCO to expand and improve equitable and gender-balanced technical, entrepreneurial and vocational education and training (TEVET) through the Skills and Technical Education ...

Shanghai Consensus updated: working together to achieve the Education 2030 agenda (Outcome Statement)
Outcome Statement of the International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training ‘Skills on the move: Global trends, local resonances’, Tangshan, People’s Republic of China, 4 to 6 July 2017

July 2017
The seventh issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter looks at the progress made since the Third International Congress in May 2012. It presents contributions from seven leading authorities on TVET to reflect on how far UNESCO have come with each of th ...

Emerging patterns
This publication, a critical literature review and analytical framework, is part of the initial phase of the development of UNESCO-IICBA’s Teacher Support and Motivation Framework (TSMF) for Africa. It also serves as a resource for African countr ...

The 2017 Global Inventory provides some important insights into the current development and implementation of qualifications frameworks worldwide. It is the result of collaborative work between the European Centre for the Development of Vocation ...

Accountability in education: meeting our commitments
The second edition of the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) presents the latest evidence on global progress towards the education targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With hundreds of millions of people still not going to sc ...

At the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, held in Shanghai in 2012, a recommendation was made to explore the possibility of developing international guidelines on quality assurance for the recognition of ...

Following a recommendation made at the third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, held in Shanghai in 2012, to explore the possibility of developing quality assurance guidelines for the recognition of qualificati ...

IIEP Pôle de Dakar Magazine - July 2017
Revising vocational training In the next two decades, the subject of occupational integration and the role of the education system in promoting employment opportunities will be a fundamental issue for policy-makers and the international community. ...

The Education for All initiative concluded in 2015, but in many countries, and particularly in the developing countries, secondary education is still the preserve of the privileged few. This means that millions of adults and young people are denied t ...

Policy reviews aim to improve TVET policies and the TVET system in the reviewed country and to further local capacity to undertake strategic TVET policy analysis and planning that is aligned with sustainable development priorities. The following ...

This Review assesses the progress made by countries in the Asia-Pacific in developing their TVET systems since the Third International Congress on TVET (Shanghai, 2012). It focuses on relevance of TVET, the first recommendation of the Shanghai Consen ...

Plan for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

December 2016
The sixth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on how UNESCO is putting into practice its Strategy for TVET (2016-2021).

Gender Review, creating a sustainable future for all
The Gender Review discusses global and regional trends in achieving parity in education access, participation and completion and in selected learning outcomes, stressing that there is much room for progress. It then shifts to an evidence-based discus ...

Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all
The 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) provides an authoritative account of how education is the most vital input for every dimension of sustainable development. This Report makes three messages starkly clear. Firstly, the urgent ne ...

The YouthXchange guidebooks provide young people with ideas, actions and starting points towards a sustainable world. With nearly half of the world’s population under the age of 25, most living in developing countries, just imagine the impact of yo ...