UNESCO Publications

International Benchmarking of experiences and strategies on the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning
Qualification systems across the globe are generally well equipped to deal with learning acquired in institutional settings. However, one of the greatest challenges is how to recognise learning that occurs outside the formal education sector. UIL� ...

A decison-making and career guide to technical and vocational training for a green economy
Are you a secondary school learner, youth, parent, teacher or looking for a job training opportunity? If so, this guide is for you. The field of Technical and Vocational and training (TVET) is often misunderstood and underrated. By exploring this gu ...

Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post - 2015 Development Agenda
This report is based on and reflects an extensive global public consultation held September 2012-March 2013. It offers a summary of the main themes and messages that have emerged from the wide-ranging contributions to the consultation. The report for ...

Promising Practices in TVET and Entrepreneurship Education in the Arab States. 19–21 November 2013, Beirut, Lebanon
UNESCO-UNEVOC and UNESCO Regional Bureau, Beirut, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon (General Directorate for Vocational and Technical Education, GDVTE, and Center for Educational Research and Development, CER ...

17-18 September 2013, Abuja, Nigeria
Organized in collaboration with the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) the UNESCO-UNEVOC Africa Forum in Abuja, Nigeria was held on 17 and 18 September 2013. The forum provided a platform for networking and dialogue involving inte ...

28-30 October 2013, Moscow, Russian Federation
The UNESCO-UNEVOC Regional Forum for Europe and North America was co-hosted by Moscow-based CVETS National Observatory on Vocational Education/Centre for VET Studies, with the support of the Moscow Institute for the Development of Education. It w ...

The focus of the seventh booklet of the Asia-Pacific Education System Review Series is on making TVET accessible to more young people in the Asia and the Pacific. Sustainable economic development in the region depends heavily on addressing skills mis ...

UNESCO’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system policy review for Cambodia responds to an invitation from the Government of Cambodia to UNESCO to conduct a review of the country’s TVET system and to engage in a policy dialo ...

27–28 August 2013, San José, Costa Rica
To strengthen global and regional harmonization for the advancement of TVET transformation through the capacities of UNEVOC's unique global Network of specialized TVET institutions and affiliated partners, the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre organ ...

4–6 September 2013, Seoul, Republic of Korea
To strengthen global and regional harmonization for the advancement of TVET transformation through the capacities of UNEVOC's unique global Network of specialized TVET institutions and affiliated partners, the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre organ ...

Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference 22 October to 2 November 2012
From 22 October to 2 November 2012, a moderator-driven discussion was held on the topic of greening TVET for sustainable development. Moderated by Mr Kai Gleissner from the Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, a UNEVOC Centre, the virtua ...

From 14 to 16 November 2012, the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre organized a three-day International Forum on ‘the role of the UNEVOC Network in transforming TVET for a sustainable future’ in Bonn, Germany. The Forum was also organized to commem ...

Shanghai Update Issue No. 1, June 2013
In 2012, over 700 experts in technical and vocational education and training, including 40 ministers and deputy ministers, attended the UNESCO Third International Congress on TVET in Shanghai, China. They came to Shanghai in order to discuss the tran ...

The essays presented in this e-publication are complementary to the UNESCO forthcoming volume on global TVET trends and issues in UNESCO’s new Education on the Move series. Just like the latter, they cover a wide, although certainly not exhaustive, ...

Quarterly review of comparative education, Vol. XLIII, No. 1, March 2013
Articles: * Clementina Acedo, The politics of education, fragility and conflict * Lene Buchert, Introduction—Understanding education, fragility and conflict * Mieke T. A. Lopes Cardozo, Turbulence in Bolivia’s normales: Teacher education as a ...

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 ...

Challenges of integration
This publication is an initiative of the UNESCO Brasilia Office intending to contribute to the implementation and monitoring of a new proposal of building secondary education integrated to technical and vocational education, occasioned by reformulati ...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is pleased to announce the publication of its Second Global Report on Adult Learning and Education - Rethinking Literacy. The first GRALE was published in December 2009 to coincide with the Sixth Inter ...

Dieser Flyer beschäftigt sich mit dem UNESCO-UNEVOC Internationalen Zentrum und dessen Aufgaben, Ziele und Wertvorstellungen. In diesem Dokument sind deshalb auch UNEVOCs Aktivitäten auf einem Blick zu finden , sodass Schwerpunkte der Organisation ...

A joint project between UNESCO and StratREAL Foundation, UK
The regional synthesis report on Component II of the initiative highlights the results and outcomes of the project in the four participating countries, namely Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Oman. The regional experiences reflect a growing importance to ...

The UNESCO-UNEVOC in brief brochure provides a quick overview of the work of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre.

For Teachers
The purpose of the publication is to describe ways in which education for sustainable development (ESD) can be integrated into primary and secondary schooling. This collection of briefs is designed to complement other ESD materials published by UNESC ...

on “Transforming TVET: Building skills for work and life” Shanghai, People’s Republic of China 14 to 16 May 2012
General report on the conference