Issue #16 - December 2023

Dear readers,

Climate change impacts all aspects of life around the world and poses a growing threat to societies and their livelihoods. Now more than ever, it is critical to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to tackle climate change and promote sustainable development.

Education plays an essential role in this process by getting every learner climate-ready. Yet, a UNESCO survey revealed that 70% of young people question the quality of the climate change education they receive. Learning and skills development systems must heed the call to enhance climate change education, while empowering young people to tap into their potential as agents of change for climate resilience.

In this issue of the UNEVOC Quarterly, we highlight our youth-focused side events at COP28 and provide a snapshot of our activities aimed at supporting learners and workers with skills for a green and digital future.

We wish you a happy and prosperous 2024!

The UNESCO-UNEVOC team

Latest news

7 December 2023
Skills as an enabler for youth to participate in a just and green transition
UNESCO-UNEVOC, in collaboration with the Higher Colleges of Technology (UNEVOC Centre), the International Labour Organization and World Skills International, organized two sessions at COP28 to highlight the experiences of young people in acquiring relevant skills and knowledge to become agents of change for the green transition, and to present policy, practitioner and research perspectives.
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26 October 2023
BILT Learning Forum: Shaping skills development and strengthening global collaboration in TVET
The Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) project held a learning forum on ‘Striving for excellence: Shaping skills development and strengthening global collaboration in TVET’. Almost 400 participants joined on-site and online to explore innovative TVET practices and discuss policies that support excellence in TVET.
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24 October 2023
Winners of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills in Action Photo Competition 2023
UNESCO-UNEVOC invited photographers from around the world to capture unique moments highlighting skills in action. We received more than 500 submissions showing how TVET equips young people with skills for inclusive and sustainable societies.
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24 October 2023
Green and digital trends in the hospitality and tourism sector
Since March 2023, an Expert Group commissioned by the Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) project has been investigating the impact of the dual green and digital transition on the hospitality and tourism sector. The global BILT Learning Forum was an opportunity for the Expert Group to present a summary of its key outcomes.
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14 September 2023
Green skills for a just transition – What do we need?
Climate change and environmental degradation are some of the most urgent challenges of our time, putting development successes at risk and compromising development opportunities. Acknowledging the importance of acting now, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET organized a dialogue forum in Bonn.
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Updates from the UNEVOC Network

4 December 2023
UNEVOC Network Spotlight - Issue #2
The UNEVOC Network Spotlight is a bi-monthly snapshot that informs the TVET community about the activities of UNEVOC Network members and the Network Secretariat. This issue provides a round-up of activities undertaken in July and August 2023.
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18 November 2023
Shenzhen Polytechnic University organizes a TVET leadership programme on digital transformation (UNEVOC Centre - China)
Shenzhen Polytechnic University, the UNESCO Chair on Digitalization in TVET, organized a leadership programme on digital transformation from 13 to 18 November 2023. The main objective of the programme was to empower TVET leaders with the skills to digitally transform their institutions.
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16 November 2023
Duoc UC supports TVET institutions to expand opportunities for women in STEM (UNEVOC Centre - Chile)
As part of the UNEVOC Network Coaction Initiative 2023, Duoc UC organized a mentorship programme for UNEVOC Centres from Brazil, Paraguay, the Philippines and Uruguay. The collaborative effort focused on the sharing of best practices to promote gender equality and increased opportunities for women in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
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17 October 2023
2023 East and Southeast Asia UNEVOC Network Consolidation Workshop
The 2023 East and Southeast Asia UNEVOC Network Consolidation Workshop, hosted by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), took place from 17 to 19 October. The three-day event, titled 'Beyond new normal, towards the transition: TVET for resilience', brought together UNEVOC Centres from the East and Southeast Asia region and an array of international vocational education and training experts.
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11 October 2023
UNESCO-UNEVOC and Education University of Hong Kong co-host webinar on Greening TVET
UNESCO-UNEVOC, in collaboration with the Education University of Hong Kong (UNEVOC Centre), co-hosted a webinar on 'Reflections from capacity building programmes on Greening TVET'. The webinar took stock of the developments and steps needed in TVET to support climate action and shared essential lessons and opportunities from implementation.
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New publications and resources

Learning at risk: the impact of climate displacement on the right to education

Global report
Climate change, and its effects, have been highlighted more frequently and with more urgency in media across the globe during the past decade. This phenomenon – which is threatening livelihoods, biodiversity, sustainability, and human settlements � ...

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Global inventory of national and regional qualications frameworks 2022

Volume I: Thematic chapters
Qualifications frameworks are tools for describing qualifications of an education or training system by classifying them into levels. Each level provides a clear description of what the holder of a qualification knows, understands and is able to do. ...

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Inter-Agency Group on TVET Newsletter - December 2023

The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...

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The preparedness of postsecondary TVET institutions for IR 4.0: the case of Brunei Darussalam

This study aims to evaluate the preparedness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) in Brunei. The present study utilises a mixed-methods research design, which c ...

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Upcoming events

12 December 2023
Graduation session of the TVET Leadership Programme 2023
The 2023 edition of the TVET Leadership Programme focused on ‘Managing change through transformative TVET leadership’. It was designed to sharpen leaders’ vision, share up-to-date TVET knowledge and trends and provide a platform for skills development. UNESCO‐UNEVOC is organizing a graduation session to celebrate participants’ successful completion of the programme.
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14 December 2023
Formal dialogue on the Initiative of the evolving right to education in a lifelong learning perspective
As a contribution to the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to mark the 63rd anniversary of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, UNESCO, in partnership with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, is organizing a formal dialogue on this Initiative to discuss the findings to date, foster a global consultation, and explore the ways forward. 
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