News: IITE and partners in action

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova awarded the 2015 UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education to the Omar Dengo Foundation’s National Programme of Educational Informatics in Costa Rica and the Open Source Physics project developed by Singapore’s Ministry of Education during a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters on 13 January 2015. Read more ICT in Education Prize Honours Projects from Costa Rica and Singapore

The online-course “New Technologies in Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the Context of Mongolia, elaborated by the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) at the request of IITE and based on IITE's publication and on-line course "Information and Communication Technologies in Education", was launched in December 2015. The course is developed in Mongolian language and is designed for higher education teachers and learners in Mongolia. Read more Publication of an online course for higher education teachers and learners in Mongolia 

On 21-22 December 2015, the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) took part in the International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration “Seize digital opportunities, lead education transformation” held in Qingdao, China. The main goal of the Forum was to formalize global partnerships for the operationalization of the Qingdao Declaration, identify main lines of action, and set up the operational strategies for cooperation. Read more The International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration

UNESCO IITE became one of the partners and took an active part in the scientific and practical conference with international participation “The Modern Teacher as a Popularizer of Science: the Formation of an Innovative Educational Environment” held by the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Center for Innovative Projects in Education “KRON” in Moscow on 19 December 2015. The aim of the event was the development of educational technologies as a prerequisite for the improvement of education quality and successful implementation of federal state educational standards by means of summing up pedagogical experience of using innovative technologies in the educational process. Read more UNESCO IITE took part in a scientific and practical conference for teachers

On December 17 – 18, 2015, the UNESCO IITE took part in the Second International Conference "Continuous Professional Education for Persons with Disabilities" that took place in Minsk, the Republic of Belarus. The Conference was arranged by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the National Сommission for UNESCO of the Republic of Belarus, the UNESCO Institute of Information Technologies In Education, the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics (BSUIR), UNESCO Chair in BSUIR "Professional Education in the Sphere of ICT for Persons with Special Needs". Mr. Ivan Yevmeniyev, Deputy Director of the UNESCO IITE took part in plenary session of Conference with the report "Information Technologies of Inclusive Society: Experience of the UNESCO IITE". Read more IITE took part in the conference on continuous professional education for persons with disabilities

The Third All-Russia Congress of UNESCO Chairs devoted to UNESCO’s 70th anniversary was held in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation on 14-15 December 2015. More than 140 participants representing Russian UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs as well as Russian ASPnet regional coordinators and heads of UNESCO ASPnet schools presented results of their activities and discussed topical issues of cooperation.  Read more UNESCO IITE at the Third All-Russia Congress of UNESCO Chairs

On 14-17 December 2015 UNESCO IITE held a training on ICT in pre-primary education in the Republic of Mauritius.                 Read more Training seminar on ICT in pre-primary education in the Republic of Mauritius

In the framework of the joint project of UNESCO IITE/International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the IT center for persons with disabilities was established in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Two-days training seminar “Modern assistive technologies for persons with disabilities” was carried out on the basis of the new IT center on 7-8 December 2015. The training programme covered both policy and practice issues with many international good practice examples. Read more Training on ICT for persons with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan

UNESСO IITE Officer-in-Charge prof. Alexander Khoroshilov participated in the session on migration problems of Russia held by the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chairperson of the Council of the Federation Read more The Scientific Advisory Board of the Chairperson of the Council of the Federation discussed migration problems of Russia

High-level delegation of the Republic of Ecuador headed by the Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent of the Republic of Ecuador Mr. Andres Arauz Galarza and the Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador in the Russian Federation Mr. Julio Prado Espinosa visited UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) on 30 November 2015.  Read more High-level delegation of the Republic of Ecuador visited UNESCO IITE 

On 25-27 November 2015, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) held a regional training workshop on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education statistics “Building capacity to establish an international statistical framework” for national statisticians from Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Read more Regional Workshop on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education Statistics 

UNESCO’s General Conference held its 38th session from 3 to 18 November 2015 at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris. The event reaffirmed the Organization’s role in the fight against violent extremism and in taking forward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Read more UNESCO IITE attended 38th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris