News: IITE and partners in action

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

On 16 November 1945, the Constitution of UNESCO was signed by 37 countries in London, United Kingdom, and came into force on 4 November 1946. Read more UNESCO: 70 years in the service of human dignity

On 11 November 2015, the President of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST)) Mr. Baatar Ochirbat visited UNESCO IITE. During the meeting between Mr. Ochirbat and Mr. Khoroshilov,… Read more UNESCO IITE signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology

UNESCO IITE participated in the 26th ICDE World Conference “Growing Capacities for Sustainable E-Learning Provision” organized in a partnership between the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and University of South Africa (Unisa). The conference – the first of its kind in Africa – brought together 900 experts, academics and practitioners from 67 countries. Read more UNESCO IITE at the 26th ICDE World Conference

In pursuit of its continued strategy for assisting countries to build statistical capacity in a number of policy-relevant areas and responding to the increased demand for internationally comparable indicators on… Read more Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Regional Workshop on ICT in Education Statistics will be held on 25-27 November 2015 in Moscow, Russia

The 13th Congress of Teachers and Education Workers in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) was held on 5-9 October 2015 in Yakutsk. The Congress “Education and Society: Integration in the Name of the Child” was aimed to create a dialogue that would allow to generate and share new ideas, discuss emerging trends and determine strategic objectives for the development of the educational system in the region.   Read more UNESCO IITE participated in the 13th Congress of Teachers and Education Workers of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia)

Every year on World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate educators and the central role they play in providing children everywhere with a quality education. Today, as the global community comes together around the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, the role teachers play has never have been more important. Read more Joint Message on the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day

The issues of resource mobilization, management of extrubudgetary projects, cooperation and partnership between UNESCO and the private sector were discussed at UNESCO IITE on 28-29 September, 2015, during two-day seminar-training. Read more Seminar-training on resource mobilization, management of extrubudgetary projects and cooperation with private sector

On 23 September 2015, a large Chinese delegation visited the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) within its visit to Moscow under the invitation of the Moscow City Government University of Management. Read more The Chinese delegation paid an official visit to the UNESCO IITE in Moscow

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education is inviting all stakeholders to complete the survey within the project “Access, Equity and Quality: Envisioning the Sustainable Future of Postsecondary Education in a Digital Age”. The questionnaire deals with the issues of validation and credentialing of learning results and open educational resources; curriculum and institutional change and teacher development. Read more UNESCO IITE is running a survey on the future of ICT and higher education. Your opinion matters!

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation held the meeting on cooperation with UNESCO IITE on 19 August, 2015. The meeting was chaired by the Assistant Director of the International Department Mr. Igor Ganshin. Read more Meeting at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation