From November 28 to 29, 2017, the Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) was held by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) at Madrid, Spain. UNESCO-ICHEI was invited to participate in the meeting as a GAML member.

The Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning

Building on the discussions of GAML 3 Meeting (May 2017, Mexico City) and the work undertaken by the GAML Task Forces, the Fourth Global Alliance to Monitor Learning Meeting (GAML 4) aims to review and endorse the concrete measurement strategies for learning- and skill-related indicators up until the end of 2018.The meeting was productive: a) Task Force adjusted the 2018 work plan according to the updates on UN and Education 2030 processes regarding development indicators; b) Discussed and endorsed GAML governance and priorities in organization and communication; c) Reviewed and endorsed measurement strategies for each of the learning- and skills- related indicators under the responsibility of GAML; d) Discussed and approved the conceptual, methodological and reporting frameworks for indicator 4.1.1; and e) Finalized the learning outcomes and skills-related inputs to be integrated in the report prepared by the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG 4–Education 2030 Indicators (TCG) to the Education 2030 Steering Committee with detailed "work plan for each targets together with an assessment of resources needed to fund the finalization of the conceptual, methodological and operational work on the global indicators".Task Force 4.4 reported the past progress and 2018 work plan. SDG4.4——By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship included two Indicators 4.4.1(Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill) and 4.4.2 (Percentage of youth/adults who have achieved at least a minimum level of proficiency in digital literacy skills) for monitoring learning outcomes.Task Force 4.4 was led by UIS, Manos Antoninis, Director of UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, as the team leader, would work with the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) at the University of Hongkong and other experts and institutes.Task Force 4.4 reported that there is currently no globally agreed definition of "ICT and digital literacy skills", although there are some competence and assessment frameworks like European Commission Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies: Problem solving in technology rich environments (PIAAC), etc.Therefore, UIS is commissioning a Global Competency Framework of Reference on Digital Literacy Skills and Catalogue of Assessments of ICT and Digital Literacy Skills in the coming years. Task Force will hold two work meetings at the University of Hongkong and UNESCO Headquarters during Mobile Learning Week in 2018.

Ms YANG Chaomei, Chief of General Affairs Office UNESCO-ICHEI with Dr. Silvia Montoya, Director of UIS, and Dr. Alison Kennedy, Programme Specialist of UIS