ICHEI visited UNESCO International Bureau of Education
On June 6, 2024, a delegation of the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI), including Ms. BI Xiaohan, Deputy Director of UNESCO-ICHEI, Prof. HAN Wei, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of IIOE Secretariat, UNESCO-ICHEI and Mr. WU Lintuo, Senior Programme Specialist of Global Partnership and Programme Office, UNESCO-ICHEI visited the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE). The delegation held talks with Mr. Svein Oesttveit, Director a.i. of UNESCO-IBE and Ms. JI Lili, Head of the Capacity Development Unit of UNESCO-IBE. The visit aims to deepen the cooperation between the two sides in higher education and to discuss the direction of future development.
Ms. BI Xiaohan, Deputy Director of UNESCO-ICHEI (Left)
and Mr. Svein Oesttveit, Director a.i. of UNESCO-IBE (Right)
Mr. Oesttveit extended warm welcome for UNESCO-ICHEI delegation's visit, and highly appreciated the contribution of UNESCO-ICHEI has made in promoting technology-driven digital transformation of higher education. During the meeting, the two sides had a detailed discussion on the micro-certification project, a series of regional policy dialogues and the joint research projects, and explored potential collaboration in employing IIOE Micro-certification to empower teacher professional development, co-developing courses, co-organising regional policy dialogues and sharing related meeting outcomes.
UNESCO-ICHEI visited UNESCO-IBE
The meeting deepened the partnership between UNESCO-ICHEI and UNESCO-IBE. Both sides expressed interest in further communication and collaboration, making a joint contribution to the development of global higher education.
About IBE
Founded in 1925 in Geneva, the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE) is the first intergovernmental organisation exclusively active in education, UNESCO’s oldest institute, and the world’s leading authority on curriculum transformation for quality learning. The IBE is also a unique platform for regional and international cooperation on education. In 2011, the 36th session of the UNESCO General Conference declared the IBE a Global Centre of Excellence in curriculum and related matters. Today, IBE's mandate is to strengthen the capacities of member states to design, develop, and implement curricula that ensure the equity, quality, development-relevance, and resource efficiency of education and learning systems. The mandate positions is to support member states' efforts to implement Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4): ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. |
