UNESCO implements sub-regional project on ICT for South Eastern Europe
10-09-2003 (Paris)
International experts will meet on 12-14 September in Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to discuss the main features of a new sub-regional project Information and Communication Technologies for the Development of Education and the Construction of a Knowledge Society for South Eastern Europe.
The project was launched by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) last March. It is financed by the Japanese Government. Following the meeting in Skopje, thematic seminars, training sessions and workshops will be held for educational specialists, policy- and decision-makers in the region.
This Project aims at strengthening national educational capacities by harnessing information and communication technologies for education and diversifying their application for training purposes. Its immediate objective is developing systematic use of information and communication technologies for educational planning and policy-making, through multi-country ICT and education projects and through the sharing of information.
The main targeted audience are: policy- and decision- makers; heads of pedagogical institutes, trainers of trainers for ICTs in education; developers of instructional materials; teachers, ICT school coordinators and other educational personnel.
The following issues are to be addressed in the framework of the project:
This Project aims at strengthening national educational capacities by harnessing information and communication technologies for education and diversifying their application for training purposes. Its immediate objective is developing systematic use of information and communication technologies for educational planning and policy-making, through multi-country ICT and education projects and through the sharing of information.
The main targeted audience are: policy- and decision- makers; heads of pedagogical institutes, trainers of trainers for ICTs in education; developers of instructional materials; teachers, ICT school coordinators and other educational personnel.
The following issues are to be addressed in the framework of the project:
- ICT Usage for the Development of General Education;
- ICT Usage for the Development of Higher Education;
- ICT Application in Technical and Vocational Education and Training;
- ICT in Special Education;
- Application of ICT for Improvement of Teacher Education.
Related themes/countries
· The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia : News Archives
· ICT in Education: News Archives 2003
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