Current Projects

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented, wide-ranging and significant disruption to higher education, training and international mobility. For many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, higher education systems have struggled to adequately respond...

UNESCO and UNICEF, as co-chairs, lead the advocacy, information and knowledge exchange, capacity development and monitoring of the Education 2030 agenda in the Asia-Pacific region through the collective and coordinated efforts of the Regional Thematic...

Community is a vital platform for collective action for sustainability. The type of social learning that occurs in communities can lead to a cultural shift, changing people’s behaviours and mindsets towards a more sustainable path. In this regard...

Abundance of evidence shows that Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) have lasting influences on children’s future success in education and life. Given this evidence, the policy-makers in Asia and the Pacific have made strong commitment to investing...

The future we want is co-created by all in our society and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be a uniting force. If we are to reach our goals, we must work together to turn the global agreement we made into commitment and action on the ground...

The Southeast Asia ESD Teacher Educators’ Network (SEA-ESD Network) is a network of teacher education institutions (TEIs) and universities in Southeast Asia committed to promoting ESD in their communities. Members work together to integrate ESD in teacher...

UNESCO’s Digital Kids Asia-Pacific (DKAP) project, supported by Korean Funds-in-Trust, launched the DKAP Research Tools to assist Member States to develop evidence-based policies that foster children’s digital citizenship and promote their safe, effective...

Wenhui (文晖) Award for Educational Innovation 2019 Promoting University and School Partnerships in Advancing the Education 2030 Agenda The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have set an ambitious target to leave no one behind by calling on all...

Call for nomination: Wenhui (文 晖) Award 2018 - Innovations in School, Family and Community Collaboration for Quality Education In 2013, UNESCO raised an alarm about the learning crisis. This is also the theme in the World Development Report 2018: Worldwide...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can support different aspects of educational processes. Recent reports by teachers, researchers and educational authorities highlight the creative ideas and examples of use of ICT for children’s play and...