HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A PROSPEROUS 2024!
After its first 25 years, UNESCO IESALC reaffirms its commitment to promoting quality and equitable higher education that fosters a culture of peace in order to achieve a more sustainable and united world.
This recently launched online platform, developed by UNESCO IESALC, displays comparative information on nearly 150 countries through 40 indicators drawn from a battery of 150 variables and more than 22,000 data points. It aims to provide researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders with a reliable resource to facilitate cross-country analysis, foster collaboration and facilitate evidence-based decisions.
IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH SCARCITY OF RESOURCES HINDER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
In the session “Aiming for Impact – Revolutionizing Education for a Sustainable Future” at COP28, Francesc Pedró, Director of UNESCO IESALC, highlighted the problems of sustainability in higher education in the Global South, where less than 10% of young people have access to education and less than half of those who have access actually complete their studies.
WE CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SHOWCASING OUR WORK ON THE RIGHT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
December 10 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNESCO IESALC joined the date highlighting that the basic human right to education extends to higher education, which must be universal, of quality and equitable. From our Institute, we have developed a series of consultations and research related to the right to higher education -by country, regional and thematic- to deepen policies and practices that guarantee this right throughout life and as a basis for a more just and inclusive society.
