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On 25 April 2014, interns of UNESCO-UNEVOC welcomed four interns from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to the UNESCO-UNEVOC premises. The visitors are currently undertaking an internship in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the GIZ in Bonn and Eschborn, Germany. They visited the Centre to learn more about its work in general, the cooperation with GIZ and the Centre's role as a clearinghouse for TVET. The visit started with a short introduction of all participants, which was followed by a presentation held by the UNESCO-UNEVOC interns. The presentation focused on UNESCO-UNEVOC's mission, the UNEVOC Network and the online resources. The GIZ interns were especially interested in how the UNEVOC Network works and in the reports of the World TVET Database, a feature they found very useful."

UNESCO is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2015, a crucial year for the international community's efforts to reach a consensus on limiting global warming and the creation of cleaner environments for individuals, communities and countries. In the coming months, UNESCO will continue supporting efforts to meet these challenges by focusing on several major events ahead of the UN General Assembly's scheduled adoption of new international development goals known as Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs). In education, the natural sciences and culture, UNESCO will continue using the soft power of advocacy, diplomacy and networking with civil society, to reduce the devastating effects of conflict and help make lasting peace possible. In the month of May, the World Education Forum, which brings together UN partners, national governments and international stakeholders, will hold its third session in 25 years in Incheon (Republic of Korea). The Forum will take stock of progress made towards the Education For All goals established in 2000 and define future objectives. As the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, says, "this forum is truly the threshold to the future of education, and a springboard for the post 2015 agenda," in which UNESCO is pressing for an "equitable, quality education and lifelong learning for all".

"J'ai le grand plaisir de vous présenter le numéro 27 du Bulletin. L'année passe rapidement, et la fin de l'initiative Éducation pour tous (EPT) et de la Décennie de l'éducation en vue du développement durable (DEDD) approche. Dans le monde entier, les efforts se conjuguent pour mettre au point un nouvel agenda du développement au-delà de l'année 2015. Le visage que l'éducation revêtira dans l'après-2015, tel sera également le thème de notre Forum mondial sur les compétences pour le travail et la vie dans l'après-2015, qui se déroulera du 14 au 16 octobre 2014 à Bonn, Allemagne. Il rassemblera des représentants des Centres UNEVOC, du secteur privé, des organisations internationales et régionales de même que de certaines organisations de jeunes, afin de définir des mesures politiques concrètes et des interventions programmatiques dans les domaines de l'employabilité des jeunes, du développement des compétences et des compétences vertes au-delà de 2015"

"TVET experts from the European Union met in Brussels on 17 November to discuss the preliminary findings of a study on the Internationalization of TVET in EU countries, and the European Commission's role in this. The purpose of the study is to map policies and practices from the EU, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), Australia and five International Organizations that support international cooperation in TVET, including UNESCO. A set of recommendations for future actions at the European and national levels will be included in the study's final report. UNESCO was represented at the meeting by Katerina Ananiadou, programme specialist at UNESCO-UNEVOC. The study was commissioned by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture and carried out by International http://www.icfi.com. The Commission and the contractors gathered feedback on the preliminary findings from national and international experts. Their feedback will be incorporated in the final version of the study, which is due to be published in December 2014."

This workshop, jointly organized by UNESCO-UNEVOC and the Botswana Qualifications Authority, will provide regional and international expertise on school to work transitions by analyzing regional challenges, both in the formal and informal sector, and learning from promising regional approaches.

"Documentation Below you can access presentations made at "Skills for Work and Life - post 2015" in pdf format. Selected video recordings and a summary report will soon be made available."

"©UNESCO Islamabad Un atelier destiné à lancer une étude intitulée "Politiques et pratiques relatives aux enseignants et animateurs de l'EFTP dans la région arabe" a lieu à l'UNESCO, à Paris, du 19 au 20 février 2013. Des responsables ministériels vont représenter les 10 pays arabes couverts par l'étude : l'Algérie, l'Arabie saoudite, le Bahreïn, l'Égypte, les Émirats arabes unis, la Jordanie, le Liban, le Maroc, Oman et la Tunisie. S'associeront à leurs travaux un ensemble d'experts et de spécialistes de l'Enseignement et de la formation techniques et professionnels (EFTP). "

"The key message of the 2014 EFA Global Monitoring Report on teaching and learning was very clear: there is a global learning crisis. Despite efforts to improve universal access to education, 250 million children are not learning even the basic skills, let alone the skills they need to thrive in the world of work. The report underlines that more efforts should be made to ensure that children actually learn when they go to school, which can be achieved when governments invest in well-qualified and motivated teachers (UNESCO, 2014)."

" Dans le cadre de la plateforme the World We Want 2015, l'UNICEF et l'UNESCO ont lancé en décembre 2012 une consultation mondiale en ligne afin de s'assurer que l'éducation est effectivement considérée comme une priorité dans l'agenda du développement après 2015. La consultation a pour objet de convier des jeunes, la société civile, des ONG, des universitaires, des gouvernements et le secteur privé à faire part de leurs expériences et de leurs idées sur la façon de parvenir, à travers le monde, à un accès plus large et plus équitable à une éducation de qualité. Comprenant quatre discussions thématiques en ligne, cette conversation mondiale en ligne durera jusqu'à la fin du mois de février 2013. "