BE² August 2025 Newsletter

• Is tertiary education meeting today’s job demands? will be held on 2nd September 2025, from 2:00 PM to 13:00 CEST. The online session, organized by OECD, will explore whether higher education is adapting to today’s economies and tomorrow’s learners amid rising costs, shifting labour markets, and questions about return on investment, with insights from experts in policy, data, and tertiary education. To register, click here.
• ESD-Net learning webinar on Early Childhood Care and Education for sustainability will be held on 16th September 2025, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM Paris time. Organized by UNESCO through ESD-Net 2030, the session will share research, best practices, and case studies on integrating sustainable development into early childhood education, highlighting innovative approaches, key competencies, and enabling conditions to advance ECCE for sustainability. To register, click here.
• KIX LAC Hub Regional Meeting 2025 was held from 18 – 20 June, 2025, in Antigua, Guatemala. Bringing together over 80 education leaders from across the region, the event focused on identifying priorities, sharing solutions, and scaling innovations to advance equitable and sustainable education policies. You can access the recording here.
• Digital learning in the city: Leveraging AI for inclusive learning was held on August 20th, 2025, from 1:00–2:00 PM CEST. The online webinar, part of UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning’s Unlocking the power of lifelong learning series, explored how AI and digital tools are transforming urban education by making learning more personalized, accessible, and inclusive. You can access the recording here.

Useful resources

Blogs

• Bridging classrooms: teacher-led innovations on the front line and global lessons on refugee education – Seun Adebayo and Cirenia Chávez Villegas, UNHCR
• Early childhood development: One of the most overlooked solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges – Tatiana Muradyan, Dubai Cares
• How Africa’s educators can shape the continent’s future – Aga Khan Foundation
• How business and philanthropy can move the world’s children closer to quality, universal education and SDG 4 – Dina Ghobashy and Simon Sommer, UNESCO, Microsoft and Jacobs Foundation
• Out of school, but not out of reach: Why foundational learning must be at the heart of the response – Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

Other Resources

• Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Education: What You Need to Know – Jaime Saavedra, The World Bank
• Education and nutrition: learn to eat well – UNESCO
• Teacher led change – Schools2030, Aga Khan Foundation