Event
High-Level Event: “Teachers: Key Players in Sustainable Development”
UNESCO, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (Teacher Task Force), the Ministry of Education of Chile, and the SM Foundation are pleased to invite you to the event "Teachers: Key Players in Sustainable Development," which will take place on Friday, April 4, 2025, from 12:00 to 14:30. The event will be held in a hybrid format at the Celso Furtado Conference Room of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), located at Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile.
This event takes place within the framework of the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development 2025 and aims to launch in Latin America the first Global Report on Teaching Personnel in Spanish and Portuguese, prepared by UNESCO and the Teacher Task Force. Likewise, the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago will present the new Regional Teacher Strategy 2025-2030, which seeks to foster international cooperation between countries in the region in order to strengthen education public policies to significantly increase the supply of qualified teachers.
Participants
During the event, international specialists along with relevant actors in the education sector will discuss the main findings of the global report, addressing critical issues such as teacher attraction and retention, working conditions, continuous training, educational leadership, and active participation in education policies. The event will also be a key opportunity to learn about successful experiences implemented in different Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The meeting will feature the distinguished presence of representatives of international organisations and Ministries of Education, academics, educational leaders, teacher unions, and education policy specialists. Among them will be Ms. Esther Kuisch Laroche, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago; Mr. Nicolás Cataldo, Minister of Education of Chile; and Mr. Camilo Santana, Minister of Education of Brazil, who will lead the institutional opening.
The central panel will include interventions teachers; representatives of Education International; the Network of Deans of Education of Latin American Universities; and renowned academics such as Mr. Cristián Cox, Director of the Centre for Comparative Education Policies at Diego Portales University (Chile).
The event will conclude with the official presentation of the Regional Teacher Strategy 2025-2030 and the announcement of the Global Teachers’ Summit, which is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2025 in Santiago de Chile.
Provisional agenda
Friday, 4 April, Celso Furtado Hall
12:00 – 12:30 | Participant Accreditation
Accreditation delivery at Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld 3177, Vitacura, Santiago (ILO Headquarters), followed by entry at Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago (ECLAC Headquarters).
12:40 – 13:00 | Welcome Coffee
In the foyer of Celso Furtado Hall, 1st floor.
13:05 – 13:25 | Opening by the Co-Chairs of the Regional Steering Committee for Education 2030
- Ms Esther Kuisch Laroche, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago and Coordinator with the United Nations for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Mr Nicolás Cataldo, Minister of Education of Chile.
- Mr Camilo Santana, Minister of Education of Brazil.
13:25 – 13:40 | Launch: Global Report on Teaching Personnel
- Institutional video
- Ms Ximena Rubio, Project Officer, International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030.
- Mr Rafael Gómez Ponce, Director of Fundación SM.
13:40 – 14:15 | Multi-Stakeholder Panel: From Diagnosis to Action
- Teacher (TBC)
- Representative from Education International (TBC)
- Representative from a Regional Ministry of Education (TBC)
- Representative from the Network of Deans of Education of Latin American Universities (REDECANEDU) (TBC)
- Mr Cristián Cox, Director of the Centre for Comparative Education Policies, Diego Portales University.
14:15 – 14:25 | Presentation: Regional Teacher Strategy 2025-2030
- Mr Valtencir M. Mendes, Head of Education, UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago and Coordinator with the United Nations for Latin America and the Caribbean.
14:25 – 14:30 | Closing and Announcement of the Global Summit on Teachers
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