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UNESCO-Africa-China High-level Dialogue for Supporting Priority Africa in the COVID-19 and Post-COVID Context
On 24 June 2020, UNESCO organized jointly with the Chinese National Commission, the UNESCO-Africa-China Online High-level Dialogue for Supporting Priority Africa in the COVID-19 and Post-COVID context.
This High-level Dialogue was attended by Ministers from China, Togo, Namibia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Mali, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire, as well as UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Field Offices’ Directors in Africa, partners from Chinese and African Universities, Category II Centres and the Private Sector.
This meeting aimed to share relevant experiences on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in support of African countries, and served as a platform to explore partnerships and opportunities around topics including education, sciences, culture and heritage, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), futures studies and youth capacity building in Africa. As underlined by a number of participants during the exchanges, effective multilateral coordination and collaboration between private and public partners and other stakeholders remain key to build resilient African societies in the post-COVID era.
In his speech, Mr. Chen Baosheng, the Minister of Education of China, stressed the importance to strengthen information and lessons sharing between China and Africa by fully leveraging the role of UNESCO as a platform of exchange and communication.
H.E. Ms Phyllis Kandie, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Kenya to UNESCO, and Chairperson of the Africa Group, underscored the need to enhance capacity building and education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Africa, as well as developing partnerships in both public and private sectors to ensure scalability, efficiency and technology transfer in Africa.
In the Policy Dialogue session, Ministers from African countries unanimously expressed the need and potential to build stronger multilateral collaboration and uphold international solidarity to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union 2063 Agenda, by focusing notably on youth empowerment and ICT for Education
The Dialogue also brought together partners in the field of Education, including distance ICT providers and education innovation leaders. Their participation created fresh impetus in the strategic tripartite partnerships with pledges and commitments made by a dozen partners, notably in the fields of distance learning, teacher training, and academic exchanges.
This High-level Dialogue was attended by Ministers from China, Togo, Namibia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Mali, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire, as well as UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Field Offices’ Directors in Africa, partners from Chinese and African Universities, Category II Centres and the Private Sector.
This meeting aimed to share relevant experiences on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in support of African countries, and served as a platform to explore partnerships and opportunities around topics including education, sciences, culture and heritage, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), futures studies and youth capacity building in Africa. As underlined by a number of participants during the exchanges, effective multilateral coordination and collaboration between private and public partners and other stakeholders remain key to build resilient African societies in the post-COVID era.
In his speech, Mr. Chen Baosheng, the Minister of Education of China, stressed the importance to strengthen information and lessons sharing between China and Africa by fully leveraging the role of UNESCO as a platform of exchange and communication.
H.E. Ms Phyllis Kandie, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Kenya to UNESCO, and Chairperson of the Africa Group, underscored the need to enhance capacity building and education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Africa, as well as developing partnerships in both public and private sectors to ensure scalability, efficiency and technology transfer in Africa.
In the Policy Dialogue session, Ministers from African countries unanimously expressed the need and potential to build stronger multilateral collaboration and uphold international solidarity to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union 2063 Agenda, by focusing notably on youth empowerment and ICT for Education
The Dialogue also brought together partners in the field of Education, including distance ICT providers and education innovation leaders. Their participation created fresh impetus in the strategic tripartite partnerships with pledges and commitments made by a dozen partners, notably in the fields of distance learning, teacher training, and academic exchanges.
16 July 2020
Last update:20 April 2023
