A broad consultation: a million people mobilised
More than one million people joined a consultation on how education, learning and knowledge need to be re-imagined in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty and fragility, as part of the Futures of Education Initiative (2019-2021). This unprecedented mobilization of collective intelligence supported the work of the International Commission on the Futures of Education, in preparing the Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education report.
Focus Group Discussions
Thousands individuals from more than 75 countries have come together to collectively reimagine how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet. Participants included students, youth, educators, parents, government officials, and academics as well as business leaders, civil society and nongovernmental organizations.
The results of these discussions can be found in the following two documents:
Visions of knowledge and learning in 2050
In this process of co-construction and global engagement, UNESCO and the International Commission on the Futures of Education benefitted from the imagination of artists from around the world who have responded to an open call to envision what knowledge, education and learning might look like in the year 2050.
Hundreds of pieces of art were submitted via an online platform, with the majority by artists aged sixteen to thirty. An expert analysis of these works can be found in the document Women, robots and a sustainable generation: Reading artworks envisioning education in 2050 and beyond.
Written comments on key futures of education issues
UNESCO and the International Commission on the Futures of Education encouraged people from across the globe to submit written comments on one major, key issue for the futures of education through an online platform. All inputs were carefully analyzed and considered during the report drafting process, including in the report Analysis report of the online consultation modality: Your ideas on the futures of education.