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Call for proposals 2025 GEM Report regional edition on distributed leadership in Latin America
UNESCO is inviting proposals from individuals and organizations for the following work assignment.
1. Background
The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report is an editorially independent, evidence-based annual report hosted and published by UNESCO. Established in 2002, its current mandate derives from the 2015 World Education Forum and focuses on monitoring education in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the implementation of the strategies outlined in the Education 2030 Framework for Action. Accordingly, each report has two parts:
1. a monitoring part reviews the SDG 4 targets, education in the other SDGs and education finance.
2. a thematic part focuses on a relevant theme in the international education agenda, which is selected by the GEM Report鈥檚 Advisory Board; the last six themes in the GEM Report series have been: education and the other SDGs (2016), accountability (2017/8), migration and displacement (2019), inclusion (2020), non-state actors (2021/2) and technology (2023). The theme of the 2024/5 report is leadership in education.
Between the 2019 and 2023 GEM Report cycles, practically all regions of the world were covered through regional reports that examined the theme of the global report in individual regions in partnership with regional organizations and partners. Based on that experience, a new series of regional editions will be launched beginning from the 2024/5 GEM Report cycle, linked to specific aspects of the theme of the global report.
The regional edition of the 2024/5 GEM Report will focus on the topic of distributed leadership in Latin America, as described in the . The GEM Report team will partner with the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) for the preparation of this regional edition.
OEI is the largest multilateral cooperation organization among Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in Ibero-America. Created in 1949, and headquartered in Madrid, OEI works directly with the governments of its 23 member countries, by designing programs and projects to strengthen public policies in education, science, and culture. OEI member states include Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The organization works closely with the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the EU-LAC Foundation, who act as observers.
The regional edition will be consistent with OEI鈥檚 vision of education as a tool for human development and a creator of opportunities to build a better future. That means that education must be understood as a key element to achieve full and inclusive development in the Ibero-American region, with the required effort from governments.
2. Work and Objectives
The Work will focus on the preparation of a case studies from any of the following countries:
