Thematic focus areas
The Global Education Cooperation Mechanism will support time-bound initiatives developed by coalitions of countries or partners, driven by country priorities, and guided by the High-Level Steering Committee’s global set of thematic focus areas.
Global Education Cooperation Mechanism
At its February 2022 meeting, the High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC) agreed on the following four thematic focus areas for the 2022-2023 period:
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1. Inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools
- Inclusion and equity
- Gender transformative education
- Safe schools
- School health and nutrition
- Education in emergencies
2. Learning and skills for life, work and sustainable development
- Foundational learning (from the lifelong learning perspective)
- Skills for employment and entrepreneurship
- Education for sustainable development including environmental education
3. Teachers, teaching and the teaching profession
- Teacher shortages
- Initial and continuous professional development – pedagogies
- Professional status and working conditions
- Educational leadership, innovation
4. Digital learning and transformation
- Digital transformation of education systems
- Connectivity/narrowing digital divide, inclusive and assistive technologies
- Free, open and high-quality digital education content
- Digital citizenship, well-being, privacy and security