Current Projects

UNESCO Bangkok and IIEP, in partnership with UNICEF and with the support of UNESCO Jakarta, facilitated the development of the Bangsamoro Education Reform and Development Plan (BERDP) 2020–2035, an initiative aimed at improving access to quality education...

Background Since the adoption and implementation of the SDG4-Education 2030 Agenda in 2015, inadequate financing remains a significant barrier to achieving the SDG4 targets in the Asia-Pacific region. Moreover, limited efforts have been made to...

Functioning under the Learning and Education 2030+ (LE2030+) Networking Group, the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok), UNICEF EAPRO, and Leonard Cheshire jointly established the Disability-Inclusive Education in Asia...

This project explores how frontier technologies can help countries to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and make progress towards the achievement of SDG 4. It aims to identify the factors and conditions that enable and support...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented, wide-ranging and significant disruption to higher education, training and international mobility. For many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, higher education systems have struggled to adequately respond...

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting millions of learners at all levels across the world. Children with disabilities, in particular, are facing greater challenges following the move to online teaching programmes, resulting in digital exclusion and increased...

UNESCO and UNICEF, as co-chairs, lead the advocacy, information and knowledge exchange, capacity development and monitoring of the Education 2030 agenda in the Asia-Pacific region through the collective and coordinated efforts of the Regional Thematic...

Community is a vital platform for collective action for sustainability. The type of social learning that occurs in communities can lead to a cultural shift, changing people’s behaviours and mindsets towards a more sustainable path. In this regard...

Abundance of evidence shows that Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) have lasting influences on children’s future success in education and life. Given this evidence, the policy-makers in Asia and the Pacific have made strong commitment to investing...

The future we want is co-created by all in our society and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be a uniting force. If we are to reach our goals, we must work together to turn the global agreement we made into commitment and action on the ground...