Today, seven Institutes and two Centers work as part of UNESCO’s Education Sector to assist countries in tackling education problems.
International Bureau of Education (IBE), Geneva, Switzerland.Enhancing curriculum development and educational content.
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris, France and Buenos Aires, Argentina.Helping countries to design, plan and manage their education systems.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), former UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, GermanyPromoting literacy, non-formal education, and adult and lifelong learning.
Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE), Moscow, Russian Federation.Assisting countries to use information and communication technologies in education.
International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), Caracas, Venezuela.Developing and transforming higher education in the region.
International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Strengthening Africa’s educational institutions.
European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), Bucharest, Romania.Promoting cooperation and reform in higher education in Europe.
International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC), Bonn, Germany.Improving education for the world of work.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Montreal, Canada.Providing the global and internationally comparable statistics that today’s world of education needs.
Institutes and Centres under the auspices of UNESCO
Comment: There are no UNESCO Education Institutes nor Centers in the United States. Given this country's leadership in areas such as higher education and the applications of information and communications technology for development, perhaps there should be one or more!
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