20 July 2022
Between 28-30 June 2022, UNESCO held the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris. The focus of the Pre-Sumit was to engage discussions and develop a shared vision and suggestion actions ahead of the Transforming Education Summit, which will be held in New York in September 2022. On 29 June, the side event ‘Transforming education: the need to expand the international legal framework’ brought... Read more
29 June 2022
On 24 June, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Ms Koumbou Boly Barry, presented her new report ‘Impact of Digitalization of education on the right to education’ at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council.The report carefully weighs the impact of digitalisation, emphasising the potential advantages of technology including participation and autonomy in a digital... Read more
29 June 2022
Between 15-17 June 2022, the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) was held in Marrakech, gathering civil society organisations (CSOs), representatives of states, educational personnel and students, and members of international organisations to discuss adult learning and education for sustainable development. During the conference, the Marrakech Framework for Action... Read more
27 June 2022
At this year’s Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris, RTE will participate in a UNESCO-led side meeting entitled: ‘Transforming education: the need to expand the international legal framework'.The session will take place on 29 June from 9am to 10am Central European Time (GMT+2), both in person in Room VII, UNESCO headquarters, and online.This session continues UNESCO’s reflection into the... Read more
25 June 2022
On 9 June 2022, RTE participated in a Save the Children led webinar entitled “How to advance Child Rights using recommendation from UN & Regional Human Rights monitoring & Review Process”.This was the fourth webinar in a series which accompanies the launch of the HOW TO CHILD RIGHTS series of tools and resources, developed by Save the Children in close collaboration with a range of civil... Read more
22 June 2022
As part of the webinar series on ECCE and Privatisation, OMEP- RTE organised a seminar on 31 May 2022 in partnership with the UNESCO GEM Report on the theme ’Understanding the role and influence of Non–State Actors in early childhood care and education'. The seminar began with the introductory remarks of Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, OMEP’s World President. Mercedes briefed the background to the... Read more
15 June 2022
Civil society organizations welcome the announcement from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) that it will not resume its investments in K-12 private schools, following the release of an independent evaluation by the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) on the IFC’s investments in this area. In 2020, the IFC instituted a temporary freeze on all direct and indirect... Read more
31 May 2022
Between 18-20 May, state representatives, education activists, international organisations, academics, researchers, students and CSOs gathered in Barcelona and online to discuss higher education at the third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference.RTE’s Executive Director Delphine Dorsi was invited to a high-level UNESCO and UNESCO-IESALC panel discussion on ‘New Approaches to the Right to... Read more
31 May 2022
On 16 May, RTE hosted an international and trilingual discussion on privatisation in higher education, bringing together academics from three continents to discuss how the commercialisation of tertiary education is affecting students, teachers and institutions across the world.The session was a registered side-event to the third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, at which we were delighted... Read more
31 May 2022
In the lead up to the third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, the Right to Education Initiative hosted the event ‘Taking stock: the right to higher education in France’.Following a successful roundtable discussion with civil society organisations and researchers in spring 2021, this year’s event gathered state representatives, students and researchers to further advance the discussion on... Read more