What’s happening in the world of Transformative Education?
Skills for Tomorrow: Building the Next Generation of Vocational Learning
This program will bring together representatives from the VET sector and key industries in countries participating in the PISA for Vocational Education and Training, alongside representatives from other countries who are interested in developing new ways forward to address these challenges.
Human Rights Education Forum
The Forum will ensure a global perspective which is essential in view of the universality of human rights and, consequently, of the need to universalise the commitments, understandings, and praxis of human rights education, while localising it in specific social, political and educational contexts.
Peace Education: A Path to the Future
Recognizing the diverse cultural and social contexts of the panelists, this webinar will address how we view ideas of peace and how our collective and individual actions can improve society through positive peace and nonviolence.
Launch of OECD Skills Outlook 2025
By considering how public policies can reduce skills disparities, this OECD Skills Outlook sets a clear policy agenda for the 21st century.
Social and emotional learning for sustainability
The webinar will explore the dual role of SEL in broadening the educational process, and equipping learners with the competencies to address challenges to lasting peace and sustainable development.
Human Rights Day Celebration
Join Human Rights Educators USA for an annual virtual International Human Rights Day event.
International Conference on Education, Teaching and Practice in a Changing World
In a world shaped by rapid technological advancements and pressing environmental challenges, this conference will explore how teaching, education, and professional practice can evolve to meet the demands of a smarter, greener, and more resilient future.
Building a Sustainability Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Program for Your Institution 2026
This workshop will introduce participants to best practice models and strategies that have been adopted successfully across the United States and beyond to help identify next steps forward for your institution.
Development Education and Hope
This webinar will share and debate the content of Issue 41 of Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review.
Building a Sustainability Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Program for Your Institution 2026
This workshop will introduce participants to best practice models and strategies that have been adopted successfully across the United States and beyond to help identify next steps forward for your institution.
Redesigning Education to Equip Students to Shape a Better Future
Education House will host its first 2026 convening at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 under the theme “Redesigning Education to Equip Students to Shape a Better Future.”
LearningPlanet Festival 2026
The LearningPlanet Festival takes place in a decentralised and globally distributed manner, with online, on-site, and hybrid events to shape the future of learning.
LearningPlanet Festival: Day 1
This event will bring together researchers from around the world to discuss three major issues: peace, democracy and artificial intelligence. It will be a unique opportunity for academic leaders to explore, reflect and exchange ideas.
Next-Gen STEM for a Greener Future
Join us as we explore the cutting edge of skills development for the green transition with leading industry and academic experts!
LearningPlanet Festival: Day 2
Join us for an exceptional day of collaboration, panels and workshops! The Festival at the Institute will be an opportunity to celebrate our association’s 20th anniversary and announce the official launch of the Learning Planet Academy!
SDG Teach In 2026 Introduction Webinar
This webinar will introduce the SDG Teach In and impact to date, provide an overview of SDGs and social-environmental justice, how educators and students can get involved, and give an opportunity to ask any questions.
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 36
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.
2026 SDG Teach In
The SDG Teach In is an annual campaign to integrate the SDGs across all stages of education, subjects, and professions.
21st Education and Development Conference
The Education and Development Conference (EDC) offers a unique platform for exploring innovative educational practices and developmental strategies. EDC is the premier international interdisciplinary academic conference for exploring transformative ideas in education, global collaboration, and innovative solutions to today’s educational challenges.
FOBISIA Student Sustainability Conference 2026
Join FOBISIA students from across the region for two inspiring days of hands-on workshops, student-led sessions, and shared learning.
International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2026
International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) is a global forum for discussing key issues and future needs of the teaching profession.
A Call for Radical Reform: Higher Education for a Sustainable Economy
In this talk, Tim Blackman sets out why the dominant qualification in the sector – the full-time, often residential, honours degree – is a cause of many of the issues higher education and society face on these fronts.
International Conference on Education Policy and Curricular Reforms
Following the review of the 2014 Tanzania’s Education and Training Policy, several significant reforms have been introduced in the curricula. The success of these reforms hinges on effective implementation.
CIES 2026: Re-examining Education and Peace in a Divided World
The theme "Re-examining Education and Peace in a Divided World" for the CIES 2026 conference aims to address pressing global and local concerns that resonate across regions experiencing division and conflict.
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 37
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.
AERA Annual Meeting 2026
This year’s theme—“Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research”—is an invitation to collectively reflect on how to leverage our disciplinary and methodological diversity in service of unforgetting histories.
7th MENA Higher Education Leadership Forum
This 7th edition of MENA-HELF will serve as a platform to explore bold ideas, exchange best practices, and foster collaboration to ensure HEIs remain resilient, innovative, and impactful in shaping knowledge economies and driving social progress.
18th International Sustainable Campus Network Conference
The 2026 ISCN Conference will bring together sustainability leaders from around the world to share insights, foster collaboration, and explore innovative solutions for a more sustainable future.
CGHE Annual Conference 2026
The 11th annual conference will build on the success of 2025, with a key focus on equity and sustainability.
International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability (ICCCS 2026)
The International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability is a global platform dedicated to addressing one of the most pressing challenges of our time.
2026 Better Future Forum
Bringing together diverse leaders in global education to connect, learn together, and take collective action towards growing all students holistically so they can shape a better future.
Education World Forum 2026
The Education World Forum 2026 will bring together education and training ministers from around the world, alongside key multilateral organisations and strategic industry partners, to explore how education, at all levels, in all settings and throughout life, can be reimagined to tackle today’s most pressing challenges and unlock opportunities for growth.
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 38
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 39
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.
Global Sustainable Development Congress 2026
The Global Sustainable Development Congress brings together 3,000 global thought leaders and innovators to discuss urgent solutions to the sustainability emergency.
11th International Outdoor Education Research Conference
The IOERC is organized once every two years and brings together researchers and practitioners in the broad field of outdoor education.
2026 EAUC Annual Conference
Join the EAUC in shaping a future where sustainability isn't just a goal but an ingrained part of our societal DNA.
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 40
Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.
Global Higher Education Symposium
The Global Higher Education Symposium is expected to be held on the sidelines of the 2026 HLPF under the theme Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs, for a sustainable future for all.
2026 International Institute on Peace Education: Spain
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists with interest in peace education to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
13th World Environmental Education Congress
The WEEC is a premier international congress dedicated to the progression of environmental education and advancement of education for sustainability. It serves as a platform for global dialogue, learning, and the exchange of ideas on environmental education programs.
Education Futures Forum
The Education Futures Forum will convene global leaders, policymakers, educators, and innovators to explore how we can transform education systems, bridge the skills gap, and create inclusive learning economies aligned with SDG 4.
Education House @ UNGA 81
Education House is a collaborative hub for education actors to advance progress towards the SDGs.
10th NYC Green School Conference
This milestone edition will convene educators, policymakers, climate leaders, and youth advocates from around the world to reimagine the next era of sustainable education—where every learner is climate-ready and every school is a hub of environmental leadership.
Innovating Higher Education Conference 2026
The annual Innovating Higher Education conference focuses on trends in global and European higher education.
Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Conference 2027
The Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Conference brings together a broad international community to explore key trends, challenges, and innovations in lifelong learning.
ICDE World Conference 2027
The 31st ICDE World Conference will take place in the Philippines under the conference theme “Reimagining Education for a Sustainable Future.“
Diálogos para el Futuro de la Educación
Te invitamos a participar en esta jornada para impulsar una reflexión conjunta profunda sobre la educación, que, como decía nuestro presidente Federico Mayor Zaragoza, “es liberación, es dar a cada mujer y cada hombre las posibilidades de crear, de ser dueño de su propio destino, de diseñar con rasgos propios su futuro”.
UNESCO Learning Cities Forum on Education for Sustainable Development
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities ESD Working Group invites city leaders, educators, community organizations, and partners to Driving Action for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).”
Teaching Climate Change with Moose
This workshop is a part of the Midwest Climate Collaborative’s Educator Community of Practice that showcases relevant topics that offer pathways to teach, talk, and lead on climate change in the Midwest.
Education, learning and skills development in Africa: The key determinants of quality outcomes - What works and what needs to be changed?
The second of two strategic discussions of the findings from the Continental Reports on progress towards the SDG4 and CESA 2016-25 goals and targets.
OEB Global Conference 2025
OEB 2025 invites educators, leaders, and innovators to explore how we keep the intelligent age a deeply human one - where technology empowers, learning inspires, and people remain at the heart of progress.
11th ADB International Education and Skills Forum
The 11th edition of the ADP International Education and Skills Forum will enable education systems to respond quickly to transformational trends, and to better redress persistent challenges in the education and skills development sector.
What’s next for greening communities?
The final webinar of the series “On The Road to COP30” looks back at COP 30 and its key takeaways related to greening communities. It will unpack possible ways forward for promoting climate change education for social transformation through whole-community approaches.
From Heatwaves to Hope: Education in the Age of Climate Change
This half-day conference will bring together policymakers, educators, development partners, and youth leaders to explore how climate education can build resilience and inspire action in a rapidly changing world.
What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times?
Join Prof. Lizzie Rushton from the University of Stirling as she explores the ways in which school leadership can constraint or enhance teachers’ capacity to identify, move between and create interconnected spaces of agency which respond to the spatial and temporal complexities inherent in both education and environmental crises.
The Global Convention on Higher Education: The role of higher education institutions
This webinar wishes to focus on the crucial role of higher education institutions as both guardians and executors on these processes.
WISE 12 Summit
The 12th edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) centers around the theme “Humanity.io: Human Values at the Heart of Education.”
World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence Annual Global Symposium 2025
Join the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence for the upcoming Global Symposium, featuring inspiring speakers and thought-provoking workshops focused on global collaboration, innovation, and intercultural leadership.
NEB|LAB Eco² Schools Conference
The conference will discuss the concept of the Open Schooling where schools partner with their local communities and stakeholders to become agents of community well-being through their involvement in co-creative research and innovation on energy and resource efficiency in the school settings, inspired by the green school demonstrators.
Professional Development Session: Learning Without Limits
Join the Global Schools Program for a dynamic, hands-on professional development session where we’ll explore practical, low-tech strategies to teach sustainability in an inclusive way!
Educating the Whole Person: Pathways to Health and Well-being
How can countries embed health and well-being into education sector planning?
Award Ceremony: UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
The 2025 Award Ceremony will celebrate three laureates whose initiatives demonstrate innovative, inclusive, and transformative approaches to sustainability through education.
Charting New Horizons for Education for Sustainable Development
This conference will bring together researchers, educators, administrators, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to ESD.
2025 Higher Education Summit
The 2025 Higher Education Summit aims to be a space for collective reflection, discussion, and co-creation for those engaged in transforming higher education into a more sustainable, regenerative learning environment.
La relevancia de la Memoria Democrática en la Ciudadanía Global
¿Has visto la actividad que la Xarxa d'Educadores i Educadors per a una Ciutadania Global ha preparado para la Semana para la Educacion Global?
Conflict and Peace (Primary): Teaching controversial issues
This interactive workshop will explore approaches to teaching peace building to address conflicts ranging from polarised views to warfare.
Launch Event of The Salzburg Statement on Nature-Based Education
The Statement builds on insights and commitments developed during the Nature-Based Education: Time for Action program held in Salzburg in September 2025.
Looking Ahead: What’s Next for Campus Climate Leadership
Join a new series of webinars—Charting Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education's Climate Action Journey—tailored to help campus leaders and advocates anticipate challenges and identify opportunities to lead in this rapidly shifting policy landscape.
World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education 2025
WIPCE unites Indigenous educators, leaders and knowledge keepers in a shared vision -— to honour, preserve and advance Indigenous education.
TeachersCOP
TeachersCOP is an international event created by the Office for Climate Education that brings together teachers from around the world during COPs. It highlights the crucial role of educators in addressing climate change, offering them a platform to showcase their classroom projects, exchange practices, and advocate for climate education on a global stage.
Philanthropy, education and climate change: Trends in low- and middle-income countries
A new OECD–netFWD report, supported by the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation, reveals that climate-focused education funding jumped from 0.5% in 2020 to 4.8% in 2022. The findings call for stronger data and partnerships to scale up impact across the global education–climate agenda.
Nurturing the growth of green communities: Greening Communities Guide launch
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and its partners are pleased to announce the launch of the Greening Communities Guidance: Lifelong Learning for Climate and Sustainability Action.
COP30 Ministerial Roundtable on Greening Education
UNESCO and the Greening Education Partnership (GEP) will join COP30 in Brazil during the thematic Education Days. The participation will focus on advancing ongoing initiatives, strengthening international commitments, and showcasing the vital role of education in driving effective climate action.
ACE Presidency Event: Empowering an Informed and Engaged Society for Effective Climate Action
This session, which is part of the formal COP30 Presidency agenda, will highlight how safeguarding clear and reliable information is essential for building public trust and enabling ambitious climate action, and education’s role in making that happen.
Reimagining Global Citizenship Education
UNESCO-IBE and the Global Citizenship Education Interview Series will present the Prospects Special Issue: “Reimagining Global Citizenship Education through De-colonial, Ethical, and Critical Lenses.”
Financing the human dimension of climate action: A global call to fund education & future skills
The panel will explore how to embed education into climate finance, nationally determined contributions, and adaptation plans, sharing evidence that links education to resilience, productivity and stability.