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Documents and Resources
Documents
Concept note
Bureau
Decisions
All documents
Official documents
- 1 UIS/EDS/1.1
Launch of the UNESCO Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/1.2
Rules of procedure: UNESCO Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/1.3
Annotated agenda
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/1.4
Provisional programme of work and timetable
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/2.1
Terms of reference of the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG4 indicators (TCG)
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/3
International Standard Classification of Education: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/4
Administrative data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/5
Teacher data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/6
Education expenditure data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/7
Learning assessments and skills survey data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/8
Household survey data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/9
National SDG 4 benchmarks: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/10
Integration of statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/11
Regional organizations and education monitoring
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/12
UN organizations and education monitoring
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/13
Role of technology in education data production
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/14
Agenda forward document
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/15
Provisional agenda and place of the second Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/16
Executive summary
English | French | Spanish
Full report of the Conference
English
Decisions of the Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish
Background documents
- 1 UIS/EDS/BP.D4E
Data for education
English| Presentation - 1 UIS/EDS/BP.HHS.1
El uso de las encuestas de hogares en la producción de indicadores sobre educación
Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/BP.HHS.2
Using household surveys to monitor SDG4
English - 1 UIS/EDS/BP.HHS.3
Using labour force surveys to produce education indicators
English - 1 UIS/EDS/BP.LO.1
Measuring and monitoring learning outcomes and skills: Where we are and what is missing in terms of SDG4 coverage?
English - 1 UIS/EDS/BP.RC.1
Summary of key issues raised in the regional preparatory meetings for the Conference
English | French | Spanish
Other documents
Presentations
- 1 UIS/EDS/1.1
Launch of the UNESCO Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/2.1
Technical Cooperation Group on SDG4 indicators (TCG)
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/3
International Standard Classification of Education: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/4
Administrative data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/5
Teacher data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/6
Education expenditure data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/7
Learning assessments and skills survey data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/8
Household survey data: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/9
National SDG 4 benchmarks: challenges and solutions forward
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/10
Integration of statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/13
Role of technology in education data production
13.1 Mr. Andreas Schleicher (OECD)
13.2 Mr. Luis Gerardo Gonzalez Morales (UNSD)
13.3 Mr. Andrés Delich (OEI)
13.4 H.E. Ms. Aurora Vergara Figueroa (Colombia)
13.5 Mr. Doug Casey (USA)
13.6 Mr. Alpha Bah (Gambia)
13.7 Mr. Anindito Aditomo (Indonesia)
13.8 Ms. Betina Fresneda (Brazil)
13.9 Mr. Jesús Ibañez (Spain) - 1 UIS/EDS/15
Provisional agenda and place of the second Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - 1 UIS/EDS/16
Report of the first Conference on Education Data and Statistics
English | French | Spanish - Keynote speakers
Day 1:
Professor James Heckman
Day 2:
Dr. Rukmini Banerji
Dr. Benjamin Piper
Dr. Epha Ngota
Statements
Session 3: International Standard Classification of Education: challenges and solutions forward
Session 8: Household survey data: challenges and solutions forward
Session 9: National SDG 4 benchmarks: challenges and solutions forward
- Data-driven insights and transformative solutions in early childhood education
- Higher education data production
Session 10: Integration of statistics
- Effective data-driven decision-making
- Sound data for good governance: strong national data systems as prerequisites to monitoring SDG4
Session 14: Education data: challenges and solutions forward
Pre-conference engagement day
Meeting of members of the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG4 Indicators (TCG)
Concept note: English | French
Presentation: English
Data-driven approaches to lifelong learning: engagement day
Synthesis report
Session concept notes and presentations
- Data-driven insights and transformative solutions in early childhood education (Presentation) (Video)
English | French | Spanish - Higher education data production (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - Adult learning and education (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - Education in emergencies (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - High-quality data on gender equality in and through education (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - Sound data for good governance (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish - Effective data-driven decision-making (Presentation)
English | French | Spanish
General information
- Conference brochure
All languages - Conference flyer
English | French | Spanish - Information session for Member States
English | French | Spanish
Resources
Logistical information
Regional Consultations
List of regional consultations
Regional Consultations for the Pacific region | 3-5 October | Summary | |
Regional Consultations for the Arab States region | 16 October | Concept note | Summary |
Regional Consultations for Asia | 17-19 October | Concept note | Summary |
Regional Consultations for Latin America and the Caribbean | 2-3 November | Concept note (English | Spanish) |
Summary |
Regional Consultations for Africa | 24 November | Concept note (English | French) |
Summary |
Regional Consultations for Northern America and Europe | 27 November | Summary |
Summary of all regional consultations
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Summary of key issues raised in the regional preparatory meetings for the Conference
English | French | Spanish
Presentations of regional consultations
- ISCED
English | French | Spanish - Administrative data
English | French | Spanish - Teachers
English | French | Spanish - Household surveys
English | French | Spanish - Expenditure
English | French | Spanish - Learning outcomes
English | French | Spanish - Benchmarks
English | French | Spanish
Position papers of regional consultations
- 1 UIS/ESC/5
Implementation of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED):challenges and solutions forward
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/6
Administrative education data: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/7
Teachers’ Indicators: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/8
Education Expenditure Indicators: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/9
Using household surveys to monitor SDG 4: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/10
Measuring and monitoring learning outcomes and skills: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/11
Setting and monitoring national SDG 4 benchmarks: What are the challenges going forward?
English | Spanish
Background documents
- 1 UIS/ESC/BP.HHS.1
El uso de las encuestas de hogares en la producción de indicadores sobre educación
Spanish - 1 UIS/ESC/BP.HHS.2
Using household surveys to monitor SDG4
English - 1 UIS/ESC/BP.HHS.3
Using labour force surveys to produce education indicators
English - 1 UIS/ESC/BP.LO.1
Measuring and monitoring learning outcomes and skills: Where we are and what is missing in terms of SDG4 coverage?
English
Expert and Technical Meetings
Follow-up on the Conference on Education Data and Statistics: decisions and next steps
Follow-up on the Conference on Education Data and Statistics: decisions and next steps
12 April 2024 from 8:30 am – 10:00 am (Montreal time)
Recognizing the critical need to capitalize on the momentum generated by the Conference, the UIS is organizing a global meeting to showcase the decisions, main takeaways and next steps of the Conference.
The meeting will be held English with simultaneous interpretation to French and Spanish.
The link to join the meeting is here
Concept note
Media gallery
Webcast recordings
Day 1: Keynote speech and the high-level panel English | French | Spanish
Day 2: Keynote speeches English | French | Spanish
Day 3:
- Keynote speech and the panel of regional organizations on education monitoring English | French | Spanish
- Panel of UN organizations on education monitoring Floor | English
- Panel of international organizations on the role of technology in education data production Floor | English
- Panel of Member States on data for the future and use of technology Floor | English
- Concluding remarks by the Rapporteur (Mr Luis Crouch, Chair of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML)) English
Video clips
Photo gallery
Blogs
Administrative data: How do we measure progress towards SDG 4 – Part 1
Silvia Montoya
Household surveys: How do we measure progress towards SDG 4 – Part 2
Silvia Montoya and Manos Antoninis
Learning data: How do we measure progress towards SDG 4 – Part 3
Silvia Montoya
Data integration: How do we measure progress towards SDG 4 – Part 4
Silvia Montoya and Manos Antoninis
Learning levels unknown for over half a billion children. A new education data ecosystem is needed
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
2024 SDG 4 Scorecard now out: see how countries are progressing towards their national targets
GEM Report and UIS
A new tool to fill the data gap on learning: AMPL
Silvia Montoya, Maurice Walker, Ursula Schwantner and Kemran Mestan
For information, please contact to the Conference Secretariat: edstatcom.uis@unesco.org