International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration on leveraging ICT to achieve Education 2030 Agenda 20-21 December 2015, Qingdao, China

The Forum was co-organized by UNESCO, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the Educational Management Information Centre of the Chinese Ministry of Education, with the support of Weidong Group, as an immediate step to implement the Qingdao Declaration, adopted at the International Conference on ICT and Post-2015 Education (Qingdao, China, 23 to 25 May 2015).

The Forum aimed at formalize the global partnership for the operationalization of the Qingdao Declaration, identify main lines of action, and set up the operational strategies for cooperation.

The outputs of the Forum included an agreement on the proposed Global Alliance for Qingdao Declaration and the action plan for following-up activities.

The objectives of the Conference are to:

1.      map out the major programs of key partners on leveraging ICT to achieve Education 2030 and find synergy for cooperation;

2.       Discuss the working mechanism of a global alliance for Qingdao Declaration to guide international cooperation towards Education 2030;

3.        Develop the mid-term action plan for the global alliance including main lines of action, funding sources, and implementation strategies.

The forum convened high-level representatives of international and regional organizations, ICT industries, NGOs, online education providers, major ICT in education communities, and eminent researchers. 

For Concept note on the forum press here

Qingdao Declaration 2015 press here