
Transforming Education Summit
United Nations, New York, 16, 17 & 19 September 2022
A Leaders Day will be held on Monday 19 September. Summit engagement days will be held on Friday 16 September (Mobilization Day) and Saturday 17 September (Solutions Day) at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters. Information Note - Concept Note
17 September: Solutions Day

The Solutions Day will provide a platform for partners to mobilize support to launch or scale up initiatives connected to the Summit Thematic Action tracks. Coalitions for action or other multi-stakeholder initiatives that will contribute to transforming education will be presented. Member States are encouraged to co-organize sessions and events on 17 September.
A call for proposals to organize events and meetings on 17 September was launched, with a deadline of 18 August.
Solutions Day Programme
Plenary master of ceremony:
Mr Ilan Enverga, teacher and founder of the Youth for Better pedagogy at the International School for Better Beginnings
| Time | Session | Location |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Opening of the TES: Solutions Day 1. Opening Remarks: Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Deputy Secretary-General 2. Solutions to transformation: what would you do to transform education? ? Video ¨C Thematic Action Tracks to transform education ? Keynote on the need to transform education - Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and SDG Advocate ? Inter-generational conversation ¡°From mobilization to solutions - H.E. Mr David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, Co-Chair of the Summit Advisory Committee and the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee Sherpa Group, and Ms Sof¨ªa Berm¨²dez, SDG4Youth Representative ? Inspirations for transforming education - Ms Maysoon Zayid, comedian, author, Princeton fellow, and disability advocate |
Conference Room 4 Plenary |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Learning Passport: A Digital Future for Every Child A holistic & equitable approach to digital transformation: how Microsoft, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF and governments are coming together to ensure children and young people are ready for a digital future. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Microsoft, Lao PDR and Zimbabwe |
Conference Room 1 Action Track 4 |
| Enhancing Education Readiness To The Future Of Work Through Public-Private Partnerships Global Education Coalition ¨C Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Morocco, Colombia, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Global Compact and the Global Business Coalition for Education |
Conference Room 2 Action Track 2 |
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| Bringing accountability to our promises to transform education Jordan, France, Sierra Leone, Maldives and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO |
Conference Room 3 Action Track 2 |
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| Greening Education Partnership: Getting Every Learner Climate-ready Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Japan and the United Kingdom |
Conference Room 4 Action Track 2 |
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| Transforming Education Starts Early: Laying the foundation from early years Uzbekistan, Lao PDR, Gabon, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO |
Conference Room 5 Action Track 2 |
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| Reimagining learning through digital transformation and partnership Mongolia, Japan, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO |
Conference Room 6 Action Track 4 |
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| Hungry Children = A Failed Education System: Why School Feeding is So Important to Transforming Education Plan International Canada, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, United Arab Emirates (tbc) and WFP |
Conference Room 7 Action Track 1 |
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| Transforming Sector-Wide Support for Refugee Teachers Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Chad, Kenya, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR and the Teachers College Columbia University |
Conference Room 11 Action Track 3 |
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| Pathway to Transforming Education Catalyst 2030, Honduras, Palestine, Burkina Faso |
Conference Room 12 Action Track 4 |
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| Financial Literacy: A universal 21st Century Skill ¨C Lessons Learned from Low- and Middle-Income Countries Aflatoun, Haiti, Burkina Faso, Office of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, INJAZ Jordan |
ECOSOC Chamber Action Track 2 |
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| 11:45 - 12:45 | Schools2030: A New Global Movement to Re-imagine the Role(s) of Schools, Youth, Systems, and Societies for the Future of Teachers, Teaching and the Teaching Profession Portugal, Tanzania, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Schools 2030, Aga Khan Found., Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, GPE, LEGO Foundation and Generation Unlimited |
Conference Room 1 Action Track 3 |
| LEAP into Learning - Inclusive, quality language learning and teaching through digital innovation United Kingdom (British Council), South Africa and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF |
Conference Room 2 Action Track 4 |
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| A Healthier Planet, Healthier Schools, Healthier Generations: Transforming Education with a Planetary Health Approach Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Planetary Health Alliance, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Environment, Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Planetary Health Alliance, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Environment |
Conference Room 3 Action Track 2 |
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| Her Education, Our Futures: Transforming Education with and for Girls Brookings Institution, Namibia, United Kingdom, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO/Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, AU/CIEFFA, Echidna Giving, Malala Fund, Population Council GIRL, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµGEI and WHF |
Conference Room 4 Action Track 1 |
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| Girls¡¯ health and education: Indivisible rights, smart co-investments Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµPFA, Bangladesh, Niger and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF |
Conference Room 5 Action Track 1 |
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| Transforming education systems in times of crisis: perspectives from Ukraine Ukraine, Poland |
Conference Room 6 Action Track 1 |
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| Rewiring and Transforming Education through cross-sectoral action Education Commission, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµEP, Dubai Cares and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Foundation |
Conference Room 7 Action Track 2 |
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| Financial innovations - expanding the fiscal space for education to finance learning recovery Education Above All, the World Bank, Qatar, Sierra Leone, and the Global Partnership for Education |
Conference Room 11 Action Track 5 |
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| Tackling Inequality and Transforming Classrooms through Social and Emotional Learning (45 minutes) Community Jameel, Jordan, United Kingdom and J-WEL |
Conference Room 12 Action Track 3 |
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| Greening the Southern Africa TVET Ecosystem Zimbabwe, Malawi, ILO and Humana |
ECOSOC Chamber Action Track 2 |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Effective Educational Ecosystems: Solutions for Open Digital Content Nigeria, Finland, Germany and South Africa |
Conference Room 1 Action Track 4 |
| Advancing Foundational Learning: From Crisis to Action World Bank, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Government of Ghana |
Conference Room 2 Action Track 2 |
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| Education Financing Observatory: setting the grounds for sustainable, fair and inclusive financing Global Campaign for Education, Malawi, Argentina, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO CCNGO, ABEGS, ASPBAE, ACEA, CLADE, ANCEFA, ENACE, Education Intl., Action Aid and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµCTAD |
Conference Room 3 Action Track 5 |
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| Education and learning in times of emergencies and protracted crises Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, South Sudan, Ecuador, ECW, GPE, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF |
Conference Room 4 Action Track 1 |
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| Advancing multi-stakeholders¡¯ partnerships to drive education transformation Global Education Coalition, Senegal, El Salvador, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Ericsson, KPMG and Microsoft |
Conference Room 5 Action Track 4 |
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| Digital Solidarity Initiative: Digital Solidarity Initiative: Learning and Education Internet Connected Computer Devices for ALL Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), Morocco, Jordan, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Tunisia, Mauritania and Millenium@EDU SUSTAINABLE ED |
Conference Room 6 Action Track 4 |
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| Transforming Commitments into Real Solutions for Disability- Inclusive Education International Disability Alliance, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Global Campaign for Education-US, International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC), Global Action on Disability Network (GLAD), Sightsavers, CBM, Leonard Cheshire, Light for the World, Humanity & Inclusion, Perkins School for the Blind, World Bank |
Conference Room 7 Action Track 1 |
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| The Sustainable Enterprise Challenge Prince¡¯s Trust International World Colleges International |
Conference Room 11 Action Track 2 |
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| The role of higher education in transforming climate and environment lifelong learning for all Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University, Spain, Bhutan, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFCCC |
Conference Room 12 Action Track 2 |
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| Gender Transformative Education From Rhetoric to Action Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Niger, El Salvador, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Girls¡¯ Education Initiative, Plan International, Transform Education |
ECOSOC Chamber Action Track 1 |
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| 14:45 - 16:15 | Transforming Education Through Teacher Leadership and Innovation United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO ¨C International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 |
Conference Room 1 Action Track 3 |
| Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees: Skills and Labour Market Transitions in Contexts of Fragility Finn Church Aid, Finland, Germany, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR and ILO |
Conference Room 2 Action Track 2 |
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| Digital citizenship skills and Artificial Intelligence in learning and teaching processes - a human rights perspective Council of Europe, Slovenia, Greece, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO Centre Ljubljana |
Conference Room 3 Action Track 4 |
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| Towards a new global compact for financing education Belgium, Fiji, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO and GPE, the World Bank |
Conference Room 4 Action Track 5 |
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| Transformation de l¡¯¨¦ducation et d¨¦veloppement durable Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO Institutes for Lifelong Learning |
Conference Room 5 Action Track 2 |
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| Accelerating Learning in Latin America & the Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank, Argentina, El Salvador and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO International Institute for Education Planning |
Conference Room 6 Action Track 4 |
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| Educate the Educator: Transformative Pedagogies for Innovative Leadership Skills in Private Sector Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Global Compact, Canada and Kenya |
Conference Room 11 Action Track 3 |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Scaling Evidence-based EdTech in Kenya, Malawi, and Sierra Leone EdTech Hub, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Kenya, Imagine Worldwide |
Conference Room 1 Action Track 4 |
| Transforming Education through Grassroots Innovation (45 minutes) A Localized, Teacher-Led Approach Muhammad Sanusi ii SDG (MSII SDG), Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ SDG Office and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Partnerships Office |
Conference Room 2 Action Track 3 |
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| Teachers at the heart of education! Call for action on teacher policies and social dialogue to transform the teaching profession Romania, Nigeria, ILO, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Education International, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO ¨C International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR |
Conference Room 3 Action Track 3 |
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| Transforming ESD - implementing the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO OER Recommendation within Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships SDS Net-SDG Academy, Ireland, Ghana, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Academic Impact, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Library, IAU, IFLA, Mission 4.7, Creative Commons and 2U |
Conference Room 4 Action Track 4 |
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| Escuelas y Universidades emprendedoras y para el emprendimiento Secretar¨ªa General Ibero-americana, Argentina, Mexico, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµCTAD and Consejo Universitario Iberoamericano |
Conference Room 5 Action Track 2 |
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| Significant Initiatives of Transformative Education - A Global Citizenship Education Perspective Ban Ki Moon Centre, Republic of Korea, Finland and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO |
Conference Room 6 Action Track 2 |
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| Transformer l'¨¦ducation pour transformer la vie: enjeux, d¨¦fis et perspectives pour les syst¨¨mes ¨¦ducatifs francophones Conf¨¦rence des Ministres de l'Education des Etats et gouvernements de la francophonie (CONFEMEN), Morocco, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO-IBE et IFEF/OIF (Institut de la francophonie pour l¡¯¨¦ducation et la formation) |
Conference Room 7 Action Track 2 |
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| GIGA Initiative: Transforming Education Through Digital Connectivity Spain, Switzerland, ITU and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF |
Conference Room 11 Action Track 4 |
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| Mainstreaming business education and net zero commitments for sustainable development (45 minutes) Deloitte, Costa Rica, Switzerland, USA and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITAR |
Conference Room 12 Action Track 2 |
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| Localizing Education for a Sustainable Future + (45 minutes) Launch of a new digital learning platform for connecting educators and learners to local institutions Qatar, Djibouti, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO and Qatar Foundation |
ECOSOC Chamber Action Track 2 |
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| 18:15 - 19:00 | Conclusions of the Solutions Day ¨C What¡¯s next? 1. Takeaways of the Solutions Day and next steps ¨C a reflection panel of Thematic Action Track Co-leads Moderator: Mr Leonardo Garnier, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General¡¯s Special Adviser for the Transforming Education Summit Speakers:
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Conference Room 4 Plenary |
19 September: Leaders Day

Leaders Day will be dedicated to the presentation of National Statements of Commitment by Heads of State and Government in the form of Leaders Roundtables. A limited number of thematic sessions will also be held to place a focus on cross-cutting priorities for transforming education. Leaders Day will also feature the presentation of the Summit Youth Declaration and the Secretary-General¡¯s Vision Statement for Transforming Education.
Statements from Heads of State and Government
Attending Heads of State and Government are invited to present a national statement of commitment to transform education not exceeding 4 minutes in duration. Guidance is available in Annex 2 of the Concept Note.
Leaders Day Programme
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 ¨C 09:55 | SDG Moment | General Assembly hall |
| 10:00 - 10:50 | Opening segment 1. Introductory film
? The rights of women and girls - Joint call to action
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General Assembly hall |
| 10:50 - 11:30 | Setting the Scene panel discussion: Towards Education Transformation
Cultural performance by Ms Angelique Kidjo |
General Assembly hall |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Leaders Roundtable I | ECOSOC Chamber |
| Leaders Roundtable II | Trusteeship Chamber | |
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Spotlight session 1: Education in Crisis Situations ¨C A Partnership for Transformative Actions for Learners |
Conference Room 4 | |
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Spotlight session 2: The Global Challenge of Addressing the Learning Crisis |
ECOSOC Chamber |
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Spotlight session 3: Transforming Education to Transform the World: Learning to Live Together Sustainably |
Trusteeship Chamber | |
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Spotlight session 4: Digital transformation of education |
Conference Room 4 | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Leaders Roundtable III | ECOSOC Chamber |
| Leaders Roundtable IV | Trusteeship Chamber | |
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Spotlight session 5 Advancing gender equality and girls¡¯ and women¡¯s empowerment in and through education |
Conference Room 4 | |
| 16:45 - 18:15 | Leaders Roundtable V | ECOSOC Chamber |
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Spotlight session 6: Financing Education |
Conference Room 4 | |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Closing segment Introduction of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General¡¯s Vision Statement on Transforming Education by Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Deputy Secretary-General Statement by H.E. Mr Santiago Irazabal Mour?o, President of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµESCO General Conference Follow up to the Summit by the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee Sherpa Co-chairs
Moderator: Ms Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, The Lego Foundation
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General Assembly Hall |
