1 Supporting Member States to develop education systems to foster high quality and inclusive lifelong learning for all
2 Empowering learners to be creative and responsible global citizens
3 Leading and coordinating the Education 2030 Agenda
Main Line of Action
1 Support Member States in the implementation of SDG 4
2 Lead SDG 4-Education 2030 coordination and reviewing/monitoring
Expected Results
1 Improved national education policies and plans to advance access to equitable and quality ECCE, primary and secondary education through a system-wide lifelong learning approach (contributing to SDG targets 4.1 and 4.2);
2 Equitable and responsive TVET systems established to equip youth and adults with relevant skills for employment, decent work, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning (contributing to SDG targets 4.3, 4.4 and 8.6);
3 Improved policies and plans and mobilization of global efforts to enhance, scale up, including through ICT, and monitor the acquisition of foundational skills and lifelong learning opportunities for youth and adults (contributing to SDG target 4.6);
4 Improved recognition of, and access to equitable and quality assured higher education provision (contributing to SDG target 4.3);
5 National teacher policies developed and/or implemented and teacher-training programmes improved to increase the supply of qualified and motivated teachers (contributing to SDG targets 4.c, 4.1 and 4.2);
6 National capacities strengthened to equip learners with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to live healthy lives, promote sustainable development and engage with the world as responsible global citizens (contributing to SDG targets 4.7, 4.a, 12.8, 13.3 and SDG 3);
7 National capacities strengthened to address gender equality holistically in national education systems (contributing to SDG target 4.5 and SDG 5);
8 Improved policies, plans and learning opportunities to expand inclusion in education for vulnerable populations, with particular attention to persons with learning challenges, including disabilities, and to crisis-affected populations (contributing to SDG targets 4.5 and 4.a);
9 SDG 4-Education 2030 effectively coordinated through UNESCO’s global leadership and mandate (contributing to SDGs 4 and 17);
Natural Sciences
Strategic Objective
1 Strengthening science, technology and innovation systems and policies – nationally, regionally and globally
2 Promoting international scientific cooperation on critical challenges to sustainable development
Main Line of Action
1 Harnessing STI and knowledge for sustainable development
2 Advancing science for sustainable management of natural resources, disaster risk reduction and climate change action through IHP, MAB and IGGP
3 Promoting knowledge and capacity for protecting and sustainably managing the ocean and coasts
Expected Results
1 Member States have strengthened their capacity to develop and monitor inclusive STI policy and knowledge systems;
2 Member States have increased their institutional and human capacity to produce, disseminate and apply STI;
3 SIDS Member States, local communities and indigenous peoples have increased their capacity to mobilize local knowledge systems, and build synergies with science, to address challenges of sustainable development;
4 Member States have strengthened their responses to local, national and regional water security challenges towards the achievement of water-related SDGs and targets;
5 Member States have strengthened management of both geological resources and geohazards risk towards the achievement of related SDGs and targets;
6 Member States have strengthened management of natural resources towards the achievement of SDGs and targets related to biodiversity and climate change resilience;
7 Member States have developed UNESCO-designated sites as learning sites for inclusive and comprehensive approaches to environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainable development.
8 Science-informed policies for reduced vulnerability to ocean hazards, for the global conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources, and increased resilience and adaptation to climate change, developed and implemented by Member States, towards the realization of Agenda 2030;
Social & Human Sciences
Strategic Objective
1 Supporting inclusive social development, fostering intercultural dialogue for the rapprochement of cultures and promoting ethical principles
Main Line of Action
1 Mobilizing knowledge and embedding rights and ethics to foster inclusive and equitable societies
2 Fostering intercultural dialogue and engaging youth for peaceful and participatory societies
Expected Results
1 Public policy-making strengthened in Member States, based on scientific evidence, humanities based knowledge, ethics and human rights frameworks;
2 National institutional and human capacities strengthened at all levels to generate, manage and apply knowledge for inclusive, equitable development that is based on ethical values and human rights;
3 Youth-led action enabled, from local to global, to address societal challenges and consolidate peace;
4 Member States’ commitments to the global agendas in favour of inclusive, sustainable and peaceful societies demonstrated through targeted advocacy campaigns and awareness-raising initiatives.
Culture
Strategic Objective
1 Protecting, promoting and transmitting heritage
2 Fostering creativity and the diversity of cultural expressions
Main Line of Action
1 Protecting, conserving, promoting and transmitting culture and heritage for dialogue and development
2 Fostering creativity and the diversity of cultural expressions, as well as the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development
Expected Results
1 Tangible heritage identified, protected, monitored and sustainably managed by Member States, in particular through the effective implementation of the 1972 Convention;
2 Illicit import, export and transfer of cultural property combatted by Member States, in particular through the effective implementation of the 1970 Convention and the works of the ICPRCP and the role of the museums enhanced by stakeholders implementing the UNESCO 2015 Recommendation on museums and collections;
3 Protection of cultural property improved by Member States, in particular through the wide ratification and effective implementation of the 1954 Convention and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols;
4 Underwater cultural heritage identified, protected and sustainably managed by Member States, in particular through the wide ratification and effective implementation of the 2001 Convention;
5 Culture protected and cultural pluralism promoted in emergencies through better preparedness and response, in particular through the effective implementation of UNESCO’s cultural standard-setting instruments;
6 Intangible cultural heritage identified and safeguarded by Member States and communities, in particular through the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention;
7 Policies and measures to promote the diversity of cultural expressions designed and implemented by Member States, in particular through the effective implementation of the 2005 Convention;
8 Culture integrated into policies and measures at the national and local levels by Member States for their effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Communication & Information
Strategic Objective
1 Promoting freedom of expression, media development, and access to information and knowledge
Main Line of Action
1 Fostering freedom of expression online and offline, promoting the safety of journalists, advancing diversity and participation in media, and supporting independent media
2 Building Knowledge Societies through ICTs by enabling universal access to, and preservation of, information and knowledge
Expected Results
1 Member States are enhancing norms and policies related to freedom of expression, including press freedom and the right to access information, online and offline, and are reinforcing the safety of journalists by implementing the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity;
2 Member States have benefited from enhanced media contributions to diversity, gender equality and youth empowerment in and through media; and societies are empowered through media and information literacy programmes and effective media response to emergency and disaster;
3 Media development is strengthened, and Member States have improved monitoring and reporting systems, and these results are reinforced by external grass roots projects supported by the IPDC;
4 Member States have taken measures to promote universal access to information through open and inclusive solutions and innovative use of ICTs for sustainable development;
5 Identification, preservation, access to and dissemination of Documentary Heritage have been strengthened globally and at the national level through the Memory of the World Programme;
6 Capacities of Member States strengthened, through the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes, and of the Information for All Programme (IFAP), and the related normative framework.
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