IIEP wraps up a full week at CIES 2016

11 March 2016

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IIEP-UNESCO enjoyed a full week at this year’s annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) held in Vancouver, Canada from 6-10 March. A delegation of nine IIEP experts chaired five panels and participated in several other sessions on range of issues related to educational planning during crises, quality assurance in higher education, education financing and the role of learning assessment data in policy-making.

Check out the programme of IIEP's panels at CIES 2016.

#CIES2016 A great week of sharing cross-cultural perspectives on education issues. Looking forward to @CIES2017 pic.twitter.com/x2xUxqSJei
— IIEP UNESCO (@IIEP_UNESCO) 10 mars 2016

The wisdom of the renowned New Zealand educationalist C.E. Beeby – who also helped establish IIEP in the early 1960s – was also revisited during this critical juncture for education. The Millennium Development Goals have recently given way to the new Sustainable Development Agenda, which puts learning and quality education at the forefront of the world’s development plan for the next 15 years. IIEP left Vancouver inspired and looks forward to applying the new knowledge and global perspectives exchanged with the broader education community during the 2016 CIES conference to its future work and dialogue.

Presentations from all of our experts can also be viewed on Slideshare. And don't miss our Storify with highlights from throughout the week here.

UNESCO Institutes make strong showing at CIES 2016

IIEP was also part of the strong showing of UNESCO education Institutes this year at CIES. The IIEP team was joined by colleagues from the International Bureau for Education (IBE), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Read our round-up story on all of the activities presented by the four Institutes here.