Vision and Mission

Vission

UNESCO-IBE bases its actions on an understanding of the curriculum that is:

Systemic: Seeing it as a dynamic organism of interdependent components and actors.  Every element of the curriculum, from the content to the teaching methods, to the assessment strategies, is interconnected and influences one another.

Endogenous: Rooted in the local, socio-cultural, and historical context for a common vision for the future, promoting cultural diversity, encouraging critical thinking and self-reflection, and empowering learners to better understand and appreciate their own unique cultural identities.

Inclusive: all students, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, language, disability, or other characteristics, are provided with equal opportunities to learn, participate, and succeed in school.

Participative: ensuring participation of all actors in the education system.

Holistic: emphasizing the interconnectedness of knowledge and the importance of educating the whole person, developing students' intellectual, emotional, social, and physical abilities.

Mission

Anchored in the Global Sustainable Goal 4, UNESCO-IBE is a global actor with a holistic and systemic vision of the curriculum, setting standards for quality curriculum and learning, including developing capacity for curriculum transformation and systems alignment. UNESCO-IBE works alongside Member States to strengthen their ability to transform contextualized curricula that respond to national needs and aspirations while preserving universal values such as gender equality, inclusivity, freedom of choice, and respect for the environment.

Approach

• Advocating for quality, inclusive, and equitable education for all. 
• Promoting the use of the mother tongue as a medium of learning from the first day in school.
• Integrating skill sets adapted to 21st-century needs and promoting creativity and critical thinking.
• Making cutting-edge neuroscience research accessible to a broad range of curriculum specialists, policymakers, and educators to improve teaching and learning.
• Promoting intergenerational learning and supporting parents and family as co-educators.
• Supporting the integration of sports values, health, well-being, and nutrition education in curricula.

In practice, UNESCO-IB analyzes a given curriculum paradigm and offers impartial expertise and innovative solutions to revise, design, and transform it into a robust tool for building quality education for all.