UN Projects
12 items
UNESCO Global Education Coalition
- Aim: To support countries in scaling up their best distance learning practices and reaching children and youth who are most at risk.
- Activities: Developing digital learning resources, including microcredentials, to ensure continuity of education during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT)
- Aim: To provide a framework that guides the use of ICT in education and supports teachers in developing digital skills.
- Activities: Offering microcredentials for educators to enhance their ICT competencies, ensuring they can effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning.
UNESCO Micro-Credentials in Lifelong Learning Project
- Aim: To explore the potential of microcredentials in supporting lifelong learning and improving employability.
- Activities: Researching best practices, developing guidelines for the implementation of microcredentials, and promoting their recognition and validation globally.
UNICEF Learning Passport
- Aim: To provide a digital learning platform that delivers quality education for children and youth in emergencies and protracted crises.
- Activities: Offering a wide range of courses and microcredentials that can be accessed by learners in difficult circumstances, ensuring continuity of education.
UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) Microlearning
- Aim: To deliver training and capacity-building programs using microlearning approaches, including microcredentials.
- Activities: Providing short, focused learning modules and microcredentials in areas such as sustainable development, peace and security, and international law.
ILO (International Labour Organization) Skills for Employment
- Aim: To improve the employability of workers through skills development programs, including microcredentials.
- Activities: Developing competency-based training programs, issuing microcredentials to recognize skills acquisition, and promoting their recognition by employers.
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC)
- Aim: To promote lifelong learning in cities around the world.
- Activities: Supporting cities in developing and implementing policies for lifelong learning, including the use of microcredentials to recognize and validate learning achievements.
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Aim: To promote lifelong learning policies and practices worldwide.
- Activities: Conducting research on microcredentials, developing policy recommendations, and supporting the implementation of microcredential systems to facilitate lifelong learning.
UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for 2030
- Aim: To integrate sustainable development into all levels and forms of education.
- Activities: Developing microcredentials focused on sustainability skills and competencies, promoting their use in educational programs globally.
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Digital Skills and Employment
- Aim: To enhance digital skills and employability in developing countries.
- Activities: Offering microcredentials for digital skills training, supporting the development of digital learning platforms, and promoting the recognition of digital credentials by employers.
UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Aim: To promote the use of open educational resources to improve education access and quality.
- Activities: Developing OER that include microcredential components, creating guidelines for the adoption of OER in various educational contexts, and promoting the recognition of microcredentials earned through OER.
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report
- Aim: To monitor progress towards the education targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Activities: Including research and analysis on the role of microcredentials in achieving inclusive and equitable quality education, and how they can help bridge skills gaps.
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
- Aim: To support and promote TVET around the world.
- Activities: Developing microcredential frameworks for TVET programs, supporting capacity-building initiatives, and fostering international collaboration for the recognition of microcredentials.
UNDP Accelerator Labs
- Aim: To tackle complex development challenges through innovation.
- Activities: Utilizing microcredentials to recognize skills and competencies developed through innovative solutions, and promoting these credentials within the UNDP's global network of labs.
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- Aim: To support educational policy, planning, and management.
- Activities: Offering training programs that include microcredentials for educational planners and managers, and promoting the adoption of microcredential frameworks in educational planning.
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) e-learning Academy
- Aim: To provide learning resources and training to improve food security and agricultural practices.
- Activities: Offering microcredentials for courses in sustainable agriculture, food security, and related fields, and promoting their recognition among stakeholders.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
- Aim: To provide data for monitoring and evaluating education systems globally.
- Activities: Conducting research on the impact of microcredentials on education and employment outcomes, and providing data to support the development of microcredential policies.
UNDP Youth Co
- Aim: To empower young entrepreneurs and innovators in Asia and the Pacific.
- Activities: Offering microcredentials to recognize skills and achievements of young entrepreneurs, and promoting the adoption of these credentials by educational institutions and employers.
UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)
- Aim: To support curriculum development and education innovation.
- Activities: Developing frameworks for incorporating microcredentials into national curricula, providing training for educators on the use of microcredentials, and promoting best practices globally.
UNESCO Global Skills Academy
- Aim: To enhance the employability of young people through skills development.
- Activities: Providing microcredentials for skills training programs, fostering partnerships with industries to ensure the relevance of the credentials, and promoting global recognition.
