BDT Director's Corner: Activities

​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin participated in the third meeting of the Global Education Forum. As part of efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all), this high-level meeting focused on Action Areas for the coming year as schools reopen and countries turn their attention to building back better in education.

Under the discussion topic of ''Digital Learning for all'', Ms Bogdan-Martin highlighted the unique ability that ICTs have in bringing the transformational power of education to children everywhere.

She highlighted work done towards this end by Working Groups under the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission, and ITU and UNICEF's Giga initiative to connect every school to the internet.

Ms Bogdan-Martin conveyed support for various proposals for action put forth by the Global Education Forum, including on advocating for common objectives, supporting countries to finance digital learning, and developing long-term investment strategies at the country-level, in order to leverage the power of digital for education.

 (Photo credit to UNICEF)