50 years for Education MILESTONES

MILESTONES

1912 Creation of the 'Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau'

1925 (18 Dec.) IBE created as a private Swiss association

1926 First issue of Educational Documentation and Information published

1929 IBE becomes an intergovernmental organization

1930 First meeting of the IBE Council

1933 Publication of the International Yearbook on Education

1934 First session of the International Conference on Public Education

1945 Signature in London of the Constitution of UNESCO, the 'Final Act' and the Instrument establishing the Preparatory Commission

1946 Resolution on the revision of textbooks, UNESCO General Conference, Paris

1946 France, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States create National Commissions for UNESCO

1946 First Session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Paris, November/December

1946 Julian Huxley (United Kingdom), first Director-General of UNESCO

1946 Creation of the Fundamental Education Committee whose report, Fundamental Education: Common Ground for All Peoples, was published the following year

1946 A Commission on the Status of Women set up by the United Nations

1947 The International Conference on Public Education is convened jointly by IBE and UNESCO

1947 Mission on fundamental education, China

1947 Second session of the General Conference, Mexico City. The Eighth session would be held in Montevideo in 1954

1947 Creation of the Temporary International Council for Educational Reconstruction (TICER)

1947 Publication of The Book of Needs

1947 Publication of Universities in Need

1947 Seminar on international understanding at school in Sèvres, France

1947 Co-operation with the allied authorities to promote UNESCO's ideals in Germany

1947 Regional conferences on fundamental education at Nankin (China) and Mexico City (just before the Second Session of the General Conference of UNESCO)

1947 Meeting in Paris of the Committee on Educational Statistics, the creation of which was recommended by the UNESCO Preparatory Commission

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly, Paris

1948 Xth volume of the International Yearbook of Education published jointly by UNESCO and IBE

1948 Preparatory Conference of Representatives of Universities, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1948 Formulation of an action programme for fundamental education

1948 The first educational radio programmes produced with UNESCO's participation: Colombia (1948), Iran and Pakistan (1953)

1948 Agreement for facilitating the international circulation of visual and auditory materials of an educational, scientific and cultural character, UNESCO, Beirut

1948 Assistance to science teachers

1948 Publication of Suggestions for Science Teachers in Devastated Countries

1948 UNESCO supports the creation of the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN)

1948 Recommendation No. 24 'The Development of International Understanding among Young People and Teaching about International Organizations', International Conference on Public Education, IBE, Geneva

1949 Framework for the improvement of history and geography textbooks

1949 Pilot Project for Fundamental Education in the Marbial Valley, Haiti

1949 International Conference on Adult Education, Elsinore, Denmark

1949 An Advisory Committee on the Unification of Braille set up by UNESCO

1949 Pilot projects launched in the field of literacy

1949 Regional seminars on literacy education and adult education in Brazil and in India, at Mysore

1949 First Conference of Women's Non-Governmental Organizations, Paris

1949 Norman McLaren produces filmstrips drawn directly on film for health education in China

1949 International technical conference for the protection of nature, organized in co-operation with the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN)

1950 First series of seminars on the mutual revision of textbooks

1950 The UNESCO/UNRWA Programme to provide education to Palestinian refugees begins

1950 First Conference of NGOs approved for consultative status with UNESCO, Florence, Italy

1950 Inter-American Seminar on Primary Education, UNESCO/OAS, Montevideo

1950 Training course on adult education, Mondsee, Austria

1950 International Conference on the Unification of Braille, Paris

1950 International Association of Universities (IAU) created, Paris

1950 Establishment of a service of statistics in UNESCO and constitution of an expert committee for the standardization of school statistics

1950 Etablishment of the Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

1950-1957 Participation in the activities of UNKRA

1950-1965 UNESCO Youth Institute, Gauting, Germany

1951 Creation of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) in Hamburg, Germany

1951 Creation of the Basic Education Centre, Klay, Liberia

1951 Creation of CREFAL, Latin American Fundamental Education Centre, Patzcuaro, Mexico

1951 The 14th International Conference on Public Education, IBE, Geneva, recommends the drawing up of plans for the universal provision of compulsory education

1951 UNESCO Regional Conferences on the Unification of Braille (Beirut, Montevideo)

1951 Launching the Programme on Arid Zones

1952 Broadening the scope of the co-operative agreement between UNESCO and IBE

1952 Institutionalization of relations between UNESCO and IBE

1952 Setting up a Joint Commission UNESCO/IBE

1952 Regional Conference on Free and Compulsory Education in South Asia and the Pacific, Bombay

1952 ASFEC – Arab States Fundamental Education Centre created at Sirs-el-Layyan (Egypt) (Brochure, page 100, 122)

1952 Recommendation on Access of Women to Education, International Conference on Public Education, IBE, Geneva

1952 The World Braille Council created under the auspices of UNESCO

1952 A pilot training centre for rural education teachers in Ubol (Thailand), and a pilot teacher-training college in Lafond (Haiti) created

1952-1953 International Workers' Education Centre, La Brévière, France

1952-1956 Regional conferences on compulsory and free education, Bombay, Cairo, Lima

1952-1962 Annual publication of Basic Facts and Figures

1953 International Expert Meeting and creation of the Associated Schools Project

1953 International Conference on the Place and the Role of Music in the Education of Young People and Adults, Brussels

1953 International Conference on Public Education, 16th session on the theme 'Primary Teacher-Training', IBE, Geneva

1953 Messina training course on the production of educational films and filmstrips

1954 Conference on Free and Compulsory Education in the Arab Countries of the Middle East, Cairo

1954 An International Convention on the Political Rights of Women comes into force, initially ratified by twenty countries

1954 International Conference on Public Education, 17th session on the theme 'Secondary Teacher-Training', IBE, Geneva

1954 International Conference of Educational Television Programme Producers in conjunction with the BBC, London

1954 The memorandum on collaboration between ILO and UNESCO gives UNESCO responsibility for technical and vocational education and ILO responsibility for technical and vocational training

1955 International Review of Education launched

1955 Creation of an International Institute of Child Psychology in Bangkok

1955-1960 Curriculum Consultative Committee

1955-1966 Summer universities for young teachers from countries in Europe

1955-1972 Publication of the five volumes of the World Survey of Education

1956 Simultaneous sessions of the UNESCO Regional Conference on Free and Compulsory Education in Latin America (MINEDLAC I) and the Second Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education of OAS, Lima

1956 Programme of aid to Hungarian refugees

1956 Regional seminars on curriculum development, Geneva, Lima, Karachi

1956 International Conference on Educational Research, Atlantic City, United States

1956 First European Regional Seminar for the representatives of the Associated Schools Project, UIE, Hamburg, Germany

1956-1965 First Major Project on the Extension and Improvement of Primary Education in Latin America

1957 South Africa withdraws from UNESCO (returns in 1994),

1957 Establishment of a Co-ordination Unit for the Major Project at the Havana Office

1957 Conference on Technical and Vocational training in the Arab Countries of the Middle East, ILO/UNESCO/the Arab League, Cairo

1957 The launching of Sputnik I resulted in Western countries in a dramatic increase in funding for science programmes, and a concentration on education in the basic sciences

1957 Major Project on Scientific Research on Arid Lands

1958 Inter-American Training Seminar on Overall Planning for Education, UNESCO/OAS, Washington

1958 First Regional Conference of National Commissions of the Arab States, Fez, Morocco

1958 The General Conference of UNESCO adopts the Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Educational Statistics

1959 International Symposium on Educational Planning in Relation to Economic and Social Development, IEDES-UNESCO, Paris

1959-1961 International project on the evaluation of educational achievement

1960 UNESCO and IBE cooperate within the framework of the first Major Project for education in Latin America

1960 Meeting of Ministers and Directors of Education of Tropical African Countries, Addis Ababa

1960 Meeting on Women's Access to Education in Tropical African Countries, Cotonou

1960 Emergency Programme in the Congo-Léopoldville begins

1960 Adoption of the Karachi Plan for the Development of Free and Compulsory Primary Education in Asia

1960 First Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Arab States (MINEDARAB I), Beirut

1960 Second World Conference on Adult Education (Montreal, Canada) proposes to launch a massive campaign for the eradication of illiteracy

1960 Convention and Recommendation Against Discrimination in Education, UNESCO General Conference, Paris

1960 Resolution of the Eleventh Session of UNESCO's General Conference, encouraging the development and use of new educational methods and techniques

1960-1961 Regional conferences on compulsory education, Karachi, Beirut, Addis Ababa

1961 Addis Ababa, First Conference of Ministers of Education in African Member States (MINEDAF I) and Addis Ababa Plan

1961 Accra: Establishment of the Regional Centre for Educational Documentation and Research

1961 Yaoundé: Establishment of the Textbook and Teaching Materials Production Centre

1961 Establishment of four regional centres in Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok: Regional Office for Primary Education, which became the Regional Office for Education (ROEAP) in 1978 and the Principal Regional Office (PROAP) in 1986; Quezon City (Philippines): Asian Institute for the Training of Teacher-Educators; New Delhi: Asian Institute for Educational Planning and Management; Bandung (Indonesia): Regional Centre for Research on School Buildings, transferred to Colombo in 1966

1961 Establishment of the Arab States Centre for Advanced Teaching of Educational Personnel (ASCATEP) later to become the Regional Centre for Educational Planning and Management

1961-1963 Establishment of regional educational planning centres in Beirut, New Delhi, Santiago and Dakar

1961-1964 First secondary teacher-training institutes created with the assistance of UNESCO and the United Nations Special Fund

1961-1965 Establishment of a network of training colleges for secondary-school teachers (in 1965: 18 institutions, 3,300 students, 145 experts) in sub-Saharan Africa

1962 Khartoum: Establishment of the Khartoum Centre for School Building

1962 Kampala: Establishment of regional training centres for primary education personnel

1962 Conference on the Development of Higher Education in Africa, Tananarive

1962 Meeting of Ministers of Education of African countries participating in the implementation of the Addis Ababa Plan, UNESCO, Paris

1962 First Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP I), Tokyo

1962 The Conference of Ministers of Education and those Responsible for Economic Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO/ OAS/CEPAL (MINEDLAC II), Santiago

1962 World Congress on the Fight against Illiteracy, Rome

1962 International Conference on Youth, Grenoble, France

1962 Adoption by the General Conference of UNESCO of the principle of a universal literacy campaign

1962 Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education (adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1962, and revised in 1974)

1962 Launching the bulletin International Understanding at School

1963 Creation of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris

1963 Creation of OREALC, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago

1963 Creation of CONESCAL, School Building Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City

1963 Creation of an International Committee of Experts on Literacy (1963-1966) and then the International Consultative Committee for Illiteracy (1966-1974)

1963 First project for the education of African women, financed by Sweden, begins

1963 Publication of the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook

1963 Latin America, regional pilot project for basic sciences (physics) at secondary level

1963 International Meeting on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Associated Schools Project, Sèvres, France

1964 Abidjan, Second Conference of Ministers of Education in African Member States (MINEDAF II)

1964 Regional Conference of African Ministers Responsible for the Application of Science and Technology to Development, CASTAFRICA I, Lagos

1964 The General Conference of UNESCO adopts a Declaration on the Eradication of Illiteracy during the United Nations Development Decade (1962-1971)

1964 UNESCO-World Bank co-operation programme begins

1964 ILO creates an International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education in Turin, Italy, with which UNESCO co-operates since

1964-1975 Regular exchange of experiences between National Directors and Chief Technical Advisers about educational personnel training projects

1965 First IIEP annual training programme

1965 Revision of the UIE statutes

1965 Creation of the Regional Office for Science and Technology for Africa (ROSTA), Nairobi

1965 Creation of regional literacy centres: Ibadan (Nigeria), African Institute of Adult Education; Nairobi, East African Literacy Centre

1965 Second Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP II), Bangkok

1965 The World Conference of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy defines the concept of 'functional literacy', Tehran

1965 International Conference on Public Education addresses a recommendation (No. 58) to Ministers of Education on literacy and adult education, IBE, Geneva

1965 Beginnings of UNESCO's special education programme

1965 Meeting on the use of space communication for educational purposes, UNESCO, Paris

1965 Asia, regional pilot project for basic sciences (chemistry) at secondary level

1966 Dakar: Educational Planning Section. Becoming the Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA) in 1970

1966 Conference of Ministers of Education and those Responsible for Economic Planning in the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINEDLAC III), UNESCO/CEPAL, Buenos Aires

1966 Second Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Arab States (MINEDARAB II), Tripoli

1966 Establishment of an inter-agency co-ordination mechanism, within the United Nations System, concerning the rehabilitation of the disabled

1966 A Special Intergovernmental Conference adopts the Joint UNESCO-ILO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers

1966 Meeting on Higher Education and Development, San José

1967 International Conference on the World Crisis in Education, Federal Government-IIEP, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

1967 'Fundamentals of Educational Planning' series launched by IIEP

1967 Biology teaching pilot project, Cape Coast, Ghana

1967 UNESCO-NIER educational research programme in Asia, Tokyo

1967 Conference of Ministers of Education of European Member States of UNESCO on Access to Higher Education (MINEDEUROPE I), Vienna

1967 First four EWLP projects launched

1967 8 September, first International Literacy Day, literacy prizes awarded

1967 First rural teacher-training college in Yaoundé (Cameroon) launched; others followed, notably in Ethiopia, Liberia, Niger, Peru and Sierra Leone

1967 Africa, regional pilot project for basic sciences (biology) at secondary level

1967 Elaboration of a ten-year plan to introduce population questions into school curricula, Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris

1967-1973 Experimental World Literacy Programme (EWLP)

1968 Recommendation on Education for International Understanding as an integral part of the curriculum and life of the school, IBE, Geneva

1968 Agreement integrating IBE into UNESCO

1968 Nairobi, Third Conference of Ministers of Education in African Member States (MINEDAF III)

1968 Agreement with the European Centre for Leisure and Education, Prague

1968 Establishment of a Fund made up from voluntary contributions for the first special education programme for handicapped children and youth

1968 Conference of Ministers of Education and those Responsible for the Promotion of Science and Technology in relation to Development in Africa, Nairobi

1968 International Conference on Educational Planning, UNESCO, Paris

1968 Introduction by UNESCO of the Integrated Science Teaching Programme

1968 First UNESCO population education programmes: India, Dominican Republic

1968 The 'MAB' (Man and Biosphere) programme launched

1968 Resolution 1.241 adopted by the Fifteenth Session of the General Conference of UNESCO inviting the Director-General to set up an intersectoral programme on population

1968-1969 Training courses for specialists in special education, Elsinore, Denmark

1968-1972 SOLEP Seminars for young educational researchers

1968-1978 Support to the International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods, Tehran

1968-1981 Programme for Educational Television (PETV), Côte d'Ivoire

1969 IBE becomes an integral part of UNESCO

1969 Publication of Qualitative Aspects of Educational Planning

1969 Regional training course on rural primary education, Beirut

1969 Founding of the Open University in the United Kingdom, the first university solely for distance education

1969 Arab States, regional pilot project for basic sciences (mathematics) at secondary level

1969 United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) set up

1970 The International Conference on Public Education becomes the International Conference on Education and is held every two years

1970 Creation of the Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA), Dakar

1970 Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Arab States (MINEDARAB III), Marrakech

1970 The Arab League creates ALECSO

1970 Conference of Ministers of European Member States responsible for Science Policy (MINESPOL I), UNESCO, Paris

1970 Publication of Education for Handicapped Children?, UNESCO

1970 Launching of major educational radio and television projects (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Thailand, India, Haiti)

1970 World Congress on Computers in Education, organized by UNESCO and IFIP, Amsterdam

1970 Adoption of a programme of education to fight drug abuse, Sixteenth Session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Paris

1971 UNESCO-IBE Education Thesaurus published

1971 First publication in the IBEDATA collection

1971 Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP III), Singapore

1971 Creation of ACCU, a centre working in the field of literacy, Tokyo

1971 Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for the Promotion of Science and Technology in Relation to Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO/OAS/CEPAL (MINEDLAC IV), Carabellada, Venezuela

1971 Computerization of the UNESCO Statistical Data Bank

1971 Introduction of Technology as a Component of General Education

1972 Lifelong education becomes the main theme of the UNESCO Institute for Education

1972 Launching of APEID, Asia and Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development

1972 Creation of the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), Bucharest

1972 Third International Conference on Adult Education, Tokyo

1972 Publication by UNESCO of the report Learning to Be

1972 Declaration on the use of satellite broadcasting for the free flow of information, the spread of education and greater cultural exchange, adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO

1972 United Nations Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm

1972 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up

1973 IIEP moves to its new permanent Headquarters

1973 Second Conference of Ministers of Education of European Member States of UNESCO, MINEDEUROPE II, Bucharest

1973 Creation of the International Council for Adult Education, Toronto, Canada

1973 International Meeting of Experts to appraise the Project on the occasion of the twentieth Anniversary of the Associated Schools Project, Lewis, Canada

1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Paris (updated in 1995)

1974 International Education Reporting Service on educational innovations begins work, UNESCO/IBE, Geneva

1974 International Conference to adopt the Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City

1974 UNESCO-UNICEF Seminar on basic education in East Africa, Nairobi

1974 Publication of Education in rural areas

1974 Establishment of the United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo

1974 World Conference on Population and World Plan of Action, Bucharest

1975 International Symposium for Literacy adopts the Declaration of Persepolis (Iran)

1975 First United Nations World Conference on Women, Mexico City

1975 International Women's Year

1975 International Conference on Education, 35th session on the theme 'The Changing Role of the Teacher and its Influence on Preparation for the Profession and on In-service Training', adoption of Recommendation No. 69

1975 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) adopted by the International Conference on Education (Geneva)

1975 International Environmental Education Programme (IEEP) launched

1975 International Meeting on Programmes and New Approaches in the Associated Schools Project, UNESCO, Paris

1976 First international Conference of Ministers responsible for Physical Education and Sport, Paris

1976 Lagos, Fourth Conference of Ministers of Education in African Member States (MINEDAF IV)

1976 Conference of Ministers of Arab States responsible for the Application of Science and Technology for Development, CASTARAB I, Rabat

1976 International Conference to adopt the International Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab and European States bordering on the Mediterranean, Nice (France)

1976 Adoption of the Recommendation on the development of adult education, General Conference of UNESCO, Nairobi

1976 UNESCO begins to publish Connect, an environmental education newsletter

1976-1985 United Nations Decade for Women

1976-1988 Pan-European Conferences on Educational Research (in co-operation with the Council of Europe)

1977 Fourth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Arab States (MINEDARAB IV), Abu Dhabi

1977 Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, Tbilisi, Georgia

1977 Publication of Terminology: special education, IBE/UNESCO, revised in 1983

1977 International Consultation to examine the extension of the Associated Schools Project to the university level, UNESCO, Paris

1978 International Charter of Physical Education and Sport

1978 Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice Adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO

1978 Establishment of the Network of Educational Innovation for Development in Africa (NEIDA)

1978 Fourth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP IV), Colombo

1978 Creation of CRESALC, Regional Centre for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, Caracas

1978 International Conference to adopt the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States, Paris

1978 CODIESEE (Co-operation in Research and Development for Educational Innovation in South-East Europe) network launched

1978 Revised Recommendation concerning the International standardization of educational statistics, UNESCO, Paris

1979 MINEDLAC V adopts the Mexico Declaration related to the Major Project, Mexico City

1979 CARNEID, the network for Educational Innovation and Development, established in Paramaribo

1979 Creation of a network of Educational Innovation for Development in the Arab States – EIPDAS – based in Kuwait from 1984 to 1993

1979 International Conference to adopt the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region, Paris

1979 Publication of the Terminology of Adult Education

1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, United Nations General Assembly

1979 Publication of Learning and Working, UNESCO

1980 The Twenty-first session of UNESCO's General Conference approves the (second) Major Project in Latin America and the Caribbean, Belgrade

1980 Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Europe, MINEDEUROPE III (Sofia)

1980 There are thirty-seven Member States in the Europe region within UNESCO, including Canada, the United States and Israel

1980 Second United Nations World Conference on Women, Copenhagen

1980 In-depth evaluation of the Associated Schools Project

1981 IIEP Newsletter first published

1981 International Conference to adopt the Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in the African States, Arusha

1981 Regional meeting defining the modalities of action of the Second Major Project in Latin America and the Caribbean, Quito, and Major Project launched

1981 Regional Conference of Ministers responsible for Higher Education in the Arab States, Algiers

1981 International Year of Disabled Persons

1981 World Conference on Actions and Strategies for Education, Prevention and Integration, Torremolinos, Spain

1981 Sundberg Declaration adopted at the Torremolinos World Conference, Spain

1981 The International Conference on Education adopts a recommendation concerning the interaction between education and productive work

1981 International Congress on Science and Technology Education and National Development, UNESCO, Paris

1981-1986 Regional seminars on post-literacy research

1981-1988 UNESCO National Commissions' joint study programme in Europe

1981-1989 Launching regional projects for the generalization and extension of primary education and the eradication of illiteracy by the year 2000

1982 Creation of the International Working Group on Education (IWGE) for which IIEP provides the secretariat

1982 Harare, Fifth Conference of Ministers of Education in African Member States (MINEDAF V)

1982 RIHED, Regional Co-operation Network for Higher Education and Development in Singapore, transferred to ROEAP in 1985

1982 Grünwald Declaration on Media Education

1982-1989 Regional project on special education for thirteen East and Southern African countries

1983 Intergovernmental Conference on the Implementation of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Paris

1983 International Conference to adopt the Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

1983 International Congress, Thirtieth Anniversary of the Associated Schools Project, Sofia

1983-1992 United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons

1984 IBE leaves the Palais Wilson for new quarters

1984 COFORPA Project on Regional Technical Co-operation in Educational Planning and Administration in sub-Saharan Africa

1984 Launching of the Regional Programme for the Eradication of Illiteracy in sub-Saharan Africa

1984 The International Conference on Education adopts a recommendation on the extension and renewal of primary education, UNESCO/IBE, Geneva

1984 In India, inauguration of a project financed by UNDP for adult education using a satellite

1984 International Conference on Population, Mexico

1985 Fifth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP V), Bangkok

1985 Fourth International Conference on Adult Education adopts a Declaration on the Recognition of the Right to Learn, Paris

1985 Forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women for the period up to the year 2000

1985 Third World United Nations Conference on Women, Nairobi

1985 Seminar on Women in Higher Education, Uppsala, Sweden, organized by CEPES

1985 INISTE (International Network for Information in Science and Technology Education) established

1986 Functional literacy, post-literacy, non-formal basic education, priority action

1986 Fourth Pan-European Conference of Directors of Educational Research Institutions on New Challenges for Teachers and Teacher Education, Eger, Hungary, organized by UIE

1986 Recommendation of the International Conference on Education in respect of Education for the Prevention of AIDS, UNESCO/IBE, Geneva

1986-1987 Case studies on the most appropriate educational approaches in special education

1986-1987 UNESCO launches an international survey on legislative, financial and administrative measures for disabled persons

1987 Launching the Linguapax Project

1987 Launching the Literacy Exchange Network in industrialized countries

1987 APPEAL, Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All

1987 Sixth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean organized in co-operation with CEPAL (MINEDLAC VI), Bogota

1987 Creation of the Association of Amazonian Universities (UNAMAZ)

1987 OECD, Conference on Educational Indicators, Washington

1987 International Congress on the Development and Improvement of Technical and Vocational Education, Berlin

1987 UNESCO/UNEP International Congress on Environmental Education and Training, Moscow

1987 Publication of Our Common Future, Report of the World Commission on Environment, chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland

1987 International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, United Nations, and adoption of a Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control, Vienna

1988 IIEP Twenty-fifth Anniversary Workshop

1988 Fourth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Europe, MINEDEUROPE IV (Paris)

1988 UNESCO Permanent Collective Consultation of NGOs on Higher Education, established, Paris. Topic: 'Problems and challenges for what future?'

1989 International Congress and Declaration on peace in the minds of men, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

1989 ARABUPEAL launched

1989 International Conference on Education (41st session) on 'Diversification of Post-secondary Education in Relation to Employment', UNESCO/IBE, Geneva

1989 First International Congress 'Education and Informatics', UNESCO, Paris

1989 Adoption of the Convention on Technical and Vocational Education, UNESCO, Paris

1989-1990 The first 'UNESCO-Chairs' in the educational sciences established

1990 'Priority: Africa' programme

1990 The UNESCO 'Children of Chernobyl' Project launched

1990 International Literacy Year

1990 World Conference on Education for All, Jomtien, Thailand

1990 World Declaration on Education for All and Framework for Action to Meet Basic Learning Needs, Jomtien, Thailand

1990 Sixth European conference of directors of educational research institutes on the theme of 'literacy and basic education in Europe on the threshold of the twenty-first century', Bled (Yugoslavia)

1990 International Congress on 'Planning and Management of Educational Development', Mexico City

1991 International Seminar on adult literacy in industrialized countries, UIE, Hamburg, Germany

1991 Adult education for the twenty-first century becomes the new priority theme of the UNESCO Institute for Education

1991 Dakar, Sixth Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VI)

1991 Assistance in reconstructing educational facilities in Kuwait and Lebanon

1991 Regional Consultation Meeting on Co-operation for Reinforcing and Developing Education in Europe, Paris

1991 CORDEE launched

1991 Seminar 'Succeeding at School', Lisbon/Estoril, Portugal

1991 Launching of the UNESCO Plan of Action for Reinforcing Inter-university Co-operation and Mobility through twinning arrangements (UNITWIN Programme and UNESCO-Chairs)

1991 Second UNESCO-NGO Collective Consultation on Higher Education on the topic 'The Role of Higher Education in Society: Quality and Pertinence', UNESCO, Paris

1991 First publication of the biennial World Education Report

1991 The Venice Appeal launched by the Director-General of UNESCO to collect funds to help strengthen national programmes to combat AIDS

1992 Establishment of a UNESCO International Network of Textbook Research Institutes

1992 The Secretariat of DAE, which became ADEA in 1996, moves to IIEP Headquarters

1992 Regional Meeting on Educational Policies in the Arab Region, Cairo

1992 Implementing the Programme for Central and Eastern European Development (PROCEED)

1992 International Conference on Academic Freedoms and University Autonomy, organized by CEPES in Sinaia, Romania

1992 UNESCO-UNICEF project on continuous follow-up of educational achievements launched

1992 International Congress on the Recognition of Studies and Academic Mobility, UNESCO, Paris

1992 Third UNESCO-NGO Collective Consultation on Higher Education on the topic 'The Management of International Co-operation in Higher Education', UNESCO, Paris

1992 Seminar on the Assessment of Foreign Credentials for Senior Officials in the field of Equivalence and Academic and Professional Recognition, organized by UNESCO and Nuffic (Netherlands Organization for International Co-operation in Higher Education), Paris

1992 International Conference on Long-term Planning for Large-scale Collection of International Educational Statistics, UNESCO, Paris

1992 XVIth World Conference on Distance Education organized by the European Community, Bangkok

1992 UNEVOC launched

1992 Project 2000+ Scientific and Technological Literacy for All

1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro

1992 Adoption of 'Agenda 21', Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

1992 Creation by UNESCO of a 'Committee to follow up UNCED' entrusted with supervising improvement of UNESCO's multidisciplinary activities in conformity with the 'Agenda 21' programme

1993 International Congress and World Plan of Action on Education for Human Rights and Democracy, Montreal

1993 World Conference on Human Rights, Declaration and Programme of Action, Vienna

1993 Publication of Prospects is transferred to IBE

1993 Network of IIEP depository libraries and documentation centres established

1993 Pan-African UNESCO-UNICEF Conference on the Education of Girls, Declaration and Framework of Action, Ouagadougou

1993 Sixth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education in Asia and the Pacific (MINEDAP VI), Kuala Lumpur

1993 Education for All Summit of Nine High-population Countries, New Delhi

1993 Aid and rehabilitation programmes in former Yugoslavia

1993 Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly

1993 Education International (EI) is created by merging WCOTP and IFFTU

1993 Adoption by UNESCO's General Conference (Twenty-seventh Session) of a Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education

1993 The General Conference of UNESCO requests the revision of ISCED, Paris

1993 UNESCO launches the 'Learning without Frontiers' initiative

1993 'Culture, Education and Work' selected as the year's theme for the World Decade for Cultural Development

1993 Publication of the first issue of UNESCO's World Science Report (A second issue was published in 1996)

1993 International Congress and Declaration on Population Education and Development, UNESCO-UNFPA, Istanbul

1993 International Foundation on AIDS Research and Prevention created by UNESCO and the Institut Pasteur, Paris

1993 International Symposium, Fortieth Anniversary of the Associated Schools Project, Soest (Germany)

1993-1994 Preparation and dissemination of the World Directory of teacher-training institutions in co-operation with ICET

1994 Launching the Project 'Towards a Culture of Peace'

1994 First Consultative Meeting on the Culture of Peace Programme, Paris

1994 Organization of the International Conference on Education is revised

1994 International research projects launched by IBE

1994 Adoption by the International Conference on Education of the Declaration and Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy

1994 First time distance education techniques used for an IIEP seminar

1994 Inauguration of the International Research and Training Centre for Rural Development in Boading, Hebei Province, China

1994 Pilot project 'Temple Learning Centre', Cambodia, financed by the UNESCO Associations and Clubs in Japan

1994 Fifth Regional Conference of Ministers of Education of Arab States (MINEDARAB V), Cairo

1994 Establishment of a UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy at Al-Bayt University, Jordan

1994 'Save the Baltic' project launched

1994 Establishment, under the aegis of UNESCO, of the International Literacy Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

1994 International Women's Day on the theme 'They want peace, they make peace'

1994 World Conference on Special Needs Education, Salamanca, Spain

1994 The Salamanca Statement

1994 Salamanca Framework for Action

1994 5 October, anniversary of the adoption of the UNESCO-ILO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers becomes World Teachers' Day

1994 Fourth UNESCO-NGO Collective Consultation organized in liaison with the United Nations University on the topic 'Higher Education Capacity Building for the Twenty-first Century', UNESCO, Paris

1994 Production by IIEP of training modules for educational planners and managers

1994 Regional Meeting on Technical and Vocational Education Curriculum Development and Adaptation, Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal, India

1994 Regional Seminar and preparation of Guides/Modules for Prototype Curriculum Development in Technical and Vocational Education, Amman

1994 International Conference on Population and Development, United Nations, Cairo

1994 Environmental and Population Education and Information for Human Development Project (EPD) launched, UNESCO, Paris

1994 Management of Social Transformations (MOST), intergovernmental programme launched by UNESCO

1994-1995 Declaration and Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, International Conference on Education, Geneva

1995 European Conference on Curriculum Development: 'Civic Education in Central and Eastern Europe', Vienna

1995 IBE Statutes revised

1995 Role of the IBE Council strengthened

1995 Consortia and sub-regional networks organized by IIEP

1995 Audience Africa, UNESCO, Paris

1995 Southern African Regional Forum on Literacy, Capetown, South Africa

1995 International Conference on 'Partnership in Teacher Development for a New Asia', Bangkok

1995 Regional symposium of policy-makers in technical and vocational education in the Arab States, Tunis

1995 Collective Consultation of NGOs proposes to create, in collaboration with UNESCO, a non-governmental World Literacy Observatory, Tokyo

1995 Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women, Beijing

1995 Special education programme for street and working children launched

1995 World Social Development Summit, Declaration and Action Plan, Copenhagen

1995 The University and Sustainable Urban Development, UNESCO-PRELUDE Round Table, Paris

1995 Production and dissemination by UNESCO of the first multimedia CD-ROMs on education, development of an Internet Education Web in co-operation with IBM and the University of Nebraska

1995 Establishment of a Co-operation Agreement between UNESCO and IBM to promote the use of new information and communication technologies in education

1995 International UNEVOC Expert Meeting on the Promotion of Equal Access of Girls and Women to Technical and Vocational Education, Korean Manpower Agency, KOMA, Seoul

1995 Adoption of the Integrated Framework for Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy, General Conference of UNESCO, Paris

1995-2005 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education

1996 Publication by UNESCO of the Delors Commission Report Learning: the Treasure Within

1996 45th session of the International Conference on Education on the theme 'Enhancing the Role of Teachers in a Changing World', UNESCO/IBE, Geneva

1996 Flexible periodicity of the International Conference on Education (between four and six years)

1996 The start of IIEP's Sixth Medium-Term Plan (1996-2001)

1996 Launching of the United Nations System-Wide Special Initiative on Africa

1996 Second international UNESCO/ACEID Conference, 'Re-engineering Education for Change: Educational Innovation for Development', Bangkok

1996 MINEDLAC VII, Kingston

1996 Ibero-American Summit on the theme 'Education, Democratic Management and Management of Education Systems', Santiago

1996 Mid-Decade meeting of the International Consultative Forum of Education for All, Amman

1996 Conference on Literacy, International Literacy Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

1996 Regional Conference on the theme 'Policies and Strategies for the Transformation of Higher Education' (preparation for the World Conference on Higher Education to be held in 1998), Havana

1996 Subregional Training Workshop on Education Statistics and Indicators for Women Statisticians, Accra, Ghana

1996 Second International Congress 'Education and Informatics', organized by UNESCO, Moscow

1996 Publication of Caring for the Future, Report of the Independent Commission on Population and Quality of Life, chaired by Ms Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

1996 UNESCO joins UNAIDS

1996-1997 Preparation and dissemination of a resource package, 'Special Needs in the Classroom'

1997 Establishment of a branch of the International Institute for Educational Planning for Latin America and the Caribbean in Buenos Aires

1997 Latin American Teachers' Congress 'Pedagogía' 97, Havana

1997 There are fifty Member States in the Europe region within UNESCO

1997 Fifth UNESCO-NGO Collective Consultation on 'Higher Education: the Consequences of Change for Graduate Employment', UNESCO, Paris

1997 Regional conferences on higher education (preparations for the World Conference) in Africa (Dakar, March/April), the Arab States (Beirut, April), Asia (Tokyo, UNU, July) and Europe (Palermo, Italy, September)

1997 Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, UIE, Hamburg, Germany

1997 Meeting of Experts on Education Indicators and the International Classification of Education, ISCED, Paris

1997 Distance Education Seminar on 'The Role and Possibilities of Distance Education in Meeting the Needs of Lifelong Education for All', Moscow

1997-1998 Preparation and dissemination of the first CD-ROM co-produced by UNESCO and Education International

1998 Seventh Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VII)

1998 Publication of the fourth World Education Report on the theme 'Teachers and Teaching in a Changing World'

1998 World Conference on Higher Education: Higher Education in the Twenty-first century

2001-2010 International Basic Education Decade (planned)