The following Institutes and Centres work as part of UNESCO’s Education Programme to assist countries to tackle challenges in education. 

Global

International Bureau of Education (IBE), Geneva, Switzerland.
Enhancing curriculum development and educational content.

International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris, France and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Helping countries to design, plan and manage their education systems.

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), (former UNESCO Institute for Education), Hamburg, Germany.
Promoting literacy, non-formal education, and adult and lifelong learning.

Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE), Moscow, Russian Federation.
Assisting countries to use information and communication technologies in education.

International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC), Bonn, Germany.
Improving education for the world of work.

The sector also works closely with:

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Montreal, Canada.
Providing the global and internationally comparable statistics that reflect today’s education needs.

Regional

Africa

International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Strengthening Africa’s educational institutions.

Europe and North America

European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), Bucharest, Romania.
Promoting cooperation and reform in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe.

Latin America and Caribbean

International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), (website in Spanish), Caracas, Venezuela.
Developing and transforming higher education in the region.

Centres under the auspices of UNESCO

The five centres under the auspices of UNESCO (category 2) complement and expand UNESCO’s education programme.

Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), Icheon, Republic of Korea.

International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (CIEFFA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development Centre for Africa (GCYDCA), Lilongwe, Malawi.

International Research and Training Center for Rural Education (INRULED), Beijing, China.

Regional Centre for Educational Planning (RCEP), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.