Russian Committee for UNESCO Education Programmes to meet on 17 November

On 17 November 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00 (Moscow time), the Russian Committee for UNESCO Education Programmes will hold a meeting at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University). The meeting will be chaired by Professor Vladimir Filippov, President of RUDN University and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Education.

The agenda covers the following topics:

• the revision of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers and the 1997 Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel;

• a presentation at UNESCO Headquarters of study opportunities in Russia for African students;

• measures in the higher education system to achieve SDG 4 indicators;

• comparative progress of Russia and other countries on SDG 4 indicators, and the goal of Russia entering the world’s top ten countries in education;

• cooperation between the Russian network of UNESCO Associated Schools and the International Centre for UNESCO Associated Schools (Hainan), a UNESCO Category 2 Centre;

• the composition of the Committee and its work plan for 2027;

• major UNESCO education events in 2027;

• the establishment of an international pool of experts in inclusive education;

• preparations for the 2nd International High-Level Scientific and Practical Conference under the auspices of UNESCO, “Current Issues of Inclusive Education Worldwide: Context, Policy and Practice” (2028);

• anniversary events of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) in 2027.

The meeting will bring together representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Education, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Secretariat of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, the Russian Academy of Education and leading universities.