UNESCO. General Conference; 36th; 36 C/5: volume 1: Draft ...

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UNESCO International Institute for Educational
Planning (IIEP)
The General Conference,
Acknowledging the report of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) for the
2010-2011 biennium,
Recognizing the importance of maintaining the functional autonomy of the Institute in order to ensure that
it can provide services to the Member States in a flexible, effective and efficient way,
1. Emphasizes and values the important contribution of IIEP to the fulfilment of the relevant strategic
objectives and the priorities of Major Programme I, particularly with regard to capacity development
and research, in the areas of educational planning and policy analysis;
2. Requests the IIEP Governing Board, in accordance with the Institute’s Statutes and the present
resolution, when approving the Institute’s budgets for 2012-2013 to ensure that the Institute’s
programmes and activities:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
are aligned with IIEP’s Medium-Term Plan, as well as with the strategic objectives, priorities,
and expected results of Major Programme I;
reinforce Member States’ capacities for the management, planning and administration of
education systems, including through operational projects in its field of competence;
strengthen national, sub-regional and interregional training programmes in educational
planning, administration, evaluation and monitoring in cooperation with the other UNESCO
education institutes, as well as the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and UNESCO field offices;
develop practice-oriented knowledge in educational planning and management with a view to
sharing and transferring it among Member States;
3. Authorizes the Director-General to support the operation of the Institute by granting a financial
allocation under Major Programme I for a total amount of $5,500,000;
4. Expresses its gratitude to the Member States and organizations that have supported the Institute’s
activities through voluntary contributions and contractual agreements, as well as to the Argentinean
and French Governments, which provide the Institute’s premises free of charge and periodically
finance their upkeep, and invites them to continue their support for 2012-2013 and beyond;
5. Appeals to Member States, international governmental and non-governmental organizations, donor
agencies and the private sector to grant, renew or increase their voluntary contributions, with a view
to strengthening the activities of IIEP, in accordance with Article VIII of its Statutes, so that it may
better meet the needs of Member States in all fields of Major Programme I;
6. Requests the Director-General to report periodically, to the governing bodies, in the statutory reports,
on IIEP’s contribution to the achievement of the following expected results of Major Programme I:
(1) national capacities strengthened for policy formulation and planning focusing on quality and
gender equality issues, and drawing on information and communication technologies (MLA 1
– expected result 1)
(2) education stakeholders informed through evidence-based research and studies on emerging
trends and challenges in education (MLA 4 – expected result 14)
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