{"id":3109,"date":"2017-05-18T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/?page_id=3109"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:25:59","slug":"about-unesco-iite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/about-unesco-iite\/","title":{"rendered":"About UNESCO IITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3226 size-iite-publication alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IITEBuilding-220x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IITEBuilding-220x322.jpg 220w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IITEBuilding-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IITEBuilding.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 220px\" \/>The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education was established as an integral part of UNESCO by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th session (November 1997) and is located in Moscow, Russian Federation. IITE is the only UNESCO \u0441ategory 1 Institute that holds a global mandate for ICT in education.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the new <a href=\"http:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/images\/0024\/002456\/245656E.pdf\">Education 2030 Agenda<\/a>, IITE has developed its strategic priority areas to meet new demands and tasks ahead. The mission of IITE in the new era is <strong>promoting the innovative use of ICT and serving as facilitator and enabler for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) through ICT-enabled solutions and best practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bearing in mind that SDG 4 highlights <em>inclusion<\/em> and <em>equity<\/em>, <em>quality of education<\/em> and <em>lifelong learning<\/em>, IITE focuses its activities on the following strategic priorities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitating the innovative use of ICT to enhance inclusion and equity in education and lifelong learning;<\/li>\n<li>Empowering teachers in Member States\u00a0to improve the quality of education by promoting ICT-enabled pedagogies and best practices;<\/li>\n<li>Fostering the potential of ICT for education transformation through global dialogue and networking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To successfully carry out its activities in accordance with the defined strategic priorities, IITE\u2019s implementation modalities are combined in the six action areas:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-roman;\">\n<li>Assisting Member States in Policy Development and Capacity Building on ICT in Education<\/li>\n<li>Research and Advocacy of ICT-enabled Innovative Pedagogy<\/li>\n<li>Promoting ICT Competencies and Skills for Teachers and Schools<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination of Best Practices<\/li>\n<li>Harnessing ICT Potential for Inclusive Education and Education for Health and Well-being<\/li>\n<li>Developing Partnerships and Networking<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Over the twenty years since its foundation, IITE has accumulated rich expertise and experience in promoting ICT in education, with strong support and guidance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\">UNESCO Headquarters<\/a>, UNESCO IITE <a href=\"http:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/governing-board\/\">Governing Board<\/a> and the host country.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/UNESCO-IITE-Statuses-PDF.pdf\">UNESCO IITE Statutes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/financial-statements\/\">Financial Statements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Structure<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30931\" src=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1-220x116.png 220w, https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITE-Structure-20201124-02-1024x538-1-400x210.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education was established as an integral part of UNESCO by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th session (November 1997) and is&#8230; <a class=\"arch__readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/about-unesco-iite\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About UNESCO IITE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"iite_theme":[],"class_list":["post-3109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About UNESCO IITE &#8211; UNESCO IITE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iite.unesco.org\/about-unesco-iite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About UNESCO IITE &#8211; UNESCO IITE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education was established as an integral part of UNESCO by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th session (November 1997) and is... 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