Transforming Education Summit + 4: System transformation and resilience for SDG 4

The SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC), under UNESCO's leadership, will convene the Transforming Education Summit + 4 (TES+4) on 10 July 2026 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, under the theme "System transformation and resilience for SDG 4."

The TES+4 comes four years after the Transforming Education Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General in September 2022, which elevated education to the highest political level and galvanized a global movement for education transformation. Building on the TES+2 stocktake held in June 2024, which shifted the focus from commitments to implementation, monitoring and accountability, the TES+4 serves as a strategic bridge to key global milestones in 2027, including the Global Education Meeting, the SDG 4 review at the High-Level Political Forum and the SDG Summit.

At the 2022 Summit, the Teacher Task Force convened its network and led the #TeachersTransform campaign in support of Action Track 3 on teachers, teaching and the teaching profession. Through a series of sessions, the network advanced dialogue on the development of comprehensive national teacher policies through social dialogue, the role of teachers and students as enablers of transformation, teacher leadership, autonomy and innovation, and sector-wide support for teachers working in refugee and crisis contexts.

Thematic focus

The event will focus on education system transformation and resilience, understood not only as the ability to preserve and recover education systems in the face of shocks, but as their capacity to anticipate, adapt, innovate and improve. Particular attention will be given to:

• The teaching profession
• Foundational and lifelong learning
• Inclusive digital transformation
• Sustainable education financing
• Equity, inclusion and gender equality

Objectives

The TES+4 aims to:

1. Review key achievements, gaps and lessons learned from TES follow-up at the country level and identify priority actions to accelerate SDG 4, with a focus on implementation, financing and accountability;
2. Assess the progress and contribution of TES global initiatives at global and country levels, including how they have supported education system transformation and resilience building since 2022;
3. Generate a shared strategic orientation for coordinated action across the global education community, while helping inform early reflections on the post-2030 global education agenda.

Participants

The event will bring together Heads of State or Government, Ministers of Education, SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee members, UN agencies, international and regional development partners, civil society organizations, representatives of the teaching profession, youth and student representatives, and private sector and philanthropic foundations.

Register and learn more about the event here.