Under the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA), Dakar will host a regional seminar under organised by APEFE in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Senegal. The event will bring together key stakeholders from Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and international partners. It will showcase the outcomes of a collective learning process initiated in 2025, highlighting knowledge products, good practices and lessons learned from teacher training programmes. Through experience-sharing sessions, panel discussions and field visits, participants will strengthen regional cooperation, foster innovation in teacher professional development, and promote evidence-based approaches to improve education systems across Africa.

More details will be available here soon. 

Read more on the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) and the Teacher Task Force role here.

On 24 March, global education stakeholders will convene at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and online for a major event on teacher professional development at scale (TPD@Scale), exploring how emerging technologies can better support teachers’ learning and practice.

The event is a collaborative effort between the Global Institute for Emerging Technologies Equity Team at The Education University of Hong Kong, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE), SEAMEO Secretariat, Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) and Empowering Teachers Initiative: TPD@Scale (ETI), with support from the International Development Research Centre and UNESCO Chairs Programme.

This forum will bring together international education leaders, policymakers, and experts to investigate how emerging technologies can transform teacher professional development at scale across the globe.

The forum will feature distinguished guests from UNESCO and the SEAMEO Secretariat, TPD@Scale experts at The Open University and SUMMA, and insightful case studies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

The event will culminate in a High-Level Policy Panel Discussion and reflections with key stakeholders from the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development and KERIS.

• Date: 24 March 2026
• Time: 2:30pm - 5:00pm (GMT+8)
• Venue: Tai Po Campus, EdUHK / Zoom (hybrid)
• Join via Zoom: https://bit.ly/4dxmB3c
• Free registration: https://bit.ly/4bft15F

On 24 March, global education stakeholders will convene at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and online for a major event on teacher professional development at scale (TPD@Scale), exploring how emerging technologies can better support teachers’ learning and practice.

The event is a collaborative effort between the Global Institute for Emerging Technologies Equity Team at The Education University of Hong Kong, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE), SEAMEO Secretariat, Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) and Empowering Teachers Initiative: TPD@Scale (ETI), with support from the International Development Research Centre and UNESCO Chairs Programme.

This forum will bring together international education leaders, policymakers, and experts to investigate how emerging technologies can transform teacher professional development at scale across the globe.

The forum will feature distinguished guests from UNESCO and the SEAMEO Secretariat, TPD@Scale experts at The Open University and SUMMA, and insightful case studies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

The event will culminate in a High-Level Policy Panel Discussion and reflections with key stakeholders from the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development and KERIS.

• Date: 24 March 2026
• Time: 2:30pm - 5:00pm (GMT+8)
• Venue: Tai Po Campus, EdUHK / Zoom (hybrid)
• Join via Zoom: https://bit.ly/4dxmB3c
• Free registration: https://bit.ly/4bft15F

On 24 March, global education stakeholders will convene at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and online for a major event on teacher professional development at scale (TPD@Scale), exploring how emerging technologies can better support teachers’ learning and practice.

The event is a collaborative effort between the Global Institute for Emerging Technologies Equity Team at The Education University of Hong Kong, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE), SEAMEO Secretariat, Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) and Empowering Teachers Initiative: TPD@Scale (ETI), with support from the International Development Research Centre and UNESCO Chairs Programme.

This forum will bring together international education leaders, policymakers, and experts to investigate how emerging technologies can transform teacher professional development at scale across the globe.

The forum will feature distinguished guests from UNESCO and the SEAMEO Secretariat, TPD@Scale experts at The Open University and SUMMA, and insightful case studies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

The event will culminate in a High-Level Policy Panel Discussion and reflections with key stakeholders from the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development and KERIS.

• Date: 24 March 2026
• Time: 2:30pm - 5:00pm (GMT+8)
• Venue: Tai Po Campus, EdUHK / Zoom (hybrid)
• Join via Zoom: https://bit.ly/4dxmB3c
• Free registration: https://bit.ly/4bft15F