Last month, the Third Report on "Local Governments and the Location of the Sustainable Development Goals", elaborated by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), was presented in New York at the High Level Political Forum of the United Nations.
The International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) has contributed in the elaboration of chapter focused on SDG 4, describing the involvement of local governments in achieving a Quality Inclusive Education and Lifelong Training for all.
The report contains a large number of initiatives carried out by over 30 IAEC cities, which illustrates that local governments are an important agent of innovation in formal and non-formal education, and the Educational Innovation Network is one of them:
“A number of Local and Regional Governments are working towards innovation in the learning process. To do so, LRGs are collaborating with networks of local agents and the private sector, are actively involved in reinforcing innovation and the quality of learning supports and methodologies and also offering in-service teacher training. All of these measures are relevant for ensuring quality education for all.”
The report shows how local authorities can coordinate collaborative networks with multiple actors to tackle local needs. The Educational Innovation Network of Viladecans and its work done in collaboration with the rest of the European cities that are part of ON BOARD project is a great example of this.
Read IAEC article here
Read the report here