World Higher Education Conference

WHEC2022

Reinventing Higher Education for a Sustainable Future

Barcelona • 18-20 May 2022

WHEC2022 | Goals

Opening the door to new, innovative, creative

1
and visionary models of higher education

2
Highlight higher education opportunities and
priorities in the upcoming decade
Reshaping ideas
and practices in
higher education to 3
Anticipate and prepare youth for their role in
ensure sustainable tomorrow’s society
development for
the planet and
humanity Pave the way for a future learning community
4
that is inclusive of all lifelong learners
LEAVING NO ONE
BEHIND
Define and prepare the roadmap for a new era of
5
higher education systems: HED 2030 Roadmap

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WHEC2022 | Stakeholders and Audiences

A global conversation on higher education

Disruptive and innovative

Continuous participation process to achieve
the conference milestones (pre-conference Higher Education
and post-conference)
Ecosystem
Worldwide reach
Representation and participation from all
regions
Barcelona, 18-20 May 2022
Inclusive La Fira de Barcelona
Governmental and intergovernmental Hybrid event
organisations, international networks,
universities, NGOs, private sector, etc.

Youth engagement and empowerment

2000 participants +10k streaming
A special strategy to involve, empower and Higher Education Week Barcelona 2022
inspire youth

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WHEC2022 | What will Happen?

1 2 3 4 5 6

Broad
Identification Preparation
Generation of Formulation participation
and Networking and and
data, of updated of diverse
dissemination strengthening dissemination
information policy stakeholders
of good of partnerships of a HED 2030
and knowledge guidelines (nationally,
practices Roadmap
regionally,
globally)

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WHEC2022 | 10 Main Themes

Impact of Academic
Higher Inclusion in Quality and
Covid-19 on mobility in
education and higher relevance of
higher higher
the SDGs education programmes
education education

International
Higher Financing Data and The futures of
cooperation to
education higher knowledge higher
enhance
governance education production education
synergies

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 WHEC2022 | Timeline

WHEC2022 TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA AND BEYOND

Leaving no one behind

HED 2030 Roadmap

Guidelines for action

WHEC2022
WHEC2009 HED 2030 Roadmap WHEC2022 +5 2030+

Pre-conference initiatives Post-conference follow-up actions

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WHEC2022 | Strategies

1
Knowledge production
and policy dialogue

2 Youth engagement

3 Partnerships and alliances

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WHEC2022 | Knowledge Production and Policy dialogue

CLEARING HOUSE
Building a digital resource collection to inform decisions and actions to enhance HED

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE POLICY DIALOGUE

PRODUCTION AND CONSULTATIONS
• UNITWIN Networks/UNESCO Chairs
• Open knowledge products contributions
• Standard policy briefs • Worldwide consultation meeting reports
• Videos (stakeholders within and outside HED
• Other products organisations)
• Youth strategy, events and recommendations

HED 2030 ROADMAP

GLOBAL REPORTS SURVEY REPORTS
AND POLICY PAPERS • HED contribution to lifelong learning –
• Report of the Global Independent Expert UIL/IAU/IIPE/IESALC
Group on the Universities (EGU) and the • HED, SDGs and leaving no one behind –
2030 Agenda UNESCO Chairs
• Technical Expert Group (TEG) background • Policy makers, SDGs and leaving no one
documents behind – UNESCO National Commissions
• Others • Others

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WHEC2022 | Youth Engagement: • Involve • Empower • Inspire

KNOWLEDGE
PRODUCTION E-LEARNING
Surveys, consultations,
Webinars, workshops,
policy dialogue,
MOOCs, master classes,
videomathon, blogs
HED Talks

HED TECH
ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTS AND SPORTS
TALENT TALENT
RAISING ALL YOUTH VOICES Capacity building, call for
Exhibitions, videos,
performing, short movies,
Working for inclusion proposals, preincubation
call for proposals

PODCAST AND YOUTH LEADERS AND

STORYTELLING AMBASSADORS
UNESCO Youth PRODUCTION
Call for action, policy
Interactive Platform Interviews, share dialogue
personal stories

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WHEC2022 | Partnerships and Alliances

BENEFITS
Visibility

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE? Participation

Partner Sponsor Supporter Knowledge production

and joint projects

Exhibition

Networking

Collaborative efforts towards the 2030 Agenda

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WHEC2022 | HED Contributions to the 2030 Agenda and Beyond

OUTPUTS OUTCOME IMPACTS

WHEC2022 content produced and/or
shared
(knowledge, innovation, good
practices)

Guidance to Member States and Capacities of HED

capacity building of HED relevant institutions and systems
stakeholders for strengthening to create/adapt/improve
political will, policy and programme their policies, Contributions of HED to
development provided programmes, and the 2030 Agenda and
(nationally, regionally, globally) practices reinforced beyond strengthened
(HED ecosystem
transformed on the basis
of quality, equity and
inclusion)
Coalition among HED international
community in favour of the 2030 Well-being of humans
Agenda and Futures of Education and sustainability of
reinvigorated the planet

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WHEC2022 | A Joint Effort

The WHEC2022 is organised by UNESCO in collaboration with the Government of

Spain, the regional Government of Catalonia, the City Hall and the Regional
Authority of Barcelona, with the technical assistance of GUNi/ACUP

In collaboration with

With the technical assistance of Scientific Steering Group led by

With contributions from

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 Thank you!
UNESCO WHEC Secretariat

Learn more:
WHEC2022
UNESCO Higher Education
Email: whec2022@unesco.org

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