GoD

Help countries address pressures that stifle innovation and to create a bolder vision for how to leverage space, time, technology and human resources in education to provide more effective and inclusive learning opportunities

Strengthen foresight and the design of innovative learning environments.

Ministerial Bureau to extend work until April to guide implementation

and develop resource base

Declaration calls on OECD to...

Outcomes

...refocus education policies on strengthened links with economic, social and democratic outcomes

...strengthen lifecycle perspective

Help countries to collaborate with social partners and business to anticipate skill needs and to better align these with skill development in a lifelong perspective, also through better integrating the world’s of learning and work.

Help countries with the design and implementation of policies to foster equity and inclusion, including improvement of data on distributional aspects of access, resourcing, and quality of education and skills. Develop a dashboard to track progress on equity in educational opportunity.

Strong participation

20 Ministers including all G7 countries except Japan

+ 19 Deputy Ministers

Participation

Genuine debate around policy dilemmas,

facilitated through innovative formats, moderation and expert input

High-level policy forum with stakeholders to set the scene

Large and active bureau

Key success factors

Prep video call with all Ministers

to shape agenda, discussion format and nature of debate

Consistent prioritisation of Ministers in all discussions

Success factors

An experienced former Minister as moderator

Discussions fed by real-time data rather than canned presentation

Follow-up mechanism for implementation

Excellent logistics

'Ideas incubator'

Co-create perspectives for strategic directions and outputs beyond 2023/24 biennium

Ideas Incubator

A joint EDU/SKC initiative

Follow-up session in April to frame PWB