UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education was established as an integral part of UNESCO by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th session (November 1997) and is located in Moscow, Russian Federation. At the same session, the Statutes of IITE were adopted. In his note of 26 March 1998 the Director-General of UNESCO announced the establishment of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education and set terms to form the IITE Governing Board. The IITE mission is to strengthen the national capacities of UNESCO Member States for applying ICTs in education. For these purposes the Institute promotes collection, analysis, dissemination and exchange of information on the use of ICTs in education; provides at the request of Member States advisory services and promote studies in Member States on the application of ICTs in education; offers technical assistance based on research findings in the design of curricula and courses on the use of ICTs in education; organizes pre- and in-service training, including open and distance education, for educational personnel on the use of ICTs in education, giving priority to developing countries and countries in transition; fosters the development of UNESCO regional programmes on the application of ICTs in education in all Member States and, particularly, in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.