About US
WHAT IS the LEARNINGPLANET alliance?
Created in 2020 by the Learning Planet Institute and UNESCO, we are an established and growing community of diverse game changers and institutions transforming education around the world.
Our Alliance unites all change actors, from grassroots players and innovators (universities, NGOs, youth movements, social entrepreneurs…) to cities, national governments and multilateral organisations. Together we co-create new ways of learning, teaching, and researching by sharing our data, practices, knowledge and experience.
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OUR ASPIRATIONS
Future exploration focused
To embrace change and complexity in exploring new ways of learning, teaching, doing interdisciplinary research, mobilising collective intelligence and seeking to learn from our mistakes.
Solutions oriented
To create and scale game-changing practices to bring tangible shifts and create a culture of hope.
Youth committed
To make youth engagement and agency integral in all our actions and initiatives.
Sustainably designed
To build for the long-term by being informed by research, science and traditional wisdom, and inspired by nature and the humanities.
Cooperation driven
To foster cooperation, listening and feedback between members and value collective impact over competition
Equity & Diversity enabled
To enable all members by giving an equal space and place and dialling-up those that are unheard or under-represented
Accessibility minded
To communicate in ways that enable everyone to easily join the conversation and favour tools and platforms that our members are already using.
EDUCATION AS A FOUNDATION OF
THE LEARNING SOCIETY
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OUR JOURNEY SO FAR
LearningPlanet is born
Official launch of the LearningPlanet initiative on the International Day of Education at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Global Little Prince writing contest
The “Conversations with The Little Prince” writing contest is held in 6 languages drawing 2,500 participants.
The Festival goes online
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Festival takes place virtually, with 250 sessions, 330 speakers, and 2,500 participants from 90 countries while thousands of others follow along.
Creation of the Learning for Sustainability and Youth Empowerment Circles
LearningPlanet Circles are launched as dedicated spaces to advance the dialogue among a diverse set of stakeholders and to create and/or support projects.
The LearningPlanet Assembly and the launch of the Transitions in Higher Education Circle
The Assembly draws 500+ participants for 2 days of collaborative sessions, and a key outcome is the creation of the Transitions in Higher Education Circle.
World Expo in Dubai
LearningPlanet takes part in the French Pavilion, with an immersive experience featuring the Little Prince and WeLearn, an Artificial Intelligence developed by the Learning Planet Institute.
Launch of the Youth Council
18 elected changemakers are elected to act as leaders and take on strategic decisions of the Youth Empowerment Circle.
Launch of the Youth Fellows community
These youth are a community of inspiring young individuals from around the world. Are you under 25 years old? Apply today!
The Festival goes hybrid
The 3rd edition clearly makes new narratives for education everybody’s business, and features 450+ events, co-created with 250+ partners, and spanning 150+ countries.
Launch of the Teachers for the Planet Programme
The programme puts educators at the centre of the educational response to our climate crisis, making explicit and concrete links between the education and climate change sectors for real impact at school- and system-level. We are working on tangible outputs that transform education towards climate action and leadership in the lead up to COP28. The search for solutions is open – please share!
The Festival shapes new narratives around learning in the 21st century
With over 600 events worldwide, the 4th edition of the LearningPlanet Festival gathered close to 60,000 online participants from 191 countries. Thousands of participants took part in a growing number of local events from Delhi to Phoenix through Paris, Dakar and Bogotá.
The LearningPLANET TEAM
While the active participation of many LearningPlanet partners is central to the development of the initiative, The Learning Planet Institute has created a core team to coordinate the efforts of the collective:
Olivier Bréchard
Director
Leonora Dowley
Partnerships Manager
Gaëll Mainguy
Vice President, Learning Planet Institute
Katherine Brown
Junior Project Manager
Sarah Horley
Programme Manager
Edward Stevenette
Education Programme Manager
Céliane De Luca
Community Engagement Project Manager
Réka Lodinsky
Communications Project Manager
Damien Sueur
Digital & Audiovisual Project Manager