Annex III to BS/WG/ED/R(2024)1

 

ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION

PLAN OF ACTION

OF THE BSEC WORKING GROUP ON EDUCATION

1 January 2024 - 31 December 2025

Country-Coordinator 2024-2025: The Hellenic Republic

 

  1. OVERVIEW AND GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Guided by the goals in the field of Education comprised in the BSEC Economic Agenda “Towards a sustainable future of the wider Black Sea area”adopted by the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of BSEC (online, December 15, 2023), fifteen (15) general objectives of the Working Group on Education are set.

Building upon the work of the BSEC Organization aimed at promoting all-round cooperation in the wider Black Sea region, and given the impact of education on the sustainable development of the economies of its member-states, BSEC PERMIS attaches great importance to issues related to cooperation in the afore-mentioned area.

Moreover, knowledge has always been the fundament for progress. It is also a crucial factor in taking on multi-faceted challenges (social, economic, environmental) and thus attaining sustainable development goals.

Along the above lines and in coherence with the relevant provisions of the BSEC Economic Agenda “Towards a sustainable future of the wider Black Sea area” the Hellenic Republic, as the Country-Coordinator of the BSEC Working Group on Education for the period from January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2025, prepared its Action Plan of the Working Group, setting the priorities described below.

 

  1. PRIORITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP

Based on Goals 1 and 13 of the BSEC Economic Agenda “Towards a Sustainable future of the wider Black Sea area” the Working Group intends to focus on the following priorities: 

- Encourage and facilitate the adaptation of the BSEC countries’ education systems, teachers, and students to the digital era and the use of digital technologies, especially with the exchange of good practices at all levels of education.

- Support initiatives and the implementation of projects, focusing on the use of digital technologies through the exchange of information and experiences to attain access of all learners to inclusive, quality education.

- Promote further cooperation with International Organizations to adapt the education systems of the BSEC Member States to sustainability goals. 

- Foster academic exchange and mobility of teachers, students, researchers, and young scientists of the BSEC Member States, especially on the use of modern technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

 

  1. JOINT ACTIVITIES

Implementation of joint activities intends to promote the above-mentioned priorities of the Working Group on Education. 

Thus, joint activities will focus on the following:

  1. Theextensiveuse of digital technologies and tools in the education systems of the BSEC Member States, with the aim to:

- Promote quality, sustainable education for all learners.

- Facilitate cooperation between teachers and students, as well as educational exchanges, training, and networking, especially using digital technologies.

- Promote digital competencies of all learners.

- Exchange information, developments, experiences, and best practices, with the use of digital tools.

- Encourage joint educational activities between primary and secondary schools, with the use of digital tools.

- Enhance students’ cooperation on topics of mutual interest, especially in digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  1. II. Further cooperation with International Education Networks (e.g. ENIC/NARIC), especially on issues of recognition of academic titles, quality assurance in Higher Education Institutions, fraud in education, etc.

III. Bringing closer the younger generations of the BSEC region 

The coordinating country will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with some of the main advantages of the use of digital technologies in primary and secondary education.

More specifically, BSEC Member States are invited to:

  1. Identifyat least one (01) up to three (03) of the main advantages in their education systems as a result of the use of Information and Communication Technology tools.
  2. Sendby e-mail their input (1-page maximum, in Word format) to the coordinating-country.
  1. MEETINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP
  • 1st WG Meeting (25 April 2024)
  • 2nd WG Meeting (Autumn 2024)
  • 1st WG Meeting (April 2025)
  • 2nd WG Meeting (Autumn 2025)

 

  1. COOPERATION WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Promote further cooperation with International Organizations, namely:

  • The Council of Europe, especially in the framework of Europe Education Strategy 2024-2030.
  • The UNESCO, especially through the participation of BSEC schools in the ASPnet school network, etc.
  • The European Union, especially through the Erasmus+ programme, e-twinning projects, etc.

Coordinator of the meeting:

Mr. Panagiotis Passas (panagiotis.passas@minedu.gov.gr)

Director-General

Directorate-General of International and European Affairs, Education of the Hellenic Diaspora and Intercultural Education

Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports

 

Country representative: 

Ms. Aikaterini Bompetsi (ampo@minedu.gov.gr)

Section of International Relations

Directorate of International and European Affairs,

Directorate-General of International and European Affairs, Education of the Hellenic Diaspora and Intercultural Education

Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports