{"id":6207,"date":"2025-11-21T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpidev.onpressidium.com\/news\/le-learning-planet-institute-designe-institut-de-categorie-2-place-sous-legide-de-lunesco\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:52:16","slug":"learning-planet-institute-designated-a-category-2-institute-under-the-aegis-of-lunesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/news\/le-learning-planet-institute-designe-institut-de-categorie-2-place-sous-legide-de-lunesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Info - Learning Planet Institute designated UNESCO Category 2 Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55922 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/is-a-category-2-centre-2.png\" width=\"723\" height=\"181\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>The Learning Planet Institute (LPI), founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/biographie-francois-taddei\/\">Fran\u00e7ois Taddei<\/a> almost 20 years ago, has just been officially designated a Category 2 institute under the auspices of UNESCO, at the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/franceunesco_la-43e-conf%C3%A9rence-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-l-unesco-s-activity-7395394134955536384-9bqb?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAABxcnQUBlfqb5cqDqu2aFS2kW2z_BpwOjB0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">43rd General Conference of the Organization.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>This international recognition marks almost twenty years of commitment to transforming education worldwide, with and for young people, with a view to training learners to meet major global challenges.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/creativity\/fr\/partnerships\/category-2-centers#:~:text=Les%20instituts%20et%20centres%20de,partenaires%20et%20%C3%A0%20l'UNESCO.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Category 2 institutes<\/a> are a worldwide network of top-quality establishments, privileged partners of the\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO<\/a>. This status confers on LPI a reference role in the fields of pedagogical innovation, learning sciences and educational transformation, while enhancing its visibility among the 193 member states, academic institutions and major international organizations.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This new status changes several very concrete things for the Learning Planet Institute.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Firstly, it officially registers LPI in UNESCO's international network of partner institutes: a select circle of organizations recognized for their expertise, which contribute directly to UNESCO's priorities and major global programs (such as, in particular, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/fr\/objectifs-de-developpement-durable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Development Objectives<\/a>). Like all Category 2 Institutes, LPI remains legally and financially autonomous, but now benefits from a formal institutional cooperation framework with UNESCO: participation in joint projects, access to intergovernmental networks, training, research and consultancy opportunities with member states.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This designation will enable LPI to increase the impact and global reach of its activities.<\/strong>, Category 2 Institutes will benefit from enhanced recognition, greater international visibility and the possibility of spreading their methodologies, tools and educational programs more widely throughout the network of 193 member states. Category 2 Institutes are also expected to <strong>mobilize and disseminate UNESCO's expertise<\/strong>, These include aligning their activities with the priorities of the United Nations, participating in the development of new resources, organizing international training courses and supporting educational decision-makers.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This status also enables LPI to strengthen its ties with the French government.<\/strong> By hosting a Category 2 institute, France becomes the host country for a global center of excellence in education, opening up access to specific funding programs, international institutions based in France, government-led scientific and educational cooperation schemes, and public-private partnerships of international scope.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This appointment comes at a symbolic time for the Institute, as it celebrates its <strong>20 years of existence<\/strong> in 2026 and is preparing to launch the <strong>Learning Planet Academy<\/strong>, an international program whose aim is to train learners not only to be the best, but also to be the best at what they do. <strong><s>IN<\/s><\/strong> the world, but <strong>FOR <\/strong>the world and empower them to become citizens of the planet.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55925\" style=\"width: 309px; height: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/econovia_logo_baseline_bleus.svg\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tiffany IKIA DIMI - tiffany.ikiadimi@econovia.fr - 06 15 44 98 74<br \/>Ludovic BAYLE - ludovic.bayle@econovia.fr - 06 29 65 39 53<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Learning Planet Institute (LPI), founded by Fran\u00e7ois Taddei almost 20 years ago, has just been officially designated a Category 2 Institute under the auspices of UNESCO.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"23","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75,25,22,26,23],"tags":[62,41,24,40,65],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-education","category-institutional","category-international","category-press","tag-chaire-unesco","tag-francois-taddei","tag-learning-planet-academy","tag-odd","tag-unu"],"acf":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}