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12-Oct-2011
The videos and PowerPoints presented at the launch of
"Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011"
are now online.
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05-Oct-2011
Browse the “Database of Best Practices in Educational Facilities Investment”, a joint database tool developed by OECD and the European Investment Bank (EIB), that informs the investment and development of innovative educational spaces – in policy and in practice.
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27-Sep-2011
27/09/2011 - Investments in well-designed, multi-purpose local education facilities serve as a visible commitment to the community and a cost-effective way to revitalise local economies. That is the message from the OECD’s Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011, which presents over 60 state-of-the-art recently built or refurbished spaces with colour photographs, plans and descriptions. The Compendium brings together case studies from 28 countries, ranging from Argentina, Australia and Bangladesh to France, South Africa and the United States.
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15-Mar-2011
Anyone wondering why knowledge and skills are important to the future of our economies should consider two facts. First, jobs: employment rates are higher among people with more education than among those with less. This has continued to be the case during the crisis.
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15-Mar-2011
Unemployment soared in the crisis, and creating jobs is now a major policy priority. But jobs alone will not be enough. A greater emphasis on skills will be needed for the recovery to last.
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04-Nov-2010
CELE is happy to announce that, out of a total of 166 submissions for recently-built or refurbished educational facilities, 60 particularly remarkable facilities from 28 countries have been selected. They will be featured in the next issue of the Compendium, to be published in 2011. Choosing between dozens of amazing innovative and inspiring designs, the jury also identified six particularly remarkable projects and one overall outstanding design. Read more to find out who the laureats are!
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03-Sep-2010
After two days of intense debate, the six-member international jury - nominated to select the most outstanding educational facilities among some 170 submissions - has reached consensus on the winning entries. The jury also identified an overall outstanding submission and five special commendations. The 4th Compendium will cover all levels of education and address how the design, use and management of buildings and grounds contribute to the quality of education.
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23-Oct-2009
The OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has invited submissions of exceptional recently built or refurbished facilities, to be published in 2011 in its 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities. Potential sponsors for the publication are invited to contact us.
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15-May-2008
The New York Times quotes the OECD publication Keeping Schools Safe in Earthquakes, which concludes that “schools ‘routinely’ collapsed in earthquakes around the world because of avoidable design or construction errors, or because existing laws and building codes were not enforced”. A review of OECD countries’ implementation of the Recommendation Concerning Guidelines on Earthquake Safety in Schools, featured in the report and approved by OECD Council in 2005, is under way.
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22-Jan-2008
This study discusses relevant international research, with special attention to studies in the Nordic countries, and analyses survey responses by more than 11 000 Norwegian youths aged 13 to 19.
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