UNESCO Regional Center as Knowledge Partner at Asian Conference on Giftedness, Creativity
The UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education (UNESCO RCQE) is participating as a knowledge partner in the 19th Asian Pacific Conference on Giftedness and Creativity (APCG 2026), hosted by the University of Business and Technology (UBT) in the city of Jeddah from February 7 to 11, 2026, under the theme “Towards the Future: A Vision for Gifted Education 2050.”
The Center’s participation affirms its regional and international role in institutionalizing quality and excellence in education, supporting policies and reference models that enable gifted education and enhance measurable impact, in alignment with UNESCO’s directions and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Center took part in an international symposium and launched specialized knowledge tracks titled “From Models to Impact: Quality and Excellence Frameworks for Empowering Gifted Education 2050.” These sessions featured scientific papers and showcased the impact of the Center’s programs and initiatives in nurturing gifted individuals, presented before a distinguished group of experts and specialists from more than 40 countries, reflecting the conference’s international dimension and diversity of expertise.
The Center’s participation focused on four strategic pillars. First, positioning quality and excellence in gifted education within the 2050 vision, where the Center emphasized that the quality of gifted education represents a strategic pillar for building human capital capable of leading the future. Additionally, it called for a shift from traditional standards to flexible educational systems responsive to rapid transformations, and presented its Global Award for Quality and Excellence in Education.
Arab Model for Quality, Excellence in Education
Second, strategic directions and excellence models and frameworks enabling gifted individuals (Vision 2050), during which the Center showcased its experience in developing the Arab Model for Quality and Excellence in Education and its role in empowering educational institutions to design inclusive policies and programs for nurturing gifted learners, based on governance, innovation, and impactful partnerships.
The themes also included impact and future performance measurement of gifted individuals, highlighting the importance of shifting from measuring inputs to measuring the long-term impact of gifted education through future-oriented performance indicators that link educational outcomes with sustainable development and the knowledge-based economy.
Fourth, skills and empowerment of gifted individuals toward the 2050 horizon, where the Center discussed future skills for gifted learners, including systems thinking, innovation, artificial intelligence, ethical leadership, and resilience, emphasizing the need to align gifted education programs with digital transformations and the global labor market.
The Center launched its role as a knowledge partner in the conference through scientific tracks that included expert papers on giftedness and presentations of program impacts, strengthening global knowledge exchange and linking national experiences with international frameworks for quality and excellence.
In concluding its participation, the Center affirmed that this partnership represents an effective model for integrating national, regional, and international efforts in developing gifted education, and expressed its aspiration to expand areas of cooperation in research, capacity building, and policy development, contributing to the realization of the Vision for Gifted Education 2050.
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