Watch: GEM Report Event
In March 2025 we hosted a special event celebrating the contribution Global Education Monitoring (GEM) reports make to domestic and global education-policy. Watch a recording of the event below.
The Event
The event, which took place at Wellington’s National Library, included speeches from the Minister of Education, Hon Erica Stanford, the Paris-based Director of GEM Reports, Manos Antoninis, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO Education Commissioner, Professor Gail Gillon and President of the Commonwealth of Learning, Professor Peter Scott.
Two recent GEM reports – both with strong links and critically relevant to New Zealand - were showcased at the event, the 2024 GEM Report: Leadership in Education, as well as the 2024 Pacific regional report: Technology in Education – a tool on whose terms. The Pacific report was developed in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning, with funding support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Hear the Director of the GEM reports, Manos Antoninis, provide an overview of the two reports, their findings and recommendations, during his presentation.
Listen to Hon Erica Stanford, Professor Gail Gillon and Professor Peter Scott discuss the report’s themes, within a local and pacific context.
WATCH our GEM of an event
GEM Reports
GEM reports are editorially independent reports, hosted and published by UNESCO, which help to monitor and report on progress towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.
SDG 4 is a commitment to ensure everyone has access to quality education and aims to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
