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The initiative "Academia ODS 4 - EDUCA Mesoamerica" is a joint effort between the UNESCO Offices in San Jose, Guatemala, Mexico, and Havana-Dominican Republic, in collaboration with CECC-SICA, PARLACEN, and the SES Foundation of Argentina.

It aims to strengthen and support the efforts made by the SICA countries to prevent educational exclusion and ensure that all individuals, without distinction, have access to the right to education throughout their lives. To achieve this, it will focus on building spaces for training, dialogue, and cooperation among the countries, allowing them to explore possible solutions to educational exclusion from a Mesoamerican regional perspective and the contexts of each country within it.

Full access to and exercise of the right to education throughout one's life is not only an objective of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development but is also an effective human right that enables other rights. Without the right to education, there is no social mobility, no achievement of a dignified life or decent work, and no full exercise of citizenship. The right to education allows the development of life skills, coexistence, the ability to be agents of change, and understanding and action on the prevention and mitigation of climate change.

The construction of common visions and strategies is critical because, even considering the particularities and histories of each country, it can facilitate understanding that the problems affecting the right to education have some common structural and, above all, conjunctural causes. Addressing and resolving these issues require interdisciplinary and complex approaches, the consolidation of political commitments, and the production and systematization of knowledge, practices, and tools that allow for relevant and pertinent responses, supporting the role of the countries themselves in the decision-making processes that affect their present and future.

The initiative focuses on the thematic areas for the transformation of education post-COVID-19 pandemic proposed by the United Nations Secretary-General, which include inclusive schools, life skills, sustainable development, digital transformation, and education financing. It also includes an additional topic of urgent discussion in the field, such as artificial intelligence in the education sector.

It is directed at a limited set of technical teams from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, selected by the Ministries of Education of those countries. Participation in this initiative will be recognized with a certificate provided by CECC-SICA, the Central American Parliament, UNESCO, and the SES Foundation (Argentina).

The academy aims to provide a space for training, dialogue, and cooperation that allows officials and decision-makers designated by the Ministries of Education to rethink the structural and conjunctural challenges that affect access to and exercise of education. It also aims to explore solutions based on experiences, practices, and lessons learned, with a vision from a regional integration perspective.

The construction of common visions and strategies is critical because, even considering the particularities and histories of each country, it can facilitate understanding that the problems affecting the right to education have some common structural and, above all, conjunctural causes. Addressing and resolving these issues require interdisciplinary and complex approaches, the consolidation of political commitments, and the production and systematization of knowledge, practices, and tools that allow for relevant and pertinent responses, supporting the role of the countries themselves in the decision-making processes that affect their present and future.