> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://experience-digital-transform.gitbook.io/experience-digital-transformation/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://experience-digital-transform.gitbook.io/experience-digital-transformation/education-publications/education-dpi-publications/charter-for-public-digital-learning-platforms.md). # Charter for Public Digital Learning Platforms Seven principles to steer and sustain public digital learning platforms — a UNESCO–UNICEF–ITU publication. ### Seven principles to steer and sustain public digital learning platforms {% hint style="info" %} **UNESCO–UNICEF–ITU publication**, 2026. Citation: *UNESCO-UNICEF-ITU, 2026, Charter for Public Digital Learning Platforms: Seven principles to steer and sustain public digital learning platforms. UNESCO.* Cover credit: © UNESCO/Rob Dobi. Designed by Aïda Alhabshi. Published by UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France. © UNESCO 2026. {% endhint %} Education is a fundamental human right and a public good — and increasingly, that education is supported and complemented in digital environments. **Public digital learning platforms** are the digital commons where this happens: spaces, similar to physical schools, that bring together content, technology, people, and learning activities to help learners learn and teachers teach. They are not replacements for schools, but necessary complements to them, and vital branches of public education. This Charter, developed jointly by UNESCO, UNICEF, and ITU with an international advisory group and countries of the Gateways to Public Digital Learning Initiative, sets out **seven principles** that education authorities can use to guide the design, governance, development, and sustainability of these platforms — signposts rather than prescriptive how-to guides, to be interpreted and applied according to local needs, capacities, and priorities. ## The seven principles


1 · Public	A public good and human right, publicly governed, publicly financed	Principle 1: Public
2 · Inclusive	For all learners — multilingual, accessible, culturally relevant, low-bandwidth	Principle 2: Inclusive
3 · Pedagogical	Teacher-led, pedagogically diverse, humble about what screens can do	Principle 3: Pedagogical
4 · Complementary	Reinforcing teachers and schools, integrated with wider DPI and policy	Principle 4: Complementary
5 · Open	Interoperable, modular, openly licensed, open by design	Principle 5: Open
6 · Focused	Start small, support teachers and parents, guided by needs and data	Principle 6: Focused
7 · Trustworthy	Accurate, reliable, age-appropriate, responsible stewards of data	Principle 7: Trustworthy

{% hint style="success" %} Each principle page preserves its full numbered sub-principles (1.1, 1.2, ...) so you — or the site's Assistant — can point directly to a single sub-principle rather than the whole Charter. {% endhint %} ## Beyond the principles


Preamble	Education as a human right and a public good, in a digital and AI age	Preamble
What Are Public Digital Learning Platforms?	Digital commons dedicated to education as a human right and a public good	What Are Public Digital Learning Platforms?
Why Are They Necessary?	The case against leaving digital education to market forces alone	Why Are Public Digital Learning Platforms Necessary?
Aims of the Charter	What the seven principles are for, and what they are not	Aims of the Charter
Call to Action	Placing digital learning platforms for public education in public hands	Call to Action
Acknowledgements & Contact	The Gateways Initiative, member countries, and the advisory group behind the Charter	Acknowledgements & Contact

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