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Mid-Decade Meeting on EFA 1996
Amman, Jordan, 16-19 June 1996

Six years after the Jomtien Conference, the Mid-Decade Meeting of the International Consultative Forum on Education for All, in Amman, Jordan (16-19 June 1996) brought together some 250 decision-makers from 73 countries, including ministers of education, and multilateral, and bilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations. Their aim: to assess the advances made since the Jomtien Conference.

  • The Amman Affirmation

  • Working Document

  • Final Report

  • Press Kit


  • Press Releases
  • Education for All Forum to meet in Amman in June 1996

  • UNESCO Director-General opens Mid-Decade Meeting of the Education for All Forum

  • Children, adult learners and teachers address the Mid-Decade Meeting

  • The Mid-Decade Meeting: Debate on girls' education and the plights of teachers

  • Mid-Decade Meeting on EFA calls for an acceleration of efforts


  • Speeches
  • Opening speech by UNESCO's Director-General, Federico Mayor

  • Closing statement by Richard Jolly, Special Adviser to UNDP's Administrator