1. Reviewing progress
towards the achievement of the Dakar goals including guidance
on the development of the EFA Global Monitoring Report.
2. Assessing the extent to which national policies, plans and
programmes are on track and characterised by well-coordinated
and inclusive partnerships.
3. Assessing the extent to which the international commitments
made in Dakar are being met.
4. Mobilizing global political support and resources for realising
EFA goals including the elimination of gender disparities in primary
and secondary education by 2005.
Tuesday, 19 November 2002
8 am Registration
Opening Ceremony (Open
to the public)
9-10.30 am Chair: Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of
UNESCO
Welcome address: Education
for All: actions since Dakar and challenges ahead
Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
Opening speech: Education
for All is the responsibility of All
Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria
Keynote speeches:
Delivering on Political Commitment to EFA
Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso
Quality education
for girls means Education for All
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
Recorded Video Statement
on EFA:
James Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank
10.30-11 am Coffee break
Working Session I
11 am-12.30 pm Progress towards EFA goals
Chair: John Daniel, Assistant Director-General for Education,
UNESCO
Lead Commentary: Christopher Colclough, Report Director
Respondent: Murli Manohar Joshi, Minister of Human Resource Development,
Science & Technology, India
The monitoring report provides analysis on progress with respect
to all six Dakar goals and selected themes. The High-Level Group
will address the challenges of meeting all six Dakar goals seen
in light of current progress, identify the major blockages and
shortcomings, prepare recommendations for overcoming them and
set strategic priorities for the coming years.
12.30-2 pm Lunch hosted
by Director-General of UNESCO
2-4 pm Working Session
I continued
Major points, recommendations
and actions: Peter Piot, UNAIDS
Working
Session II
4-6.30 pm Accelerating progress on girls' education - Ways and
means to gender equity Chair and Lead Commentary: Carol Bellamy,
Executive Director, UNICEF
Respondent: Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation,
Canada
The 2005 goal of eliminating
gender disparities in primary and secondary education is rapidly
approaching. On the basis of the findings of the Monitoring Report,
the High-Level Group will discuss appropriate policy responses
to the situation, identify promising alternatives and suggest
strategies to accelerate progress on education of girls, adolescents
and women.
Major points, recommendations
and actions: Mary Hatwood Futrell, President, Education International
7.30 pm Reception
Wednesday, 20 November 2002
Working
Session III
8.30-11.30 am Developing policies and plans for EFA through effective
partnerships
Chair and Lead Commentator: Joseph Mungai, Minister of Education,
Tanzania
Respondent: Maria Lourdes Khan, Secretary-General, ASPBAE
Based on the Monitoring
Report, the High-Level Group will review the progress that has
been made in developing policies and plans for EFA through ongoing
broad-based and representative partnerships, forums and alliances
between governments and civil society, including teachers, parents
and communities. The Group will discuss ways and means to sustain
the impetus for better planning for EFA generated by Dakar and
promote genuine dialogue with civil society.
Major points, recommendations
and actions: Kunio Waki, UNFPA
Working Session IV
11.30 am-12.30 pm International Commitments and Initiatives
Chair and Lead Commentary: Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of
International Development Cooperation, Norway
Respondent: Andrew Natsios, Administrator, USAID
Since Dakar and the
reconfirmation of two of the Dakar goals in the Millenium Declaration,
a number of new initiatives and programmes have been launched
in support of EFA. They include the Monterrey Consensus, the Fast-Track
Initiative, the commitments of G8 and the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD). In the light of the disappointing
record of aid flows to EFA in 1990s, the High-Level Group will
discuss ways to ensure that the new commitments are translated
into concrete action. The High-Level Group will give attention
to modalities of supporting "at risk countries" that
are not currently covered by the Fast-Track Initiative. It will
review the effectiveness of the international EFA partnership.
12.30-2 pm Lunch
2-3.30 pm Working
session IV continued
Major points, recommendations
and actions: Ruth Kagia, Director for Education, The World Bank
Working
Session V
3.30-5 pm Implications for monitoring of EFA Progress
Chair and Lead Commentary: Khaled Toukan, Minister of Education,
Jordan
Respondent: Luis Gomez Gutiérrez, Minister of Education,
Cuba
The session will build
on the four previous sessions in order to clarify implications
for monitoring EFA progress in the following ways: (1) implications
for monitoring and evaluation of EFA at the national, regional
and international levels; (2) implications for the content and
development of the monitoring report; and (3) implications for
the role of the High-Level Group as a monitoring body.
Major points, recommendations and actions: Gorgui Sow, Coordinator,
African Network Campaign on Education for All
Working
Session VI
5-6 pm Agreement on action agenda
Chair: John Daniel, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO
The closing session
aims at reaching agreement on the lines of action and strategic
choices that need to be taken for the next period until the High-Level
Group meets. The discussion will be based on the recommendations
summarized for each of the individual working sessions by the
session reporter and on other comments and issues raised in the
meeting. The actions will be reflected in the Communiqué.
7-7.30 pm Adoption
of Communiqué
Chair: Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
7.30-7.45 pm Concluding
remarks
Abraham Babalola Borishade, Minister of Education, Nigeria
8.30 pm Reception
Notes:
- Each of the working sessions will be introduced by the Chair
and Lead of the session who will, with point of departure in the
Monitoring Report, in 10 minutes outline the most critical issues
for discussion by the meeting. This will be followed by a 7 minutes
response providing further reflections and considerations for
the debate. The role of the Chair will be to lead the session
towards specific recommendations for actions. The major points,
recommendations and actions will be highlighted in 10 minutes
at the end of each session. The summaries will form the basis
for reaching consensus on the lines of action, communication and
follow-up in Working Session VI.
-The opening session will be public whereas the working sessions
will be restricted to participants.
- The Communiqué will be finalized during the meeting.
- Tea/coffee will be available to participants, but there will
be no breaks except for the one immediately after the opening
ceremony.
