Name of the EFA mechanism:
South Asian Regional EFA Forum

(South Asian Ministers of Education, meeting in Kathmandu from 10 to 12 April, agreed to set up a South Asian Regional EFA Forum. UNESCO Islamabad will act as Secretariat for this Forum until its next meeting in 2003)

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Ministerial meeting in South Asia on Education for All

Ministers and deputy ministers from South Asian countries met on 4 December 2003 in Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss sub-regional cooperation in education. Organized jointly by the Ministry of Education of Pakistan and UNESCO, the meeting discussed the conclusions of the EFA Global Monitoring Report and formulate required political actions recommended at national and sub-regional levels. It issued a joint declaration concerning sub-regional co-operation by the Education Ministers. Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Education, Hon. Ms. Zobaida Jalal, chaired the meeting.