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What
are the regional Education for All meetings? |
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 In
the run-up to the World Education Forum, six regional preparatory
meetings took place between December 1999 and February 2000.
The aim was to examine country findings of the EFA
2000 Assessment and to make recommendations for future action.
The calendar was as follows: |
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The
meetings were organized by ten regional
technical advisory groups run by staff in regional offices
of UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank. Taking into
account the local socio/political and economic circumstances,
the regional groups developed specific regional agendas, which
will help to motivate decision-makers to make new commitments
and elaborate new strategies to accelerate the Education for
All process. They were also responsible for producing a regional
synthesis report, which will be available online by the end
of March 2000. |
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The
regional meetings had four objectives. They: |
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reviewed
statistical evidence from country reports on educational
development since 1990; |
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looked
at challenges in the years to come, including economic,
social, demographic and environmental issues |
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commented
on the draft Framework for Action to be adopted at the
World Education Forum
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formulated
regional action plans |
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Each
meeting gathered some 250-300 participants, including: |
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Official
representatives from the Ministries of Education, Social
Affairs, Labour, etc. |
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Education
decision-makers, specialists and policy-makers |
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United
Nations and bi-lateral donor representatives |
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Non-governmental
organizations, private enterprise, community groups etc. |
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Representatives
from teachers, learners and parents |
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Key
personalities |
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