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News
bulletin
board
of
UNESCO's
Education
Sector
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No.
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| Welcome
to
the
electronic
news
bulletin
board
of
UNESCO's
Education
Sector,
informing
you
about
UNESCO's
activities
in
the
field
of
education
and
in
particular
the
follow-up
to
the
World
Education
Forum
in
Dakar
(April
2000).
Please
forward
it
to
other
interested
colleagues.
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Contents
(16
October
2000)
The
Director-General
of
UNESCO
urges
increased
development
funding
for
education
UNESCO's
Executive
Board
reviews
Dakar
follow-up
action
Heads
of
State
Conference
on
Education
for
six
Western
African
countries
Joint
meeting
of
OECD
Development
Centre
and
UNESCO
on
education
in
Africa
Regional
up-date
on
EFA
activities
Hot
off
the
press:
the
Final
Report
of
the
World
Education
Forum
Attachment
in
this
issue:
Speech
by
UNESCO's
Director-General
at
the
meeting
of
the
Development
Assistance
Committee,
Organisation
for
Economic
Co-operation
and
Development
(2
October
2000)
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| The
Director-General
of
UNESCO
urges
increased
development
funding
for
education
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UNESCO
Director-General
Koïchiro
Matsuura
appealed
for
increased
development
aid
in
an
address
on
2
October
2000
to
the
Development
Assistance
Committee
(DAC)
of
the
Organisation
for
Economic
Co-operation
and
Development
(OECD).
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Speaking
about
the
role
of
education
in
poverty
reduction,
Mr
Matsuura
urged
a
doubling
of
aid
for
education
by
2005,
to
total
$7
billion,
and
a
further
doubling
to
$14
billion
by
2015
with
more
emphasis
on
basic
education.
He
also
urged
debt
relief
to
enable
poor
countries
to
increase
social
expenditure
and
fight
structural
poverty.
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The
Director-General
reiterated
the
goals
for
education
set
out
in
the
Dakar
Framework
for
Action
and
noted
that
at
the
recent
G-8
meeting
in
Okinawa,
the
delegates
committed
themselves
to
achieve
the
goals
of
universal
primary
education
by
2015;
achieving
gender
equality
in
schooling
by
2005
and
to
ensure
that
no
government
seriously
committed
to
achieving
education
for
all
will
be
thwarted
in
this
achievement
by
lack
of
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Please
find
Mr
Matsuura's
speech
attached
to
this
Bulletin
Board.
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| UNESCO's
Executive
Board
reviews
Dakar
follow-up
action
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The
160th
session
of
UNESCO's
Executive
Board
meeting,
which
opened
last
week
in
Paris,
will
review
the
progress
made
in
the
implementation
of
the
Dakar
Framework
for
Action.
In
his
opening
speech
Koïchiro
Matsuura,
Director-General
of
UNESCO
reaffirmed
his
commitment
to
carry
out
the
leadership
role
in
the
EFA
movement
entrusted
to
the
Organization
by
the
international
community.
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"My
major
concern
over
recent
months
has
been
to
maintain
the
momentum,
both
in
terms
of
the
political
will
and
the
financial
will,"
Mr
Matsuura
said,
adding
that
UNESCO's
task
is
therefore
to
help
Member
States,
particularly
developing
States,
to
translate
the
Dakar
Framework
for
Action
into
reality.
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"Some
countries
have
already
officially
informed
me
of
governmental
decisions
taken
to
follow
up.
Others
need
considerable
help
from
UNESCO
to
do
so,
and
in
particular
the
E-9
countries,
which
we
are
treating
as
a
priority.
I
have
only
very
recently
taken
further
steps,
for
example,
to
ensure
that
we
can
assist
the
authorities
of
Nigeria
to
the
extent
expected
of
us,
and
as
President
Obasanjo
expressly
called
on
me
to
do,"
he
continued.
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A
report
outlining
UNESCO's
follow-up
activities
to
the
Dakar
Forum
has
been
submitted
to
the
Board
members
and
will
be
discussed
in
a
special
session
on
17
October.
The
debate
will
be
summarized
in
the
forthcoming
issue
of
the
Bulletin
Board
to
be
published
30
October
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report
can
be
found
on
UNESCO's
website
at
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001203/120348e.pdf
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| Heads
of
State
Conference
on
Education
for
six
Western
African
countries
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Within
the
framework
of
the
United
Nations
Special
Initiative
for
Africa,
the
Heads
of
State
of
Burkina
Faso,
Chad,
Guinea,
Mali,
Niger
and
Senegal
will
meet
on
27
November
2000
in
Bamako,
Mali,
to
explore
how
to
accelerate
the
education
for
all
agenda
in
these
countries.
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At
the
invitation
of
the
President
of
Mali,
Alpha
Omar
Konaré,
the
heads
of
these
six
countries
will
discuss
the
implications
of
the
Dakar
Framework
for
Action
and
find
ways
to
reach
the
goal
of
education
for
all
by
2015.
UNESCO
Director-General
Koïchiro
Matsuura
will
give
the
keynote
address
at
the
conference.
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"It
is
vital
to
sustain
the
political
momentum
created
at
Dakar
in
these
six
countries,
which
have
some
of
the
lowest
school
enrolment
figures
in
the
world,"
explains
Aïcha
Bah
Diallo,
Deputy
Assistant
Director-General
for
Education
at
UNESCO.
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The
conference
is
jointly
organized
by
the
Malian
government,
UNESCO
and
the
World
Bank.
It
will
be
preceded
by
a
two-day
conference
(24-25
November)
of
Ministers
of
Education
and
of
Finance,
representatives
from
teacher
unions,
parent
associations,
etc,
as
well
as
representatives
of
external
donor
agencies
supporting
education
in
the
six
countries.
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| Joint
meeting
of
OECD
Development
Centre
and
UNESCO
on
education
in
Africa
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Some
forty
experts
from
UNESCO
and
the
Organisation
for
Economic
Co-operation
and
Development
(OECD),
together
with
African
policy-makers,
met
on
4
October
2000
at
OECD
headquarters
in
Paris
to
discuss
challenges
for
education
and
development
in
Africa.
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Jointly
organized
by
the
OECD
Development
Centre
and
UNESCO,
the
purpose
of
this
meeting
was
to
share
information
on
the
challenges
facing
African
education
systems
and
to
explore
possible
future
collaboration
between
the
two
organizations.
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The
first
part
of
the
seminar
was
devoted
to
the
results
of
recent
studies
on
education
for
all
conducted
prior
to
the
Dakar
Forum.
The
second
part
was
devoted
to
discussions
of
mutual
interest
to
the
two
organizations,
including
poverty
and
its
impact
on
student
achievement.
Genet
Zewdie,
Minster
of
Education
of
Ethiopia
as
well
as
other
African
policy-makers
took
an
active
part
in
the
meeting
as
discussants,
as
did
Mamadou
Ndoye,
Coordinator
of
the
United
Nations
Special
Initiative
on
Africa
and
former
Minister
of
Education
of
Senegal.
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For
more
information
on
the
meeting
please
consult
the
programme
and
background
note
on
the
OECD
Development
Centre's
website
http://www.oecd.org//dev/ENGLISH/NEW/prog-unesco-dev.pdf
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| Regional
up-date
on
EFA
activities
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| Latin
America
and
the
Caribbean
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The
Seventh
Meeting
of
the
Regional
Intergovernmental
Committee
of
the
Major
Project
in
Education
in
Latin
America
and
the
Caribbean
(PROMEDLAC
VII)
has
been
postponed.
The
conference
was
scheduled
to
take
place
in
Cochabamba,
Bolivia
from
30
October
to
1
November
2000.
At
the
request
of
the
government
of
Bolivia,
UNESCO
has
decided
to
postpone
the
meeting
and
apologizes
for
any
inconvenience
this
may
cause.
A
new
date
will
be
decided
shortly.
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Over
thousand
people
have
signed
the
"Latin
American
Statement
on
Education
for
All",
an
initiative
that
emerged
from
a
small
group
of
Latin
American
educators
and
researchers
prior
to
the
Dakar
Forum.
Adherents
come
from
a
wide
range
of
countries,
sectors
and
institutions:
government,
political
parties,
universities
and
research
centers,
public
and
private
school
system,
NGOs,
teachers
unions,
student
associations,
grassroots
and
indigenous
organizations,
mass
media,
churches,
private
enterprise
and
international
organizations.
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The
statement
continues
to
circulate
both
within
and
outside
the
region
and
is
being
disseminated
through
web
sites,
and
electronic
and
printed
publications
in
the
various
countries.
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| English
version:
http://www.unam.mx/roberto/dakareng.html
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version:
http://www.observatorio.org/
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BREDA,
the
UNESCO
regional
office
in
Dakar,
Senegal,
is
organizing
a
consultation
for
senior
officials
responsible
for
follow-up
to
the
World
Education
Forum
in
Cape
Verde,
Gambia,
Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia,
Senegal
and
Sierra
Leone
(the
six
countries
for
which
BREDA
assures
UNESCO
representation).
The
consultation
will
take
place
in
Dakar
from
30-31
October
2000.
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The
purpose
of
the
consultation
is
to:
1)
examine
progress
and
constraints
in
the
formulation
of
national
Education
for
All
plans
of
action
in
each
country;
2)
discuss
the
strategic
issues
in
the
formation
of
national
partnerships
and
opportunities
for
regional
and
international
support;
and
3)
map
the
way
forward.
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With
the
assistance
of
UNESCO
technical
staff,
the
organizers
hope
to
draw
up
a
tentative
work
plan
for
each
country,
which
would
include
areas
for
co-operation
on
the
various
'Flagship
Programmes'
that
are
being
mounted
as
part
of
regional
and
international
Dakar
Follow-up.
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Contact:
A.
Parsuramen,
Director,
BREDA
e-mail:
a.parsuramen@unesco.org
or
Susan
Van
der
Vynckt,
Senior
Education
Adviser,
UNESCO
BREDA
e-mail:
s.van-der-vynckt@
unesco.org
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In
the
past
few
months,
several
Education
for
All
activities
have
taken
place
in
the
Pacific.
The
Dakar
Forum
was
on
the
agenda
of
the
10th
Biennial
Consultation
of
Pacific
Directors
and
Senior
Education
Officers
held
in
Nauru,
23
to
28
August
2000.
It
was
decided
that
UNESCO
Apia
would
continue
to
lead
the
work
to
help
with
national
Education
for
All
plans,
in
close
co-operation
with
UNDP
and
UNICEF.
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This
summer,
UNESCO
Apia
in
collaboration
with
the
UNESCO
Institute
for
Statistics
organized
a
training
session
on
data
collection,
management
and
use,
which
was
attended
by
two
people
from
each
of
the
sixteen
countries
in
the
Pacific.
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The
Pacific
EFA
2000
Assessment
report
is
currently
being
improved
to
make
it
a
base-line
document
for
the
work
ahead.
This
revised
document
will
be
a
valuable
aid
for
countries
when
they
are
working
with
bilateral
and
multilateral
donors.
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Dakar
follow-up
and
the
development
of
national
action
plans
will
also
be
on
the
agenda
of
the
meeting
of
Pacific
Ministers
of
Education
scheduled
to
take
place
in
March
next
year.
UNESCO
Apia
is
preparing
a
briefing
paper
for
the
ministers
and
has
set
aside
funding
for
assistance
with
the
development
of
national
plans.
This
assistance
will
begin
before
the
meeting
in
March
so
that
some
Ministers
will
be
able
to
lead
the
discussion
with
knowledge
and
enthusiasm.
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Contact:
Edna
Tait,
Director,
UNESCO
Apia
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e.tait@unesco.org
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| Arab
States:
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The
first
meeting
to
discuss
follow-up
action
to
the
Dakar
Forum
in
the
Arab
region
is
scheduled
to
take
place
in
UNESCO
Beirut
on
21
October
2000.
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Contact:
Victor
Billeh,
Director,
UNESCO
Beirut
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v.billeh@unesco.org
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| Hot
off
the
press:
the
Final
Report
of
the
World
Education
Forum
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The
Final
Report
of
the
World
Education
Forum
will
be
available
in
English,
French
and
Spanish
by
the
end
of
this
week.
It
will
be
available
shortly
on
the
World
Education
Forum
website
at:
http://www.education.unesco.org
and
will
be
published
in
Arabic,
Chinese
and
Russian
later
this
year.
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Contact:
Anne
Muller
(a.muller@unesco.org) |
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News
bulletin board of UNESCO's Education
Sector
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No.
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| Welcome
to the electronic news bulletin board
of UNESCO's Education Sector, informing
you about UNESCO's follow-up activities
to the World Education Forum in Dakar
(April 2000). Please forward it to other
interested colleagues. |
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Contents (18 September 2000)
- Celebration of International Literacy
Day 2000
-
Working Group on Education for All
to meet in Paris (22-24 November 2000)
- Meeting to inform Permanent Delegations
to UNESCO (20 September 2000)
- Mission of UNESCO's Assistant Director-General
for Education to the United States
- Regional mobilization for Education
for All
- Latin America and the Caribbean:
PROMEDLAC to discuss EFA action
- Asia: Sub-regional EFA Forums under
consideration
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Africa: First meeting in preparation
- The Arab States: Meeting to take
place in October 2000
- The Caucasus: New network to co-ordinate
Dakar follow-up
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Dakar follow-up on the agenda
- Straight off the press
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Celebration
of International Literacy Day 2000
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combat waged by UNESCO is first and foremost
that of education for all. Education is
fragile and still too unequally distributed.
Literacy is the gateway to education.
To be useful and functional, literacy
must be directly related with improving
economic and social status," said Koïchiro
Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO in
his message on the occasion of International
Literacy Day 2000. The day was celebrated
with festivity in a great number of countries
around the world for the thirtieth successive
year. In Paris, UNESCO's five International
Literacy Prizes were awarded to organizations
in Bolivia, Iraq, the Philippines, Senegal
and Zimbabwe that have distinguished themselves
by making a particularly meritorious and
effective contribution to the struggle
against illiteracy (for more information
visit http://www.unesco.org/education).
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- its challenges, purpose and potential
in the age of electronic communication
- was also the subject of a lively debate,
Building Learning Societies: Knowledge,
Information and Human Development, organized
by UNESCO, the World Bank and Germany's
Foundation for International Development
as part of EXPO2000 in Hanover, Germany,
from 6 to 8 September. |
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three days, some 100 participants from
a wide range of professional and social
backgrounds sought to examine the key
challenge of the new millennium: Understanding
how people, societies and economies acquire
and use knowledge - and why they sometimes
fail to do. |
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event closed with the launch of the first
International Adult Learners' Week in
a televised debate called Platform for
the Future, which brought together Edelgard
Bulmahn, Germany's Federal Minister for
Education and Research, and Seydou Sanan,
Education Minister of Burkina Faso, and
featured messages from UNESCO Director-General
Koïchiro Matsuura and United Kingdom Education
Secretary David Blunkett. |
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| Working
Group on Education for All to meet in
Paris (22 to 24 November 2000) |
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| The
first meeting of the Working Group on
Education for All will take place at UNESCO,
Paris, from 22 to 24 November 2000. Chaired
by UNESCO's Assistant Director-General
for Education a.i., the group will serve
as an informal mechanism to provide technical
guidance to the EFA movement. The group
will also formulate suggestions in preparation
for the high-level, informal group that
UNESCO's Director-General will convene
in the first quarter of 2001. For further
details, see the 'Outlines of the Action
Plan for the Follow-up to the Dakar Forum'
http://www2.unesco.org/wef/en-news/action%20plan.shtm. |
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Working Group will comprise some 40 members,
including representatives from countries
and regions, national and international
non-governmental organizations and foundations,
bi-lateral donor agencies, multi-lateral
and regional agencies, the OECD and the
G-8. The list of participants will be
distributed in a forthcoming issue of
the Bulletin Board. Membership of the
group will be on a rotating basis for
most of the seats in each category. |
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provisional agenda of the meeting consists
of three main parts: a) information sharing
on progress and constraints in Dakar follow-up
by participants, b) in-depth discussion
on strategic issues including flagship
programmes based on conceptual/methodological
papers prepared for the meeting and c)
suggestions for the agenda of the meeting
of the high-level group. |
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| Meeting
to inform Permanent Delegations to UNESCO
(20 September 2000) |
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All Permanent Delegates and Observers
to UNESCO are invited to attend an information
meeting on the follow-up to the Dakar
Forum. The meeting will take place on
20 September in UNESCO, Paris (Room XII,
Fontenoy), from 11.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.
The main objective of the meeting, which
will be chaired by UNESCO's Assistant
Director-General for Education a.i., is
to inform Permanent Delegations about
UNESCO action since the World Education
Forum last April and present the Country
Guidelines on the preparations of national
EFA plans of action. These guidelines
aim at stimulating follow-up action at
country level, particularly to promote
the setting-up or revival of national
EFA forums. |
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The
country guidelines in English
and French are attached to this Bulletin
Board and are also available on the World
Education Forum website http://www2.unesco.org/wef/en-news/countryguidelines.shtm.
They are currently being translated
into Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
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| Mission
of UNESCO's Assistant Director-General
for Education to the United States |
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Jacques Hallak, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General
for Education a.i. last week headed a
mission to the United States to continue
the on-going dialogue on Dakar follow-up
activities. |
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He had fruitful meetings with Carol Bellamy,
the Executive Director of UNICEF and her
education team, Maris O'Rouke, head of
the World Bank's EFA Taskforce, Emily
Vargas-Baron, Deputy Assistant Administrator
of USAID, as well as several non-governmental
organizations, including Stephen Moseley,
President of the Academy for Educational
Development. |
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the Director-General of UNESCO, Jacques
Hallak gave the keynote address entitled
Global Connections: Expanding Partnerships
and New Challenges at the National Conference
on Educational Technology 2000. The conference
was organized by the Department of Education
of the United States. |
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| Regional
mobilization for Education for All |
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Momentum is now picking up at regional
level. All regions are discussing how
best to co-ordinate Dakar follow-up activities
and facilitate EFA action at country level.
The situation is still unclear in many
regions, but as the regional briefs below
indicate, consultations between various
EFA stakeholders are currently taking
place, showing the enthusiasm and political
will to move forward the EFA agenda. |
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"It is important for UNESCO that the regions
themselves take the main responsibility
in formulating an EFA strategy," comments
Jacques Hallak, Assistant Director-General
for Education of UNESCO a.i. "It is the
only way to ensure a real impact at both
regional and national levels." |
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In most cases, the 'former' Regional Technical
Advisory Groups (RTAGs), which were established
to facilitate the EFA 2000 Assessment,
are seen as important building blocks
in the implementation of the Dakar Framework
for Action. However, most regions are
keen to ensure a better representation
of all stakeholders in the new regional
forums. |
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The main functions of the regional mechanisms
will be to identify the needs of each
region, mobilize resources within the
region and, finally, to set up collaborative
mechanisms that will allow countries to
prepare and implement their national plans
of action. |
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| Latin
America and the Caribbean: PROMEDLAC VII
to discuss on EFA action |
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The implementation of the Dakar Framework
for Action in Latin American and the Caribbean
will be on the agenda of the Seventh Meeting
of the Regional Intergovernmental Committee
of the Major Project in Education in Latin
America and the Caribbean (PROMEDLAC VII).
The conference will take place in Cochabamba,
Bolivia from 30 October to 1 November
2000. |
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In a special session, participants will
discuss how to promote and organize regional
co-operation in response to the Dakar
Forum. A special effort will be made to
involve all major stakeholders in the
EFA movement, including education ministers,
United Nations organizations, development
banks, bilateral donor agencies and non-governmental
organizations in this session. PROMEDLAC
will also analyse the results of the Major
Project in Education, which has inspired
the majority of education reforms undertaken
by governments in the region during the
past twenty years. |
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| Asia:
Sub-regional EFA Forums under consideration |
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The creation of four sub-regional EFA
Forums is currently being discussed in
Asia and the Pacific. The idea is that
these forums would continue the work of
the former RTAGs in the region, but would
have an enlarged membership to ensure
that all stakeholders, including country
representatives, non-governmental organizations
and multinational organizations, are well
represented. |
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The four regions are East and South East
Asia, Central Asia and the Trans-Caucasus,
the Pacific, and South and West Asia.
UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for
Education a.i. will go on mission to India
in late September to meet with directors
of UNESCO offices in the region, as well
as representatives of international organizations
to discuss in further details the role
of the sub-regional forums. |
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| Planning
meeting of APPEAL |
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The Asia Pacific Programme on Education
for All (APPEAL) held a planning meeting
on regional activities in basic and continuing
education from 11 to 13 September 2000
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A. Hakeem, APPEAL
co-ordinator, underlined the importance
of developing effective regional follow-up
programmes to respond to the challenges
identified in the EFA 2000 Assessment
and the Dakar Framework for Action. "It
is necessary and timely for APPEAL to
renew its vision, strategies and modalities,"
he said. |
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APPEAL is well known in the Asia Pacific
Region, particularly for its innovative
work in literacy and continuing education.
As a follow-up to Dakar, APPEAL is planning
to provide technical assistance to Member
States in preparing their national EFA
plans. It will further consolidate and
expand the Community Learning Centers,
which were established with communities,
NGOs and governments across the region.
They symbolize APPEAL's response to put
the expanded vision of basic education
into practice and respond to the Dakar
goals in an integrated manner. |
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| Africa:
First meeting under preparation |
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Consultations are currently taking place
to decide on the most effective follow-up
mechanism in Africa. A preparatory planning
meeting is scheduled to take place in
October 2000. More information will be
published in a forthcoming issue of the
Bulletin Board. |
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| The
Arab States: Meeting to take place in
October 2000 |
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A one-day consultation on Dakar follow-up
activities in the Arab region is planned
to take place in October 2000, probably
in UNESCO Beirut office. The meeting is
expected to set the basis for renewed
EFA efforts in the Arab region. An Arabic
version of the country guidelines will
be distributed to participants in advance
and will help define the role of ARABEFA,
the former RTAG, in assisting Member States
in the development of EFA national plans
before 2002. |
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ARABEFA is planning to develop its activities
through four thematic working groups:
Early Childhood Development, Primary Education,
Non-formal and Literacy Education and
Education of Women and Girls |
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| The
Caucasus: New network to co-ordinate Dakar
follow-up |
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A new Network of the Pedagogical Institutes
of the Caucasus region was established
in the beginning of June 2000. As the
network is the only educational network
in the region, it is expected to be instrumental
in the follow-up to the Dakar Forum. It
will also work closely with UNESCO major
programmes in education (through the UNESCO
Chairs, the Associated Schools Project
etc). The Network includes so far the
pedagogical and language institutes of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and the
initial phase is co-ordinated by the rector
of the Tbilisi Pedagogical University.
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| Dakar
follow-up on the agenda |
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The forthcoming session of UNESCO's
Executive Board (9-25 October 2000)
will examine the action taken by Organization
in the follow-up action to the World
Education Forum and give recommendations
of future directions for UNESCO in
the Education for All movement.
- The Director-General of UNESCO will
meet with the OECD's Development Assistance
Committee on 2 October 2000 to discuss
the financial implications of the
Dakar Framework for Action.
- The OECD Development Centre and
UNESCO are jointly organizing a seminar
on 4 October 2000 in Paris to share
experiences, knowledge and practices
in the field of education and development.
This first policy dialogue will focus
specifically on Africa where challenges
in education are huge and will include
a special session on follow-up to
Dakar. It is expected that the meeting
will lead to improved operational
activities and effective implementation
of policies directed towards the broad
goals of development. The seminar
will bring together policy-makers
and experts in an attempt to explore
synergies and possible future collaboration
in similar policy dialogues.
- The Standing Conference of European
Ministers of Education to take place
in Krakow, Poland from 15 to 17 October
2000 will also touch upon issues raised
at the Dakar Forum. UNESCO will be
represented by Jacques Hallak, Assistant
Director-General for Education a.i.
and Alexandre Sannikov, Chief of the
Europe Desk, who will present a just-published
report on UNESCO's educational activities
in the region 1998-2000. This document
will shortly be available on Internet
http://www.education.unesco.org
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| Straight
off the press |
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The final issue of the EFA 2000 Bulletin
focuses on the World Education Forum in
Dakar. It includes an "opinion article"
by the Director-General of UNESCO, as
well as the global results of the EFA
2000 Assessment. It also features the
Dakar Framework for Action. |
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Published by UNESCO since 1990 for the
now disbanded Education for All Forum,
the quarterly Bulletin appeared in five
languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French
and Spanish). It had a strategic worldwide
distribution to more than 30,000 subscribers,
including ministers of education, government
officials, bilateral donor agencies, UN
agencies, NGOs, the media, etc. |
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UNESCO will continue to keep its partners
up to date on the issues and challenges
facing the Education for All movement
worldwide through advocacy materials,
publications and the electronic press. |
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The EFA 2000 Bulletin can also be found
on the Internet |
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The September-November issue of Countdown,
UNESCO's education sector newsletter is
now available in English (the French will
come out in two weeks-time) Countdown
can be viewed on http://www.unesco.org/education/educnews/new_idx.htm
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Contact: Anne Muller (a.muller@unesco.org) |
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