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| Venue |
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 The
World Education Forum will take place at the conference centre
of Le Méridien Président Hotel. Set in a 35-acre coastal park
only 15 minutes outside the city centre of Dakar, the hotel
is an excellent location for the deliberations of the Forum. |
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| Programme |
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World Education Forum will host a stimulating mixture of general
and specialized discussions, covering the full spectrum of Education
for All issues. |
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Six main
plenary sessions will cover the major themes in education:
 Improving
the Quality and Equity of Education for All
Making
Effective Use of Resources for Education
Co-operating
with Civil Society to Achieve Social Goals through Education
Promoting
Education for Democracy and Citizenship
Fulfilling
Our Shared Commitment to Education for All
Taking
Off in the New Millennium: The New EFA Alliance
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will be followed by discussions in strategy sessions organized
by specialist agencies, non-governmental organizations and other
groups covering such topics as: |
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Conference
Timetable
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Morning |
Afternoon |
Wednesday
26 April |
Opening
ceremony. Keynote addresses. |
Plenary
session: Improving the Quality and Equity of Education
for All. Parallel strategy sessions. |
Thursday
27 April |
Plenary
session: Making Effective Use of Resources for Education.Parallel
strategy sessions. |
Plenary
session: Co-operating with Civil Society to Achieve Social
Goals through Education. Parallel strategy sessions. |
Friday
28 April |
Plenary
session: Promoting Education for Democracy and Citizenship.Plenary
session: Fulfilling Our Shared Commitment to Education
for All. |
Plenary session: Taking Off in the New Millennium: The
New EFA Alliance. Approval of Framework for Action. Closing
ceremony. |
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| Participants |
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Some 1,000 national leaders, United Nations agency heads,
education policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, business
leaders, donors and grassroots workers from over 100 countries
will gather at the World Education Forum to determine the direction
education is to take in the new millennium, both in their own
countries and around the world. |
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Among the distinguished speakers expected at the World
Education Forum are Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal; Olusegun
Obasanjo, President of Nigeria; Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, President
of Egypt; Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda; Kofi
Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Peter Piot,
Executive Director of UNAIDS; Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General
of the World Health Organization; Jean-Claude Faure, Chairman
of the Development Assistance Committee for the OECD; Claire
Short, Secretary of State for International Development, United
Kingdom; Eveline Herfkens, Minister of Development Cooperation,
the Netherlands; Graça Machel, former Minister of Education
of Mozambique and Timothy Balding, Director-General of the World
Association of Newspapers. |
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Country teams will include representatives from not only
education ministries but also other sectors such as finance,
health, labour and agriculture. Furthermore, civil society is
guaranteed the fullest possible representation at the Forum
as some 100 prominent non-governmental organizations will be
present. |
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| Outcomes |
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Delegates at the World Education Forum are expected to
adopt a Framework for Action, a bold, practical document designed
to help nations meet the basic learning needs of all by 2015. |
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The new Framework will be widely distributed to interested
parties and communicated to major United Nations development
conferences taking place in 2000 and 2001. |
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| The
Media |
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Located in the conference centre of Le Méridien Président
Hotel, the media centre will serve the needs of journalists
covering the World Education Forum. Services provided to registered
journalists will include computer workstations, printers, telephones
and modem connections. Rooms will also be available for interviews.
A media briefing is scheduled for 25 April 2000 in the afternoon
and daily briefings will take place throughout the Forum. Only
accredited journalists will have access to the World Education
Forum. Registration of journalists will begin on 25 April in
the morning. |
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