EDUCATION

Links between the Global Initiatives in Education


September 22, 2005 - (UNESCO) Since 2000, the United Nations has launched four global initiatives, all of which focus on education. A new publication explains the common values and ideals of these initiatives.


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The four initiatives are the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Education for All (EFA), the United Nations Literacy Decade and the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. UNESCO is the coordinating agency for three of the four goals

While the initiatives are distinctive in many respects, they have common traits: a concern with the improvement of the quality of life and the promotion of human rights, a commitment to education (especially primary education), and an emphasis on the importance of the participatory role of each human being in education and development.

Contact: Bernard Combes, UNESCO Paris, b.combes@unesco.org


Website 1 (URL) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001408/140848m.pdf

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