Links between the Global Initiatives in Education

22-09-2005 - 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.

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

Related links

• Links between the Global Initiatives in Education in PDF
  
  
• Education for All (EFA)
  Discover how since 2000, governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and the media have taken up the cause of providing basic education for all children, youth and adults.
  
• United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD)
  “Literacy for all: voice for all, learning for all.” 771 million individuals lack literacy skills and are thus excluded from many forms of social participation. Find out how the UNLD is focused on giving a voice to the voiceless by contributing to the reduction of the absolute numbers of illiterate people.
  
• United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
  Sustainable development meets “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Learn how UNESCO fulfils its mission as a lead agency for the promotion of the Decade.