Interview of the Month The global financial crisis – another step back for Education for All? While the financial crisis is still prominent in the headlines, the fact that 75 million children are out of school worldwide remains a silent emergency, says Kevin Watkins, Director of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report. He talks to EduInfo about the 2009 report and how the economic crisis will impact on the 2015 EFA goals. More News Roundup International Conference on Education targets inclusion, November 25 to 28 Education fights for its life in Iraq UNESCO Beirut launches 50 audio books for the blind Parliamentarians in the Asia-Pacific join forces for education Revitalising African higher education spurs development Afghan literacy programme launches in Bamiyan Local Voices Award-winning Bangkok teacher brings disadvantaged to school Upcoming Events “Keep the Promise” is the message for World AIDS Day December 1 Pan-European Education Conference, Budapest, December 3 to 5 High Level Group Meeting in Oslo, December 16 to 18 UNESCO commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights New portal will share higher education initiatives in Latin America and Caribbean