Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
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Post-2015 Focus on Sustainable Development: How Education and Learning Can Play a Role
By Allison Anderson, Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development at Brookings. “While the theme of the third meeting of the High-Level Panel on Post-2015 in Bali was on global partnerships, the meeting’s communiqué set up the handover from the high-level panel to the intergovernmental Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (OWG). The communiqué calls for “a single and coherent … Continue reading
Education goals: third time’s the charm?
By Susan Nicolai, Research Fellow at the ODI. “There’s been much buzz in the global education world of late, with recent events being billed as a kind of ‘final sprint to 2015’. Last week was the high-level Learning for All Ministerial Meeting, focused on accelerating progress among eight developing countries that are home to nearly half … Continue reading
The world has voted – and a good education is top priority
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report “It is very encouraging news that people around the world have so far ranked “a good education” as their top choice in the UN’s My World poll on post-2015 priorities. It’s too early to celebrate yet, however. There are recent signs that advocates have … Continue reading
In 2013, let’s keep our education promises – and get ready to make some more
Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, reviews progress in achieving MDG education targets, and makes the case to retain education in the post 2015 framework, with a greater focus on issues of equity, accessibility and quality of learning, as well as financing for education. “With less than three years … Continue reading
Online Consultation on Education in Post-2015 Agenda Concludes
The online consultations for the Global Thematic Consultation on Education, focused on learning lessons from the MDG’s, identifying persistent and emerging challenges, and shaping the post 2015 agenda on education, have recently ended. The online consultations took place from the 10th December 2013 to March 3rd 2013, and focused on four areas: equitable access to education; … Continue reading
Proposals on Education Post-2015: Lots of ambition but mind the gaps
New blog by Gina Bergh, a researcher at ODI. “Of the 160 or so post-2015 proposals we’ve found so far (that includes full proposals across goals, framework approaches, plus ideas for goals sector by sector), 11 focus on education or skills. Among these there are clear differences but on the whole a strong degree of … Continue reading
The Campaign for Education for All: Beyond the Noble Ideal
New blog by Carmela Salzano, independent development consultant. “Everyone agrees that education is a basic human right and a noble ideal. But protecting children from malnutrition and disease and ensuring that all people can live without fear of their home being washed away, or destroyed by another natural disaster, figure much more widely in public … Continue reading
Ending the learning crisis: education and equity after 2015
Reblogged from World Education Blog: Today Save the Children is publishing its proposals for the post-2015 global development framework. Giving every child a chance to learn – particularly the poorest – is a central part of this framework, as four Save the Children education experts from around the world explain. By Desmond Bermingham, Gerd-Hanne Fosen, … Continue reading
Education to Fight its Corner for 2015 and Beyond
New blog by Steve Packer, Deputy Chair of UKFIET. “Two thousand and fifteen approaches. Across multilateral and bilateral agencies, in foundations and research institutions, work is underway to develop new post-2015 frameworks and targets Will the MDGs be re-shaped and reworked to complete unfinished business? Will poverty reduction continue to provide the focus for global … Continue reading
Heads in the sand: why it’s time the global education community woke up to reality
New blog by Nicholas Burnett Managing Director for Education at the Results for Development Institute (R4D). “Education is on the verge of a revolution, in which learning rather than teaching becomes the norm, teachers become aides to learning and no longer imparters of facts, and the classroom-based model could well become obsolete. A whole series … Continue reading
