Education for All (EFA) 2010 Events Calendar
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| 10 Jan-7 Feb | Online discussion on Gender equality, Education and Training
UNESCO is organizing an online discussion on Gender equality, Education and Training as part of the 15-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action. Each week, the interactive forum will explore and analyze emerging developments, challenges and policy issues related to this important area of gender equality. Participation is welcome from all individuals, networks and organizations interested in this critical area of concern. More information | Online |
| 17 | Launch of the 2010 EFA Global Monitoring Report
The 2010 EFA Global Monitoring Report on reaching the marginalized will launch at UN headquarters in New York on 19 January, and will be followed by a policy event to be held in Washington DC on 20 January. Pre-launch information | UN headquarters, New York |
| 26-30 | 45th Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council (SEAMEC) Conference and the 5th ASEAN Ministers of Education (ASED) Meeting
Ministers of Education from the 11 SEAMEO Member Countries will convene the 45th SEAMEC Conference to discuss effective strategies in providing access to quality education pertaining to the EFA goals and participate in a policy forum which spells out the roles of teachers and their professional development. For more information, visit the SEAMEO website. | Cebu, Philippines |
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| 21 | International Mother Language Day | |
| 23-25 | Ninth High-Level Group Meeting on EFA (HLG) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| MARCH | | |
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| 8 | International Women's Day
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| 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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| APRIL | | |
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| 7 | World Health Day
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| 19-25 | Education for All Global Action Week 2010The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) has led efforts in pushing forward the education agenda, particularly EFA, by organizing global activities around the world for. In light of the economic crisis, this year’s Global Action Week focuses on education financing and will collaborate with the FIFA World Cup, to take place this year. The two events have come together, under the 1GOAL: Education for all campaign, to raise awareness and urgency for the achievement of Education for All by 2015.
For more information, visit: Global Campaign for Education. | Global |
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| 3 | World Press Freedom Day
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| 15 | International Day of Families
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| JUNE | | |
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| 4 | International Day of Child Victims of Aggression
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| 5 | World Environment Day
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| 12 | International Day Against Child Labour
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| 25 | Launch of the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report
The theme of the 2010 EFA Global Monitoring Report is “Reaching the Marginalized” with a focus on the impact of the global economic crisis on the world’s poorest countries. It also highlights aid to education and introduces a new statistical tool, the Deprivation and Marginalization in Education data set. A panel discussion will take place at the launch, with EFA partners, UN agencies, and education experts in attendance. For more information, contact bkk.efa(at)unesco.org.
| Bangkok, Thailand |
| 26 | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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| AUGUST | | |
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| 9 | International Day of the World's Indigenous People
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| 12 | International Youth Day
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| SEPTEMBER | | |
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| 8 | International Literacy Day
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| 21 | International Day of Peace
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| 27-29 | World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education
The three-dayevent will address early childhood and the need for special measures to ensure that every child gets a good start in life. Held under the sub-title of "Building the Weath of Nations", the conference is jointly sponsored by UNESCO and the City of Moscow, Russian Federation. For more information, visit the UNESCO ECCE webpage. | Moscow, Russia |
| OCTOBER | | |
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| 5 | World Teacher's Day
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| 16 | World Food Day
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| 17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
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| 24 | United Nations Day
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| NOVEMBER | | |
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| 9-11 | 1st International Conference on "Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals"
The three-day forum will address the state of development of ethnolinguistic minorities, the relevance of local languages, and how to develop programs and policies that better reach these underserved groups. It is sponsored by a consortium of organizations from the Asia Multilingual Education Working Group, particularly: UNESCO, UNICEF, SEAMEO, Mahidol University, SIL International and Save the Children. For more information visit: APPEAL website
| Bangkok, Thailand |
| 16 | International Day of Tolerance
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| 18-20 | 11th Regional Meeting of National EFA Coordinators
The meeting will serve as a forum to identify the major challenges the region is facing towards achieving the EFA goals and allow countries and EFA partners to prepare the planning and assessment of EFA progress and gaps by 2015 through the sharing of findings from the evaluation of the EFA Mid-Decade Assessment and the EFA Mid-Term Review process. Through this meeting, UNESCO Bangkok/UIS and UNICEF will update countries on the preparation of End-of-Decade notes on EFA progress and get country inputs to the notes. More info
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| DECEMBER | | |
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| 1 | World AIDS Day
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| 3 | International Day of Disabled Persons
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| 10 | Human Rights Day
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| 18 | International Migrants Day
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If you would like to post an event, please email us at bkk.efa(at)unesco.org.
Past EFA Event Calendars: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
