3-4 August 2007

Vientiane, Lao PDR

Twenty journalists from various media organization in Lao PDR participated in the training workshop on reporting issues related to Education for All (EFA) and understanding education data.

The training was organized by UNESCO Bangkok in collaboration with the Lao Journalist's Association and the Lao Press in Foreign Languages. It was supported by the Lao National Commission for UNESCO.

The workshop was aimed at strengthening awareness and understanding among journalists in Lao PDR on the importance of education on human development. Participants developed story ideas and discussed issues on media coverage related to education. A session on making sense of education statistics citing examples from the EFA Global Monitoring Report was also discussed.

UNESCO's Education Makes News publication was used as the main reference for the workshop along with the draft of the Journalists Handbook on Education for All.

UNESCO Bangkok's Information and Knowledge Management Unit, and the Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics Unit, which is the Regional Office of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), were the main organizers of the workshop. The workshop was funded through UNESCO's External Relations and Cooperation sector.

View workshop photos and video. Download materials from the workshop:

Agenda (English and Lao) (pdf)

Participant's List (pdf)

Workshop Background Information/ToR (pdf)

Day 1, 3 August 2007

Opening Remarks by Mr. Heng Daovannaly, Secretary General, Lao National Commission for UNESCO

Welcome Remarks by Dr. Bosengkham Vongdara, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and President, Lao Journalists Association

Keynote Presentation:  Why Education for All, perspectives and relationships   (pdf)

By Ko-Chih Tung, UIS Regional Advisor for Asia-Pacific and Head, AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok

The Right to Education, Reaching the Un-reached/ Equitable Access to Education (pdf)

By Jill Zarchin, Project Officer, Basic Education and Gender Equality, UNICEF Lao Country Office

Presentation of Draft Journalists Handbook on Education for All (pdf)

By Leotes Lugo, Information Manager, AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok

Day 2, 4 August 2007

Making Sense of Numbers: Discussion on education data and the EFA Global Monitoring Report (pdf)

By Ko-Chih Tung, UIS Regional Advisor for Asia-Pacific and Head AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok

Presentation on Key Highlights of the Lao PDR National EFA Mid-Decade Assessment Report (pdf)

By Khamhoung Sacklokham, National EFA Coordinator and Director General, Department of General Education, Lao Ministry of Education

Presentation on Resources for Journalists (pdf)

By Leotes Lugo, Information Manager, AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok

Closing Statement (pdf)
By Ko-Chih Tung, UIS Regional Advisor for Asia-Pacific and Head AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok

ANNEXES:

2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report Fact Sheet for Asia (pdf)

2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report launch press release (pdf)

For further information, e-mail opi@unescobkk.org or efa@unescobkk.org