9th Regional Meeting of National EFA Coordinators/South-East Asia EFA Mid-Term Policy Review Conference and Launch of the 2008 Global Monitoring Report
18-21 February 2008
Jomtien, Thailand
Representatives from South-East Asian countries, UN agencies and partners involved in education met in Thailand to prepare policy recommendations aimed at ensuring the achievement of the Education for All goals by 2015.
Using results of the national and sub-regional EFA Mid-Decade Assessment (MDA) reports and the 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report, the EFA Mid-Term Policy Review Conference aimed to translate findings of the MDA into concrete actions, identify policy gaps, and propose policies and strategies towards reaching the un-reached groups in education. Key recommendations from the conference were presented at the Southeast Asian Ministers Organization (SEAMEO) Education Ministers Council Meeting in Kuala Lumpur in March 2008.
The conference was an opportunity for South-East Asian countries and EFA partners to verify and validate the Insular South-East Asia and Mekong EFA MDA sub-regional synthesis reports. The conference was organized by the AIMS-UIS Unit, UNESCO Bangkok on behalf of the Regional Thematic Working Group on EFA. It was supported by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, UNICEF and other EFA partners.
Download conference documents:
Presentations on 18 February 2008
Opening Speech - Ko-Chih Tung, UIS-AIMS Regional Advisor/Head (word/42KB)
Highlights of the 2008 GMR - Sheldon Shaeffer, Director of UNESCO Bangkok (PPT/1MB)
Policy and Strategy Review on Thematic Working Groups - Ko-Chih Tung, UIS-AIMS Regional Advisor/Head (PPT/50KB)
Update on UNICEF's EFA Progress Note - Cliff Meyers, Regional Adviser - Education UNICEF East Asia and Pacific (PPT/55KB)
Highlights of the Insular South-East Asia EFA MDA Sub-Regional Report - Rhona Caoli-Rodriguez, SSR Writer (PPT/620KB)
Highlights of the Mekong EFA MDA Sub-Regional Report - Richard Noonan, SSR Writer (PPT/335KB)
Presentations on 19 February 2008
Inclusive Education (PPT/0.9MB)
Progress Note on Gender (PPT/109KB)
Literacy Benchmarks (PPT/72KB)
Mother Tongue and Education (PPT/218KB)
The Lubuagan First Language Experiment (PPT/72KB)
Adolescents (PPT/160KB)
EFA & ESD (PPT/1.1MB)
Planning/Budgeting/Resource Allocation and Mobilisation (PPT/1.7MB)
EFA Monitoring (PPT/0.9MB)
Working Group presentations on 20 February 2008
Inclusive Education (PPT/245KB)
Gender and Social Equity (PPT/521KB)
Quality of Education (PPT/261KB)
EFA Monitoring and Evaluation (PPT/680KB)
Youth (PPT/116KB)
Financing and Governance (PPT/70KB)
Presentations on 21 February 2008
Literacy, Mother Tongue and Language Policies (PPT/73KB)
Summary of Recommendations (PPT/394KB)
Photos from 18-21 February 2008
Policy Review Conference Photos
To register for the conference, download the:
Registration Form (word/30KB)
Information Note (word/40KB)
Terms of Reference/ Conference details (pdf/54KB)
Agenda (word/127KB)
List of Participants (pdf/59KB)
Related materials:
2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report
If you have any problems downloading the documents, please contact efa.bgk[at]unesco.org.