The 2009 Global Monitoring Report focuses on the key role of governance reform in addressing disparities in opportunities for education based on wealth, gender and locality. It also explores the changes in approaches to governance on part of developing countries and donors through a range of approaches, including post Dakar monitoring, mapping broad trends and evaluating impacts.

Building on the GMR 2008, the GMR 2009 sets out the evidence on a wide range of education disparities and their interaction. It examines the depth, scope and scale of inequality in educational opportunity, using the six EFA goals as a point of reference. Drawing from sub-national, national and regional evidence, the GMR aims to demonstrate how disparities in opportunity and outcome are acting as a powerful brake on progress towards the EFA goals.

In terms of governance, the report looks at different governance approaches and how they've impacted the delivery or non-delivery of accessible, affordable and good quality education to the poor, marginalized and vulnerable people. Governance themes cover financing, policy design and process, accountability, participation and learning outcomes and school experience.

The 2009 GMR does not aim to identify strategies for governance reform. Instead, it aims to draw out broad good practice themes and to identify the type of questions that policy makers should ask whilst developing the governance agenda.

Education for All (EFA) is a basic human right and is recognized by Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted in 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. In March 1990, the World Conference on Education for All was held in Jomtien, Thailand. Participants from 155 countries and representatives from 160 governmental and non-governmental agencies adopted the World Declaration on EFA, reaffirming the notion of education as a fundamental human right.

The Western Europe launch of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2009 took place on 25 November at the International Conference on Education (ICE) in Geneva, Switzerland.

For more details about the Asia-Pacific EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009 launch, contact bkk.efa(at)unesco.org.

Related documents:
Programme of 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report Launch (doc/155KB)

Opening Remarks (PDF/135KB) - Sivika Mektavatchaikul, Secretary-General, Thailand National Commission for UNESCO

Statement (doc/41KB) - Gwi-Yeop Son, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Thailand

Presentation of 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report Highlights (PPT/1.8MB) - Presented by Abdul Hakeem, Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Programme for Education for All (APPEAL Unit), UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

Response to the Report Findings focusing on policy implications (pdf/3.9MB), Khunying Kasama Varavarn, Secretary-General of the Basic Education Commission

Related links:

Report outline

Education for All - Global Monitoring Report webpage

12th UNESCO-APEID International Conference: Quality Innovations for Teaching and Learning