Global Action Week
Jaarlijks coördineert GCE-Internationaal in het voorjaar een wereldwijde actieweek over onderwijs. Nationale coalities passen de acties aan op hun lokale situatie.
In 2009 namen ruim 13 miljoen mensen deel aan de Global Action Week over analfabetisme, The Big Read. In 2010 tekenden 18 miljoen mensen de 1GOAL-petitie.
Global Action Week 2015: Vote for Education for All
2015 Is a crucial year for everyone worldwide working with education. In the year 2000, world leaders promised that this year all children, young people and adults would enjoy their right to quality education. These promises are laid down in the UN Millennium Development Goals and in the Education for All goals. 2015 Not only marks the deadline for the achievement of these goals, but is also the year in which new international agreements will be made.
As governments prepare to make this new set of promises, it is critical that civil society holds politicians accountable for the progress and failings of the last 15 years, demands that these promises are honoured, and has a say in what is being promised to make the right to education a reality by 2030.
2015 provides us all with a unique opportunity to make a difference for decades to come, and the Global Campaign for Education is committed to making the most of it. This is why we are asking politicians, representing their citizens at the World Education Forum in May and the UN General Assembly in September, to Vote for Education.
Please visit the Vote for Education website to get involved, download all campaign resources and find out more.
Conference Education for All 2000-2030 – Achievements and Challenges for North and South
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The 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report, launched 9 April, provides a definitive global assessment of the overall progress towards the EFA goals, paying particular attention to gaps between those who benefitted and those who did not. The assessment provides lessons for the framing of post-2015 education goals and strategies. |
Whereas the still current development goals apply largely to the developing world, the new agenda for development intends to be universal, applicable to all countries in the world, including the Netherlands.
The Dutch launch of the 2015 GMR therefore focuses on the Dutch involvement in Education for All, in past, present and future. In the past, the Netherlands held an internationally leading role in education in development. While for the current Dutch government education is no longer part of development policies, it is still an important theme for the general public, for many ngos, private company initiatives, and many institutions working on development.
Until now, discussions on education in development and within our national context have been separate. The new development framework invites us to link the two. Several education issues not only exist within our Dutch education system, but are (even more) urgent in other countries: does education help reduce social and economic inequality or does it also contribute to sustaining inequality? The voice of teachers is often neglected in discussions on education policies and strategies – how can they gain more influence and control? What happens when schools need to absorb (large numbers of) refugees? How can we measure quality of education and avoid reducing quality to sheer numbers? Can education help prevent and control radicalisation?
What can experts on education from South and North learn from each other; how can they work together to find the best strategies to ensure ‘equitable inclusive quality education and lifelong learning for all in 2030’, as the proposed future goal on education states?
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Magazine ‘Eerst naar School!’
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Ter gelegenheid van het World Education Forum 2015 geeft GCE-NL een speciaal magazine uit: mede dankzij Nederlandse belastingbetalers en donateurs konden de afgelopen vijftien jaar miljoenen kinderen in ontwikkelingslanden naar school. Het magazine geeft vele voorbeelden van Nederlandse onderwijshulp. |