2011UNGEI Calendar of Global Advocacy Events and Opportunities

Event/
Opportunity / Dates/Venue / Audience/ Participants / UNGEI Focal point
(name and e-mail) / Comments/Status
EFA Working Group meeting / 2 – 3 February/ Paris / GAC & EFA partners / Cheryl Gregory Faye / Completed. GAC recommendations submitted.
55th Session of Commission on Status of Women / 23 February 2011/New York / Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited NGOs from all regions / Cheryl Gregory Faye / Priority theme: Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
Completed. UNGEI organized panel on Science, Technology and Girls’ Education
EFA High Level Group meeting / 22 – 24 March/ Jomtien / EFA partners / Cheryl Gregory Faye / Completed. GAC recommendations submitted. UNGEI successfully lobbied governments for appropriate wording in Jomtien Statement.
Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2011) /

4-7 April

Toronto, Canada / An international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education.
No action taken.
2011 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings /

16 – 17 April

/ No action taken.
Launch of the EFA FTI's Annual Report / 1 May/Kigali, Rwanda
55th Comparative & International Education Society Conference / 1 – 5 May/Quebec and Montreal, Canada / International education researchers and practitioners / Cheryl Gregory Faye / Round table organized by UIS: Gender and Education ‐ Between Promise and Progress.
Global Action Week 2011 “Women and Girls’ Education” / 2-8 May/global / Members States and Donors -ANCEFA, UNGEI Focal Points, ASPBAE, National Coalitions and UNICEF (regional and national offices) / Adelaide Sosseh & Matarr Baldeh
(Advocacy & Communication WG)
; / A campaign to raise awareness about education for all

Ministerial Meeting: MDG Follow-Up Meeting

/

June 2 – 3 June/Tokyo

/ UN System, member states / Cheryl Gregory Faye /

Ministerial Meeting: MDG Follow-Up Meeting

2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) on Education / 28 – 01 July/Geneva / Member states / Cheryl Gregory Faye / 2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) on Education
ECOSOC Substantive Session / 4 – 29 July/Geneva / Member States / Malin Ellisson
/ ECOSOC Substantive Session
Education International 6th World Congress /

22 -26 July/Cape Town, South Africa

/ Member states / ANCEFA and ASPBAE
; / Education International 6th World Congress
3rd Session of the Forum of African Parliamentarians for
Education (FAPED III) /

19 - 20 September/Mauritius

/ ANCEFA / ; / 3rd Session of the Forum of African Parliamentarians for
Education (FAPED III)
Gender Equity Forum (proposed) / September/
Washington, DC / Ministers of Finance and Planning attending annual meetings of World Bank and IMF / Cheryl Gregory Faye r Tazeen Fasih / Gender Equity Forum (proposed)

Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency

/ 13 – 15 September / The University of Oxford Examination Schools, United Kingdom / Nora Fyles or Nita Rao
or
/

Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency

Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting / 19 – 22 September/ New York / Donors / Oley Dibba-Wadda, r
May Rihani / Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
G-20 Summit / 3 – 4 November/ Cannes, France / Heads of State of G-20 countries / ANCEFA/ASPBAE, ;
/ G-20 Summit
High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness / 29 November – 1 December/Busan, South Korea / Member states / Adelaide Sosseh / High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

As of 30 March 2011