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Join us online today for our event at the UN General Assembly
Later today in New York the GEM Report is holding a high-level round table discussion with key partners and stakeholders on the fringes of the General Assembly. Moderated by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Chair of the GEM Report Advisory Board, the … Continue reading
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Education: how to keep the peace
Today, on the International Day of Peace, we should remember one key line taken from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “There can be no sustainable development without peace, and no peace without sustainable development”. Stable peace, our latest Report … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, emergencies, peace, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, syria, Uncategorized, united nations, violence
Tagged education, learning, peace, SDGs
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There is no doubt. A #learninggeneration calls for a financial upheaval
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity released their Report this weekend. It sounds the warning bell on the need for greater financing for education. Released just weeks after our latest GEM Report, it should help get donors and … Continue reading
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SDG4 is a universal agenda – and that includes high income countries
“Can OECD’s data guide the world towards better education systems?” asks a blog promoting yesterday’s launch of the 2016 edition of the OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance. The Introduction of the 2016 Education at a Glance is one … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, data, Developed countries, Finance, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged data, education, learning, monitoring, OECD, SDG4, SDGs, UNESCO, United Nations
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In my tribe, we go to a different type of school
Blog by Mundiya Kapanga, who attended the launch of the 2016 GEM Report in London. I know that Westerners are busy and that you are always looking at your watch so I will be quick. I will only take five … Continue reading
Why have countries committed to development targets they might never reach?
It seems a strange decision for any country, let alone all, to sign up to a global commitment they know they will never reach. End Hunger? Eradicate poverty? Are these lofty goals really possible? In the next 15 years? Exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Basic education, Climate change, Developed countries, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equity, integrated development, Learning, Millennium Development Goals, monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, education, Environment, learning, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, UN, UNESCO, United Nations
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Sufia, a champion for women’s rights in Bangladesh
As the 2016 GEM Report shows, many people lack the skills to gain access to complex justice systems, which community based education programmes can help address. Sufia Begum (pictured right) has provided legal aid and essential support to clients seeking … Continue reading
