The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2011 High Level Segment is taking place in Geneva from 4 to 8 July. Its theme is “Education for All – Accelerating Progress”. More than 500 participants representing governments, multilateral organizations, aid agencies, civil society, private sector and academia have gathered to assess and recommend how the world, in the face of the global financial and economic crisis, can maintain and accelerate its commitments to the Education for All agenda and ensure that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are achieved.
Included in the High Level Segment is the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR). Initiated in 2005, the AMR is charged with assessing the progress made in the implementation of the MDGs and the other goals and targets agreed at the major UN conferences and summits over the past 15 years. Each year it focuses on a specific aspect of the United Nations Development Agenda. This year it is looking at “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education”.
Over the next few days, IFUW’s delegation, headed by IFUW President Marianne Haslegrave, will be blogging from the sessions.
