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At the World Science Forum 2009 in Budapest, such events included the annual meeting of the Third World

The IIEP communicated its messages and influenced discussions during meetings such as: the Accra meeting on Aid Effectiveness; the biennale of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA); the Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) round table on financing modalities in fragile situations; Brazil’s international seminar on Ethics and Transparency in Education; the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit; the

Main results included: a compilation of data on educational legislation, governance and financing in 184 countries for the 2009 EFA Global

UNESCO continued to lead the global process to reorient education in support of sustainable development in national policies and education systems under the framework of the United Nations DESD through the following key actions: creation of a reference group to provide advice on DESD implementation; establishment of a Monitoring and Evaluation Expert Group (MEEG); strengthening of stakeholders’ ESD capacities through various capacity-building and technical assistance activities to Member States (including training of teachers, community leaders, national workshops or forums and production of different ESD materials); wide distribution of the ESD Teacher Education Guidelines; finalization of the draft of the UNESCO Action Plan for

The Director-General made the following visits to the Arab States region: to Qatar (11-12 October 2003) where, with the Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, he signed an agreement establishing the International Fund for Higher Education in Iraq; Egypt, from 19

In regard to the Organization’s contribution to the regional and subregional integration process, the National Commissions: (i) welcomed UNESCO’s efforts to strengthen its cooperation with the African Union and the regional economic communities (RECs) and to ensure coherence and complementarity in the initiatives taken; (ii) stressed the need to increase coordination among the various actors at the national level and between the national and subregional

At the same meeting, the Council heard the voluntary national presentations by

Some examples of recent action include: building of partnerships and advocating for ESD at fora such as the Commission on Sustainable Development (New York, May 2010) and through the development of an electronic-medium

Also at its 20th meeting, on 7 July, the

The panellists were: Dennis Alonzo Mazariego, Minister of Education of Guatemala, who discussed the topic of teaching policies at the national level,

Also at its 20th meeting, on 7 July, the

The Sector also participated in the regional consultation of NGOs held from 30 September to 2 October 2002 in Lilongwe (Malawi); in the enlarged meeting of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee (28-29 November 2002) and the joint programme commissions organized within

Also at its 16th meeting, on 5 July, the Council

With the world’s highest burden of disease, Africa has only 6 per cent of the world’s maternal health professionals,

Efforts also continued to develop further new partnerships, and to ensure continued mobilization of parliamentarians in all regions to support UNESCO programmes and activities (e.g. a meeting of

Senegal’s current education policy options are based on the conclusions and recommendations of international (Jomtien 1990, Dakar 1990, etc.)

The delegation met with the President of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha; the Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Junior; the Speaker of the Parliament, Raimundo Correia; the Minister