This session will have an interactive discussion format.The guiding questions will include:
- What are some practical ways to improve access to quality education and life-long learning and deliver genuine impact both on people and sustainable development? Which ones can be scaled up or replicated for success?
- Which groups are the easiest/most difficult to reach and what can be done to ensure that no one is left behind in access to quality education and learning or teacher training?
- What actions can countries take to monitor the quality of education and ensure better learning outcomes?
- Which are the most critical interlinkages between SDG 4 and other goals and targets across the 2030 Agenda? How can co-benefits be promoted and trade-offs reduced?
- How do learning systems need to change to match a rapidly changing world with technological shifts, global integration and climate pressures?
- President or Vice President of ECOSOC
- Mr. Shaswat Sapkota, Development Data and Outreach Branch, Statistics Division of UN DESA
- Video clip from children and youth in schools
- Lobby de Poissy on European Declaration of Planet’s Rights by students
- Ms. Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF
- Mr. Kazuhiro Yoshida, Co-chair of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee
- Ms. Koumbou Boly Barry, former Minister of Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Ms. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO
- H.E. Ms. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
- Ms. Susan Hopgood, President of the Education International
- Ms. Maria Jose Monge, President of the Fundacion Monge, Costa Rica
- Mr. Refaat Sabbah, President of the Global Campaign for Education and General Director and Founder of the Teacher Creativity Centre, Palestine (MGoS)