The Speech of the General Coordinator of ACEA in the World Education Forum 2015

Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO

Mr. Kailash Satyarthi ,winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, heads of delegations and heads of institutions

On my own behalf and on behalf of the Collective Consultation of NGOs. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks and appreciation to your presence and your efforts throughout these years of work to get to this day without you this wouldn’t happen.

Dear audience , please allow me and Let the me on your behalf extend my thanks and appreciation to UNESCO work crew who have followed this hard work , headed by her great spirit, smile , strength and will Ms. Sabine

After the big debates, and the different views, we  get to indisputable result, which should continue the partnership to promote the concept , the content and the application of the right to education.

It is required from all of us and the governments to strengthen the partnership with CSOs , and if the evaluation of the pre-2015 received considerable attention, the same case applies to talk about education post 2015. We  have to move forward and discuss the work programs targeting urgent issues that cannot be delayed.

What we have to do?

In any speech we must emphasize that the right to education is a human right without any conditions and is a guarantee for achieving the economic, environmental and social justice that is still absent from the scene. The concern is growing in the light of the proportion of countries that don’t exceed the half and  have only achieved measurable goals of EFA, and the survival of tens of millions of students who are of school age outside the framework of teaching and learning .It is  problem and requires confrontation.

The same applies to the girls education, we have achieved successes, but the survival of high ratios without education is a stigma. Officially waged, we all have a responsibility and moral obligation to bridge the gaps, all the way to high standards education, with  prospects based on the rights and global inclusiveness. We are still far from achieving the goal, which would require a broader partnership  with comprehensive strategy .

We recognize that education, development and the economy must comply, hence the educational activities deserve permanent presence on the agenda of diverse global forums, and this is dictated by the nature of the challenges and the essence of the problem, while ensuring an active and influential role for civil society that is supposed to take active role, despite variations in the level of freedom granted from one country to another, and here we must ensure that there is effective and vital role of civil society at all levels, which starts from the stage of thinking into policy-making or implementation or follow-up.

Today, and this year, we are not starting the stage, but we are beginning a new era requires a connection …. requires review and clarity, and the provision of guarantees for free and compulsory enrollment, and equality of opportunity and fairness away from the scourge of war, or differences in gender, language, or the curse of geography that still chasing the World countries. As CSOs we have to be a model in terms of due diligence, transparency and communication with the authorities.

Integration, adult education, the empowerment of unions, activation of frameworks, the skills of the twentieth century, and lifetime learning requirements are still in the Minimum, and here we hope to be present in any programs, and acquire the activation of unions, frameworks and enable it special importance ,since it is a private gateway to enable civil society to perform its mission.

The debate revealed that there is a lot to be done, and we look forward to UNESCO continues to lead the scene up to enhance participatory values between all parties, official and civil, challenges that lie in the way which still pose a real threat to the future of our generations, and talk about the quality of education in some cases and contexts ,talks that may not seem feasible in the absence of the opportunity to obtain the right to education. The indicators repeatedly reaffirms that the achievement of successes scattered here and there do not mean success absolutely, and if we cross towards the future, the most important question does not lie in: Where we have succeeded?

But

Where did we fail?

Where are the spending plans?

What are the ways to channel support to double interest, and expand the circle of beneficiaries ?!

Ladies and gentlemen ,,,,,,

 We recognize that the facing failure begins  by setting effective solutions for complicated interval situations. We are required to look in-depth at ways to get out with minimal losses of rapid changes, and today w