Asia-Pacific EFA Resource Centre EFA News Calendar of EFA Activities Online Database Contacts for EFA Regional network Background information on EFA www.unescobkk.org/efa The regional website contains NEWS about activities, events and EFA-related developments in the region and beyond. It also contains a calendar of events and international days, an online database and contacts for the EFA network in the region. This website is a very good resource for journalists seeking to be updated about EFA and education-related news and developments in the region.

Monthly EFA e-newsletter A monthly EFA e-newsletter is also distributed by the Asia-Pacific EFA Resource Centre. It contains EFA News and features stories and is free to all interested subscribers. A good source of information and possible stories. To subscribe send an email to efa@unescobkk.org

efa@unescobkk.org Monthly EFA e-newsletter EFA News Feature Stories Resources Free subscription To subscribe, e-mail efa@unescobkk.org A monthly EFA e-newsletter is also distributed by the Asia-Pacific EFA Resource Centre. It contains EFA News and features stories and is free to all interested subscribers. A good source of information and possible stories. To subscribe send an email to efa@unescobkk.org

EFA Global Monitoring Report Gender Quality Literacy Another good source of education statistics is the annual EFA Global Monitoring Report, an independent publication commissioned by UNESCO. It tracks how countries are progressing in meeting the six EFA goals with each annual edition focusing on a specific theme. Each report is released around October-November of the preceeding year. www.efareport.unesco.org

EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008 EFA Progress Report to 2015 The 2007 GMR focused on the first EFA goal of Early Childhood Care and Education. The 2008 report will focus on the overall assessment of progress to the 2015 goals. All GMR reports, summaries and the database for the education statistics can be downloaded from the GMR website: www.efareport.unesco.org www.efareport.unesco.org

Early childhood care and education Strong foundations Early childhood care and education UNESCO Bangkok also organizes the annual regional launch of the Global Monitoring Report, usually in Bangkok. Press releases, fact sheets, report cards focused on the region are prepared by UNESCO Bangkok and distributed during the launch. These materials can also be downloaded from the regional EFA website: www.unescobkk.org/efa Regional Launch Bangkok, Thailand 28 November 2006

EFA and Education data UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The UIS website is an important source of education data (on-line database) and special reports: Global Education Digest Regional education data reports Thematic reports (often in partnership with others), e.g. World Education Indicators / PISA reports with OECD; Out of School Children with UNICEF UIS Working Paper series Manuals, guides and technical documents www.uis.unesco.org The UIS is another source of EFA and education data. It has several annual publications and thematic reports related to education. Official UN data on education statistics can also be downloaded from the UIS website

Asia-Pacific EFA Resource Centre For further information, please visit: www.unescobkk.org/efa or contact the Regional EFA Coordination team: Via: Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (AIMS) Unit UNESCO Bangkok Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road Bangkok 10110 Thailand tel: +66 2 391 0577 fax: +662 391 0866 efa@unescobkk.org

UNESCO Bangkok www.unescobkk.org Or visit our Press Room For further information, please visit: www.unescobkk.org Or visit our Press Room http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=3996 UNESCO Bangkok Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road Bangkok 10110 Thailand tel: +66 2 391 0577 fax: +662 391 0866

Journalism Awards SEAMEO-Australia Press Award recognizes excellent coverage of education issues by journalists in Southeast Asia. Given out annually since 2000, the Award has recognized seven print journalists who have written outstanding pieces on education issues affecting their countries and the region. www.seameo.org

Journalism Awards UNICEF’s International Children’s Broadcasting Day Award (9 Dec) For both television and radio journalists to highlight youth voices concerning the state of the world and their place in it.  Participating broadcasters will be eligible to submit entries for the 2008 ICDB Award. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_38976.html

Journalism Awards Asia Pacific MDG Media Awards Honors distinguished reporting on the Millennium Development Goals by producers and journalists in print, radio and television covering the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.mdgasiapacific.org