Beyond 2015: Education, a key goal for sustainable development Dennis Sinyolo EI Senior Coordinator, Education and Employment

Outline What is the post-2015 development and education agenda? The post-2015 process and EI advocacy Highlights from the HLP report What can your union do?

What is the post-2015 development and education agenda? Post 2015 development agenda - A new development framework to replace the current MDGs (2 education MDGs) Post-2015 education agenda – a new education agenda to replace the current EFA framework

Current education MDGs Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education. Target: Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls will be able to complete a full course of good quality primary schooling. Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women. Target: eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and at all levels of education no later than 2015.

EFA goals Expand early childhood care and education Provide free and compulsory primary education for all Promote learning and life skills for young people and adults Increase adult literacy by 50% Achieve gender parity by 2005 and gender equality by 2015 Improve the quality of education

Post-2015 development framework The post-2015 process Three main tracks: SDGs/Rio +20 Post-2015 development framework MDGs EFA/post-2015 education framework

EI advocacy Post-2015 advocacy tools: Ten principles One-pager with EFA goal, targets and indicators Advocacy efforts: UN High Level Panel and advisors (Monrovia, Bali, New York) UN agencies: UNDP, ILO, UNESCO/UNICEF (Global Thematic Consultation on Education)… Civil society

Proposed EI goal & targets Goal: ‘Ensure universal free quality education’ Target 1: Every child completes a fully cycle of continuous free quality early childhood, primary and secondary education… Target 2: All young people and adults have equitable access to quality-post secondary education…

Highlights from the HLP report A single post-2015 development framework, applicable to all countries Five transformative shifts: Leave no-ne behind Put sustainable development at the core Transform economies for jobs and inclusive growth Build peace and effective open and accountable systems Forge a new global partnership Illustrative framework with 12 proposed develop. goals A standalone education goal

HLP goal and targets Goal: Provide Quality Education and Life-long Learning Targets: Pre-primary completion Universal primary school completion and children able to read, write and count Universal access to lower secondary education + recognised learning outcomes Increase in number of young people and adults with skills, including TVET

What can your union do? Engage members of the UN High Level Panel and Open Working Group from your country Engage your government to ensure that education is included as a key priority in the Post- 2015 agenda during the negotiation process among member states Share experiences and lessons learnt from the current MDGs and EFA Where possible, Engage regional intergovernmental organisations Vote on My World Survey (http://www.myworld2015.org/index.html )

Timeline May 2013 (30) HLP submits report to UN Secretary General June 17 – 19 Open Working Group Meeting, New York September 2013 (5 & 7) G20 Summit, St Petersburg September 2013 UNGA/MDG Summit, New York October 2013 (WTD) Official launch of MQE in New York November 2013 Open Working Group December 2013 Open Working Group January 2014 Open Working Group February 2014 Open Working Group

Timeline (cont.) Early 2014 GEM, Paris May 2014 EI Global Education Conference September 2014 MDG Summit, New York May 2015 UNESCO World Education Forum, Seoul

Important web sites 1. The World We Want http://www.worldwewant2015.org/ 2. High Level Panel http://www.post2015hlp.org/ 3. Open Working Group http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1549

Thank you!