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UAE gains membership to the SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee

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The UAE has recently become a member of the International Steering Committee on UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), UNESCO's 2030 Education. This comes as a culmination of the support and efforts of the leadership to promote the UAE presence in international arenas concerned with education, innovation, culture and human development.

 

The Steering Committee is composed of 38 members representing a majority from Member States, in addition to international agencies, institutions and organizations in the area of education and development such as the UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UN Women, ILO, the Global Partnership for Education, the OECD, regional organizations, teacher organizations, civil society networks, in addition to representatives from the private sector, foundations, youth and student organizations which represent all supply and demand  parties of education as a basic service provided by government and a fundamental human right.

 

His Excellency Hussain Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, said that the wise leadership is keen to support all global efforts to develop education in various spheres and international forums which reflects positively on the levels of education in all societies around the world.

 

He added that the UAE is working continuously with various international organizations and bodies concerned with the education to formulate common frameworks with all stakeholders to achieve the objectives of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education.

 

He stressed that the UAE is moving towards developing educational frameworks on the best educational experiences and practices, and to achieve this; the UAE is cooperating with all relevant international bodies to become an active part of the global movement to improve the living conditions of societies through the development of their educational systems.

 

The Steering Committee is mandated to provide strategic guidance to Member States and the education community, make recommendations for catalytic action regarding the fourth goal in terms of  policies and strategies, advocate for adequate financing of education goals 2030, review, monitor and prepare progress reports toward achieving the targets of the fourth goal, in addition advocacy and communication.

 

The UAE is represented in the steering committee by Mahra Al Mutaiwee, Director of the Regional Center for Educational Planning, a UNESCO center from the second category hosted by the UAE since 2007 under an agreement signed by the UAE government and UNESCO. Al Mutaiwee has experience in education planning, management, policies and indicators in the UAE as well as her experience in the same field in the GCC and Arab countries given the mandate of the Center and its partnerships on the Gulf, Arab and international levels.

 

 

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3/20/2018

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