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Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action

Acknowledgements

The Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action was adopted by ١٨٤ UNESCO Member States on ٤ November ٢٠١٥ in Paris. It is the result of a collective effort involving in-depth, wide-ranging consultations driven and owned by countries, and facilitated by UNESCO as well as other partners. The development of the Framework was guided by the Education for All (EFA) Steering Committee convened by UNESCO, and finalized through the Drafting Group for the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action.

On behalf of UNESCO, I wish to express my deep gratitude to the members of the EFA Steering Committee and the Drafting Group for the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action. My thanks go in particular to the representatives of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, China, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, India, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Uganda for their involvement and contribution.

The following United Nations agencies, multilateral agencies, civil society organizations and private entities participated actively and made critical inputs to the development of the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action: the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UN Women and the World Bank; the Global Partnership for Education (GPE); the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Education International (EI); the Global Campaign for Education (GCE); the Africa Network Campaign on Education For All (ANCEFA); the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE); and Intel. Their tireless efforts and exhaustive consultations within their respective constituencies helped ensure the relevance of the Framework to education stakeholders in different settings across the world.

Special thanks go to Dankert Vedeler (Chair of the EFA Steering Committee and Co-chair of the Drafting Group for the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action, Norway), Camilla Croso (Vice-Chair of the EFA Steering Committee and Vice-Chair of the Drafting Group for the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action, GCE) and Kazuhiro Yoshida (Vice-Chair of the EFA Steering Committee and Vice-Chair of the Drafting Group for the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action, Japan) for their deep commitment to and skills in guiding and carrying out a complex process of consultations.

The development of the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action would not have been possible without the valuable and generous contributions, peer reviews and advice of my colleagues in UNESCO’s Education Sector, including its Institutes and Regional Bureaux for Education. In this regard, I would like to commend the Sector’s Education for All Team, which led and coordinated the process of developing the Education ٢٠٣٠ Framework for Action and provided the necessary technical support. Its dedication to the task was unwavering.

Qian Tang, Ph.D.

Assistant Director-General for Education

UNESCO

December ٢٠١٥, Paris