Education for All in Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment of progress and post-2015 challenges Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC) Ministerial Meeting Lima, Peru, 30-31 October 2014 JW Marriot Hotel, Miraflores 1. With less than 500 days until the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the six Education for All (EFA) targets, a series of Ministerial Conferences are being organised in the different regions as a follow-up to the Global Education Meeting (GEM) of Muscat, Oman, 12-14 May 2014 and in preparation for the Global “Education for All” Forum to be held in South Korea, May 19-22 2015. These meetings also take stock of the ongoing discussions in the Open Working Group of the General Assembly of UN on Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 4. “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. 2. The expected results of the meeting are twofold: a) A statement to be adopted by the ministers of education that captures their regional vision for the post-2015 education agenda; and b) A roadmap on the design, implementation and monitoring of the upcoming post-2015 education agenda in the region which will also be presented at the Global “Education for All” Forum, May 2015, in South Korea. Provisional Agenda Thursday 30 October 2014 08:45 Registration of participants 09:15 Opening session • • • UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education (ADG/ED) Minister of Education of Argentina, Chairman of the Board of the PRELAC Minister of Education of Peru (TBC) 10:00 Keynote address: “Education for development in Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2015-30 cycle”, Prof. Jose Weinstein 1 11:00 Coffee break 1 Jose Weinstein, researcher and international expert in education, ex‐Vice‐Minister of Education, author of a number of renowned publications Session 1: EFA progress of the region, critical themes, and remaining tasks to achieve EFA by 2015 11:30 1. Objectives of the meeting, UNESCO Santiago 11:45 2. Regional monitoring of EFA in the LAC region Q&As 12:30 3. Development of the global post-2015 Education Agenda, ADG/ED Q&As In this session, a shared vision of regional progress towards EFA, i.e. achievements, challenges and remaining tasks as well as emerging post-2015 topics will be reached, and a common understanding of post-2015 education developments. 13:00 Lunch at JW Marriot hotel Session 2: Education global objective within the framework of the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals; overview on the Global Education Meeting (GEM) convened by UNESCO in Muscat, Oman, 12-14 May 2014. 14:30 1. An innovative approach to the right to education in the post-2015 context, UNESCO Santiago 15:00 2. Introduction to the Ministerial Statement, ADG/ED 15:20 3. Ministerial debate 17:2018:00 4. Adoption of Statement (by paragraph) In this session, a regional perspective of the post-2015 education objectives and targets will be shared and a relevant statement adopted. 20:00 Dinner hosted by The Minister of Education of Peru Friday 31 October 2014 09:00 Short summary of previous day proceedings Technical information sessions 09:15 • Higher Education: Recognition of higher education studies in LAC, IESALC Q&As 09:45 • Quality of education: 3rd Regional Comparative and Explicative Study (TERCE), UNESCO Santiago Q&As 10:15 • Evaluation in education: An international study in civic and citizenship education, IEA Data Processing and Research Centre Q&As 11:00 Coffee break 11:30 • 12:30 Closing • • Interventions by UN Agencies, CSOs, education partners Minister of Education of Argentina, Chairman of the Board of the PRELAC Minister of Education of Peru (TBC) 13:30 Lunch at JW Marriot hotel 15:00 Departure of participants