What:
Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Conference.
Who:
Global leaders and innovators from the United Nations, academia, the development community and the private sector including:
- Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director
- Geeta Rao Singh, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
- Carol Bellamy, chair of the Global Partnership for Education and former executive director of UNICEF
- More than 30 Ministers from developing and donor countries, key civil society organisations and private sector foundations.
When:
7-8 November 2011.
Where:
Kulturkajen Docken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Why:
Education is one of the best investments donor countries can make in the fight to end poverty and promote democracy and peace. The Global Partnership for Education will call for $2.5 billion dollars over three years to put 25 million more children in school. The pledging conference aims at re-energizing support for basic education for children worldwide and to highlight the critical impact of education on health, economic development, gender equality and peace in poor countries.
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