UNESCO Bangkok, in collaboration with UNICEF EAPRO and UNICEF ROSA, is organizing the second Asia-Pacific Regional Education Minister’s Conference (APREMC II), which follows the 2014 high-level Asia-Pacific Education Conference on challenges and priorities for education beyond 2015 from an Asia-Pacific perspective.

APREMC II will provide a platform for ministers of the 46 member states of the region and other education stakeholders to take stock of progress made towards SDG 4, against the backdrop of the impact and responses to COVID-19.

GPE will participate in the sessions on gender and on financing and governance.

Objectives

• Take stock and reflect on the first 7 years of progress towards SDG4-Education 2030 in Asia and the Pacific;
• Identify challenges in progressing towards SDG 4 in the region, with a focus on the impact of COVID-19 and COVID-19 responses;
• Share and learn from effective policies, practices and innovations for education recovery and system transformation;
• Identify, and agree on priority areas of action and strategies, and key steps going forward for education/learning recovery and system transformation beyond COVID-19 to accelerate SDG 4 implementation in the region, and generate recommendations for action.