Education Events Around the UN General Assembly New York – September 19-28, 2013
Here is a list of the main education events that will take place in New York around the 68th UN General Assembly.
| DATE | TIME (EDT) | EVENT | ORGANIZERS | MORE INFORMATION |
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| Thursday, September 19 | 14:00-15:30 | Launch of 2013 Education for All Global Monitoring Report | EFA GMR/UNESCO | EFA GMR Website |
| Friday, September 20 | 9:00-19:30 | Early Childhood Peace Consortium | UNICEF, Yale University, UNSG | ECD and Peacebuilding on UNICEF website |
| 12:00-14:00 | UN Global Compact Leaders Summit Launch of Business Engagement Framework for Education and Learning |
UN Foundation | UN Foundation website | |
| Sunday, September 22 to Tuesday, September 24 | 12:00-19:00 | Social Good Summit. How will the world look in 2030? How will you help shape it? | Mashable, UNF, UNDP, BMGF | Mashable Social Good Summit website Follow @GPforEducation |
| Monday, September 23 | 9:00-18:00 | UN High Level Event on Disability and Development. The event will include a session on inclusive education. | UN | Event website |
| 11:45-13:00 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Somalia | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Education Cannot Wait | INEE, UNICEF | INEE website Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst |
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| 15:15-16:15 | Ministerial Meeting on Education for Syrian Refugees | UN Special Envoy for Global Education | UN Envoy website | |
| 16:30-17:45 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Timor-Leste | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst | |
| Tuesday, September 24 | 8:00-9:15 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Chad | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst |
| 13:00-14:00 | The Right to Education in the Post-2015 | Open Society Foundations | OSF website Follow @GPforEducation |
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| 16:00-17:15 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Myanmar | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst | |
| 18:30-21:00 | From Basics to Excellence: Putting a Quality Education Within Reach of Every Child | Clinton Global Initiative, Varkey GEMS foundation | CGI website Follow @GPforEducation |
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| Wednesday, September 25 | 7:30-9:00 | Global Business Coalition for Education Annual meeting | Global Business Coalition | GBC website |
| 8:00-9:30 | Launch of Report “Getting to Zero” focusing on zero-target goals in post-2015 | Save the Children | Save the children website | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Afghanistan | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst | |
| 11:00-13:00 |
Learning For All High Level Event 11.00 – 12.00: Global Education First Initiative first anniversary 12:00-13:00: Financing Education |
UN Secretary General, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, |
Event will be webcast on webtv.un.org Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst |
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| 16:00-17:30 | Democratic Republic of Congo Action Network: Unlocking Educational Opportunities | Clinton Global Initiative | CGI website | |
| 15:20-16:20 | Learning for All Ministerial Meeting with Pakistan | GPE | Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Learning Metrics Task Force Evening Event in support of the Global Education First Initiative | LMTF Secretariat | Learning Metrics Task Force webpage Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst |
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| Thursday, September 26 | 14:15-15:45 | International Education Funders Group - Members' meeting | Open Society Foundations | OSF website |
| Saturday, September 28 | 16:00-21:00 | Global Citizen Festival featuring Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer | Global Citizen, Cotton On Foundation | Watch live Follow @GPforEducation and #EducationFirst |