On 28 April 2011 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Quality education for all: meeting human resources needs in developing countries" as part of the CDPs report on its 13th session to the Global Preparatory Meeting for the 2011 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) theme.

he 2011 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 4 to 8 July 2011, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education". It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.
The 2011 Global Preparatory Meeting on the theme “Meeting the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments with regards to Education” heard the views of a range of stakeholders, including young people and students, United Nations system and academic experts on education, practitioners and the general public.

Statement

Statement by Professor Parr

Related information

2011 CDP Report