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ADS 2024, Sub-theme 3 – Launch Media Advisory

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For its third week, “Africa Month” focuses on Education and learning in crisis-affected areas.

 

WHAT

 

The Third Week of the Africa Dialogue Series 2024   

Entering its third week, “Africa Month” brings partners from Africa and around the world, including government officials, policymakers, experts, UN leaders and young people, to exchange and mobilize actions on the sub-theme “Education and learning in crisis-affected areas.” Multiple challenges have disrupted education systems in a number of areas across Africa, impacting an estimated 123 million school-aged children. These crises disproportionately affect people with disabilities, women, girls and vulnerable members of the population, ultimately hindering the continent’s development.  

In this context, ensuring access to quality education during crises can mitigate risks and support recovery work, leveraging strategic partnerships with multiple stakeholders within the UN and externally to maintain uninterrupted learning for all. Activities organized throughout the third week of the Africa Dialogue Series 2023 focus on these issues. They highlight the importance of continued access to education and learning in crisis situations while underscoring the critical role of science, technology, and innovation in transforming education systems in Africa.  

Participants aim to provide concrete, implementable policy recommendations that will feed into the upcoming High-level Policy Dialogue segment concluding “Africa Month.” A new policy brief titled “Education and learning in crisis-affected areas” underpins the exchange, complementing materials shared throughout the week that include documentary videos and expert interviews from the co-organizing partners. An international webinar with senior government officials and UN leaders from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will take place mid-week, followed by a Youth Stage with two sessions in French and English. 

The United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and the African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations (AUPOM) co-organize the ADS 2024 in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank Group (WB). 

 

THEME

 

The theme of ADS 2024 is “Education through Science, Technology and Innovation toward the Africa We Want.” 

This week's sub-theme is “Education and learning in crisis-affected areas.” 

 

WHEN and WHERE

 

Online through www.un.org/osaa and @UNOSAA1 as follow: 

  • Day One: Documentary Videos – 20 May 
  • Day Two: Recorded Interviews – 21 May 
  • Day Three: International Webinar – 22 May 
  • Day Four: Youth Stage – 23 May 
  • Day Five: Arts and Culture – 24 May 

 

WHO

 

The international webinar will feature the participation of several government, UN, public and private sector officials, including the following, while young Africans from the continent and the diaspora will join the Youth Stage. 

  • Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, Executive Governor of Borno State, Nigeria (Expected) 
  • Ms. Etleva Kadilli, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 
  • Mr. Xavier Creach, Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 
  • Dr. Kebede Kassa Tsegaye, Senior Coordinator, Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Social Development Division, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 
  • Ms. Lisa Felton, Managing Director, Vodafone Foundation 

 More details, including the programme and a full list of speakers, are at bit.ly/2024ADS

 

MEDIA ACCREDITATION

 

The High-level Policy Dialogue of the ADS 2024, now scheduled for 30 May in the afternoon, will be a hybrid event. To attend in person, all media representatives need to be accredited. Media accreditation is open until 17 May 2024. 

Media representatives applying independently must submit an application form, including a letter of assignment from a bona fide media organization, samples of their work and a government-issued ID. Instructions are available on the Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit’s website. 

  
Requests for delegation media, including journalists, official photographers and videographers, should be submitted by Missions and Organizations enrolled in the e-Registration system, which is available through the e-deleGATE portal (instructions). 

Note that ALL media representatives must apply for accreditation in advance, as there will not be on-site accreditation. 

For more information, visit the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit’s website or contact malu@un.org or +1 212-963-6934. 

 

KEY LINKS

 

 

Sub-theme 

Int. Webinar 

Youth Stages 

STEM Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Generating Decent Jobs for Africa's Youth 

8 May 

9 May 

Transforming Education in Africa by Leveraging Innovative Finance and the Digital Revolution 

15 May 

16 May 

Education and Learning in Crisis-affected Areas 

22 May 

23 May 

 

  • Follow the High-level Policy Dialogue in person in Conference Room 2 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (valid media accreditation required to access) or online through www.un.org/osaa and @UNOSAA1 or via UN Web TV 

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

Primary Hashtag: #ADS2024 

Other Hashtags: #AfricaMonth, #Africa, #AfricanYouth 

 

African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations 

 

International Labour Organization in Africa 

 

United Nations Children’s Fund 

 

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 

 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 

 

United Nations Refugee Agency 

 

United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa 

 

The World Bank Group 

 

MEDIA CONTACTS

 

United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa 

 

African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations 

 

General Information

Launch Messages

Sub-theme 1: STEM Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Generating Decent Jobs for Africa's Youth

Sub-theme 2: Transforming Education in Africa by Leveraging Innovative Finance and the Digital Revolution

Sub-theme 3: Education and Learning in Crisis-affected  Areas

High-level Policy Dialogue

Media