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Every year, an edition of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR) is published, focusing on a specific area of education. Each new report is an occasion for reflecting on progress made while also deepening understanding on the focus area. Results of the findings are then presented at events held around the world, drawing international attention to the importance of the EFA agenda and spreading the message to various audiences and potential partners. The 2012 report topic was “Youth and skills: Putting education to work”.
The GMR 2012 was launched in Oslo, Norway from 17 to 19 October, as part of an international seminar on Youth, Skills, and Work, organised jointly by the Norwegian Ministry of Education, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO, the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Refugee Council. Ms Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo, Deputy Director of UIL, took part in the seminar and held a presentation on “Ensuring learning opportunities for marginalized youth”, drawing on research carried out with the Canadian International Development Agency.
This year’s EFA Global Monitoring Report draws attention to the situation of many disadvantaged youth around the world who leave school without the skills necessary to find adequate jobs and adapt to society. Beyond the suffering of individual young people, this failure to reach youth has a negative impact on economic growth and society as a whole. In addition to presenting the results of the GMR, the Youth, Skills and Work meeting in Oslo featured presentations on public-private partnerships in education and training, issues in sustainable development relating to youth education, and case studies from Bangladesh and Uganda.
More about the EFA Global Monitoring Report
More information on the GMR launch in Oslo (PDF)
