Universal Basic Education Roundtable Series

Roundtable

Staff:	Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education

September 1, 2002 - Present

In April 2000, the international community renewed its commitment to achieving universal education in the world’s poorest nations by 2015 – the same commitment it had made ten years earlier without noticeable effect. While there has been considerable strategic effort to promote other development priorities that education furthers – health, democracy, etc. – there has been less emphasis on education itself.

The Center for Universal Education seeks to further strategic thinking on how to achieve universal education by producing accessible policy analysis and facilitating ongoing discussions between donor countries, aid organizations and poor nations on the issues critical to promoting basic education in the developing world. The monthly meetings of the roundtable series bring together experts and advocates from academia, the policy community, and government officials both from the United States and foreign countries. Such diversity insures the broadest range of experience and expertise required for achieving the Center’s goals.

Meetings

Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: UNESCO's Global Monitoring Report Announcement

Roundtable Meeting

November 2, 2006

Speakers:	Nicholas Burnett, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
	Michelle Neuman, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: Leaving Microsoft to Educate the World

Roundtable Meeting

November 1, 2006

Speakers:	John Wood, Founder and CEO, Room to Read
	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

Room to Read Program List

Minister of Education Roundtable Series: A New Vision for Education in Afghanistan

Roundtable Meeting

September 27, 2006

Speaker:	Hanif Atmar, Minister of Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Council on Foreign Relations

Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: The 2006 Education for All Global Monitoring Report - Literacy for Life

Roundtable Meeting

February 17, 2006

Speaker:	Nick Burnett, UNESCO
Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: Educating the World's Children - Patterns of Growth and Inequality

Roundtable Meeting

October 25, 2005

Speakers:	Bidemi Carrol, Academy for Educational Development
	Annababette Wils, Academy for Educational Development
Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: School Fee Elimination and Holistic School Reform

Roundtable Meeting

September 19, 2005

Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

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The Nonproliferation Regime

Explore international efforts to curb nuclear proliferation with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.

New Council Special Reports

The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change

The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.

The National Interest and the Law of the Sea

This report explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Author Scott G. Borgerson examines the international negotiations that led to the convention, the history of debates in the United States over whether to join it, and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy today.

Complete list of Council Special Reports

New Books

In War of Necessity, War of Choice, Richard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq involving the two presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.

In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba’s unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

As Ray Takeyh shows in Guardians of the Revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans of Iran is a nation that is far more pragmatic—and complex—than many in the West have been led to believe.

Complete list of CFR Books

David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:

Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org

Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1.212.434.9753
jhill@cfr.org

Roundtable

Universal Basic Education Roundtable Series

The Nonproliferation Regime

New Council Special Reports

The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change

The National Interest and the Law of the Sea

New Books

David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts