Universal Basic Education Roundtable Series
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
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Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: UNESCO's Global Monitoring Report Announcement
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
November 2, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: Leaving Microsoft to Educate the World
Speakers: John Wood, Founder and CEO, Room to Read
Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
November 1, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
A New Vision for Education in Afghanistan
Speaker: Hanif Atmar, Minister of Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Presider: Gene B. Sperling, Council on Foreign Relations
September 27, 2006
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Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: The 2006 Education for All Global Monitoring Report - Literacy for Life
Speaker: Nick Burnett, UNESCO
Presider: Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
February 17, 2006
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Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: Educating the World's Children - Patterns of Growth and Inequality
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
October 25, 2005
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Global Campaign for Education Roundtable: School Fee Elimination and Holistic School Reform
Presider: Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
September 19, 2005