Recognizing the importance of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development to drive economic prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment, and which encompasses the widely familiar 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries established a new platform–the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)–to boost efforts to achieve the goals.

The HLPF meets every year, in early July, bringing representatives of governments, businesses and civil society together to review progress, examine obstacles, exchange best practices, and recommend new actions to achieve the goals. Countries also agreed (resolutions 67/290 and 70/299) that every fourth year, the HLPF will meet under the auspices of the General Assembly at the level of Heads of State and Government. 2019 will mark the first HLPF meeting at the leader level on 24 September (afternoon) and 25 September, to follow up and review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs.

The United Nations SDG Summit will be chaired by the President of the General Assembly and will also result in a concise negotiated political declaration.

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The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019.

The theme will be “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. The set of goals to be reviewed in depth is the following:

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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Education and Displacement. Challenges and approaches to providing quality education to refugees and displaced people in the Global South

At the end of 2017, approximately 85% of the world’s refugees were hosted in developing regions, with more than one quarter in least developed countries. The average period of living in forced displacement is 26 years. Of the world’s nearly 25.4 million refugees, over half are under the age of 18.

What are the different approaches used to provide quality education for refugee and displaced populations by host countries in the Global South? What are the specific challenges of integrating refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the national education systems of these countries? How does the international community support these host countries and what are the financial implications and risks involved?

The 2019 Educaid.be conference aims to contribute to the understanding of these complex issues by inviting experts from international organisations and civil society.

The conference will open with the official launch in Belgium of the 2019 GEM Report “Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges not walls”. This report examines the impact of all population movements for employment and education.

A panel of international experts will then provide their perspective on the challenges and approaches to providing quality education to displaced people worldwide. In the afternoon, three parallel sessions will zoom in on educational responses to the Syria crisis and concrete approaches from Uganda and Rwanda.

The closing address will be given by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Dr Koumbou Boly Barry.

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