Co-authored by R4D Managing Director Nicholas Burnett, a new paper looks at the implications for UNESCO of the proposed post-2015 education goals. UNESCO has been tasked with spear-heading the global education agenda – as part of the post-2015 development debate.
The paper outlines some of the implications, challenges and opportunities for UNESCO of the likely education goals in the post-2015 development agenda. The paper does so in five sections by discussing the proposed education goals, their implications for UNESCO policies, for UNESCO processes and structures, for UNESCO’s ability to track progress and resulting gaps. Each section raises some key questions for UNESCO to consider as it prepares for the period after 2015. The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) plans to develop further papers advising on some of the key issues raised in the paper. The brief concludes that there are some important issues for UNESCO to address.
