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Chairs<br />

And<br />

Networks<br />

Field<br />

Offices<br />

5.1.1.6 UNESCO <strong>and</strong> Education<br />

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Figure 7 UNESCO <strong>and</strong> its bodies<br />

UNESCO has been work<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>and</strong> promotion <strong>of</strong> <strong>education</strong> from <strong>the</strong> very<br />

beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> it creation. It has launched my programs also that have been achieved successfully<br />

but to face <strong>the</strong> challenges <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new century s<strong>in</strong>ce 2000, <strong>the</strong> governments <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

with agencies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Nations, have launched four <strong>in</strong>itiatives, all <strong>of</strong>, which focus on<br />

<strong>education</strong> <strong>in</strong> one way or ano<strong>the</strong>r. These are programs are: <strong>the</strong> Education for All, <strong>the</strong> Millennium<br />

Development Goals, <strong>the</strong> United Nations Literacy Decade <strong>and</strong> United Nations Decade <strong>of</strong><br />

Education for Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development.<br />

5.1.1.6.1 Education for All (EFA)<br />

UNESCO<br />

Liaison<br />

Category I<br />

Centers &<br />

Institutions<br />

Cluste<br />

r<br />

States<br />

National<br />

Commissions<br />

Regional<br />

National<br />

Category<br />

II<br />

Centers &<br />

Institutions<br />

The World Education Forum (26-28 April 2000, Dakar) adopted <strong>the</strong> Dakar Framework for<br />

Action "Education for All: Meet<strong>in</strong>g our Collective Commitments" which sets six goals with a

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