Kailash
Satyarthi, Chair, Bachpan Bachao Andolan
and President, Global Campaign for Education
was the only civil society representative
keynote speaker to address the UNESCO
General Conference Ministerial Round
Table on Education for All at UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris..
More
than 50 education ministers and high-ranking
officials responsible for education
meet during UNESCO's General Conference
in Paris (7-8 October 2005) to explore
practical ways to address Education
for All (EFA) challenges by building
on positive examples from different
parts of the world.
Satyarthi
in his keynote address emphasised on
genuine and transparent participation
of the civil society in planning, implementation
and monitoring of the EFA goals. Further,
highlighting the changing role of NGOs
today, he said that NGOs have moved
from the service delivery mode to critical
policy dialogue and have also taken
up the garb of social watchdogs.
He
also demanded the active participation
of children and youth in the education
campaigns.
Read
Full Text of Kailash Satyarthi’s
speech:
http://www.unesco.org/education/mined2005/satyarthi.rtf
To
view the current live webcast from UNESCO:
mms://stream.unesco.org/vod/gc_081005_1_hd_en.wmv