| MARCH 2008 |
|
| 8th |
International Women's Day |
Global |
| 10th - 12th |
Seventh E-9 Ministerial Review Meting |
Bali, Indonesia |
| 13th - 14th |
EU Summit |
|
| |
G8 Sherpas |
|
| 1st - 15th |
VSO 50th Anniversary |
UK |
| 18th - 19th |
UNESCO's Meeting on Partnership for Education (provisional title) |
TBC |
| APRIL 2008 |
|
| 1st – 2nd |
UN General Assembly: Debate on Achieving the MDGs by 2015 |
New York, USA |
| 1 – 17th |
UNESCO Executive Board |
Paris, France |
| 5th |
G8 Development Ministers Meeting |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 7th |
World Health Day |
Global |
| 12-13th |
IMF/WB Spring Meeting/G7 |
Washington, US |
| 14th |
INEE Working Group |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 21st |
FTI Steering Committee and Tech meeting |
|
| 21st-27th |
GCE's Action Week Back to School (theme: Quality Education for all to End Exclusion) |
Global |
| 22nd |
Asia-Pacific Education Watch Launch |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 23rd |
GCE’s World's Biggest Lesson |
Global |
| 24th |
Civil G8 |
Kyoto, Japan |
| 26th |
World Intellectual Property Day |
Global |
| |
New DAC Figures on Aid |
|
| |
Meeting of the OECD/DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (leading to Accra High Level Group) |
|
| 28th - 29th |
GAERC including development |
Luxemburg |
| MAY 2008 |
|
| 3rd |
World Press Freedom Day |
Global |
| 16th |
World Debt Day (10th Anniversary of 1998 G8 human chain) |
Global |
| 19-23rd |
International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) Executive Council Meeting |
Leicester, UK |
| |
G8 Finance Ministers |
|
| |
G8 Dev Ministers |
|
| |
EU GAERC |
|
| |
International Multi-cultural day |
Global |
| 19th - 20th |
EFA Global Monitoring Report - Ninth Meeting of the Editorial Board |
| 6th - 17th |
EU-Latin America Summit |
Lima, Peru |
| JUNE 2008 |
|
| 1st – 30th |
UNESCO Regional Conference on Improving Education Policies and Systems for Inclusive Education |
St Petersburg, Russia |
| 12th |
International Day against Child Labour (12) |
Global |
| 16th |
Day of African Child |
Global |
| 16th – 18th |
CIVICUS Youth Assembly |
Glasgow, UK |
| 18th |
UN Informal hearings with civil society preparatory for the Financing for Development Summit in Doha |
New York, USA |
| 18th – 21st |
CIVICUS World Assembly |
Glasgow, UK |
| 19th - 20th |
EU Summit |
|
| 20th |
EU Heads of State Meeting |
|
| 20th |
World Refugee Day |
Global |
| 23rd – 30th |
International Youth Forum |
Bandoeng, Indonesia |
| |
Preparation meeting for EFA High Level Group |
|
| |
G7 Finance Ministers |
|
| |
Ministerial Conference on Migration and Education |
Oslo |
| |
G8 Sherpas |
|
| JULY 2008 |
|
| TBC |
GCE Board Meeting |
Europe (TBC) |
| 1st |
French Presidency of the EU |
France |
| 7th - 9th |
G8 Summit |
Toyako, Japan |
| |
Launch of Annual MDG Report |
|
| 13-17th |
Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning |
London, UK |
| AUGUST 2008 |
|
| 3rd - 8th |
International AIDS Conference |
Mexico City |
| 8th - 24th |
Olympic Games |
Beijing |
| 9th August |
International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
Global |
| 10th – 21st |
4th World Youth Congress |
Quebec, Canada |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
|
| |
UNESCO closing meetings on literacy |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2nd - 4th |
High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness |
Accra, Ghana |
| |
UN MDG Africa Progress Panel |
|
| 8th |
World Literacy Day |
Global |
| 17th – 19th |
Asia Pacific Regional Policy Workshop on ODA for EFA |
Manila, Philippines |
| 25th |
UN Secretary-General in Ban Ki-moon global MDGs event |
New York |
| |
Evaluation of UN development activities |
|
| |
UNICEF: Progress for Children |
|
| TBC |
UNESCO: Seminar on EFA/FTI: Learning from experience |
TBC |
| OCTOBER 2008 |
|
| 5th |
World Teachers' Day |
Global |
| |
UNESCO Executive Board |
|
| |
16 days of activism on violence against women and girls |
|
| 11th - 13th |
IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings |
Washington DC |
| 12th - 19th |
Global Week of Action on Debt |
Global |
| 13th - 19th |
Global Week of Action Against Poverty |
Global |
| 15th |
Rural Women's Day |
Global |
| 17th |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
Global |
| 17th - 19th |
Stand Up and Take Action |
Global |
| 19th |
Micah Sunday |
Global |
| 24th |
UN Day |
Global |
| NOVEMBER 2008 |
|
| 4th |
USA Elections |
USA |
| 13th - 15th |
9th Meeting of the Working Group on EFA |
UNESCO, Paris, France |
| 14th - 18th |
AWID: The power of movements |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| 16th |
International Day of Tolerance |
Global |
| 20th |
19th Universal Children’s Day |
Global |
| 25th |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women |
Global |
| 24th - 29th |
UNESCO International Conference on Education (ICE) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| 29th - 2nd Dec |
UN Financing for Development Review Conference |
Doha |
| DECEMBER 2008 |
|
| 1 Dec: |
World AIDS Day |
Global |
| 10 Dec: |
International Human Rights Day: UNDHR 60th Anniversary |
Global |
| 16th - 18th |
8th Education for All, High Level Group |
Oslo |
| |
New DAC Figures |
|
| |
Education for All Global Monitoring Report Launch |
|
| |
FTI Partners Meeting |
Oslo |
| |
Nobel Peace Prize |
|
| JANUARY 2009 |
|
| |
|
|
| FEBRUARY 2009 |
|
| |
4th Expert Group Meeting on the UN Literacy Decade |
|
| MARCH 2009 |
|
| 8th |
International Women's Day |
|
| APRIL 2009 |
|
| 31st March - 2nd April |
2009 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (http://portal.unesco.org/education
/en/ev.php-URL_ID=55176&URL_DO=DO_
TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html) |
Bonn, Germany |
| Dates TBC |
Global Action Week |
|
| |
IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings |
|
| 26th |
World Intellectual Property Day |
Global |
| MAY 2009 |
|
| 3rd |
World Press Freedom Day |
Global |
| 16th |
World Debt Day (10th Anniversary of 1998 G8 human chain) |
Global |
| JUNE 2009 |
|
| 12th |
International Day against Child Labour |
Global |
| 16th |
Day of African Child |
Global |
| 20th |
World Refugee Day |
Global |
| JULY 2009 |
|
| |
|
|
| AUGUST 2009 |
|
| 9th August |
International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
Global |
| SEPTEMBER 2009 |
|
| 8th |
World Literacy Day |
Global |
| OCTOBER 2009 |
|
| 5th |
World Teachers' Day |
Global |
| 6th-7th |
IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings |
Washington DC |
| 17th |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
Global |
| NOVEMBER 2009 |
|
| 20th |
Universal Children’s Day |
Global |
| 25th |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women |
Global |
| DECEMBER 2009 |
|
| 1 Dec: |
World AIDS Day |
Global |
| 10 Dec: |
International Human Rights Day |
Global |
