Sixth Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals Side Event
A High-level Panel and Discussion on Post-2015 Global Policy Agenda:
Early Childhood Development as a Foundation for Sustainable Development
Thursday December 12, 2013
United Nations, North Lawn Building, Conference Room E (1st Ave. at E. 46th St)
13:00 – 13:20 Box Lunch provided
13:20 – 14:30 High-level Panel and Discussion
Making the Case: Rights, Science and Economics
Louise Zimanyi
Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta
Director, The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
Director, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa; President, Association for the Development of Education in Africa,
Working Group on Early Childhood Development
Working in Partnership: Health, Nutrition, Education and Protection
Bernadette Daelmans
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
Aigly Zafeirakou
Sofia Garcia-Garcia
Coordinator, Policy, Planning and Programmes, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organisation
President, OMEP and UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education and Sustainable Development
Senior Education and Human Development Specialist, The Global Partnership for Education
Advocacy Advisor, Post-2015 Agenda, Liaison & Advocacy, SOS Children’s Villages International
Vinicius Pinheiro
Pia Rebello Britto
Hiro Yoshikawa
Invited Representatives
Deputy Director, International Labour Organization, New York; Chair, Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board.
Senior Advisor, Early Childhood Development, UNICEF
Co-Chair, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Workgroup on ECD, Education and the Transition to Work
UN Permanent Missions of Senegal, Kenya and Benin
Moderators:
Judith T. Wagner, Deputy President, OMEP and Nurper Ulkuer, Child Development Expert
Discussion: Collective and Strategic Global Action
RSVP by Tuesday December 10, 2013 to Marine Sukhudyan at [email protected] or (416) 979-5000 ext. 4801
Please indicate if you need an entry pass to the UN. Bring photo identification and this invitation.
Organisation Mondiale Pour L´Éducation Préscolaire
Organización Mundial Para La Educación Preescolar
World Organization For Early Childhood Education