2. Objectives and Expected Results

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1 Concept Note Second Technical Follow-up Meeting to the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education in Buenos Aires Santiago, Chile, 15 and 16 February, 2018

2 1. Introduction The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) is organizing the Second Technical Follow-up Meeting to the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education in Buenos Aires. It will be held on 15 and 16 February 2018 in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of the event will be to review the progress made on the commitments agreed in the Buenos Aires meeting and prepare for the next Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education, which will take place in July 2018 in Sucre, Plurinational State of Bolivia. Considerable progress has been made since the First Technical Follow-up Meeting to the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education held in April 2017 in Santiago de Chile in regard to advancing the education agenda in the LAC region. In this context, a preliminary version of the roadmap for the implementation of SDG - Education 2030 (E2030) Agenda for the region has been prepared and will be officially approved at the next regional meeting of ministers of education in Sucre. The regional roadmap includes actions and activities such as the creation of the SDG- E2030 Regional Steering Committee for LAC. This committee will be tasked with ensuring coherence, coordination and solid collective regional work so that countries and education partners in LAC can make progress towards the E2030 targets together. It recommends that the Regional Steering Committee meet biannually prior to Global Steering Committee meetings so that the progress made in the region can be appropriately communicated around the advances, perspectives and challenges related to the SDG-E2030 Agenda at the global level. As such, the goal of this meeting is to prepare for the SDG-E2030 Global Steering Committee meeting, which will be held 28 February -2 March in Paris, and to analyze the functioning and working modalities of the Regional Steering Committee in greater depth and launch roadmap activities. 2. Objectives and Expected Results Objectives: To update the draft roadmap for the implementation of SDG4-E2030 for Latin America and the Caribbean, revising the calendar in each of the main areas (policies and strategies, monitoring and reporting, advocacy and communication, and finance and governance). To identify the procedures and mechanisms that will determine the composition, functions, working modalities and the decision-making process of the Regional Steering Committee, Working Groups and Advisory Group. 2

3 To propose a joint plan for preparing the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education. To draft a regional perspective on the general themes of the next Global Steering Committee. Methodology The meeting will take place 15 and 16 February, 2018 in Santiago. It will include presentations, group discussions and a series of plenary sessions on the implementation of SDG4 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The participants will contribute to thematic discussions facilitated by a moderator. In each of the sessions, UNESCO guests and specialists will present the issues as a point of departure for the discussion. All of the sessions include visual tools, which are mainly used to organize and clearly present the main ideas. The first day will feature an overview of the progress made on the Roadmap, political strategies for its implementation and the study of the situation of priority areas of education for the region. The second day will focus on the thematic areas set out in the preliminary roadmap document. The participants also will define a regional perspective on the key axes of discussion of the next Global Steering Committee. 3

4 PROGRAMME Second Technical Follow-up Meeting to the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education in Buenos Aires SDG4 E2030 roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean Thursday, 15 February, :30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks Cecilia Barbieri, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago 9:10-9:20 Meeting Objectives OREALC/UNESCO Santiago 9:20-10:20 SDG4 - E2030 implementation roadmap for LAC 10:20-10:40 Coffee Break This session is focused on summarizing the roadmap activities that have been implemented over the past few months. We expect to receive brief contributions from participants on: 1. The activities that have been implemented in the context of the the draft SDG4-E2030 roadmap - which was developed at the first technical follow-up meeting in Santiago -, in order to provide an overview of the actions that are being developed in the region. Moderator: Cecilia Barbieri, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago 10:40-13:00 Review of the Terms of Reference: Regional Steering Committee, Working Groups and Regional Advisory Group This session focuses on reviewing the mechanisms and procedures that determine the composition, functions and decision-making processes of the Regional Steering Committee, Working Groups and Advisory Group. The elements of the terms of reference to be discussed by the group will be identified. We anticipate discussing and identifying: 1. The mechanisms for making decisions within the Regional Steering Committee and the composition of its membership and it functions. 2. The modes of operation of the working groups in the various areas (policies and strategies, monitoring and reporting, financing and governance, and communication and advocacy) oriented towards an efficient, effective dynamic that is easy to follow throughout the implementation of the roadmap. 1. Cecilia Barbieri, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago (20 minutes) 4

5 Debate: 1h40 13:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:30 Policies and Strategies This session is focused on one of the areas listed in the draft roadmap in order to identify the initiatives and timeframes of activities oriented towards coordinating stakeholders and optimizing resources to implement the E2030 Agenda, in coordination with LAC governments. We anticipate dialogue and reflections on: 1. The coordination of the various education agendas of governments and international agencies in the region, emphasizing alignment with the E2030 Agenda at the national, regional and global levels in order to meet the terms of the agreements listed in the draft roadmap. 2. The variety of joint work experiences around priority areas in the region in the field of education in order to identify the efforts of the various countries and international organizations present at the meeting. 1. Atilio Pizarro, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago (15 minutes) Debate: 45 minutes 15:30-15:45 Coffee break 15:45-16:45 Thematic study and conceptual framework: towards Education 2030 in LAC The goal of this section is to introduce the initial progress made on the study of the thematic areas of rethinking the quality of education, equity and inclusion, teachers and workers in the field of education and lifelong learning, which will be presented at the meeting of ministers of education in Sucre. This study seeks to define the conceptual framework and framework of action and to offer recommendations for the implementation of the commitments made in the Buenos Aires Declaration. 1. Vernor Muñoz, Consultant, OREALC / UNESCO Santiago (20 minutes) Debate: 40 minutes 16:45-17:40 Preparation for the Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education, Sucre 2018 This section addresses the importance of regional cooperation in the confluence of the initiatives of various agencies in the region and coordination of actions for meeting the Education 2030 agenda in LAC. We expect inputs for the July 2018 meeting to be held in Sucre, Plurinational State of Bolivia. 1. Susana Postigo, Ministry of Education of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (15 minutes) Debate: 40 minutes 17:40 End of Day 1 20:00 Welcome dinner 5

6 Friday, 16 February, :00-09:15 Summary of day 1 9:15-10:30 Education Financing and Governance in LAC This section focuses on financing education in LAC, particularly actions that can be taken to optimize resources, establish synergies and set shared criteria for reviewing, monitoring and reporting on funding and institutional structure of education in the region. The outcomes of the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference held in February 2018 in Dakar (Senegal) will be reported on. We anticipate dialogue and reflection on: Presenter 1. Information on domestic spending on education, including both public and private efforts, in order to identify its distribution in accordance with the principles of equity and efficiency. 2. The resources available in the region and gaps in funding for education for meeting the education targets by Mechanisms that exist at the national, regional and global levels regarding financing for education in LAC with the goal of developing joint strategies for realizing the agreements included in the draft roadmap. 1. Carlos Vargas Tamez, Consultant, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago (15 minutes) 2. Francisco Miguens, Ministry of Education of the Argentine Republic (5 minutes) 3. Camilla Croso, CLADE (5 minutos) Debate: 45 minutes 10:30-10:45 Coffee break 10:45-12:00 Reviewing, Monitoring and Reporting This session focuses on reviewing the existing monitoring structure for the SDGs in which the new regional thematic monitoring mechanism of SDG 4 should be inserted, outlining the foundations of a possible strategy for its realization. Additionally, the planned actions for the development of national statistical capacities will be reviewed, considering the need to continue advancing in the articulation of existing monitoring mechanisms. We expect dialogue and reflections on: 1. The steps to prepare a proposal for a regional monitoring mechanism for the SDG4 - E2030 Agenda in LAC, identifying existing measurement and monitoring experiences at different levels, with a regional predominance, that can contribute to the development of a new mechanism proposal for the fulfillment of the agreements indicated in the draft Roadmap and the commitments in the Buenos Aires Declaration. 2. The existing initiatives of organizations for the strengthening of the statistical capacities and possibilities of coordination and/or articulation to respond to the needs of countries Presenters 1. Alejandro Vera, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), OREALC/UNESCO Santiago. (15 minutes) 2. Atilio Pizarro, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago (15 minutos) 6

7 Debate: 45 minutes 12:00-13:00 Workshop: advocacy and communication: LAC messages 13:00-14:30 Lunch The goal of this activity is to identify the messages that the region wishes to communicate at the regional and global levels based on the priority topics regarding SDG4 for LAC. Emphasis will be placed on the contents of the messages, which will be the basis for the Communication and Advocacy WG to develop possible dissemination strategies in order to meet the agreements set out in the draft roadmap. Moderator: Maria Elena Ubeda, UNICEF, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office 14:30-16:30 Preparing LAC for the SDG E2030 Global Steering Committee Meeting This section focuses on the discussion of some of the points to be debated in the Global Steering Committee in order to define a regional perspective on the following topics: 1. Regional coordination: opportunities, challenges and solutions. 2. National perspectives on aggregating the value of regional cooperation. 3. Regional reporting and monitoring. 4. Funding education. Moderator: Cecilia Barbieri, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago 16:30-17:00 End of day 2 Coffee break 7