On Friday 9th December, UNESCO invites you to the European launch of the 2016 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report:
‘Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all’
Opening keynote by Neven Mimica, European Commissioner
for International Cooperation and Development
“There can be no excuse for complacency. The message of this report is that we need to get our act together to accelerate educational attainment in an unprecedented manner”
– Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the SDGs.
The GEM Report provides an authoritative account of how education is the most vital input for
every dimension of sustainable development.
Better education leads to greater prosperity, improved agriculture, better health outcomes, less violence, more gender equality, higher social capital and an improved natural environment.
9 December 2016, 9.30 – 11 a.m.
Press Club Brussels Europe,
Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels
Join us as of 8.45 a.m. for a welcome coffee
Register here by 2 December 2016.
Full programme will follow.
