Doha: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has signed a trilateral contribution agreement with Education Above All Foundation (EAA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to support the United Nations Transforming Education Summit (TES).
The event will take place from September 16-19 at the UN in New York, with Unesco acting as the Secretariat of the Summit.
QFFD and EAA collectively committed to $1.6m towards promoting the five Thematic Action Tracks, developed for the Transforming Education Summit.
These tracks focus on critical topics that require global collective attention to accelerate progress towards achieving SDG 4, which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.
The action tracks cover equitable, safe and healthy schools; learning and skills for life, work and sustainable development; teachers, teaching and the teaching profession; digital learning; education financing, both domestic and international.
Deputy Director General of Planning at QFFD Ali Abdulla Al Dabbagh said, “QFFD is committed to contribute to education initiatives and efforts such as the contribution to Unesco. The action tracks initiated by Unesco go in parallel with QFFDs efforts in education, which are set to address three key focus areas, firstly to provide access to out-of-school children and youth to receive an education.”
Unesco Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini said, “We are very grateful for the longstanding support of Qatar to the TES, which we hope will be a turning-point for education, the foundation for inclusive, sustainable development. We are happy to sign today this agreement with Qatar Fund for Development and Education Above All.’’
