Oslo Summit on Education for Development

Date: 
6 July 2015 to 7 July 2015
City: 
Oslo
Country: 
Norway

The Summit aims at mobilizing strong and renewed political commitment to reach the 58 million children who are still being denied their right to education, and to improve learning outcomes for those who attend school. The Summit has been initiated to help reverse the negative trend in international support for education and to contribute to enhanced domestic resource mobilisation. Innovative partnerships and results-oriented, well-coordinated development aid is crucial as we approach the deadline for the Millenium Development Goals and the adoption of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. 

The Oslo Summit will build on the outcomes of the World Education Forum in Korea  in May 2015, and provide input to the third International Conference on Financing for Development in Ethiopia in July, as well as the subsequent UN high-level meeting in September, where the SDGs will be adopted.

The Summit has three main components:
6 July a.m.:   Civil Society and Innovative Business Side Event
6 July p.m.:   Preparatory Officials’ Conference
7 July a.m.:   High Level Summit at Head of State/Ministerial Level