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Over 90 delegates participated in an education workshop at the ASEAN People's Forum. The workshop was held to recognize the role of quality education, bring education rights back to advocacy agendas, make civil society realize that education is a prerequisite to achieving all other freedoms and rights.
100 million children missing out on pre-primary education in the Asia Pacific. ASPBAE urges governments to prioritise early childhood care and education.
Global Action Week 2012 in the Asia Pacific
Joint Statement for GAW 2012
Putting GAW 2012 into perspective
The Mobile-Based Post-Literacy Pilot Project focuses on literacy retention problems among the youth and the challenge of keeping them motivated to maintain and improve their literacy skills,
ASPBAE’s members in Indonesia and members of the ASPBAE Executive Council came together for a Members' Meet to facilitate a dialogue on the post-2015 education agenda in the run up to these deadlines and to the CONFINTEA 6 mid-term review.
ASPBAE’s Regional Training on Adult Education Advocacy (or NeXT 2 as it is also called) brought together 23 participants from 11 countries in the Asia South Pacific for an exciting learning process together.
ASPBAE’s annual Basic Leadership Development Course (BLDC) was held in Indonesia and hosted by ASPBAE member, PESADA.
The 2nd U3A (Universities of the Third Age) World Conference was held in Singapore with the theme 'Healthy Ageing and Making Friends'. 150 participants from Australia, India, Japan, Nepal, Poland, South Africa, U.K., and Singapore participated in the event that brought together leaders and learners from the senior citizen community.
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Education Advocacy Network (PEAN), in collaboration with ASPBAE, recently completed their fifth provincial Education Experience and Literacy Assessment. Sadly, results show alarmingly low literacy levels, poor school quality, and significant gender inequality.
The Philippine government’s key reform agenda in education is to add two more years in the basic education system. While acknowledging the noble initiative of the government to improve the quality of education, E-Net Philippines believes that the proposition fails to address several pressing issues.
The Sarvodaya Women’s Movement (SWM) held its 24th Annual General Meeting in Colombo. SWM sprung out of its parent organization - the Sarvodaya Sharamadana Movement (SSM) - in 1987 to focus on women in the organization.
National Education for All (EFA) coordinators, education officials, and partners met in Seoul, Korea, to discuss the progress of EFA in the lead up to 2015.
Three Climate Change meetings took place in Manila in July 2011 - (1) a CLIMATE Asia Pacific Strategic Planning Meeting (2) a Forum on ‘Current Challenges of Climate Change’and (3) an ASPBAE Working Group meeting
ASPBAE, Adult Learning Australia (ALA), Live and Learn, and RMIT University hosted an Asia South Pacific Forum on Vocational and Educational Training (VET) and Life Skills in Melbourne, Australia. The theme of the Forum was 'Re-thinking VET and Life Skills for Global Citizenship'.
This year’s Global Action Week focused on women’s and girls' education. A Public Forum on Women’s Stories on Vocational and Education Training (VET) and Life Skills was held at RMIT University in Melbourne.
More than 300 campaigners participated in the Global Campaign for Education's (GCE) 4th General Assembly in Paris, France, from 22-25 February 2011. The meeting was hosted by the French Coalition, Solidarité Laique
The South Asia Gender, Equality and Education Report Card was launched in Lahore and Islamabad. Both events were organized by Bunyad Foundation in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department (Lahore) and the National Commission for Human Development (Islamabad).
A public hearing and a panel discussion on girls and women's education were held in Hyderabad city in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, to launch the South Asia Gender, Equality and Education Report Card. 400 people from all over the state participated in the launch on 30 November 2010 that was organized by ASPBAE's members, ASMITA and LAYA.
The South Asia Gender, Equality, and Education report card was launched in Nepal on 17 November 2010. DidiBahini, a Nepal-based NGO working for women's empowerment, and ASPBAE jointly launched the report in Kathmandu calling for governments to ensure that all women and girls have access to quality education. The report was launched at a high-level meeting with the theme 'Living and Learning for a Viable Future - the Power of Adult Learning', and in 2 districts - Janakpur and Nepalgunj.
The beautiful city of Baguio in northern Philippines was host to the 2010 Basic Leadership Development Course, also known as the BLDC. The BLDC is a 6-day residential course of the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), a network of over 200 member organizations that work on education and learning opportunities in the Asia South Pacific region. The BLDC brings members together and offers them an induction into the ASPBAE network and an insight into adult education work regionally and globally.
96 million girls in South Asia are out of school. A report, Gender, Equality, and Education: A Report Card on South Asia, calls on governments to take more action to educate and empower women and girls. The report is a collaborative effort of the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE, a regional network of organizations committed to education and learning) and the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI).
ASPBAE has been called on to actively respond to several initiatives around ESD and climate change, with the upcoming COP 16 process, one of which was the DVV-initiated Climate Change Education Initiative (CCEI).
The ASPBAE Executive Council met for a Special Session convened in Manila, Philippines. Heribert Hinzen, Regional Director of DVV for South Asia and South East Asia attended this meeting as a special invitee.
NeXT, an innovative learning process designed by ASPBAE to build and nurture the emergent leadership in regional facilitation, commenced in January, 2010 and completed its first phase - the Regional Facilitation Course in February, 2010. The second phase, the Mentoring Program has been underway from March, 2010.
