USAID Hosts Global Education Summit

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
USAID Press Office

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On November 2 - 4, 2015 the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host its 2015 Global Education Summit.  The objectives of this Summit are to review lessons learned and to apply those lessons to future programs.  The event will be attended by USAID education officers and partners as well as a number of high-level ministry of education leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Through its current education strategy, USAID has worked to ensure that many of the poorest and most disadvantaged children and youth in the world are gaining access to a quality education.  The Summit will highlight key accomplishments including reading programs that have reached 30 million learners, education programs in conflict and crisis environments which have created learning opportunities for 1.1 million children andyouth, and workforce development programs that have employed hundreds of thousands of youth in more than 20 countries.

WHAT: USAID 2015 Global Education Summit
WHO:
November 2 Plenary Session:What We've Learned: Accomplishments, Challenges and Lessons Learned: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Keynote Speakers:
  • The Honorable Dina Joana Ocampo, Undersecretary of  Education, Republic of the Philippines
  • His Excellency Maker Mwanga Famba, Minister of Education, Democratic Republic of the Congo
November 3 Plenary Session: The State of the Field: How Evidence Drives Impact: 8:30 -10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Charles North, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Keynote Speaker: 
  • Her Excellency Khadar Bashir Ali, Minister of Education, Somalia
November 4 Plenary Session: A Look at the Future: Education's Role in Achieving the Global Goals: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Evelyn Rodriguez-Perez, Director,Office of Education, U.S. Agency for International Development, Christie Vilsack, Senior Advisor for International Education, U.S. Agency for International Development

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Faculty Director, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, Stanford University
A full agenda for the Summit can be found here
WHEN: November 2 - 4, 2015
WHERE:

 
Sheraton Hotel
8777 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Media interested in attending please contact the USAID Press Office at 202-712-4320 or usaidpressofficers@usaid.gov