Time

Titles

Details

Chair/Facilitator

11:00-12:00

Registration

SESSION I: Welcome and Introduction of theme

Outcomes

Advocate for greater focus on gender issues in early childhood care and education interventions in the achievement of MDGs and EFA goals

12:00-12:30

Welcome & Introduction of theme

• Welcome remarks by host country Minister of Education, Egypt
• Opening and introductory remarks Chairperson and Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
• Keynote remarks
  Secretary-general, National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, Egypt

Hon. Yousry El Gamal

Ms. Rima Salah

Ambassador Moushira Khattab

12:30-13:30

• Gender and Early Childhood Care and Education: highlights in the Global Monitoring Report 2007
• Critical Links: Gender, Early Childhood Care and Education, and School Readiness: Is GMR 2007 missing the critical links?

Nicholas Burnett

Cassie Landers

13:30 – 14:15 LIGHT LUNCH

SESSION II: Policies and strategies to expand Early Childhood Care and Education

Outcomes:

"Town Hall Meeting” Format: To identify strategies and resources to better position gender focused early childhood care and education in national plans and priorities

14:15 – 15:45

Ministers of Education to present challenges faced, impact of ECCE efforts on girls’ education and issues of financial support

• Ghana , Hon. Mrs. Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister, Basic And Teacher Education
• Philippines , Dr. Lina Laigo, Executive Director of the Council for the Welfare of Children
• Jordan, Dr. Tayseer Al-Nahar, Secretary General of Ministry of Education
• EFA-FTI, Desmond Birmingham, Head of EFA-FTI Secretariat
  

Cream Wright

SESSION III : Way Forward

15:45 – 17:00

Group work

Following topics within the framework of gender in ECCE and the Global Monitoring Report:

• The early childhood policy agenda: challenges/issues in moving forward
• Expanding early childhood programmes: partnerships, resource mobilization and advocacy
• Early childhood programmes and strategies: proven methods and challenges
• Measuring impact and monitoring quality in early childhood programmes: challenges and opportunities

Nurper Ulkuer

Malak Zaalouk

Cassie Landers

Louise Zimanyi

17:15 – 17:45

Agreement on input to the High Level Group meeting

3 points each from each of the groups to be presented to plenary by the resource person.

3 – 5 prioritised points for inclusion in the HLG Working Session II by one of the co-chairs

Annelene Rør

17:45 – 18:00

Closing Remarks

Thank you and concluding remarks

Rima Salah

Lucy Lake

SPECIAL SESSION: “Back to School”

18:15 – 18:25

Introduction to the documentary “Back to School”

Judy Katz &
Tamara Rosenberg
(Producers)

18:25 – 19:10

Screening of “Back to School”, a part of a multi-year documentary project by Wide Angle, featuring education stories from Afghanistan, India, Japan, and Kenya.

19:10 – 21:00

Cocktail reception hosted by Rima Salah

Rima Salah