Thursday Nesmy Manigat, the outgoing Minister of National Education and Training has participated in the intersessional meeting of the Executive Board of Unesco, at the organization's headquarters in Paris.

This meeting focused on the Unesco Calendar for the year 2016, new guidelines on financing of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Strategic report on the results. A issue that has challenged the Minister Manigat who placed his intervention on the issue of financing actions of Unesco with regard to a model inspired by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Nesmy Manigat welcomed his participation in these exchanges within the Executive Board in a manner to continue advocacy in international forums for Haiti and build new networks for the country, which needs supports for achieving the MDGs by 2030, according to the World Education Forum Incheon Action Plan.

"It is important for the country to be present at major international meetings to defend the Haitian cause and to mobilize partners for its development," said Minister Manigat, which also recently assumed the position of Chairman of the Governance Committee, ethics, risk and finance the Global Partnership on Education (GPE) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16651-haiti-education-nesmy-manigat-appointed-president-of-a-committee-of-global-partnership-for-education.html

The Minister also recalled that Haiti was able to regain his place in the Executive Council (58 Member States) in November 2015 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-15743-icihaiti-politic-haiti-elected-member-of-the-unesco-executive-board.html through the support of 150 of 186 countries that voted in favor of the country. Noting that the Executive Council, is one of three key bodies of Unesco and takes care of the organization's work program and corresponding budget estimates by ensuring the effective and rational execution of the program by the Director General.

On the sidelines of the meeting, the Minister Manigat met with Irina Bokova, the Director-General of Unesco [candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon at the UN General Secretary position], around its new Engagements in the GPE, which is an institution key partners of Unesco, responsible, inter alia, of the implementation of the post 2015 agenda in education.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16854-icihaiti-education-meeting-in-paris-between-nesmy-manigat-and-michaelle-jean.html

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