Global education campaign

The Global Education Campaign logo

The Global Campaign for Education ( Global Campaign for Education ) is an international coalition of non-governmental organizations and trade unions , working for the right to education work for all.

aims

The Global Education Campaign takes the position that education is a human right and a prerequisite for combating global poverty . She is committed to achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal "Education for All" by 2015. Central requirements are:

• Free and good basic education for everyone.
• The prioritization of education by the governments of poor countries.
• Increase aid from the World Bank and rich countries in the north (the so-called first world countries ) to support national educational programs in developing countries.
• Keeping the promise made by the German federal government to raise 0.7 percent of Germany's gross national income for development cooperation.
• The creation of good working conditions and fair wages for teachers .

activities

Former French professional footballer Marcel Desailly at the start of the "1GOAL" campaign of the global education campaign in 2010.

The global education campaign regularly goes public with annual worldwide action weeks. Different topics are set annually. In 2010, numerous well-known footballers, politicians and other famous personalities supported the campaign under the motto "1GOAL Education for All" for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa , including Zinédine Zidane , Cristiano Ronaldo , Pelé , Shakira , Queen Rania of Jordan , Hillary Clinton and Ban Ki-moon .

International association

The International Secretariat of the campaign sitting in Johannesburg ( South Africa ) and also operates a representative office in London ( UK ). Over 120 civil society member organizations from 100 countries are involved in the alliance. Every three years the members meet for the general assembly , which elects the board.

Germany

The patron of the global education campaign in Germany, Gesine Schwan (2009).

The German headquarters of the campaign is Berlin , the patron is Gesine Schwan . Currently ( as of April 2013 ) eleven German organizations are working together in the campaign:

• Christoffel Mission for the Blind
• CARE Germany-Luxembourg
• Don Bosco Mission
• Education and Science Union
• Kindernothilfe
• Oxfam Germany
• Plan International Germany
• Save the Children Germany
• UNICEF Germany
• German World Hunger Aid
• World University Service - German Committee eV
• World Vision Germany

Web links

• International side of the global education campaign
• German side of the global education campaign

Individual evidence

1. ↑ What we ask. Retrieved April 13, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Action archive. Retrieved April 13, 2013 . 
3. ↑ 1GOAL: Ambassadors and Supporters. Retrieved April 13, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Global Campaign for Education: Members. Retrieved April 13, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Global Campaign for Education: General Assembly. Retrieved April 13, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Our patron Gesine Schwan. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 1, 2012 ; Retrieved April 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ German members of the global education campaign. Retrieved April 13, 2013 .