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INTRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS<br />

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<br />

At the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, member states adopted a new<br />

global development agenda, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<br />

The new Agenda unites global development <strong>and</strong> environmental goals in one framework.<br />

There is no single definition of sustainable development: Most challenge the status quo, believing that human<br />

development means nothing without a healthy <strong>planet</strong>.<br />

The Global Education Monitoring Report<br />

The Incheon Declaration affirmed the m<strong>and</strong>ate of the GEM Report as the mechanism for monitoring <strong>and</strong><br />

reporting on the fourth global goal on education as well as on education targets in the other Sustainable<br />

Development Goals (SDGs).<br />

The 2016 GEM Report is the first of a new 15-year series. It shows that education will not deliver its full potential<br />

to catapult the world forward unless participation rates dramatically improve, learning becomes a lifelong<br />

pursuit <strong>and</strong> education systems fully embrace sustainable development.<br />

The thematic part of the GEM Report discusses the complex links between SDG 4 on education <strong>and</strong> the other<br />

16 SDGs. It presents compelling arguments as to the types of education <strong>and</strong> learning that are vital for achieving<br />

other SDGs.<br />

Monitoring SDG 4<br />

The success of the SDG framework will rely on national policies, plans <strong>and</strong> programmes. However, the agenda’s<br />

goals <strong>and</strong> targets will be monitored <strong>and</strong> reviewed using global indicators with a framework coordinated by the<br />

Inter-agency <strong>and</strong> Expert Group on SDG Indicators <strong>and</strong> agreed by the UN Statistical Commission.<br />

To support country implementation of SDG 4 <strong>and</strong> its targets, the international education community adopted<br />

the Education 2030 Framework for Action in Paris in November 2015.<br />

An important focus of SDG 4 is ‘lifelong learning opportunities for all’, which is a process that begins at birth<br />

<strong>and</strong> carries through all stages of life.<br />

The SDGs, targets <strong>and</strong> means of implementation are universal, indivisible<br />

<strong>and</strong> interlinked<br />

There is strong evidence of the importance of good quality <strong>and</strong> equitable education <strong>and</strong> learning in supporting<br />

social change, as well as the role of education as a cross-cutting means of advancing the 2030 Agenda.<br />

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INTRODUCTION | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A STRATEGY FOR PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROSPERITY

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