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The Accra Agenda For Action Final Draft is Now Available

The Accra Agenda for Action calls for greater engagement with parliaments and civil society organizations. It sets priority actions for partners and donors to aid in the implementation of the Paris Declaration. The meeting in Accra is intended to result in an agreed agenda. Some critics say that the document falls short by not setting specific dates for action.
> Read the Agenda for Action draft
> Read Eurodad’s response
> Learn more about the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness

Ford Program-Global Education Initiative
In 2006, Development Gateway and The John C. Ford Program-Global Education Initiative entered into a collaborative agreement to further implement the Millennium Development Goals and the UNESCO Education For All goals. This partnership grew out of the recognition by dgCommunities members that Web conferencing tools would facilitate the adaptation and localization of open educational resources. Such a tool could help aggregate global expertise to address technical, instructional, cultural, and contractual challenges. Development Gateway offers its members a premium web conferencing network free of charge. This benefit to dgCommunities members is made possible through the in-kind support from The John C. Ford Program-Global Education Initiative, an international donor NGO that has developed and donates innovative, applied-learning science-engineering programs for K-12 youth and teachers in underserved communities, worldwide.
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