The World Education Forum examined progress towards the goal of Education for All (EFA). The Forum addressed a number of policy questions: How well have countries delivered on their EFA commitment? Which strategies accelerate the provision of basic education? How can countries make the EFA dream a reality? The Forum also set priorities for the 21st Century.

The Forum was convened by UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank. It was attended by hundreds of national leaders, United Nations agency heads, education policy-makers and practitioners. 

• The World Education Forum adopted the Dakar Framework for Action Education For All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments
  
• Documents available for download at MINEDAF Document Service, under Meetings and Conferences:
  • Dakar Framework for Action Education For All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments, HTML format
  • UNESCO Plan of Action in follow-up to Dakar Forum, approved by the Director-General, Microsoft Word DOC format

Six regional preparatory conferences examined the findings of in-depth assessments of basic education. Their recommendations were made to the World Education Forum. 

The sub-Saharan Africa conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 6-10 December 1999. The regional meeting for the Arab States and North Africa was held in Cairo, Egypt, on 24-27 January 2000.

• All country assessment reports are available at the Main UNESCO Web site.