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Exhibition launched at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum
On 11 July 2024, UNESCO and the United Nations Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning launched an exhibition on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York.
Entitled Lifelong Learning for All – Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies, the exhibition highlights the pivotal role of lifelong learning in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
It was opened in the presence of H.E. Mr. Nicolás Cataldo, Minister of Education of Chile and Co-Chair of the SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee.
Lifelong learning is crucial for alleviating poverty and hunger, combating the climate crisis, fostering peaceful societies, and transforming our future. Yet despite efforts to meet SDG 4, a global learning crisis persists, with 250 million children out of school, 765 million adults lacking basic literacy, and fewer than 5 per cent of adults accessing learning opportunities.
Education doesn’t stop at the school gate. It continues throughout life. We must make the right to education a reality for everyone.
The HLPF exhibition underscores lifelong learning as a human right and a public good. Through powerful testimonials from political leaders and panels presenting personal stories from learners around the world, the exhibition reveals how lifelong learning has empowered societies and individuals to overcome adversity, take climate action, drive sustainable development, and contribute to peaceful societies.
Exhibition statements by members of the UN Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning
Education is the cornerstone of personal and societal growth. Lifelong learning helps meet the evolving needs of our world, and empower individuals to thrive and fulfil their potential.
Renewing our commitment to lifelong learning to strengthen the right to education of people of all ages will contribute to an education for peace.
Equitable, inclusive, quality education and lifelong learning empower individuals of all ages and unlock the door to gender equality. As a fundamental human right, education is the cornerstone of sustainable development, and is crucial for promoting, building and sustaining peace.
Education is crucial for achieving human security. Education across all ages serves as a powerful tool for development and is the foundation for lasting peace.
Education across all ages, without a doubt, is the foundation upon which sustainable development stands. Education is a game changer. Quality education is an equalizer and a powerful catalyst for inclusive growth and the full realization of the human potential.
