Davos 2016 - Press Conference: How can we secure access to...
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 23/01/2016

http://www.weforum.org/

Press Conference: How can we secure access to education for one million refugee children?.

At least 65 million have had their education directly affected by humanitarian emergencies and protracted crises. The current allocation for education is just two per cent of humanitarian budgets as, understandably, food, shelter, health care and other bare survival necessities are essential. Yet the absence of opportunity for young people caught up in conflict and emergencies has larger destabilizing impacts on countries and regions hosting a lost generation of children.

The most immediate victims are the 1.3 million Syrian school-age children residing in in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. A new and ambitious target has been set to create one million school places in 2016 for Syrian refugee children, giving families hope that education and opportunity can be provided in the region.

Speakers:
- Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
- Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Chair, Global Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity; Global Agenda Council on Infrastructure.
- Johannes Hahn, Commissioner, European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission, Brussels.
- Anthony Lake, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York.
- Sarah Brown, The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown.
- John Sexton, President New York University.

Moderated by Georg Schmitt, Lead, Corporate Affairs and Foundations, World Economic Forum.