Dear CPA Branch Secretaries and CPA Regional Secretaries,
Please find attached an invitation for CPA Members to a high-level roundtable for Parliamentarians on education financing on Thursday 3rd June 2021 on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Stephen Twigg and the Executive Director of the International Parliamentary Network for Education, Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is inviting its membership to attend this high-level roundtable for Parliamentarians on education financing with the International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd). The CPA is also working with IPNEd to provide a briefing document for Commonwealth Parliamentarians on this topic.
Full details of the event can be found on the letter attached and via https://www.cpahq.org/events/roundtable-education-financing/.
Registration for this event is at: https://bit.ly/3sAqucz
Please note that this is not a CPA organised event. Registrations will be managed by IPNEd and all enquiries about the event should be sent to info@ipned.org.
Event Details
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is inviting its membership to attend this high-level roundtable for Parliamentarians on education financing with the International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd). The CPA is also working with IPNEd to provide a briefing document for Commonwealth Parliamentarians on this topic.
Date: Thursday 3rd June 2021
Time: 10.00 EDT | 15.00 BST | 17.00 EAT | 19.00 PKT | 23.00 JST
Location: Online (Zoom)
Host organisation: International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd)
The majority of the meeting will be devoted to an exchange of views and experiences from participating Members of Parliament. There will also be an opportunity for Parliamentarians to ask questions to the panel of speakers.
The meeting will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation to French and Spanish.
Speakers
- Hon. Julia Gillard, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education and former Prime Minister of Australia
- Rt Hon. Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Hon. Dr David Sengeh, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone
- Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Chair, ActionAid International
- Shradha Koirala, GPE Youth Leader and Senior Program Coordinator of the National Campaign for Education Nepal
Registration
This event is for Parliamentarians and key stakeholders. To attend the event, you must pre-register via Zoom. Once your registration has been confirmed, you will receive the Zoom link to participate in the event. To register, please use the link below, rather than the ‘register your interest’ form at the bottom of the page.