ProLiteracy at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England

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ProLiteracy’s President and CEO David Harvey recently attended and spoke at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England. This event was a global initiative that brought together leading experts from organizations around the world to build greater awareness of the international literacy crisis and create a platform for

delegates to collaborate, share ideas, learn from one another, and be united in a call to action and a plan for change. David Harvey spoke about ProLiteracy’s Literacy for Social Change methodology as model for integrating literacy into community development and lead a panel on global policy for adult education.

The summit addressed the most pressing subjects and themes that affect one of most important issues facing our world today. One of the outcomes from the event was that delegates all signed the Oxford Declaration, a document re-affirming the commitment to achieving literacy through quality education as a means of breaking the cycle of poverty and building the economic and social capital of all countries. This summit and the call to
action come at a critical time when the post-2015 development agenda is under discussion and there is a viable opportunity to ensure learning and literacy is a central theme in the renewal of the Millennium Development Goals and Education for All Goals.

The Oxford Declaration Pledges collective investment and committed action on the three priority areas:

• Improve teacher quality, training and monitoring

• Support effective assessment systems for literacy

• Increase gender and socio-economic equity in literacy levels

We would like to encourage our readers to visit the Oxford Declaration website and offer any comments or suggestions you may have!


Comments

  1. Colors of the worldJune 3, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Thank you for sharing the work that the delegates discussed and agreed to commit action in the upcoming years.

    Literacy around the world seems to be a difficult goal to achieve. It is a multi-level crisis that requires stakeholders in many areas of the community and in politics to work toward this goal.

    What are some of the strategies to expand access and assessments in the literacy community to promote within the society?

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