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Thursday, 20 November, 2003 : 3-5pm , UN Church Center, 8th Floor

Agenda of the Meeting

1. Approval of minutes and agenda (**Diane will send minutes via email)

2. SPEAKER: Noala Skinner, Senior Education Program Officer, UNICEF
TOPIC: "Education for All" and the Millennium Development Goals
***our speaker with be with us from 3-4pm for input and dialogue--please make every effort to attend, participate and contribute your ideas, thoughts and suggestions***

3. Creation of an "Educational Template" of "best educational practices" to be used by Education Committee for submitting input to the UN Commissions (Social Development, Sustainable Development, Status on Women, etc.) ***please come with ideas about "what makes a "best practice" work at the grass roots level--from an educational perspective***

4. Preparation for 4 December 2003, 1:15-2:45pm co-sponsored meeting with Committee on Sustainable Development.

5. Additional items

6. Plans for January committee meeting: date, topic

7. Adjournment

16 October 2003 : Education Committee meeting , 3-5pm, UN Church Center, 8th Floor.

AGENDA of the 16 October Meeting:

1. Approval of September minutes

2. Approval of agenda

3. Presentation of "PUMPED UP FOR PEACE" project by members of Peace Education/Sustainable Development Task Force (Faye Feller et al)

4. Discussion of "projects/programs" undertaken by our committee members.

5. Discussion of Committee Purpose Statement and UN Commission themes for 2004

6. SPEAKER: H.E. Nobuyasu Abe, Under Secretary-General for Disarmament.
TOPIC: Education, Peace and Disarmament
Dialogue/Questions

7. Next Meeting: THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER

8. Adjournment

For more information, please contact :
Carol Zinn, SSJ
Congregations of St. Joseph
211 East 43rd Street #910
New York, NY 10017
(212) 682-8165