WORDS FROM THE WORLD PRESIDENT
May 2017 May the lovely blossoms fill your heart with joy and happiness! There has been a lot going on at OMEP in the past four months that I think you will be interested to know. A. Executive Committee Meeting An Executive Committee meeting was held in Seoul on Feb 17-18, 2017 at Ewha Womans University. All of the executive committee members were in attendance, along with several of my colleagues from Ewha University who assisted us. The purpose of the meeting was to develop the 2017 Action Plan, review and update various organizational policies and procedures, discuss our vision for the next three years, and distribute tasks and responsibilities among committee members. Please note that travel and accommodation costs were covered by outside funding, not by the World OMEP budget.
B. OMEP’s Work at the United Nations Side Events at the United Nations are selected by a competitive proposal process for presentation during meetings of the UN General Assembly and major UN commissions. As an organization with Special Consultative Status at the UN, OMEP is entitled to submit proposals to organize, sponsor, or co-sponsor Side Events (sometimes now called “parallel events”. This is one way for our organization to gain credibility and visibility as an important voice for the world’s youngest children. In addition, hosting Side Events also enables us to strengthen our networks and to get our messages to decision makers at the UN. a. OMEP Side Event at UN on February 9, 201
b. OMEP Side Event at UN on March 13, 2017
c. Appointments to Several Important Committees at the UN
C. 8th Global Meeting of the CCNGO/EFA On May 9 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, OMEP was elected once again as an International Focal Points of Collective Consultation of NGOs(CCNGO) Coordination Group for 2017-2019 This time Maggie Koong, Immediate Past World President, will serve as OMEP’s representative to tis prestigious group, succeeding Ingrid Samuelsson Pramling. Nwe Nwe Aung, OMEP Myanmar President, also attended the 8th CCNGO meeting to support Dr. Koong’s nomination. The Collective Consultation of NGOs on Education For All (CCNGO/EFA) is UNESCO’s key mechanism for dialogue, reflection and partnerships with NGOs in the framework of the EFA movement. By acting and participating as OMEP Representative within the CCNGO/EFA Coordination Group, OMEP will have opportunity to contribute significantly to EFAs overarching goals. During the meeting, Maggie presented on OMEP’s strategies and actions in the implementation of SDG4-Education 2030 on May 8. In following day, OMEP’s ECE Resource Bank website was introduced in a way of contributing raise awareness of SDG 4.2. during Open Space/ Marekt Place Programme.
a. 9th Africa Regional Conference in Ghana, April 19-21, 2017. b. 2017 Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Hong Kong, May 17-18, 2017
Last but certainly not least, don’t forget our World Assembly and Conference 2017 will be held in Opatija, Croatia. Our Executive Committee is currently working hard for the World Assmebly(June 19, 20).
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