1. REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Reaching the Unreached: Meeting of Southeast Asian Countries to Achieve the EFA Goals Together by 2015

2. 1.To take stock of the extent of initiatives/projects/ programmes provided for the unreached in SE Asia 2.To identify remaining common challenges in attaining EFA goals, particularly for the unreached groups in SE Asia 3.To provide suggestions to accelerate progress towards reaching the unreached 4.To develop activities/projects that SE Asia countries could work together on with the help of EFA partners REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Objectives:

3. 1.Meeting brief 2.Concept note 3.Field visit 4.Worksheets 5.Country matrices 6.Information and handouts REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Meeting Documents:

4. 1.ActionAid 2.ASPBAE 3.ATD Fourth World 4.Disability Action Council 5.E-Net Philippines 6.ILO 7.Save the Children Sweden 8.SIL International - Asia 9.UNESCO 10.UNICEF 11.The World Bank REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand EFA Partners:

5. 1.plenary 2.panel discussion 3.workshops 4.field visits 5.group discussions REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Programme and activities: Expected outputs: Collaborative plans to reach the unreached

6. 1.learners from remote and rural communities, including isolated areas 2.learners from religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities/ indigenous peoples 3.girls and women, especially from rural/ethnic minorities (pregnant girls) 4.underperforming boys, boys at risk of dropping out, male dropouts 5.children from migrant families, refugees, stateless children/children without identity papers/ nomadic children REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Unreached/ Underserved groups:

7. 6.learners with disabilities/special needs 7.working children/ street children/ trafficked children/ abused children 8.children in difficult circumstances (affected by armed conflict, disaster, children in prison or who are with their parents in prison) 9.orphans and abandoned children 10.learners from very poor families (urban poor) 11.children affected or infected by HIV and AIDS REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Unreached/ Underserved groups:

8. 1.Three participants’ groups based on the clustered unreached groups 2.Please stay with your group throughout the meting. REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Participants Groupings:

9. 1.Exhibit 2.Reception dinner 3.Other dinners and lunches 4.Coordinators, repporteurs and support 5.Security REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Other Matters:

10. REACHING THE UNREACHED: MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE THE EFA GOALS TOGETHER BY 2015 2 – 4 September 2008 Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand Let’s have a good and successful three-day meeting.