REGISTER NOW! “DOMESTIC FINANCING: PUSHING BACK ON DEBT AND AUSTERITY”

[Vernor Muñoz Villalobos]

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Vernor Muñoz

Head of Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns

(Based in Costa Rica)

Global Campaign for Education

37 Bath Avenue, Rosebank

Johannesburg

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View this email in your browser REGISTER NOW! “DOMESTIC FINANCING: PUSHING BACK ON DEBT AND AUSTERITY”   #GES2021 #OneBillionVoicesForEducation #FundEducation #StopAusterity #DropTheDebt #CancelTheDebt   Global Education Summit Side Event   Date: Monday, 26th July 2021 Time: 1pm GMT/ 9am Washington (EDT) / 2pm London (BST) / 3pm Johannesburg (SAST) Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish   ORGANISERS Global Campaign for Education, Action Aid, Global Society Foundations   REGISTER: https://bit.ly/3hdi3Se    Debt and austerity policies are impacting public spending and the quality of public services, especially regarding the right to education. Countries that spend over 12% of national budgets on debt servicing have cut public spending in recent years – and the number of countries in this situation is rising rapidly, especially since Covid. Indebted countries often have to turn to the IMF whose policy advice tends to focus on fiscal consolidation – widely known as austerity. One of the flagship austerity policies is to hold down public spending especially through cutting or freezing public sector wage bills. In most countries, teachers are the largest group of public workers, and these constraints are actively undermining the capacity of countries to increase teachers’ salaries and/or recruit more teachers, even where there are desperate shortages.   The aim of this roundtable is to discuss what GPE and education advocates can do to engage in more strategic discussions at national and international levels around debt and austerity.   SPEAKERS Madeleine Zuniga – GCE Vice President (Chair) Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky – Former UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights Isabel Ortiz – Director, Global Social Justice Program, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) Lidy Nacpil - Coordinator of Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) Christopher Yalukanda - Research Director, Zambia National Union of Teacher/Education International Refat Sabbah – GCE President, GCE/ACEA 'Debt Cancellation for the Future of Education Campaign', Palestine Monica Novillo - Regional Coordinator OF REPEM Tato Khundadze - Researcher, OSF/GCE new research: 'Debt Relief and Education Financing' in Georgia Irina Khantadze, Executive Director of the Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Georgia Please join the Global Campaign for Education, Action Aid, and Open Society Foundations in this important discussion exploring debt, austerity policies, and their impact on domestic financing of education.   REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3hdi3Se ACCESS LEAFLET HERE #GES2021 #OneBillionVoicesForEducation #FundEducation #StopAusterity #DropTheDebt #CancelTheDebt Copyright © 2021 Global Campaign for Education, All rights reserved. GCE Members Mail is sent to all GCE Members to keep them updated of campaign developments and membership issues. This is the secretariat’s primary mode of communication to members, and you’re unlikely to receive more than 1-2 emails a week; although this will vary depending on the campaign activities. Our mailing address is: Global Campaign for Education No. 37 Bath Avenue Rosebank Johannesburg, Gauteng 2196 South Africa Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.