Who we are
The Global Education Cooperation Mechanism (GCM)
The GCM builds on the 2015 Incheon Declaration and Education 2030 Framework for Action, which envisaged a cooperation and monitoring mechanism with the Global Education Meeting (GEM) at its centre.
The GCM is best understood as the ecosystem consisting of all global education actors that participate in the Global Education Meeting and have agreed to work cooperatively in support of SDG4. It also comprises the joint platforms and initiatives developed by those global education actors in pursuit of SDG4.
At the heart of the GCM is the commitment to a shared global education goal and the incentives for stronger collective action and joint accountability to achieve this goal.
The GCM creates an environment of greater unity to act more effectively, better mobilize existing partners and initiatives.
The SDG4 Education 2030 High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC)
This global multi-stakeholder mechanism for education in the 2030 Agenda, is the governance engine for the GCM – the High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC). Its representation is at the highest level to provide it with power to take strategic decisions and action for education. All global education actors have agreed, at the Global Education Meetings organised by UNESCO, to work cooperatively in support of SDG4.
One of the key roles of the HLSC is to ensure the systematic alignment of approaches for education-related targets within the wider United Nations SDG structure. The HLSC engages with the wider United Nations SDG structure at global and regional levels.
At the global level, the HLSC provides inputs for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda through United Nations processes, including the High-Level Political Forum.
As the apex body for global coordination and monitoring of SDG4, the HLSC is responsible for the follow up of the Transforming Education Summit, including contributing to the education dimension of the Summit of the Future in 2023. It will continue to monitor progress, promote and facilitate knowledge and practice exchange, engage youth, and champion cross-sector and multilateral cooperation.
At the regional level, the HLSC interacts with regional organizations, SDG4 coordination groups, and other partners to ensure a more harmonized support for implementation, monitoring and review of Education 2030.