Disseminating
Education Options for Underserved Populations: Coordinating
the USAID Human Capacity Development Workshop
April – August 2001
 USAID's
Center for Human Capacity Development collaborated with the
National Institutes of Health’s Child Health & Human
Development Department to sponsor the biennial Human Capacity
Development Workshop for USAID missions and country representatives. "No
One Left Behind: Increasing the Reach and Quality of Education,” reflected
legislation introduced by President Bush and built on discussions
at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal in 2000.
Held in Bethesda, Maryland from August 20-23, 2001, the workshop
addressed traditionally underserved groups and factors impeding
their access to education. Sessions highlighted impediments
experienced by girls; those orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic;
unemployed youth; child laborers; those suffering from physical
and mental disabilities; ethnic minorities; demobilized youth
and adults; and children in conflict situations.
The BEPS team assisted USAID in selecting nine conference
themes: basic education and education for all; economic growth
and workforce development; HIV/AIDS; the USAID Global Development
Alliance; information technology; abusive child labor; human
capacity development and training; higher education partnerships;
and education in crisis situations. The team assisted in identifying
a group of leading presenters speaking to these themes for
the cross-disciplinary sessions, which included expert interventions,
cross-sectoral panels, plenary sessions, discussions, media
presentations, coordinated exhibits, and other displays.
As a result of the sessions, USAID staff
based around the globe gained valuable insight into the most
critical challenges
to education and human capital development. The sessions will
allow them to better address impediments to those populations
who have difficulty gaining access to education. Compact discs
of the session presentations were disseminated and a summary
of key discussion topics and recommendations related to each
of the nine themes is provided in the workshop summary, “No
One Left Behind: Increasing the Reach and Quality of Education.”
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