The Conference on “Human Rights and Democracy in Action - Looking Ahead: The impact of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education” was organised by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 29-30 November 2012 in the framework of the Andorran Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, and in cooperation with the EuropeanCommission and the European Wergeland Centre.
«Education Ministers committed to a last ‘Big Push’ to accelerate efforts to reach the goals by 2015, at the Global Education for All Meeting held in UNESCO in November 2012. The first group of African countries meet in Dakar. A second group will meet shortly. »
The EFA Acceleration Initiative will have five major steps: