Delegation : Finland

Comitte : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Topic : “Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong
Learning Opportunities for All” SDG #4

The key to achieving many other Sustainable Development Goals is education. People can
escape the cycle of poverty when they have access to high-quality education. Therefore,
education aids in reducing disparities and achieving gender equality. It also encourages
individuals worldwide to have healthier, more environmentally friendly lives. The progress of
a commonwealth depends on the quality of its human resources, and education plays a
significant role in developing quality resources as well as the capital to realize a sustainable
future. A society should undoubtedly have a high educational standard in order to be
productive and competitive. Education is also crucial for encouraging human tolerance and
creating more peaceful society. To achieve a better and more sustainable living, quality
education helps to address issues of gender equality and poverty.
In 1993 when the gorvernment made its decision in principle concerning the guidelines for
revising the Comprehensive School Curriculum. Once every four years, the government
adopts a new plan for the development of education and university reasearch. The aim was to
produce a simple and clear, internationally compatible education structure, and an
educational environment sensitive to the student’s individual wishes and the needs of of
society. Finland is also one of the original donors of the 2003-launched CapED Programme.
Since then, it has contributed $10.4 million USD, or 11% of the $91 million USD that has
been given to the program thus far. By supporting capacity development and the
strengthening of education systems in about 25 least developed countries, the funding
underpins UNESCO's direct involvement in supporting the national level implementation of
Sustainable Development Goal 4, excellent education. The program has a particular emphasis
on gender and technical and vocational education and training. Finland has recently
contributed significantly to the International Programme for the Development of
Communication (IPDC) by offering its expertise, supporting the external evaluation of the
Program, and working to advance information availability.
Finland collaborates with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, UNESCO,
UNICEF, and the European Union to advance educational goals. Finland also plays a
significant bilateral role in projects related to the education sector in Afghanistan, Ethiopia,
Mozambique, Nepal, the Palestinian Territories, and Ukraine. Finland has also helped the
educational sector deal with the problems brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In
collaboration with UNICEF, World Bank, and UNESCO, The State of the Global
Educational Crisis is the paper both done which contains how to ensure education for
children during covid 19 Pandemic. Finland committed an additional EUR 8 million in 2020
to the global funds Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Global Partnership for Education
(GPE), which coordinate remote learning and ensure the safe reopening of schools. Many
kids are malnourished as a result of missing out on school meals due to the COVID-19
pandemic-related school cancellations. Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation
and Foreign Trade, advocates for international understanding and support of school meals in
his capacity as the World Food Programme (WFP) School Meals champion in 2021.
The delegates of Finland is fully aware of the importance of ensuring the welfare of all
people, regardless of gender or other considerations, in order to improve the quality of
education. In order to solve these problems, Finland offers a solution called “MPEd”
(Mobilize, Promote, and Equitable distribution)
1. Mobilize team to support countries in achieving the three priorities. The Partners will
collaborate and act at the country level to support governments in accelerating actions
to advance the three priorities.
2. Promote knowledge sharing and peer-learning in strengthening education recovery.
The Partners will join forces in sharing the breadth of international experience and
scaling innovations through structured policy dialogue, knowledge sharing, and peer
learning actions.The time to act on these priorities is now. UNESCO, UNICEF, and
the World Bank are partnering to help drive that action.
3. Equitable distribution of educational curricula and supervision of learning, to ensure
the freedom of education and the same quality for all children as a manifestation
towards prosperity, eradicating poverty and the creation of gender equality in
accordance with the objectives of the SDGs.

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