The Calgary Communique

Forum participants from 42 countries from all four regions of the Commonwealth, with a total of approximately 2.5 billion people, believe that it is possible to significantly accelerate progress towards the aim and targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in general, and SDG4 in particular, to innovate for more resilient education systems and to address at least some of the challenges of climate change by prioritising the following collective actions now: building resilience, fostering lifelong learning, inspiring innovations, promoting equity and inclusion, placing special focus on education for girls and harnessing emerging technologies to improve quality of life.

Professor Kanwar added that the Partnership for ODFL in the Pacific Trade Project, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand (MFAT NZ), had further strengthened COL’s work in the Pacific in partnership with PACFOLD. While Covid–19 made a huge challenge during the initial stage of the Project, a good result has been accomplished. Professor Kanwar pointed out the four reasons for its success:

• COL’s Focal Points were involved in the design phase of the Project.
• COL has social capital which has been nurtured over years of work.
• Ownership of the Project through a wide consultation.
• COL has available resources and expertise, which could be deployed immediately.

To read the full version of PCF10: The Calgary Communique visit: https://www.col.org/news/the-calgary-communique.