1st World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education

1st World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education - 7th - 10th October 2013, Montreal, Canada   
Online registration now open - click here to go to the registration site!  (Simultaneous translation in French and Spanish available for plenary sessions).
Introducing the World Congress Series on Access to Post-secondary Education    
"Connecting the Unconnected"
We aim to make a tangible impact on rates of participation and success in post-secondary pathways wherever youth and adults are held back by poverty, birth and other economic and social circumstances.
The number of people participating in post-secondary education has risen globally over recent decades, but participating successfully still remains beyond the reach of many. New efforts are needed to tackle the factors that continue to hinder successful participation. The World Congress Series aims to spark a new global movement to advance opportunities in post-secondary education for all people, wherever they live or whatever their background. Our goal is to 'connect the unconnected' for collective impact. This also means addressing inadequate primary and secondary education and opportunities for adult learning.    
The first of three World Congresses will take place in Montreal, Canada in October 2013 (with two more occurring in 2015 and 2017 in different countries). The Congress will give a strong voice for students and young people and will be informed and shaped by a series of virtual and live International Student Forums (ISF) in different regions of the world. It will end with an Agenda for Action and a series of experimental projects that will be the fulcrum for work by the movement across all continents. With other global, national and local activities in between the three major events, the World Congress series will progressively build and enact an agenda for change.    
The Congress is an initiatve of the European Access Network. More information can be found on the World Congress website: www.eanworldcongress.org.