Held on the 19th and 20th of February 2013 in Amman, the forum drew upon a number of national, regional and international education trends and policy frameworks to set the context.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN AMMAN

The publication of these reports has been made possible by the generous support of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser al-Missned of Qatar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, whose work in recent years has helped bring the issue of attacks on education to the attention of international policy-makers and the wider public.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The Welsh government said it would offer insights from international experience and good practice with "expert analysis of key aspects of education policy in Wales".

BBC: OECD asked by Leighton Andrews for Wales education review

International rankings were, if not the start, at least a factor in accelerating actors in higher education and research rapprochement policy, and this continues today.

UNESCO: Education