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World Top 20 Project
Description/achievement of initiative

The World Top 20 Project mission is to ensure every child on the planet has an opportunity to reach their full potential, with access to quality education in a safe and nurturing environment. Via: 1) Developing an international education database of 200 plus nations. 2) Update and Monitor the database quarterly 3) Work to establish a resolution with the United Nations to protect children to school, in school, and from school 4) Build partnerships to provide pre-primary and primary educational tools for children to achieve literacy and numeracy

Implementation methodologies

NJ MED uses a volunteer staff of high school and college students to gather data, that is verified from three sources. NJ MED uses its $480,000 annual grant from Google to promote its data and daily information that relates to SDG Goals. NJ MED participates in strategic initiatives (Which are outline on the World Top 20 Project website).

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

The World Top 20 Project initial stage is to target Africa and Asia with its online advertising campaign and goals. The Project's next stages will include building an online network for the deliverables.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The World Top 20 Project gathers educational data from early childhood to college, to prepare a data base for each category. The information is promoted online with a grant from Google. The data collection process uses establish data from other international educational and social development organization for the first seven years of the project. In the eighth year (2020), the project will use its own online network to collect, update and monitor its data base of 200 plus nations. To achieve it final two stages, NJ MED will join and support other international initiatives.

Partner(s)

NJ MED (New Jersey Minority Educational Development)
Progress reports
Goal 4
4.1 - By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.2 - By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.4 - By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.5 - By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
4.6 - By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
4.7 - By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
4.a - Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
August 2025
Provide educational tools for children living rural areas in Africa and Asia
December 2030
Establish a Real-time educational data base for children out of school for assessment for integrating sustainable development for each nation's future workforce
June 2023
Draft an international law with colleges to present to the UN
September 2018
Create the first international education data base of 200 plus nations
Other, please specify
Use NJ MED's annual grant of $480,00 from Google to promote SDGs Goal 4 mission
In-kind contribution
Use NJ MED's volunteer staff to manage the World Top 20 Project

Basic information
Time-frame: 30 June 2013 - 30 December 2030
Website
Partners
NJ MED (New Jersey Minority Educational Development)
Countries
Contact information
Albert Mitchell II, CEO, support@worldtop20.org
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