UN Educational Advancement Fund
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The UN Educational Advancement Fund (UNEAF) is a committee established and administered by the United Nations, to promote international cooperation in education and support funding efforts to improve educational institutions. It acquired its mandate from UN Resolution #171, UN Educational Aid Act. Its relationship, including possible overlap in responsibilities, with the UN Educational Committee is not clear; some, included its creators, Rono Pyandran and Lori Jiffjeff, have suggested it should supplant the UNEC, and hinting at the possibility of a repeal of Resolution #54.1
Responsbilities
According to clause 5 of the UN Educational Aid Act, UNEAF's responsibilities are to:
- solicit voluntary donations from national governments, charitable and other organizations, and individuals;
- organize international conferences on educational methods, relevant technologies, academic subjects, and any other relevant topics;
- act as a point of liaison for any international academic or educational projects seeking assistance in the acquisition of funding, resources or membership;
- provide funding for research projects, infrastructure development programs, academic journal distribution and any other approved academic or educational programs, where approved by both an independent advisory council to the UNEAF, and the national government(s) of any nation(s) receiving such aid;
