The Big 6 Youth Organizations Joint Position on Non-Formal Education

This joint position highlights the Big 6 Organizations' collective commitment to advancing youth development through delivering quality non-formal education programmes. The joint position aims at drawing more attention to the urgent need for increased investment in providing educational opportunities that go beyond the formal education system and underscores the importance of non-formal education and learning to tackle the global education crisis. The joint position was released following the closing of the World Non-Formal Education Forum, which convened over 70 leading organizations in the non-formal education sector and produced the Rio Declaration on Non-Formal Education as an outcome of the Forum’s proceedings.