zh-cn	2020年3月24日，在教科文组织的号召下，十二个多边组织举行了多边教育平台（MEP）紧急会议，商讨新冠病毒疫情的教育对策。
en-us	Twelve multilateral organizations met virtually on 24 March 2020 at UNESCO’s call to an emergency meeting of the Multilateral Education Platform (MEP) on COVID-19 education response. 

zh-cn	多边教育平台于2019年7月成立，旨在应对全球学习危机并促进可持续发展目标4实现。 
en-us	The MEP was launched in July 2019 in the face of the global learning crisis and the urgency to accelerate progress towards SDG4. 

zh-cn	教科文组织教育助理总干事贾尼尼（Stefania Giannini）女士对多边教育平台成员表示了欢迎，并回顾了新冠病毒大流行对教育产生的空前影响：138国被迫实行学校停课，13.7亿儿童和青年受影响，占全世界学生总数的80%。
en-us	In welcoming the MEP members, Ms Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, recalled the unprecedented educational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 138 countries forced to close schools and universities, affecting 1.37 billion children and youth–or 80% of the world’s student population. 

zh-cn	她说，这一前所未有的局面需要采取紧急的集体行动，同时她指出，这一危机也为建立更加有韧性、创新和开放的教育体系提供了机会。 
en-us	This is uncharted territory requiring urgent collective action, she said, noting the potential contribution to building more resilient, innovative and open education systems. 

zh-cn	多边教育平台成员代表分享了各自组织对的新冠病毒疫情的对策，并一致同意共同应对教育中断这一全球挑战。
en-us	The MEP member representatives shared their respective COVID-19 responses and agreed to join forces to respond to the global challenge of education disruption. 

zh-cn	他们强调应重视公平问题，因为学校停课对弱势学生的伤害尤其严重。
en-us	They stressed that equity is the principal concern because school closures hurt disproportionately vulnerable and disadvantaged learners. 

zh-cn	由于技术获取以及学校和教师的资源与能力存在差距，替代性的、远程的学习模式甚至可能加剧学习方面的不平等。 
en-us	Alternative, distance learning modalities might even exacerbate learning inequities due to the gaps in technology access and in the resources and capacities of schools and teachers. 

zh-cn	世界粮食计划署（WFP）估计，由于学校停课，3.56亿儿童得不到学校供餐。
en-us	WFP estimates that 356 million children are not receiving school meals as a result of school closures. 

zh-cn	联合国难民署（UNHCR）和“教育不能等”基金分享了它们对难民、移民和国内流离失所者等最弱势群体提供的紧急援助，而联合国妇女署（UN Women）正在支持对这一大流行病的影响进行性别分析。
en-us	UNHCR and Education Cannot Wait shared their immediate responses to support the most vulnerable groups such as refugees, migrants and internally displaced people, while UN Women is providing support on gender analysis of the pandemic’s impact. 

zh-cn	全球教育伙伴关系（GPE）通过联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）为各国政府的应急规划提供资金支持，并将设立一个侧重于早期恢复的快速供资专用通道。 
en-us	GPE has provided financial support through UNICEF for governments’ contingency planning and will open a specific accelerated funding window focused on early recovery. 

zh-cn	一些组织强调了让教师承担远程授课任务这一核心挑战。
en-us	Several organizations highlighted the central challenge of getting teachers to deliver distance learning. 

zh-cn	经济合作发展组织（OECD）的代表指出，据估计，即使在经济合作发展组织的成员国，也只有53% 的教师有过线上和数字教学的经验。 
en-us	According to the OECD representative, even in OECD countries only 53% of teachers are estimated to have any experience with online, digital delivery in their classrooms. 

zh-cn	教科文组织邀请多边教育平台成员加入全球新冠肺炎教育联盟，该联盟旨在支持各国政府部署公平的远程学习解决方案。
en-us	UNESCO invited MEP members to join the Covid-19 Global Education Coalition that aims to support governments in deploying equitable distance learning solutions. 

zh-cn	多边教育平台成员的代表们对教科文组织的倡议表示欢迎，并承诺协调应对新冠肺炎疫情的远程教育倡议，同时将公平作为一切行动的核心。 
en-us	MEP member representatives welcomed UNESCO’s initiative and committed to harmonizing their various distance education initiatives in response to COVID-19 with equity at the heart of all actions. 

zh-cn	除了当前的公共卫生紧急情况和教育中断之外，与会者还讨论了新冠肺炎大流行病的长期影响。
en-us	Beyond the immediate public health emergency and education disruption, the participants discussed the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

zh-cn	国际劳工组织估计，全球将有近2500万人失业。
en-us	ILO estimates that nearly 25 million jobs will be lost. 

zh-cn	成员们还担心可能发生的经济衰退将对专门用于教育的国内预算拨款和国际援助产生负面影响。
en-us	Members expressed deep concern that the foreseen recession will have negative impact on domestic budget allocations and international aid dedicated to education. 

zh-cn	在为会议做总结陈词时，贾尼尼女士呼吁各方团结一致，支持各国应对紧急情况，建立更具韧性和包容性的教育体系，让世界重新回到实现可持续发展目标4的轨道上来。 
en-us	Concluding the meeting, Ms Giannini appealed for unity in support of countries to manage the emergency and build more resilient and inclusive education systems, to put the world back on track toward SDG 4. 

zh-cn	参加这次多边教育平台紧急会议的组织有：“教育不能等待”基金、教育委员会、欧盟委员会国际合作与发展总司、全球教育伙伴关系、国际劳工组织、经济合作发展组织、教科文组织、难民署、联合国儿童基金会、联合国妇女署、世界粮食计划署和世界银行。
en-us	Organizations represented in this emergency MEP meeting are (in alphabetical order): ECW, Education Commission, EC-DEVCO, GPE, ILO, OECD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Women, WFP and the World Bank.