UN Millennium Project

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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

Mary Joy Pigozzi

Mary Joy Pigozzi is the Senior Advisor for Primary Education at UNESCO where she is responsible for the development of both the UN system-wide Girls' Education Initiative and UNESCO's global Girls' Education Programme. Both are multi-faceted programmes that are built on the principles of gender-sensitive education systems, national ownership, educational reform, and creative partnerships. Prior to her work at UNESCO, Dr. Pigozzi served as the Associate Executive Director of the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. She received her PhD from Michigan State in Educational Administration and Adult and Continuing Education.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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