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The following are resources for further information and background to the Abidjan Principles. More resources will be added as they become available.

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Overview leaflet

Providing Public Education and Regulating Private Involvement in Education


The Abidjan Principles: Implementation Avenues

To ensure the Abidjan Principles go beyond theory and are implemented in practice to bring about real progress for the right to education worldwide, experts identified six implementation avenues


The Abidjan Principles: Content Overview

The Abidjan Principles consist of 97 Guiding Principles, grouped into 10 Overarching Principles.


The Abidjan Principles: Process, Nature and Scope

The Abidjan Principles were developed through a uniquely open, transparent, and broadly consultative process that captured a variety of perspectives to ensure the text was reflective of different local realities.


Abidjan Principles Social Media Cards

The following are social media cards with messages on the Abidjan Principles in formats that can be used on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Should you wish to celebrate the Abidjan Principles on social media, you can engage in the following actions:

  • Change your (or your organization’s) profile to AP Profile Frame, here.

  • Post and repost Social Media Cards every week. Find them here.

  • Include the Hashtags: #AbidjanPrinciples #EducationBeforeProfit in your messages on social media.

  • Watch and share this video that tells the story of the many children around the world who are being denied access to quality education.