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G7 ministerial meetings to be held in France

The 2019 edition of the G7 reinforces the importance of education, by holding two high-level meetings in France from July 4 to 5 ahead of the August summit.

The ministerial meetings will address the challenges of educating the very young, teacher training, girls' education and vocational education and training in developing countries.

The Group of Seven (G7) is a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. These countries, with the seven largest IMF-described advanced economies in the world, represent 58 percent of the global net wealth. The G7 countries also represent more than 46 percent of the global gross domestic product based on nominal values, and more than 32 percent of the global GDP based on purchasing power parity.