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Norwegian Directors of Education WELCOME TO UNESCO

Norwegian Directors of Education WELCOME TO UNESCO. EDUCATION. Challenges for Education in the Global Context: UNESCO’s Work remarks  to a Delegation of Norwegian Directors of Education 11 March 2004. ,.

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Norwegian Directors of Education WELCOME TO UNESCO

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  1. Norwegian Directors of Education WELCOME TO UNESCO

  2. EDUCATION Challenges for Education in the Global Context:UNESCO’s Work remarks  to a Delegation of Norwegian Directors of Education 11 March 2004 ,

  3. As a symbol of our commitment to human dignity, the United States will return to UNESCO. This organisation has been reformed and America will participate fully in its mission to advance human rights, tolerance and learning. President BushUnited Nations General Assembly 2002-09-12

  4. Conference of Allied Ministers of Education(1942)

  5. Conference of Allied Ministers of Education(1942) International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation(1925)

  6. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945)

  7. Today the peoples of the world are islands shouting at each other over seas of misunderstanding (…) “Know thyself”, said the old proverb. “Know your neighbour”, we say today. And the whole world is our neighbour. Clement Attlee

  8. Pre 1991:Individual (State) Post 1991:State (Individual)

  9. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “Since wars begin in the minds of men it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”

  10. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “That ignorance of each other’s ways and lives has been a common cause, throughout the history of mankind, of that suspicion and mutual distrust between the peoples of the world through which their differences have all too often broken into war.

  11. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “That the great and terrible war which has now ended was a war made possible by the denial of the democratic principles of dignity, equality and mutual respect of men, and by the propagation, in their place, through ignorance and prejudice, of the doctrine of inequality of men and races.

  12. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “That the wide diffusion of culture, and the education of humanity for justice and liberty and peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty which all the nations must fulfil in a spirit of mutual assistance and concern.

  13. EDUCATION FOR: PEACE JUSTICE LIBERTY

  14. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “That a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and that the peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind.

  15. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives.

  16. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “In consequence whereof they do hereby create the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for the purpose of advancing, through the educational and scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and of the common welfare of mankind for which the United Nations Organisation was established and which its Charter proclaims.

  17. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined…”

  18. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined…”

  19. Constitution (1945) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation “For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined…”

  20. Purposes and Functions Give fresh impulse to popular education and the spread of culture: By collaborating with Members …in the development of educational activities;

  21. Purposes and Functions Give fresh impulse to popular education and the spread of culture:By instituting collaboration among the nations to advance the ideal of equality of educational opportunity without regard to race, sex or any distinctions, economic or social;

  22. Purposes and Functions Give fresh impulse to popular education and the spread of culture: By suggesting educational methods best suited to prepare the children of the world for the responsibilities of freedom.

  23. The General Conference(all Member States) “to determine the policies and main lines of work of UNESCO, taking decisions on programmes submitted to it by the Executive Board.”

  24. The General Conference(all Member States) The Executive Board(58 Member States)

  25. UNESCO a universal organisation

  26. MANAGEMENT The Secretariat(2000+ people at HQ and around the world) Education (~170 at HQ; ~140 in field)

  27. The other programme sectors Science – water resources Culture – cultural diversity Communications/Informationaccess to information and ideas Social and Human Scienceethics of science and technology

  28. Education for All

  29. GET EQUAL

  30. GET EQUAL G = Girls and Gender “to eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 and achieve gender equality by 2015 with a special focus on ensuring full and equal access for girls to basic education of good quality.”

  31. GET EQUAL E = Elementary/Primary “to ensure that by 2015 all children, especially girls, children in difficult circumstances, and from ethnic minorities have access to and complete free and compulsory primary education of good quality.”

  32. GET EQUAL T = Training “to ensure that the learning needs of all young people are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life skills programmes.”

  33. GET EQUAL E = Early Childhood “to expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.”

  34. GET EQUAL QU = Quality “to improve all aspects of the quality of education to achieve recognised and measurable learning outcomes for all – especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills.”

  35. GET EQUAL AL = Adult Literacy “to achieve a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, as well as equitable access to basic and continuing education for adults.”

  36. The Education Programme • I.1 Basic Education for All • Targeting Key Goals

  37. The Education Programme • I.1 Basic Education for All • Targeting Key Goals • International Coordination of EFA

  38. EDUCATION Education for All: Is the World on Track? (Answer in 2002: NO) ,

  39. The Education Programme I.2 Building Learning Societies

  40. The Education Programme • I.2 Building Learning Societies • Beyond Universal Primary Education

  41. The Education Programme • I.2 Building Learning Societies • Beyond Universal Primary Education • Education and Globalisation

  42. UNESCO’S WORLDWIDE EDUCATION NETWORKS Associated Schools Programme Network (7,000 schools – 170 countries) UNEVOC Network (200 centres – 130 countries) UNESCO Chairs & UNITWIN Network (500 Chairs – 100 countries)

  43. UNESCO’s 5 main functions > Laboratory of ideas > Standard-setter > Capacity-builder > Clearinghouse > Catalyst for international cooperation

  44. EDUCATION Working upstream ,

  45. Programme sectors Education – John Daniel Science - Walter Erdelen Culture - Mounir Bouchenaki Communications/Information - Abdul Khan Social and Human Science - Pierre Sané

  46. EDUCATION Divisions: Basic Education Aïcha Bah Diallo ,

  47. EDUCATION Divisions: Secondary, Technical & Vocational Wataru Iwamoto ,

  48. EDUCATION Divisions: Higher Education Komlavi Francisco Seddoh ,

  49. EDUCATION Divisions: Education Policy and Strategy Asghar Husain ,

  50. EDUCATION Divisions: Promotion of Educational Quality Mary Pigozzi ,

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