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Gloria Vidal, Vice Minister of Education, Ecuador

From Cartagena to Quito: Progress on the 2007-2009 Work Plan of the Inter-American Committee on Education. Gloria Vidal, Vice Minister of Education, Ecuador Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education Lenore Yaffee García, Director OAS Department of Education and Culture

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Gloria Vidal, Vice Minister of Education, Ecuador

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  1. From Cartagena to Quito:Progress on the 2007-2009 Work Planof the Inter-American Committee on Education Gloria Vidal, Vice Minister of Education, Ecuador Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education Lenore Yaffee García, Director OAS Department of Education and Culture VI Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education Quito, Ecuador Thursday, August 13, 2009

  2. FRAMEWORK Summits of the Americas Meetings of Ministers of Education Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE) CIE Work Plan “Reserve Subfund,” Resource Mobilization, Partnerships

  3. PRIORITY AREAS • Education Indicators • Early Childhood Care and Education • Strengthening the Teaching Force • Education for Democratic Citizenship • Literacy and Adult Education

  4. Education Indicators • Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE) • Educational Panorama 2007, 2009 • Technical missions • “Findings of the Diagnostic Missions” • Central American Workshop (2008) • Caribbean Wkshp: using international indicators in national reports • Inter-American Regional Workshop • www.prie.oas.org

  5. Early Childhood Care and Education “Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education” (Cartagena 2007) Projects: • “Policies and Strategies for the Child’s Successful Transition to Socialization and School” (research, two major symposia) • “Transition policy trends in indigenous, rural and border communities” (policies, statistics, case studies, Bernard Van Leer Foundation) • “Expanding the Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education through Technology and Communication Networks” (CIDA) • “Consolidating early childhood ed. in Caribbean through technical cooperation with Chile” • “Evaluation of Educational Quality: Follow-up Hemispheric Cmtmt” • “Intro to early childhood care strategies” online course Alliances: UNICEF, Van Leer, OEI, UNESCO, CAF, CECC-SICA, AMEI, JUNJI, national partners, universities….

  6. Strengthening the Teaching Force • “Teacher Education for the 21st Century: An Emphasis on Technology and Collaboration to Improve the Quality of Education in the Americas” (OAS, MOE Trinidad & Tobago) • Seminar: (Trinidad & Tobago, October 2008) • Web Portal on initial teacher education in the region • RELPE: observatory on the use of ICTs in teacher training • IESALC: map of teacher training institutions in the Americas • Online teacher educator courses 2009 • English (TT, SU, JA, GU, SVG, iEARN) • Spanish (AR, DR, CH, Fundación Evolución) • Course evaluation (August 2009) • Second round: September 2009 • Inter-American Teacher Educator Network (ITEN) – Horizontal cooperation, technical assistance, communities of policy makers, educators in initial teacher education (CIDA-SEDI)

  7. Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices • Research: • Inter-American Journal on Education for Democracy • Report: National Policies on Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Americas • Professional Development: Online courses for educators • “Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Caribbean” • “Evaluation of Policies and Programs on Education for Citizenship” • IADC, the democratic classroom • Information Exchange: • Internet Portal • Online bulletins

  8. Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices • Horizontal cooperation fund • 9 grants, 12 member states, 22 institutions • Funding, US Mission to OAS • Evaluation of the Inter-American Program • Online course center • Project: the right to education of migrant children and youth • Findings of survey on member-state policies • Funding, Canadian International Development Agency • Project: educational materials (with OEI) • Young scholars program

  9. Education and Culture • Collaboration with CIC: • Ignite the Americas: Youth Arts Policy Forum • Video: “Toward a Culture of Non-Violence” • 2011: Inter-American Year of Culture • Gabriela Mistral Poetry Contest • “Fostering Cultural Diversity and Expression through Education” (joint CIE/CIC project)

  10. Literacy and Adult Education • Focus: supporting efforts of other organizations • September 2008: preparatory meeting for CONFINTEA VI in Mexico • Study on public policies & programs in literacy & adult education in Caribbean nations • December 2009: CONFINTEA VI in Brazil

  11. Total Resources Mobilized

  12. Policy Dialogue and Civil Society Consultation • Policy dialogue: ongoing process • Ministerial Meetings and Regular meetings of the CIE • Cartagena 2007 • Quito 2008 • Quito 2009 • Meeting of the Authorities and Executive Committee • March & May 2008 • February 2009 • Fifth Summit of the Americas • 38th General Assembly: Youth and Democratic Values • 39th General Assembly: Towards a Culture of Non-Violence • Interagency Cooperation and Civil Society Consultation

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