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Report by the Technical Secretariat V Meeting of Ministers of Education

Report by the Technical Secretariat V Meeting of Ministers of Education. Lenore Yaffee-García, Director Department of Education and Culture November 14-16, 2007 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Key Ministerial Mandates. Education Indicators Education for Democratic Citizenship

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Report by the Technical Secretariat V Meeting of Ministers of Education

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  1. Report by the Technical Secretariat V Meeting of Ministers of Education Lenore Yaffee-García, Director Department of Education and Culture November 14-16, 2007 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

  2. Key Ministerial Mandates • Education Indicators • Education for Democratic Citizenship • Early Childhood Education • Strengthening the Teaching Professional • Literacy • Mobilization of resources, political will, alliances with key actors

  3. Education Indicators We ask the CIE to…: • Monitor the progress made toward achieving the education goals of the Summits of the Americas, paying special attention to country progress on the goals from the Santiago Summit, and also taking into account the goals of the Dakar Framework for Action and those of Millennium Declaration, in particular by promoting analysis, dissemination, and use in decision-making of the information produced by the Regional Educational Indicators Project (PRIE). (Scarborough Declaration)

  4. Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE)

  5. Education for Democratic Citizenship

  6. Education for Democratic Citizenship “We have fulfilled our committment of creating an Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices. We recognize that peace and democracy are necessary conditions for the exercise of fundamental freedoms and for the growth and development of our nations”. Declaration ofScarborough

  7. Research Professional Development Information Exchange • Inter-American Journal • Analytical Reports • Policy Briefs • Distance Education Courses on Creating “Democratic Classrooms” • Young Scholar Program • Web Portal • On-line Bulletins • Policy Briefs • Seminars and Workshops

  8. www.educadem.oas.org

  9. Democracy Education Bulletins

  10. Early Childhood Developmentand Education

  11. Early Childhood Development and Education ”We recognize the need to broaden the educational structure to include early childhood education because of its positive impact on the quality of education and on the reduction of inequality. • Declaration of Scarborough

  12. Early Childhood Development and Education • CIE Project (Policies, Strategies) ‘06-09 • Topics: 0 to 3, Transitions • Research • 2 Major International Symposia • Cooperation with organizations, civil society • Web Resources • OAS/Van Leer Foundation Project - Rural, Indigenous, Border Communities

  13. Strengthening the Teaching Profession • “We recognize the fundamental role of teachers and prioritize their professional development as a key factor for learning and for the development of our societies. We therefore urge the member countries to act jointly to assure the adoption of mechanisms which help countries in the development of teacher capacity and retention.” • Declaration of Scarborough

  14. INTER-AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATOR NETWORK

  15. Literacy “We recognize the necessity of working on the high illiteracy rates that exist within our countries in the region, for which we propose to consider a design of a regional program of literacy and ask the OAS to study this possibility..” Declaration of Scarborough 2005

  16. Mobilization of resources, political will, inter-agency cooperation, and participation of civil society

  17. Mobilization of Resources • OAS “Subfund” education (Res. 831) • OAS FEMCIDI • OAS Human Development Fund • Foundations • NGOs • Governments (members, observers) • Private sector, Others

  18. International Organizations UNICEF Inter-American Institute on Human Rights UNESCO-OREALC World Bank Inter-American Development Bank Convenio Andrés Bello The Commonwealth Secretariat Organization of Iberoamerican States International Labor Organization (ILO) …and others Research Institutions Instituto Nacional de Evaluación de la Educación (México) CIPECC (Argentina) RTI International University of Maryland Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia) Brunel University, Reino Unido Universidad of Indiana, Universidad of Toronto, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Universidad Central de Chile University of Trinidad and Tobago University of West Indies …and others… Some CIE Partners Civil Society • B Van Leer Foundation • World Links • Inter-American Organization of Higher Education (IOHE-OUI) • PREAL • Center for Civic Education • Conciencia, Argentina • Global Alliance for Justice Education • National (US) Center for Learning and Citizenship • CENDI, Mexico • AMEI • OMEP • Human Rights Education Association HREA, USA …and others…

  19. Communciations: CIE Website and its Virtual Discussion Forum http://www.oas.org/udse/cie/espanol/fr_bien.html http://www.oas.org/udse/cie/ingles/fr_bien.html

  20. Website, “DEC”www.sedi.oas.org/dec

  21. Challenges • Many Mandates • Limited Human and Financial Resources • Balancing the Technical, the Political • Active Participation of Countries • Sustainability of Actions • How to Measure Impact

  22. Opportunities • V Ministerial Meeting • Partnerships • Election CIE authorities, Exec. Cttee. • General Assembly 2008 (Colombia) • Summit of the Americas 2009 (T&T)

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