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EI
Education International is the
voice for the education sector
worldwide
Introduction
Education International represents nearly 30
million teachers and education workers.
 394 member organisations operate in 171
countries, from pre-school to university.
 As the world’s largest Global Union
Federation, and the only one representing
education workers in every corner of the
globe, Education International unites all
teachers and education workers no matter
where they are.
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Partners
The Education International is associated
with the International Trade Union
Confederation (ITUC), work closely with the
other Global Union Federations (GUFs) and
participate in the Council of Global Unions.
 It is open to partnership and links with
UNESCO programmes, ILO, UNICEF, WHO
and World Bank
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United Nations Educational Scientific
Cultural Organisation
Mr Kächiro Matsuura
2008- International Year of Languages
 United Nations Literacy Decade
 Early Childhood Education
 Primary Education
 HIV/Aids Education
 Education For All – UNESCO’s top priority
 Teachers’ Education,
 Secondary, Technical Science Education
 Higher Education
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International Labour Organisation
Mr Juan Somavia
Cooperation against child labour
 International Day of Disabled People
 Decent Work and Millennium Development
Goals
 Topics: gender issues, international
migration, labour law, occupational safety
and health and workers’ rights
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The World Bank
Education reform in the Middle East and
North Africa ( M. Rutkowski)
 The Second Education Quality
Improvement Program ( Afghanistan)
 The Afghanistan Skill Development Project
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Workshops (on gender in Kazakhstan), e-learning
(Russian language), New Opportunities for
Children at Risk (Ethiopia), Communication
technology for education leaders ( Korea)
regional workshops on Teachers’ matters (Africa)
International Trade Union
Confederation Mr Guy Ryder
Decent Work, Decent Life – campaign
 Fair Play at the Olympics
 Global Call to Action Against Poverty
 HIV/AIDS
 Child labour
 Young Workers
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Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
Mr Angel Gurria
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PISA
Fair and Infusive Education
Thematic review on migrant education
Dr Barbara Ischinger – Director of the OECD
Directorate for Education
Early Child Education
Children at special needs and children at risk
 Respect for and understanding different
cultures (e.g. ingenious people)
 PISA results
 Well-educated teachers- teaching methods
 Promote ECE, monitor the rise of private
sector
 Exchange information
 Education for All
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Child Labour
Prevention and Monitoring
 International Program on the Elimination of
Child Labour
 Global Task Force on Child Labour and EFA
 200mln children are forced to work
 80mln- are not attending school
 AIDS orphans, girls drop out, ethnic and
minority groups
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Education For All
The Declaration of Dakar, calling for Education
for All (EFA) by the year 2015, requires a great
global effort joining the forces of all
governments, the civil Society including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and
education unions, and intergovernmental
agencies including the UN with its specialised
agencies and programs. Governments should
implement the recommendation of the Delors
Commission to allocate at least 6% of their GNP
to education
Global Action Week 21st to 26th of April
HIV/AIDS Prevention
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Since 1994, Education International (EI) works in close
cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in
the field of health education and more specifically on
HIV/AIDS prevention. This partnership led to the launch
in 2001 of the EI/WHO/EDC Teachers Training Programme
on HIV/AIDS prevention in schools
The main objective of the national projects run by the EI
teachers’ unions affiliates is to provide teachers with the skills
necessary to prevent HIV infection for themselves, their
colleagues and students. The programme also enables
teachers to advocate for the role of schools in preventing HIV
infection and to raise awareness on a number of HIV related
issues including ARV therapy, voluntary testing, stigma and
discrimination etc. The main goal of the programme is to have
in each school of the countries involved, a trained teacher
with valuable expertise in HIV/AIDS.
LGBT - Lesbians, gays, bisexuals
and transgenders (1975)
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In 1998, the EI World Congress passed a
resolution on the "Protection of the rights of lesbian
and gay education personnel". The resolution
required the application and evaluation of GLBT
rights among member organizations. Within the
context of its policy on Equality, the Committee on
Equality within the EI Pan European Structure put
the defence of LGBT rights on its agenda since
2001. Since 2004, EI and the Public Services
International (PSI) set up an EI-PSI LGBT Forum
(made up of representatives from affiliates of the
two organizations), which serves as consultative
body to the Executive Boards of both EI and PSI.
Teachers’ Education
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18 mil qualified teachers needed
Build teachers’ self – esteem, social respect
Trainings (including union work- young teachers)
Provide social security, decent working conditions
Global Labour University
Research Institute