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Presentation of the
Directorate for
Education
Bernard Hugonnier
OECD Deputy Director for Education
OECD’s mission and role
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OECD’s mission
 Article 1 of the OECD
Convention defines the
Organization's mission as
being to:
Support economic growth
Boost employment
Raise living standards
Maintain financial
stability
 Assist other countries’
economic development
 Contribute to growth in
world trade
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 OECD’s role: helping
governments to
 Develop diagnosis
 Compare policy
experiences
 Seek answers to
common problems
 Identify good practices
 Co-ordinate domestic
and international
policies
The OECD’ governance
Governance: a Secretary general + four deputies
+ a Council (34 Members countries)+ 34
delegations
 Twenty five senior policy committees and two
hundred subsidiary bodies
 Sixteen directorates: macro economy,
employment and social affairs,
sciences/technology/industry, agriculture,
taxation, finance and enterprise affairs,
education, development aid, development Center,
environment, governance and territorial
development, statistics, SMEs, relationships
with non-members, nuclear energy, IEA
Directorate for Education
 Main objective
• Help OECD countries to improve
• the quality,
• effectiveness,
• equity and
• efficiency of their educational
systems
Directorate for Education
 Main activities
1.
Statistics and indicators
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Education at a Glance
2. Education and training policy
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Country reviews: Portugal, Greece, Egypt, Chile
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Thematic reviews: e.g. Teacher policy, Tertiary education ; School
leadership; VET; Equity in education; Assessment & Evaluation
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Surveys: TALIS
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GPS
3. Assessment of learning outcomes and skills
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PISA, PIAAC, AHELO
4. Innovation and forward looking
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Innovation: Formative assessment; brain research; innovative learning
environments
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Forward looking: Schooling for tomorrow, University Futures
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Skills strategy
Medium term strategic objectives
(2012-2016)
1. Developing skills for lifelong employability,
economic growth and social progress
2. Raising teaching & learning effectiveness
3. Improving governance & leveraging reform
4. Fostering social inclusion and social mobility
Governance of programmes
1. Education Policy
Committee (EDPC)
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All OECD countries
Work with Partner
Countries which
includes China, Brazil,
South Africa. ..
4. Governing Board of the Institutional
Management in Higher Education (IMHE)
programme
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180 members, including around 130 individual
universities.
5. Governing Board of the Centre for
Effective Learning Environment (CELE)
• 12 Member countries involved
2. Governing Board of
the Centre for
6. Governing Board of the programme for
Educational Research
International Assessment of Adult
and Innovation (CERI)
Competencies (PIAAC)
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All OECD countries
3. Governing Board of
the Programme for
International Student
Assessment (PISA)
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All OECD countries +
35 other countries.
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Most OECD countries
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Most OECD countries
7. Governing Board of TALIS
8. AHELO Group of national experts
9. GNE of thematic reviews
 Budget
• EDPC work financed by the OECD regular budget
• Other work (CERI, PISA, IMHE, CELE, PIAAC, AHELO, TALIS)
financed by participating countries
THANK YOU
WWW.OECD.ORG/EDU
[email protected]