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Development Co-operation

  1. Union renewal and development 10 October 2008

    EFAIDS looks ahead to 2009

    The EI EFAIDS Evaluation and Planning Workshop for EI staff and partners was held in early September and provided an opportunity to review the Programme which has expanded steadily since 2006 and is now successfully implemented in almost fifty countries across four regions.

    EFAIDS looks ahead to 2009
  2. Union renewal and development 18 September 2008

    EI expresses solidarity to teachers in the Caribbean

    Since 15 August the Caribbean has been successively hit by tropical storm Fay, hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike. Education International reaches out in solidarity to teachers across the affected region.

    EI expresses solidarity to teachers in the Caribbean
  3. Union renewal and development 17 September 2008

    Inter-institutional Committee meeting in San José was a success

    From 7-8 September, the Inter-institutional Committee of the project "Equal Opportunities with a Gender Perspective for Latin America" met in San Jose, Costa Rica.

    Inter-institutional Committee meeting in San José was a success
  4. Union renewal and development 24 June 2008

    EI launches a trade union rights project in Southeast Asia

    The ASEAN Sub-Regional Conference of the EI Trade Union Rights Network (TURN) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27-29 June 2008.

    EI launches a trade union rights project in Southeast Asia
  5. Union renewal and development 5 June 2008

    We must do better

    In order to fulfill the international commitments they have made, donors will have to increase funding for aid programmes faster that any other public expenditure, according to the latest Development Co-operation Report from the OECD.

    We must do better
  6. Union renewal and development 27 May 2008

    Teacher Trade Unions meet in Georgia

    EI has brought together representatives of the teacher unions from the non-EU countries in southeastern Europe to discuss the strengthening of their organisations and the kind of support which they would like to receive from EI.

    Teacher Trade Unions meet in Georgia
  7. Union renewal and development 20 March 2008

    The Success Story of the EI-PGRI Consortium Project

    In 1945, the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI - "Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia") was established as a teachers' trade union.

    The Success Story of the EI-PGRI Consortium Project
  8. Union renewal and development 22 February 2008

    Sri Lanka: EI and Oxfam Novib open doors to learning

    Teachers, parents and more than a thousand children from a small fishing town in southern Sri Lanka celebrated the opening of their new public school on 20 February.

    Sri Lanka: EI and Oxfam Novib open doors to learning
  9. Union renewal and development 21 February 2008

    Leadership course organised for principals in new schools in Aceh

    As part of the post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation work undertaken by EI in cooperation with NOVIB (OXFAM Netherlands), a leadership course for principals was held in late 2007 in Aceh, Indonesia.

    Leadership course organised for principals in new schools in Aceh
  10. Union renewal and development 11 December 2007

    One year later: Strengthening Teachers' trade unions in Africa

    In 2006, EI in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), a German political foundation, launched a project on Strengthening the African Teachers Trade Union Movement.

    One year later: Strengthening Teachers' trade unions in Africa
  11. Union renewal and development 7 December 2007

    Equality with a gender perspective in Latin America

    Social inequities between men and women remain striking in Latin America. There are few issues that Latin American education workers need to discuss as urgently as gender equity.

    Equality with a gender perspective in Latin America
  12. Union renewal and development 3 December 2007

    Middle East: Time to build free democratic teacher organisations

    Education is crucial in developing democracy and citizenship in all societies, nowhere more so than in countries where governments do not fully respect the most basic human and trade union rights. Quality education for all, free from any kind of discrimination, can help immensely in building democracy in non-democratic, less-democratic...

    Middle East: Time to build free democratic teacher organisations
  13. Union renewal and development 30 November 2007

    Launch of a new project in former Yugoslavia

    A conference held in Montenegro from 27 – 30 September 2007 marked the start of a new project on Strengthening the Education Trade Unions in the countries that were part of former Yugoslavia.

    Launch of a new project in former Yugoslavia
  14. Union renewal and development 10 November 2006

    EI hosts Development Cooperation meeting

    The Annual Development Cooperation meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 and 10 November.

    EI hosts Development Cooperation meeting