Department of Education and Culture Organization of American States 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
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Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Report by the Technical Secretariat
V Meeting of Ministers of EducationLenore Yaffee-García, Director
Department of Education and Culture
November 14-16, 2007Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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)
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE)
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Education for Democratic Citizenship
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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 of Scarborough
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Research
• Inter-American Journal
• Analytical Reports
• Policy Briefs
Professional Development
Information Exchange
•Distance Education Courses on Creating “Democratic Classrooms”
•Young Scholar Program
•Web Portal
•On-line Bulletins
•Policy Briefs
•Seminars and Workshops
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
www.educadem.oas.org
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Democracy Education Bulletins
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Early Childhood Development and Education
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
INTER-AMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATOR NETWORK
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
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
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Mobilization of resources, political will, inter-agency