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Union renewal and development 9 June 2010 ILO must ensure ‘lost generation’ gets access to quality education
‘Will we have a lost generation?’ is the solemn question that EI's Senior Consultant to the General Secretary, Bob Harris, will be asking participants at the International Labour Conference on 10 June in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Union renewal and development 4 June 2010 Be prepared for EI’s sixth World Congress!
Education International’s sixth World Congress will take place from 22–26 July, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Executive Board of EI has agreed that the main theme will be ‘Building the Future through Quality Education’.
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Union renewal and development 4 June 2010 Mary Hatwood Futrell Scholarships: Fund helps disadvantaged students to achieve their dreams
Nearly twenty postgraduate students have benefited from the Mary Hatwood Futrell Scholarship Fund since its inception in 2005. The fund is sponsored by Education International in honour of Mary Hatwood Futrell who was the founding President (1993-2004).
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Union renewal and development 3 June 2010 Hands up for education! : EI strategy for post crisis recovery
Since the financial crisis broke out in 2008, EI has been promoting education and training as a strategy for economic growth through our campaign Hands Up for Education. We work together with our members, other Global Unions and civil society organisations to bring our position to world leaders. Slowly, governments...
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Union renewal and development 3 June 2010 No more lip service to global justice
Many teachers and students all over the world will be feverishly watching matches and cheering for their favourite teams during the Football World Cup. The game embodies many values that educators promote, such as fair play and respect for other cultures. The World Cup will also be a time when...
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Union renewal and development 3 June 2010 Latest edition of EI’s Worlds of Education now online
EI’s flagship magazine is full of articles from around the world of education, including a review of activities that our members organised to celebrate Global Action Week and the 1GOAL Campaign, ahead of the Football World Cup.
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Union renewal and development 28 May 2010 Notice for the 7th EI Africa Regional Conference
On behalf of the General Secretary, we wish to notify your organization of the pending EI Africa Regional Conference, scheduled from the 29th November to the 4th December 2010, in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of Congo.
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Union renewal and development 21 May 2010 EI Welcomes New Leader of Finnish Education Union
EI congratulates Dr. Olli Luukkainen who has been elected the new President of OAJ, the Finnish Teachers’ Union.
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Union renewal and development 10 May 2010 Special European Regional Committee Meeting called to consider new draft By-Laws
The EI/ETUCE Bureau held a special meeting on 5th May to consider proposals submitted by member organisations for amendments to the revised draft By-laws which were presented to the Committee/Board at its last meeting in March. The Bureau decided to incorporate some of these amendments into the text of the...
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Union renewal and development 10 May 2010 Taking the case for education funding to Finance Ministers
EI took an active part in a TUAC delegation which met on Tuesday in Rome with the Italian Finance Minister, Giulio Tremonti, who will chair the OECD Ministerial Council later this month.
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Union renewal and development 31 March 2010 Latest "Worlds of Education" now online
Hope for Haiti: The new edition of EI’s flagship magazine focuses on the solidarity shown by teachers worldwide after the devastating January earthquake.
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Union renewal and development 29 March 2010 World Social Forum: Learning to unlearn the lessons of neoliberalism
Conceived of as an open space for dialogue within global civil society, the World Social Forum was first held in 2001 in Porto Alegre, acting as a counterbalance to the annual World Economic Forum held in Davos. Under the slogan "A different world is possible," participants in the WSF propose...
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Union renewal and development 29 March 2010 Copenhagen: A small step forward, but much remains to be done
The controversial Copenhagen Accord, ratified early in the hours of 19 December, is the least that the international community could have agreed in order to recognise and begin to avert the worst expected consequences of global warming. After two decades of scientific study and two years of negotiations, reaction around...
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Union renewal and development 29 March 2010 Copenhagen teachers and students work to create a carbon-neutral school
As world leaders meet at COP 15 to negotiate a global agreement to avert climate catastrophe, students and teachers in Copenhagen are taking concrete steps towards making their school carbon neutral by 2015 – a full decade before their city aims to achieve carbon-neutrality.
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Union renewal and development 1 March 2010 Educators working together for quality education in a time of economic challenge
Key note address by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International, to the Education International north America/Caribbean Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, 25 February 2010
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Union renewal and development 24 February 2010 EI proposes major policy initiative
EI has decided to invite its member organisations to participate in a consultation process to develop a comprehensive policy on education for adoption by the 2011 World Congress. A consultative document has been issued to member organisations containing a series of key questions. The overarching theme of these questions is...
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Union renewal and development 1 February 2010 EI warns that public spending cuts will slow economic recovery
Speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, EI General Secretary Fred Van Leeuwen warned government representatives and business leaders that public spending cuts will slow down economic recovery and, worse, will be like a slap in the face to the millions of people who...
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Union renewal and development 12 January 2010 EI opens its new African regional office
On January 7, the new EI office premises in Accra, Ghana, were formally opened by the Minister of Education for Ghana, in the presence of EI President Susan Hopgood, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen and EI Deputy General Secretary Charlie Lennon.
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