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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2024
Albanian unions unite for increased investment in public education and educators

Joining education unions from around the world, the Independent Trade Union of Education of Albania (SPASh-ITUEA) and the Trade Union Federation of Education and Science of Albania (FSASH) have committed to Education International's (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign. This initiative aims to increase public education funding and improve the...
Albanian unions unite for increased investment in public education and educators
Go public! Fund education 15 May 2024
Go Public! Addressing Albania's underfunded public education system

Public education in Albania faces critical underfunding, compromising the state's capacity to deliver equitable, quality education. Education International’s affiliates in the country are rallying under the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, calling for substantial increases in government investment. This investment is crucial to improve educational infrastructure, enhance teacher compensation and,...
Go Public! Addressing Albania's underfunded public education system
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
Union renewal and development 27 February 2023
European unions’ solidarity brings progress on social and policy dialogue, gender equity and union renewal

Development cooperation (DC) partners of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) – Education International’s European Region – met for a DC Café online and discussed activities related to social and policy dialogue, gender equity and union renewal.
European unions’ solidarity brings progress on social and policy dialogue, gender equity and union renewal
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 February 2022
Albania: Education unions' success in combating child labour

The Albanian trade unions FSASH and SPASH (1) have been involved in projects to combat child labour since 2002, with the support of international partners (2). More than 500 trade union leaders and 6,000 teachers have been trained in preventing dropping-out and in reintegrating former child labourers into school. The...
Albania: Education unions' success in combating child labour
Union renewal and development 17 February 2021
Albania: Joint project to rebuild and strengthen education after natural disasters

Two education unions in Albania have led a project to prioritise education after natural disasters. The move built on lessons learned in the wake of a massive earthquake in 2019.
Albania: Joint project to rebuild and strengthen education after natural disasters