Education International is the federation of organisations representing 30 million teachers and other education workers, through 394 member organisations in 171 countries and territories. http://www.ei-ie.org en-uk http://www.ei-ie.org/image/rss_logo.gif http://www.ei-ie.org 144 37 http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=758&theme=development&country=liberia http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=758&theme=development&country=liberia A consortium of EI member organisations was created in order to assist the newly-formed National Teachers' Association of Liberia (NTAL) in its consolidation work after the merger last year. development Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:20:03 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=738&theme=development&country=indonesia http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=738&theme=development&country=indonesia In 1945, the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI - "Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia") was established as a teachers' trade union. development Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:08:06 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=725&theme=development&country=srilanka http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=725&theme=development&country=srilanka 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. development Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:15:04 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=723&theme=development&country=indonesia http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=723&theme=development&country=indonesia 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. development Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:19:39 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=704&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=704&theme=development&country=global Education International has launched a website to showcase the many contributions that education trade unions are making to development cooperation projects around the world. development Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:23:38 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=680&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=680&theme=development&country=global 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. development Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:59:58 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=677&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=677&theme=development&country=global 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. development Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:36:35 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=672&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=672&theme=development&country=global 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 countries, and those in the process of democratization. development Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:00:51 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=670&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=670&theme=development&country=global 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. development Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:02:51 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=305&theme=development&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/developmentcooperation/en/news_detail.php?id=305&theme=development&country=global The Annual Development Cooperation meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 and 10 November. development Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:20:25 GMT