Education International is the federation of organisations representing over 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/en/news/show.php?id=1186&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1186&theme=educationforall&country=global The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) has named Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist Shakira an ambassador for 1GOAL: Education For All, an international campaign to ensure that all children can exercise their right to an education through achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. As a founding member of the GCE, Education International's affiliates are raising their voices along with the 1GOAL campaigners. educationforall Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:47:13 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1185&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1185&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti Although their schools have collapsed and their homes are destroyed, the leaders of the Confédération Nationale des Educateurs d'Haïti are already working with the Haitian president and education minister on the complex task of starting up classes, getting children back into school, and rebuilding an education system that was struggling to achieve quality long before the earthquake hit. solidarityfund Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:16:27 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1184&theme=ei&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1184&theme=ei&country=global 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 have lost their jobs and for whom education and training is their return ticket to the labour market. ei Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:55:48 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1183&theme=solidarityfund&country=tanzania http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1183&theme=solidarityfund&country=tanzania Flooding in central Tanzanian regions earlier this month prevented schools from opening as usual in mid-January. solidarityfund Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:18:06 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1182&theme=gats&country=canada http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1182&theme=gats&country=canada The second round of negotiations for a Canada-Europe Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) took place in Brussels in January amid growing trade union and civil society concerns about the scope and impact of the treaty. gats Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:51:51 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1181&theme=gats&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1181&theme=gats&country=global Senior trade officials are increasingly pessimistic that a deal to conclude the stalled Doha Development Round of trade negotiations can be reached this year. gats Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:50:39 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1180&theme=gats&country=slovakia http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1180&theme=gats&country=slovakia A Dutch company is suing the Slovak Republic for allegedly breaching the terms of a bilateral investment treaty following passage of a law requiring that health insurance be provided on a not-for-profit basis. gats Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:49:03 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1179&theme=gats&country=costarica http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1179&theme=gats&country=costarica Final ratification of a free trade agreement with the United States has been delayed in the Costa Rican legislature amid a growing controversy over the deal's intellectual property provisions. gats Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:47:46 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1178&theme=gats&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1178&theme=gats&country=global The EC Commissioner-designate for the internal market, Michel Barnier, has admitted that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will require changes to domestic law. gats Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:46:50 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1177&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1177&theme=educationforall&country=global The board of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) met at the head office of Education International in Brussels, 26-27 January. educationforall Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:32:14 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1176&theme=peace&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1176&theme=peace&country=global EI member organisations from Germany, Austria, Poland and Israel are coming together in a two-day event to remember the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the World War II Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz. peace Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:27:57 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1175&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1175&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti Teacher unionists in the Dominican Republic are doing their utmost to bring water, food and medicine into the border zone as Haitian refugees flee Port-au-Prince in search of humanitarian relief. solidarityfund Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:19:39 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1174&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1174&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti A dozen nurses, paramedics and other health professionals affiliated to the American Federation of Teachers left for Haiti on 20 January to provide much-needed medical assistance for the victims of the devastating earthquake. solidarityfund Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:33:09 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1173&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1173&theme=educationforall&country=global Education International stands with UNESCO in its urgent call to action for the international community to invest in sustained aid to provide quality education for the most marginalized and poorest learners worldwide. educationforall Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:11:23 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1172&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1172&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti EI is happy to report that two more leaders of its Haitian affiliate are confirmed to have survived the massive earthquake that devastated the capital Port-au-Prince last week. solidarityfund Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:45:46 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1171&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1171&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti Following Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Haiti, EI is trying to establish contact with the colleagues of its national affiliate, the Confédération National des Enseignants d'Haïti (CNEH). While EI has received news of some colleagues, others are still unreachable. Any assistance in establishing communication with them would be greatly appreciated. solidarityfund Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:33:17 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1170&theme=rights&country=iran http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1170&theme=rights&country=iran Education International has been informed that the Iranian authorities have threatened imminent execution of Kurdish activists, including teacher Farzad Kamangar and others. rights Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:31:11 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1168&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1168&theme=solidarityfund&country=haiti Education International and its affiliates are beginning to collect information and funds in preparation for an international solidarity effort to assist members and their families in earthquake-stricken Haiti. solidarityfund Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:07:10 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1167&theme=educationforall&country=ghana http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1167&theme=educationforall&country=ghana "We provide a clear vision for education and society, powerful arguments for investing in people, a capacity to mobilize globally, regionally, nationally and locally, and a strategy of proposition for the well-being of our communities and nations," said EI's President Susan Hopgood at the opening of the 50th national conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT). educationforall Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:32:26 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1166&theme=hivaids&country=cotedivoire http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1166&theme=hivaids&country=cotedivoire In September 2008 representatives of IE-SCI, the alliance of Ivorian teacher unions working together on the EI EFAIDS Programme, met with the political and administrative authorities of Bondoukou and San Pedro to present the results of their research into the shortage of teachers and its impact on the education system in these two regions of Côte d'Ivoire. hivaids Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:06:00 GMT