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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2007-02-09 EI and ESIB organise Official Bologna Process Seminar on Mobility
As part of an ongoing collaboration between EI and the National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB), this Official Bologna Process Seminar on Mobility has been organised with the aim of enhancing the idea of moving from "individual to institutional mobility".
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Trade union rights are human rights 2007-02-08 International Master Programmes on Labour and Globalisation for Trade Unionists now open for Application
As part of the Global Labour University network, EI would like to inform its members that the next academic year of Global Labour University (GLU) is now open for applications. Two Master prgrammes on Labour and Globalisation for trade unionists are offered in 2008-2009 by the network, formed by the...
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Standards and working conditions 2007-02-07 North American and Caribbean teachers urge governments to invest in public education
EI's 5th North American and Caribbean Regional Conference was held in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies, from 22-23 January 2007. More than 100 representatives of teachers' organisations from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean participated, along with officers of the EI Executive Board and staff.
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Union renewal and development 2007-02-01 Make your Hotel Room Reservation Today!!
Are you participating in the forthcoming EI 5th World Congress? If so, make your hotel reservation today!
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Union renewal and development 2007-02-01 Congress Assistance Deadline Extended to 28 Feb!!
At the request of many member organisations, the request for financial assistance for Congress attendance has just been extended to 28 Feb!
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2007-01-31 European Launch of Global Action Week: Students advocate at the European Parliament
"Kids have a great sense of what is fair and not fair," declared Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Glenys Kinnock in her introductory speech at the European launch of the Global Action Week 2007 Campaign: Join Up for Education Rights Now!
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Union growth 2007-01-30 EI welcomes launch of European Year of Equal Opportunities for All
On 30 and 31 January 2007 in Berlin, 450 delegates from across Europe will attend the first ever European Equality summit to mark 2007 as European Year of Equal Opportunities as designated by the European Commission.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2007-01-30 An early start for Global Action Week 2007 (23-29 April) with a special event at the European Parliament in Brussels
EI and its partners in the Global Campaign For Education (GCE) are organising a special lobbying event at the European Parliament on 30 Jan 2007 to officially announce Global Action Week 2007.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2007-01-24 World Economic Forum: the International Trade Union movement challenges Business leaders on Corporate Responsibility
A delegation of 12 international trade union leaders at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week will be calling companies to account on corporate taxation, the role of private equity investment and the social and environmental responsibilities of business.
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Standards and working conditions 2007-01-23 EI at the World Social Forum in Nairobi: qualified teachers are crucial for quality education
EI is present at the 6th World Social Forum, currently being held in Nairobi from 20-25 Jan. More than twelve thousand participants from all over the world are attending this global event to exchange their experiences and ideas about how "another world is possible" - the theme of this year's...
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Union renewal and development 2007-01-09 Inaugural Meeting of the Council of Global Unions in Brussels
The inaugural meeting of the new Council of Global Unions (CGU) is taking place today in Brussels, Belgium. The creation of the CGU marks a new milestone in the organisation and functioning of the international trade union movement.
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Union renewal and development 2007-01-05 Worlds of Education No 21 (January/February 2007) now available
The January/February 2007 issue of Worlds of Education, Education International’s bi-monthly magazine, is now available.
Worlds of Education No 21 (January/February 2007) now available -
Trade union rights are human rights 2007-01-01 Successful South-South cooperation
The teaching profession in Africa has been hit hard by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. One of the most seriously affected countries in French-speaking Africa is Ivory Coast.
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Equity and inclusion 2007-01-01 Childhood is for school and play, not work
There are mountains of garbage, as far as the eye can see. Vultures circle overhead. The heat is oppressive. Dust chokes the lungs. Above all, a powerful stench pervades the scene.
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2006-12-21 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity will enter into force on 18 March 2007
Education International salutes the ratification of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference in October 2005, which will enter into force on 18 March 2007.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2006-12-21 Download this year’s last issue of TradEducation News and EI’s GATS Information Kit today!
In 2007, subscribers to EI’s electronic newsletter on trade and education and GATS will receive a brand new, revamped edition of TradEducation News. Meanwhile, the last issue of this year’s newsletter is now available for download.
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2006-12-14 New international convention adopted
On 13 December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the 21st Century’s first legally-binding instrument on human rights.
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Union renewal and development 2006-12-14 EI Pan-European Conference/ETUCE General Assembly: Teachers in Europe - mobility and qualifications, recruitment, retention and remuneration
“Teachers in Europe: mobility and qualifications, recruitment, retention and remuneration” was the theme of the first joint EI Pan-European Conference/ETUCE General Assembly.
EI Pan-European Conference/ETUCE General Assembly: Teachers in Europe - mobility and qualifications, recruitment, retention and remuneration