Articles from Germany
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Equity and inclusion 13 January 2014 New ETUCE Project: Promoting gender equality within teacher trade unions and in the teaching profession II
In 2014, EI's European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), is turning towards the issue of participation and leadership of women and men in teacher unions and in the teaching profession.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 Germany: Inclusion requires joint implementation by federal, state and local governments
“Promoting individuals. How does it work?” This was the motto for the recent German Teachers’ Day, which saw over 1,000 teachers gathering in Dortmund. The day – a nationwide training day for teachers at all levels - was organised by EI affiliate Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE). As in previous...
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 December 2013 Germany: Thousands strike for better living and working conditions
The Berlin branch of the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft(GEW), one of EI’s national affiliates, organised a hugely successful industrial action on 4-5 December. More than 2,400 teachers and about 150 pupils participated in the strike, demanding improved living and working conditions for education staff.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 PISA 2012 results
The OECD published the PISA 2012 results on 3 December 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 ERASMUS+ adopted by the Council
On 3 December 2013, the Council adopted the regulation establishing ERASMUS+, the European Union's Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 The reality of teachers miles away from picture painted by stereotypes
A number of recent reports published by Eurydice demonstrate that the reality of teachers do not match the rosy picture that is painted by stereotypes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013 Miscellaneous news
Other related news on EU issues
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013 Big business still in charge of the advisory groups of the European Commission
On 6 November 2013, ALTER-EU, AK EUROPA and ÖGB Europabüro released a report showing that still mostly the big business dominate the advisory groups of the European Commission despite the promise given over a year ago to reform the groups.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013 Next ESF supports ICT education
On 24- 25 October, the European Council concluded that the European Structural Investment Funds (ESF) for 2014 -2020 should be used in part for ICT education and training. EU Heads of State and Government decided that Europe must boost digital, data-driven innovation as part of its growth strategy.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013 ETUCE Final Conference on ICT, Bratislava
The ICT&ESL Final Conference ‘Teacher Trade Unions Preventing Early School Leaving through the Use of Information and Communication Technology in Education’,will be held in Bratislava on 28-29 November 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 3263rd Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs
Overview of the main results
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 October 2013 How to influence EU Decisions - A new ETUI training manual
This training manual aims to provide trade union representatives with the necessary information and guidelines to enable them to influence the decision-making process of the European Union.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 October 2013 The European Commission launches its communication ‘Opening up Education’
On 25 September 2013 the European Commission launched its communication 'Opening up Education' together with a staff working document. The aim of the communication is to boost innovation and digital skills in schools and universities.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2013 Unite for Quality Education
On the 4 October 2013 , EI is launching a year of action, an initiative for quality education around the world that will culminate on a World Day of Action in October 2014. EI and ETUCE invite everybody who cares about the education of our children to join forces with...
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Union growth 16 September 2013 Participation of young people in education and the labour market
Eurostat published an article on participation of young people in education and the labour market on 12 July 2013. The article explains how youth unemployment in the EU is measured and how youth unemployment rates are affected by the transition of young adults from education to the labour market.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2013 New publication: Labour market outcomes of vocational education in Europe - Evidence from the European Union labour force survey
CEDEFOP published on 19 June 2013 the publication Labour market outcomes of vocational education in Europe - Evidence from the European Union labour force survey.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2013 EU investment for education and youth employability pays off, OECD report confirms
On 25 June 2013 the OECD report Education at a Glance 2013 was launched. This is an annual report analysing the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries, including 21 EU member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Romania are not part of the OECD and therefore...
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Union growth 27 August 2013 Germany: Berlin’s teacher unionists on strike
Berlin’s educators have gone on strike over better working conditions and an improved salary scale, according to the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW), one of EI’s national affiliates.
Germany: Berlin’s teacher unionists on strike