Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
5 June 2026
Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
Despite strong public opposition and strike action in schools across the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) called by a united front of education unions, the FWB Parliament, meeting in a plenary session, voted in the early hours of 5 June to approve the government’s planned cuts in education spending.
A programme that works: what the John Thompson Fellowship evaluation in Asia-Pacific teaches unions everywhere
The John Thompson Fellowship (JTF) Programme in Asia-Pacific offers a clear lesson for teachers’ unions worldwide: leadership development works when it is needs-based and rooted in union democracy.
Biggest Development Cooperation Network meeting ever showcases union solidarity in action
Solidarity, joint action, climate education, and human rights were amongst the headline topics addressed at Education International’s Development Cooperation Network.