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“Teacher lay-offs, education budget cuts and salary cuts, and school closures are unacceptable as policy choices, and in those countries where such measures have been applied, they must be stopped.”

Frente a la crisis económica mundial, es de vital importancia que los gobiernos inviertan de manera considerable en educación pública, como base esencial de sus planes de recuperación económica. La Internacional de la Educación, federación sindical internacional que representa a 30 millones de docentes en todo el mundo, solicita a...

La IE acogió gratamente los compromisos hechos en Pittsburgh para poner "trabajos de calidad en el corazón de la recuperación" y "reforzar el apoyo a los más vulnerables".

Education International’s sixth Asia-Pacific Regional Conference finished today in Bangkok after three days of debates on a variety of problems confronting the teaching profession in the organisation’s largest region.

La conferencia, celebrada en Bangkok del 28 al 30 de septiembre de 2009, tuvo como título "Respuesta de las organizaciones docentes de la región Asia-Pacífico a las crisis mundiales".

Education International welcomes the commitments made in Pittsburgh to put “quality jobs at the heart of the recovery” and “to strengthen support for the most vulnerable.” G20 announcements of more coordinated measures for recovery and growth, stronger financial regulation, and a role for the ILO all go in the right...

G20 Leaders responded to labour and civil society. They were “singing our song”. Now comes the hard part – getting governments to follow through

Will the G20 Leaders meeting in Pittsburgh this week agree on the coordinated action need for global recovery? Some positive signs from leaked letters and public statements. But will these signs be translated into real action?

Public investment in education must be significantly increased to meet growing enrolment demands and to confront the worldwide economic crisis, according to Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million teachers and education workers in 172 countries.

El seminario se celebró en Varsovia, del 2 al 4 de septiembre de 2009.

Below is the opening address by EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, at the High Level Seminar on the impact of the economic crisis on education in central and eastern Europe in Warsaw from 2-4 September 2009.

Central bankers express cautious optimism about recovery. So does the IMF Chief Economist.

La cumbre del G-8 de 2009 se celebró en la localidad italiana de L'Aquila entre el 8 y el 10 de julio. En esta ocasión, a los líderes de los países miembros del G-8 y la Unión Europea se sumaron los dirigentes de otros 20 países y de 10 organizaciones...

This week, the think-tank "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" published a report on the response to the financial crisis in middle-income countries.

The US needs a 2nd stimulus; Federal programmes try to compensate for State and local budget cuts; teachers and support staff in California - host for NEA's 2009 Annual meeting - are hit hard by State budget impasse.

Tras semanas de negociaciones, la conclusión de la Conferencia de alto nivel de la ONU sobre la crisis económica y financiera fue una gran decepción. La cumbre de la ONU era nuestra oportunidad para seguir presionando para mantener nuestras peticiones sobre la crisis económica mundial después de la Conferencia de...

Madame Minister, other Government representatives, Mr. President of the Education International, distinguished guests, colleagues, comrades,

The UN summit on the financial crisis fails to take decisive action to deal with the gravity of the situation affecting developing countries. World media widely report civil society critique, including comments by ITUC….