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Development Co-operation

  1. Union renewal and development 3 June 2010

    Quality Educators Project: Teachers improve skills through development co-operation

    The ‘Quality Educators For All’ project has been developed by EI in partnership with Oxfam Netherlands Novib. Commonly referred to as the ‘Quality-Ed Project’, its purpose is to help public authorities meet their responsibility of providing good quality public education.

    Quality Educators Project: Teachers improve skills through development co-operation
  2. Union renewal and development 14 April 2010

    East African teacher unions share experiences in negotiation

    Teacher unions from East Africa are taking part in a joint workshop on negotiations from 13-15 Apr in Nairobi, Kenya, with special reference to economic and financial issues.

    East African teacher unions share experiences in negotiation
  3. Union renewal and development 29 March 2010

    Seeds of hope: Growing a network of green schools in Burkina Faso

    Environmental education is a passion for Ouedraogo Ousséni. A teacher at Municipal School C in Kaya in the north-central region of Burkina Faso, he has been developing a plant nursery project with his Year 6 pupils since 2000.

    Seeds of hope: Growing a network of green schools in Burkina Faso
  4. Union renewal and development 22 December 2009

    Dutch, Burundian and Indian teachers share experiences

    “When I saw the ad in our union magazine …I thought: Okay, why not?” says Rachel Heller, teacher and International Coordinator at Maartens College, and a member of EI’s Dutch affiliate AOb. “I had spent two years Malawi as a teacher before. I wanted to do it again.” “I thought:...

    Dutch, Burundian and Indian teachers share experiences
  5. Union renewal and development 1 September 2009

    Teachers and children survive tsunami trauma with help from EI

    Irianti Syabaruddin, a teacher and mother of three, was at the supermarket on that fateful Sunday morning when the earthquake hit. The floor lurched under her feet and groceries began crashing down off the shelves. Then all she could think of was getting home to her family as quickly as...

    Teachers and children survive tsunami trauma with help from EI
  6. Union renewal and development 1 September 2009

    EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Girls in exquisite golden headdresses and traditional costumes of green and black brocade tossed pink flower blossoms as they danced to welcome visitors to the closing ceremony of Education International’s post-tsunami project in Aceh, the region of northern Sumatra most devastated by the cataclysmic tsunami of...

    EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation
  7. Union renewal and development 10 August 2009

    Sri Lanka: Union concerned about situation of displaced teachers and pupils

    The Ceylon Tamil Teachers’ Union (CTTU) submitted a report to the Sri Lankan minister of education, Hon Susil Prema Jeyanth, expressing its concerns about teachers and pupils currently living in refugee camps in the Vanni region, located in the northern part of the country.

    Sri Lanka: Union concerned about situation of displaced teachers and pupils
  8. Union renewal and development 4 August 2009

    The ALPO/NTAL Rural Teachers Housing Project in Liberia

    Two Liberian teacher unions ALPO (All Liberian Professional Organisation) and NTAL (National Teachers Association of Liberia) have launched a community based project to construct adequate housing in rural areas for teachers.

    The ALPO/NTAL Rural Teachers Housing Project in Liberia
  9. Union renewal and development 3 August 2009

    EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation

    Girls in exquisite golden headdresses and traditional costumes of green and black brocade tossed pink flower blossoms as they danced to welcome visitors to the closing ceremony of Education International’s post-tsunami project in Aceh, the region of northern Sumatra most devastated by the cataclysmic tsunami of 26 December 2004.

    EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation
  10. Union renewal and development 25 March 2009

    Georgia: Pilot project on collective bargaining launched

    The first EI workshop on negotiations and organising was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 12 -13 March 2009, thus paving the way for a new initiative to support its members in the South East European region.

    Georgia: Pilot project on collective bargaining launched
  11. Union renewal and development 27 February 2009

    Lebanon: LPESPL, driving force against cuts in health care provision for teachers and state employees

    On 1 January 2009 the contract between the Lebanese government and private hospitals to provide medical services to teachers and state employees expired. As of this date private hospitals refused to provide medical treatment to their previous patients even in crucial cases where immediate help was needed, i.e. kidney dialysis...

    Lebanon: LPESPL, driving force against cuts in health care provision for teachers and state employees
  12. Union renewal and development 2 December 2008

    Ugandan teachers plan for success

    The Ugandan National Teachers Union (UNATU) presented its strategic plan at an All Donors Strategic Planning meeting in Kampala in mid November 2008. UNATU, sensitive to its role as a vibrant civil society organisation, is streamlining its development programme to better respond to the needs of its members and the...

    Ugandan teachers plan for success
  13. Union renewal and development 19 November 2008

    Unions and development organisations cooperate to meet global challenges

    EI’s annual Development Cooperation Meeting was held on 20 and 21 November 2008 in Brussels. The main topic of discussion was the development of a new statement of policy reflecting the current context of development cooperation in a globalized world.

    Unions and development organisations cooperate to meet global challenges
  14. Union renewal and development 13 November 2008

    Promising results in the first year of the EI Central Asia Programme

    In May 2008, Education International and some of the Consortium partners (teacher unions from Australia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States) were represented at the first meeting which was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to formally initiate the cooperation and partnership with the EI affiliates in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and...

    Promising results in the first year of the EI Central Asia Programme
  15. Union renewal and development 12 November 2008

    Post-primary vocational education in Guinea

    Marcel Larocque is the president of the Association of French Speaking Teachers of New Brunswick in Canada. In April 2008, he went to Guinea to evaluate the effects and potential for development of a post-primary education programme organised by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). He was accompanied by the Canadian...

    Post-primary vocational education in Guinea
  16. Union renewal and development 22 October 2008

    Organizing and Development Training Program for Unions in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority

    From October 19 to 21, 43 regional leaders of the General Union of Palestine Teachers (GUPT) participated in an organizing and training workshop designed to launch a series of training programs for the union to run through 2009.

    Organizing and Development Training Program for Unions in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority
  17. Union renewal and development 16 October 2008

    Workshop strengthens Lebanese unions under the MENA programme

    Within the framework of EI's new Middle East and North Africa (MENA) programme, EI organized two training workshops with EI members in Lebanon, the League of Secondary Public School Teachers in Lebanon (LPESPL) and the Teachers’ Syndicate in Lebanon (TSL).

    Workshop strengthens Lebanese unions under the MENA programme