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Union growth 15 April 2024 Benin: Union elections give hope of real social dialogue in the education sector
Education International welcomed the elections held in the education sector in Benin from March 29th to April 1st. Organised by the Minister of Pre-School and Primary Education, the vote marked a crucial step towards social dialogue and teacher union representation.
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Union renewal and development 29 November 2021 Benin: New website strengthens union’s capacity and services to members
Thanks to financial support from Education International’s Regional Office for Africa (EIRAF), the Syndicat national des enseignants des écoles maternelles du Bénin (SYNAEM-Bénin) has built a website with a feature that enables educators to join the union and pay their dues online.
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Union renewal and development 27 October 2021 Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund
As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2020 “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Cherine Sabry
Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2020 Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund
From the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Education International called on global education union solidarity to help member organisations respond to the sanitary crisis and emerge stronger from it in terms of mobilising, organising and capacity-building.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 August 2020 Benin: joint action by education unions on COVID-19 prevention along with inclusive education and boosting union leadership role
Two unions from Benin affiliated to Education International have decided to join forces to raise awareness among their members on prevention and protection against COVID-19 and on inclusive education and building the role of union leadership within the context of the pandemic in public sector nursery and primary schools. For...
Benin: joint action by education unions on COVID-19 prevention along with inclusive education and boosting union leadership role
Development Cooperation Projects
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Fabrication des jeux et jouets à partir des matériels locaux
- Host organizations
- Syndicat National des Enseignants des Ecoles Maternelles du BENIN (SYNAEM/B)
- Cooperating organizations
- CTF/FCE member organizations
- Countries
- Bénin
- Start date
- 1 April 2019
- End date
- 31 March 2020
Affiliates
Syndicat National de l'Enseignement Primaire Public du Bénin
SNEP-Bénin01 B.P. 1234 Porto-NovoSyndicat National des Enseignants des Ecoles Maternelles du Bénin
SYNAEMBP 155 Lokossa MonoSyndicat National des Enseignants et Employés du Secondaire Privé
SYNESP05 B.P. 560 CotonouSyndicat National des Professeurs des Enseignements Secondaires
SYNAPES03 B.P. 932 CotonouSyndicat National des Professeurs des Lycées et Collèges
SYNAPROLYC01 B.P. 261 Porto-Novo