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EI Electronic Newsletter
15 January 2004
http://www.ei-ie.org/
EDUCATION
Global Action Week 2004, 19-25 April
Preparations for Global Action Week 2004 are well underway. EI has
sent confirmations to the many teacher organisations that have registered
to take part in the World's Largest Lobby. The next step is to send us
your visual materials request form before Monday 16 February. For matters
concerning your registration, order forms and/or contacts with other
organisations taking part in Global Action Week, please contact
giulietta.vella@ei-ie.org. For any other matters, please contact
frederique.boni@ei-ieorg.
- More news on the website: EI Asia-Pacific Conference on Indigenous
Peoples' Education, 4th EI International Conference on Higher
Education and Research General Report...
>>> Find out moreAnnouncements
- EI Pan-European Structure
>>> Find out more
- Event: EI Africa Regional Conference
>>> Find out more
- EI colleague awarded UNESCO medals
>>> Find out more
- EI 4th World Congress Website
>>> Find out more
ADVOCACY
EI and WB to set up consultation mechanism
On 12 Jan, EI representatives and World Bank's Senior Vice-President
and Head of the Bank's Human Development Network, Jean-Louis Sarbib, met
to set up an EI-WB working group. This is part of the consultation mechanism
agreed upon by leaders of the two organisations in a meeting earlier
on 16 Dec in Washington DC. The working group will facilitate communication
between the two organisations on education policy issues and on
education programmes funded by the Bank. Issues to be discussed in-depth are the
criteria of the EFA Fast Track Initiative (notably the fixing of
teacher salary at 3.5 times the GDP per capita), the recruitment of voluntary
teachers, the school fees and the anti-union attitude of some WB
officials.
- More news on the website: Global Unions at the World Social Forum
(www.global-unions.org/wsf), EI Round Table for members from OECD countries...
>>> Find out moreTeachers' Rights
- EI reacts to shooting of Dutch school teacher
>>> Find out more
- Talks resume in Bosnia-Herzegovina
>>> Find out more
- Union solidarity saves Haitian leader's life
>>> Find out more
- Trouble in Guinea
>>> Find out more
ACTION
Ethiopia Teachers' Association offices reopen
EI affiliate, the Ethiopian Teachers' Association, finally gets legal recognition of its status after ten years of court proceedings.
On 28
Nov, the verdict delivered by the Federal High Court overruled the legality
of the government-installed ETA. It not only recognised the legal
existence of the authentic ETA (EI affiliate), but also ruled that the latter's
assets be released, its offices be opened and it is entitled to claim
compensation for all damages caused by the lengthy litigations since April 1993.
From 21 Dec, all sealed offices were opened and all Executive Board members
have their own offices. At present, ETA is also in the process to have the
bank account released...
- More news on the website: International Human Rights Day...
>>> Find out morePublications
UNICEF's annual report of the state of the world's children highlights
the gender gap in education. The report argues that education must be
approached as a human right rather than a privilege or an expected
outcome of economic progress...
>>> Find out more
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