Department of Education and CultureOrganization of American States CIE Work Plan 2008-2009 Report of the Technical Secretariat IV Regular Meeting of the

Department of Education and Culture

Organization of American States

CIE Work Plan 2008-2009

Report of the Technical Secretariat

IV Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE)Lenore Yaffee García, Director


October 14, 2008Quito, Ecuador



Ministerial and Summit Priorities in the CIE Work Plan 2008-2009

• Early Childhood Education

• Strengthening the Teaching Profession

• Education for Democratic Citizenship

• Education Indicators and Evaluation

• Literacy and Adult Education

• Mobilization of resources, political will, alliances with key actors



Early Childhood Development and Education

Objective:

To support the member statesin the development,strengthening, monitoring, andevaluation of policies, strategies, and programs thathelp to improve the quality,efficiency, and scope of

services offered tochildren from birth to 8 yearsof age (IV and V Ministerials)



Activities in CIE Work Plan:

– Act 1. Follow-up “Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education” and Programmatic Guidelines approved by Ministers

– Act. 2. Project: "Policies and Strategies for Children's Successful Transition from Home to Socialization and Schooling“

– Act. 3. Project "Tendencies of Transition Policies in Indigenous, Rural, and Border Communities"

– Act. 4. Second World Congress on Early Childhood Education for Peace, OAS, date TBC

– Act. 5. Second World Meeting on "Formation and Accreditation of Teaching Agents for Early Childhood Education" Monterrey, Mexico, October 2009



• Act. 6. Project: "Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood: Communication Strategy for Implementing Ministerial Mandates"

• Act. 7. Regional or Subregional Workshops to Share Experiences and Develop Cooperation Agendas:

– 1) International Conference on Early Childhood Education, Central America TBD

– 2) Regional work on the initiative Nin@sur, MERCOSUR – 3) Seminar to exchange experiences among countries of Convenio

Andres Bello in planning – 4) Possible Caribbean, North America workshops TBD

• Act. 8. Review and construction of indicators to measure advances in policies of comprehensive attention to early childhood in the hemisphere

• Act. 9. International Conference to exchange experiences on the application of instruments to measure early childhood development, including EDI among other instruments

• Act. 10. Training and professional development system for teachers and other educational professionals working in early childhood (on-line and on-site)



Education for Democratic Citizenship

Objective: Promote the development of a democratic culture through education. Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices (II, III, IV, V Ministerials)

•OAS General Assemblies 2006-2008



Research

• Inter-American Journal on

Education for Democracy

• Analytical Reports (policies 2008, evaluation 2009)

• Policy Briefs

Professional Development

Information Exchange

•Distance Education Courses:

Teaching

Evaluation

•Young Scholar Program

•Web Portal

•On-line Bulletins

•Seminars and Workshops (Guatemala 2008, Brazil 2009)



Strengthening the Teaching Profession

Objetive:

Strengthening theeffectiveness of theteaching force inmember statesthrough initialpreparation, recruitment,professional development,and certification (all Summits and Ministerials)



Strengthening the teaching profession

• CIE Project builds on 2006 seminar and on results of FEMCIDI projects in Caribbean, Central America, North America

• Seminar October 29-31, 2008 “Teacher education for the 21st Century”

• On line Course on ICT for professional development and collaboration among Teacher Educators 2009

• Portal for Teacher Education 2009



Quality and Equity: Indicators and Evaluation

• Objective: To promote efforts to achieve and evaluate equity, quality, relevance, and efficiency of education systems at all levels.



Activities in the CIE Work Plan:

– Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE, Summit Project)

• I, II, III, IV, V Ministerials• Summit of the Americas II

– FEMCIDI "Strengthening Capacity Building for Education Statistics in Central America and the Caribbean“

– Hemispheric Project on Equity and Quality. "Elaboration of Policies and Strategies for the Prevention of School Failure" -Min. III, IV



Literacy & Adult Education

Objective:

To complement the efforts by the member states in coordination with international organizations and institutions of the hemisphere to achieve universal literacy and provide ongoing educational opportunities for adults and youth

Activities:

1. Report Commissioned: “Public policies, strategies and programs for Literacy and Adult Education in Nations of the Caribbean” (2003-2008)

2. Collaboration on Regional Conference on Literacy: "From Literacy to Life-long Learning: Challenges for Literacy and Adult Education towards CONFINTEA VI (World Conference for Adult Education)", September 10- 13, 2008 in Mexico.



Mobilization of resources, political will, inter-agency

cooperation, and participation of civil society



Mobilization of Resources

• OAS “Subfund” education (Res. 831)• OAS FEMCIDI• OAS Human Development Fund• Foundations • NGOs• Governments (members, observers)• Private sector



Some CIE Partners International Organizations

– UNICEF– Inter-American

Institute on Human Rights

– UNESCO-OREALC– UNESCO IESALC– World Bank– Inter-American

Development Bank– Convenio Andrés

Bello– The Commonwealth

Secretariat– Organization of

Iberoamerican States– International Labor

Organization (ILO)

…and others

Research Institutions– Instituto Nacional de

Evaluación de la Educación (México)

– CIPECC (Argentina)– RTI International– University of

Maryland– Universidad

Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia)

– Brunel University, Reino Unido

- University of Indiana, University of Toronto, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

- Universidad Central de Chile

- University of Trinidad and Tobago

- University of West Indies

…and others…

Civil Society– B Van Leer Foundation– RELPE– Inter-American

Organization of Higher Education (IOHE-OUI)

– PREAL– Center for Civic

Education – Conciencia, Argentina– Global Alliance for Justice

Education– National (US) Center for

Learning and Citizenship– CENDI, Mexico– AMEI– OMEP– Human Rights Education

Association HREA, USA…and others…



TopicEstimated resources mobilized (2005-

08)[1]/

Education for Democracy

$1,061,100.00

$390,100.0

0 CPR 831(OAS-

CIE)

$671,000.00 Counterpart

Early ChildhoodEducation $717,269.85

$331,040.0

0

CPR 831(OAS-CIE) 2007-2009


Education Indicators

$1,494,587.00

$430,575.00

CPR 831(OEA-CIE)

$1,064,012.00 Counterpart

Teacher Formation $570,900.00

$238,200.00

CPR 831(OAS-CIE)


Literacy $44,000.00 $29,000.00$15,000.00

CPR 831(OAS-CIE)

Counterpart

Technical Secretariat

Support V Ministerial

Preparation andCIE

$126,064.00 $126,064.0

0 CPR 831(OAS-

CIE)



Total Resources Mobilized

Subfund CIE/OAS

$1,544,979.00 38%

Counterpart Resources (includes some in-kind)

$2,468,941.85 62%

Total Resources

$4,013,920.85 100%



New Website, “DEC”www.sedi.oas.org/dec



Communications: CIE Customized forums and

collaboration center



Challenges

• Recognize diversity of policy priorities in 34 countries while developing consensus on a priority agenda in a few key areas:

– Many mandates / limited resources (subfund non-renewable)– Emphasize the multilateral and regional advantage of OAS – Don’t duplicate efforts by other organizations– Mobilize resources, promote collaboration, partnerships across

sectors and organizations

• Sustained active participation in following-up on commitments – Challenge of government turnover and changing priorities

• Linking various political processes-Summit of the Americas, Ministerial Meetings, CIE, OAS General Assemblies, etc.

• How to measure impact



Opportunities

• VI Ministerial Meeting 2009– Survey of priorities

• Summit of the Americas 2009 (T&T): Theme “Securing our Citizens’ Future: Prosperity, Energy, Sustainability

• Increased collaboration with culture authorities (CIC)

• OAS mechanisms for financing technical activities that support policy priorities established in OAS Summit, Ministerial process

• FEMCIDI• OAS Human Development Fund (“Scholarships”)

Documents

Department of Education and CultureOrganization of American States CIE Work Plan 2008-2009 Report of the Technical Secretariat IV Regular Meeting of the