Summaries of Working Groups

July 2, 2014Summaries of Working GroupsESD (future involvement/ collaboration project)Convenors: Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson & John Siraj BlatchfordESD (future involvement/ collaboration project)OMEP was one of the only two organizations in the field of early childhood education that were invited to present at UNESCO and UN;Encourage all committees to provide good examples of ESD practices.UN representatives and global projectsConvenor: Judith WagnerUN representatives and global projectsForm a new group on refugee project;In the next few months, OMEP will come up with some new projects;The ExCo will distribute information when it is available.Teacher education and exchangeConvenor: Eunhye Park; Rapporteur: Ingrid EngdahlTeacher education andexchangeWill form an OMEP teacher education and exchange network;Suggest to have a working group on teacher education and exchange at each World Assembly;Elaborate on the Gothenburg Recommendations for ESD learning on Teacher training based on a holistic view, combining ESD + childrens rights + educare + play;Collect the exchange programme examples and initiatives and make them known to OEMP committees and members;OMEP representatives among the 48 countries pointed out by GPE should join the local (i.e. national) committees for the GPE projects.Governance/ Finance/ Strategic directionConvenors: Maggie Koong & Nirmala RaoGovernance/ Finance/ Strategic directionPrioritize things which the ExCo should focus on;Update the Administrative Guide;Understand the priorities and action plans of national committees. May survey national committees;Position of OMEP in policymaking? Advocacy will need careful strategies.Encourage national committees to have their own websites and link to the World OMEPwebsite.Have an activity bank to share activity ideas;Strategies for attracting members should be further explored. How to attract youngteachers? May consider focusing on teacher exchange at the moment as this is what every country able to do.Registration of our trademark