V Meeting of Ministers of Education Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

V Meeting of Ministers of Education

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Inter-American Committee

on Education

Dr. Marva RibeiroPresident of the CIE (2005-2007)

November 14-16, 2007

Presentation Outline

• Purpose of CIE• Historical Context

• Work Plan of the CIE• Accomplishments and Impact

– Hemispheric– Subregional and National

• Resources Mobilized• Lessons Learned

• Future Opportunities

III Meeting of Ministers of Education

Mexico City

August 2003

M É X I C O

STRUCTURE OF THE CIE :

2003-2005

STRUCTURE OF THE CIE :

2003-2005M ex i c o

President

Trinidad & Tobago

1st Vice-President

El Salvador

2nd Vice-President

Canada

North America

Honduras

Central America

St. Lucia

The Caribbean

Brazil

Mercosur

Ecuador

The Andes

OECT/OEATechnical Sec.

USA Nicaragua Bahamas Paraguay P e r u

Quality Education for a Democratic and Productive Citizenry

IV Meeting of Ministers of Education in the framework of the

Inter-American Council for Integral Development

STRUCTURE OF THE CIE

2005-2007

STRUCTURE OF THE CIE

2005-2007Trinidad and Tobago

President

Brasil

1st Vice-President

Venezuela

2nd Vice President

USA Nicaragua

Central America

Barbados

The Caribbean

Paraguay

Mercosur

Ecuador

The Andes

DEC/OEATechnical Sec.

Mexico Panama St. Lucia Argentina P e r u

North America

Summit of the AmericasSummit of the Americas

Education MinisterialsEducation Ministerials

Horizontal CooperationHorizontal Cooperation projects/workshops/seminars/researchprojects/workshops/seminars/research

Informing Policy Dialogue in the Summit and Ministerial Processes

Inter-American Committee on Education

The Purpose of the CIE is to advance Inter-American Dialogue on Education

• Follow-up on the Summit mandates and ensure that commitments of Education Meetings of Ministers materialize into concrete actions

• Serve as a breeding ground for innovative ideas and proposals

• Serve as a voice for the education sector in policy development and execution within the OAS

• Define multilateral initiatives and funding priorities

• Prepare for Ministerial Meetings

Key Management Strategies• Develop a Work Plan

– Theme / Project / status / resources/ lead/ next steps

• Develop a CIE marketing plan

• Leverage resources from other OAS, civil society, university, and other actors

• Develop subfund funding proposal criteria and methodology

• Focus on comparative advantage of OAS-policy dialogue / horizontal cooperation

• Prioritize a few initiatives and give continuity

CIE Work Plan 2005-2007

http://www.oas.org/udse/cie/ingles/fr_bien.html PRIORITY AREAEquity and QualityObjective: To promote efforts to achieve and evaluate educational equity, quality, relevance and efficiency at all levels of the education system

ACTIVITIES•Regional Educators Indicators Project (PRIE, Summit Project)

•Evaluation Forum (Summit Project)

•Reporting Educational Results to the Public (Special Summit, Monterrey)

•Hemispheric Project on Equity and Quality – Elaboration of Policies and Strategies for the Prevention of School Failure – Min III & IV

http://www.oas.org/udse/cie/ingles/fr_bien.html

http://www.oas.org/udse/cie/ingles/fr_bien.html


PRIORITY AREA• Strengthening the Teaching Force

Objective: To strengthen the effectiveness of the teaching force in member countries through teacher education, recruitment, professional development, evaluation and certification

ACTIVITIES

Hemispheric Project on Teacher Education – “Responses to the challenge of improving the quality of recruitment and selection, initial formation, professional development and evaluation of teachers in the hemisphere”. (Project in Year 3)

Inter-American Teacher Educator network (ITEN) – “New Approaches to Policy and Practice for Teacher Educators in the Americas (Teacher Educator Seminar and Launch of ITEN, T&T – Sept. 26-29, 2006)


PRIORITY AREA• Secondary Education and Workforce Development

Objective: To support countries in the implementation of policies, programs, and activities in secondary education to effect a smooth “school to work” transition.

ACTIVITIES

Hemispheric Project on Secondary Education and Workforce Competencies – “School management and certification for the development and Accreditation of key and labour competencies at the upper secondary level”.


PRIORITY AREA• Education for Democratic Citizenship

Objective: To promote the development of a democratic culture through education.

ACTIVITIESInter-American Program on Education for Democratic

Values and Practices – Min II, III, IV


PRIORITY AREA• Early Childhood care and Education (ECCE) Objective: To improve access to quality early childhood

education for all children. – Min IV

ACTIVITIES

- Ready to Learn Seminars- OAS/World Bank Symposium on Evaluation of ECCE

Programs- Joint OAS/World bank Website on ECCE- International Diploma for Specialization in ECCE- Policies and Strategies for a successful transition of

children to socialization and school (CIE Project)


PRIORITY AREA• Science Education Objective: To introduce and support inquiry-based

methodologies to improve the teaching of science – Min IV, CIE II

ACTIVITIES

- Project proposal to support the inquiry – based method at the primary level (Inadequate proposal for project submitted).


PRIORITY AREA• Literacy Objective: To develop in the framework of the OAS,

before 2008, a study of a literacy program, which takes into consideration successful experiences in the area, in order to make progress on eliminating illiteracy in our countries. IV Summit, IV Ministerial

ACTIVITIES- Cooperation activities to develop a literacy initiative

Work will be continued in this important area for the 2007- 2009 term of the CIE


PRIORITY AREA• Use of Information Technology in the Classroom and by

Administration Objective: To encourage the use of new technologies to

promote learning, support educational networks, and build infrastructure to collect and use data in decision-making. II, III & IV Min, III & IV Summits

ACTIVITIES- Educational Portal of the Americas- EDUSAT- RELPE- Computers for schools Work will be continued in these important areas for the 2007- 2009

term of the CIE


PRIORITY AREA• Knowledge Sharing Objective: To strengthen the capacity of Ministries of

Education to develop and implement effective policies for education reform through information exchange. II, III & IV Min,

ACTIVITIES- KSAN/CONARED- CIE Marketing Plan

CIE On-line Quarterly Bulletin produced

Work will be continued in these important areas for the 2007- 2009 term of the CIE


PRIORITY AREA• Mobilization of resources, political will and inter-agency

cooperation Objective: To identify and promote cooperation strategies

to mobilize the public and private resources needed to provide quality education. IV Summit, IV Ministerial

ACTIVITIES- Inter-Agency Meetings Work will be continued in this important area for the 2007- 2009

term of the CIE

- Mobilization of resources for projects e.g. Democracy, ECCE, ITEN

Some dedicated partners are: CIDA, Van leer Foundation, OUI, WB, USAID


PRIORITY AREA• Civil Society Participation Objective: To promote engagement of civil society in

education policy making and implementation. All Summits and Ministerials

ACTIVITIES- Civil Society meetings organized and managed by the

Technical Secretariat.- All projects must include civil society input.

The CIE held five meetings in order to advance its work in the Americas

MEETING DATE PLACE

V meeting of Authorities and Executive Committee of the CIE

Nov. 9-10, 2005

Washington, DC

VI Meeting of the Authorities and the Executive Committee of the CIE

April 27-28, 2006

Washington, D.C.

III Regular Meeting of the CIE October 26-27, 2006

Washington, D.C.

VII Meeting of the Authorities and the Executive Committee of the CIE

February 22-23, 2007

Washington, D.C.

Preparatory Meeting of the IV Meeting of Ministers of Education

August 27-28, 2007

Washington, D.C.

Some of the Agreements from those meetings were:

SUCCESSES

• How has involvement in the OAS-CIE helped countries to achieve their educational goals?

• How has the cooperation between the OAS and Trinidad and Tobago contributed to the advancement of the mandates of the Summits and the Ministerials in T&T and the CARICOM?

Financial resources were obtained from the Reserve sub-fund and from supportive

partners

Counterpart resources included financial, human and technical support from member countries and

International Organizations and Agencies

The following tables outline the resources that were mobilized

TOPICEstimated Resources Mobilised - 2005-2007

Organizations contributing

Education for Democratic Values and Practices

$225,100.00 CP 831 (OAS-CIE)

$51,000.00 Centre for Civic Education

$40,000.00 Gov’t of Colombia

$360,000.00 CIDA (Gov’t of Canada)

$80,000.00 Global Issues Resource Centre

$80,000.00 SEP Mexico

$10,000.00 UNDP

TOTAL $896,100.00

$50,000.00 US Mission

TOPIC ESTIMATED RESOURCES MOBILIZED - 2005-2007


Early Childhood Education

$149,440.00 CP 831 (OAS-CIE) 2007-2009

$8,000.00 World Bank

$5,000.00 IADB

$3,000.00 OEI

$6,000.00 CAB

$8,000.00 UNESCO

$40,000.00 UNICEF

$10,000.00 Ohio State University

$3,000.00 AMEI

$3,000.00 CARICOM

$3,000.00 University of Chicago

$3,000.00 CEECD (Centre of Excellence in Education)

$20,000.00 Scholarships - OAS

TOTAL $535,669.85 $266,229.85 Bernard Van Leer Foundation (2007-2008)



Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE)

$118,950.00 USAID

$185,600.00 CP 831 (OAS-CIE)

TOTAL $490,150.00 $185,600.00 SEP Mexico

Teacher Educator project (ITEN)

$60,000.00 CP 831 (OAS-CIE)

$20,000.00 OUI

$70,000.00 MOE-T&T

TOTAL $180,000.00 $30,000.00 Scholarships - OAS



Technical Secretariat support for V Ministerial preparation and the Inter-American Committee on Education

TOTAL $126,564.00 $126,564.00 CP 831 (OAS-CIE)

Subtotals Sub-fund Resources $ 746,704.00 Counterpart Resources $1,361,779.85

TOTAL $2,108,483.85

TopicEstimated resources mobilized (2005-

07)[1]/

Education for Democracy $896,100.00

$225,100.00

CP 831(OAS-CIE)

$671,000.00 Counterpart

Early ChildhoodEducation $535,669.00

$149,440.00

CP 831(OAS-CIE) 2007-2009


Education Indicators $490,150.00

$185,600.00

CP 831(OEA-CIE)


Teacher Formation $180,000.00

$60,000.00 CP 831(OAS-

CIE)


Technical Secretariat

Support V Ministerial

Preparation andCIE $126,564.00

$126,564.00

CP 831(OAS-CIE)

Total Resources Mobilized

Subfund CIE/OAS

$746,704 USD 35%

Counterpart Resources

$1,361,779.85 65%

Total Resources

$2,108,483.85 100%

Education Initiatives Sub-fund RES/CP. 831(1342/02)Statement of changes in fund balance

January 7, 2003 to July 31, 2007

• Transfer as Per resolution $2,000,000.00

• Interest Income $ 175,410.00

• TOTAL $2,175,410.00• Educational Activities to 2005 $ 440,458.00• Educational Activities to 06/07 $ 746,754.00

• TOTAL decreases 2003-2007 $1,187,212.00• Fund balance at end of period $ 988,198.00

The Authorities and Executive Members of the CIE must consider the following Future Actions

• Strengthen the institutionalization process

• Develop long-term financial stability

• Maintain fluid communication across countries and across subregions

• Balance political interests and benefits in relation to CIE’s ability to provide

The Authorities and Executive Members of the CIE must consider the following Future Actions

• Establish new strategies to ensure continuity in policy mandates, programs, and activities

• Deepen participation of diverse actors in the policy dialogue process

• Ensure political and technical processes inform one another - Summits, Ministerial, CIE

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V Meeting of Ministers of Education Cartagena de Indias, Colombia