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International Conference International Conference

Making a success of education in Africa: the language issue Sèvres, March 27th-28th 2014

Making a success of education in Africa: the language issue Sèvres, March 27th-28th 2014

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This international conference is organized in partnership with:n Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

n Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)

n Conference of the Ministers of Education of French speaking countries (CONFEMEN)

n French Agency for Development (AFD)

n Global Partnership for Education (GPE))

n International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF)

n Ministry of Foreign Affairs

n Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

With the participation of:n European Commission

n UNESCO

n World Bank

www.ciep.fr

9:00am Welcome of Participants

Official addresses 9:30am 10:15am

n Mr François PERRET, Director, CIEP

n Mrs Anne-Marie DESCOTES, General Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

n Mr Vincent PEILLON, Minister of Education

n Mr Abdou DIOUF, Secretary General of La Francophonie

Contextual background10:15am 11:15am

Linguistic situation in AfricaInaugural lecture

n Mr Louis-Jean CALVET, Professor Emeritus, Aix-Marseille University

Coffee break

11:45am 1:00pm

Education systems and multilingualism in sub-Saharan AfricaRound Table

n Moderator: Mr Bruno MAURER, Professor, Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 University

n Mr Boureima Jacques KI, General Secretary, CONFEMEN

n Mr Hamidou BOUKARY, Interim Executive Secretary, ADEA

n Mrs Hassana ALIDOU, Director of the UNESCO office in Abuja

Lunch Break

2:30pm5:30pm

Languages and academic success: examples of linguistic policies Round Table

n Moderator: Mr Jean-Marie Ahlin BYLL CATARIA, Former Executive Secretary of ADEA

n ANGOLA - Mr Narciso BENEDITO, Secretary of State for technical and vocational Training and Education

n BURKINA FASO - Mr Winson Emmanuel GOABAGA, General Secretary, Ministry of basic Education and Literacy`

n KENYA - Mr David Njeng’ere KABITA, Senior Assistant Director, Kenya Institute of curriculum development

Coffee break

n MADAGASCAR - Mr Pascal Pierrot RABETAHINA, General Secretary, Ministry of Education

n MAURITANIE - Mrs Nebghouha MINT MOHAMED VALL, Former Minister of Education

n Mr Amidou MAIGA, Program Specialist, Project Coordinator Initiative École et langues nationales (ÉLAN-Afrique), OIF

Diner cruise on the Seine (invitation only)

Languages and academic success: assessment and training9:00am 10:45am

n Moderator: Mrs Isabelle NOCUS, Lecturer, University of Nantes

Assessing learning outcomes in primary educationRound Table

n Mr Jacques MALPEL, Coordinator of Programme for Analyzing Education Systems Of Confemen’s Countries Members (PASEC)

n Mrs Toziba MASALILA, Director of The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)

Assessing the linguistic skills of teachers: reports on experiences in the field, tools, methodsn Mr Sébastien GEORGES, Psychometrician, CIEP

Coffee break

11:00am 13:00pm

Basic and continuing educational and linguistic training for teachers for the purposes of improving the school’s performance levelsRound Table

n Moderator: Mr Ma-Umba MABIALA, Director for Education and Youth, OIF

n Mr Maurice MAZUNYA, Director of CELAB, University of Bujumbura

n Mr Kadir Abdelkader GALY ADAM, Director of the training Institute on literacy and non-formal Education (IFAENF), Niamey, Niger

n Mr Pierre DUMONT, Expert OIF and AUF, Member of the expert Group IFADEM and Coordinator of the International Scientific Committee of Initiative École et langues nationales (ÉLAN-Afrique)

n Mrs Manuela FERREIRA PINTO, Head of French Language Department, CIEP

Lunch Break

How to optimise funding in order to make a success of education in a multilingual context ?

2:30pm 4:30pm

Round Table

n Moderator: Mr Roger PILHION, Deputy Director, CIEP

n Mr Luis RIERA FIGUERAS, Director, Human Development and Society, European Commission

n Mme Aglaia ZAFEIRAKOU, Senior Education and Human Development Specialist, GPE

n Mr Adama OUEDRAOGO, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank

n Mr Christian BARRIER, Director of Human Development, AFD

n Mme Mary-Luce FIAUX NIADA, Regional Advisor, SDC

Summary of the conference and closing address4:30pm 5:00pm

n Mr François PERRET

6:00pm Reception

Thursday 27th March Friday 28th March