REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (CIE)

Gloria Vidal, Minister of Education, Ecuador andChair of the Inter-American Committee on Education

Lenore Yaffee García, DirectorOAS Department of Education and Culture

Seventh Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

Paramaribo, Suriname, March 1 and 2, 2012

Topics covered• Framework • Priority topics

– Teacher Education and Professionalization

– Early Childhood Care and Education

– Education Indicators– Education for Democratic

Citizenship• Other Initiatives on Education

within the OAS• Resources Mobilized

Framework• Summits of the Americas• Ministerial Meetings on Education• Inter-American Committee on

Education(CIE)• Millennium Development Goals• Education for All

Teacher Education and ProfessionalizationInter-American Teacher Educator

Network (ITEN)

Objective: Facilitate exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices, promoting spaces for horizontal cooperation

•Online Courses •Virtual Community•Virtual Seminars: WEBINARS•Technical Assistance Missions among countries of the region•www.oas.org/en/iten

Early Childhood Care and Education“Hemispheric Commitment to Early ChildhoodEducation” (Cartagena 2007)

Objective: Promote Inter-American cooperation to strengthen institutional capacity and raise awareness of the importance of Early Childhood. •Policies and Strategies for the Child’s Successful Transition to Socialization and School •Early childhood care and education in indigenous, rural and border communities/Amazon •Educational evaluation in early childhood initiatives•Technology and Communication Networks: Early Childhood •Online Course: Early Childhood Care Strategies•Early Childhood in the Caribbean--cooperation with Chile

Education Indicators• Regional Education

Indicators Project (PRIE) (10 years)– Monitor progress

towards the goals of the Summits of the Americas

• Educational Panorama 2004, 2007 and 2010

– Strengthen national capacity to gather, analyze and use data

• www.prie.oas.org

Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices• Professional Development: building democratic

classrooms in the Americas– Hemispheric Course for Teachers: The Inter-American

Democratic Charter and the teaching of Democratic Values and Practices.

– Virtual Library– Virtual Seminars: WEBINARS– National Seminar on Education for Democratic Values and

Practices, Panamá (Sept. 2011)

To be launched in 2012To be launched in 2012– Hemispheric Course: Evaluation of Policies and Programs in

Education for Democratic Citizenship. Second Edition: 1st Semester 2012

– Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Caribbean. An On-Line Course for Educators. Second Edition: Second Semester 2012

Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices• Research and Analysis: informing policy dialogue

and decision-making in OAS member states– Policy Brief: “Violence Prevention through Early

Childhood Interventions” (2011)– Education of Migrant Children and Youth in the

Americas: situation and challenges (2011)- Electronic Bulletins - The Inter-American Journal of Education for

Democracy• Horizontal Cooperation: promoting dialogue and

exchange of best practices – Technical Assistance Missions in Citizenship

Education– 19 missions 2009-2012

Education and Culture•Portfolio of Successful Practices: The roles of the arts and communication media in education for democratic citizenship.•Armando Paz Project: www.armandopaz.com•Horizontal Technical Cooperation•Video and fieldkit:“Towards a culture of non-violence: the role of the arts and culture”•OASIS: Orchestra Program for Youth (Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia)

Other Education Programs within the OAS•Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI)

•Academic Scholarship Program

•Professional Development Scholarship Program (PDSP)

•Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC)

•Leo. S. Rowe Pan American Fund

•Educational Portal of the Americas (EPA)

•Virtual Educa

Topic Estimated Resources Mobilization 2005- Nov 2011

Education for Democracy $2,393,935.08 $ 390,150.00 CP/RES.831 (1342/02)$2,003,785.08 Counterpart

Early Childhood Education $3,119,001.00 $ 541,290.00 CP/RES.831 (1342/02)

$2,577,711.00 Counterpart

Education Indicators $1,636,307.00 $ 572,295.00 CP/RES.831 (1342/02)

$1,064,012.00 Counterpart

Teacher Education $ 856,250.00 $ 417,800.00 CP/RES.831 (1342/02)

$ 438,450.00 Counterpart

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

CP/RES.831 (1342/02)Counterpart

Support Technical Secretariat

CIE$ 318,577.00 $ 318,577.00 CP/RES.831 (1342/02)

Total Resources Mobilized CP/RES. 831 (1342/02 )

$2,269,112.00 28.5%

Counterpart Resources (includes some in-kind)

$5,686,823.00 71.5%

Total Resources $7,955,935.00 100%

Upcoming Opportunities• Sixth Summit of the Americas.

Cartagena, Colombia, April 2012

• OAS General Assembly. Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 2012

• Ministerial Meetings on: Social Development,Labor, Sustainable Development, Tourism, Science and Technology, Culture, Competitiveness