We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.
"I could never have anticipated what I experienced whilst I was in Banda Aceh", said Martin Jones, 17, from the UK as he returned from the EI Tsunami Student Tour to Banda Aceh.
EI Tsunami Student Tour – A life changing experience
Hugo Yasky, General Secretary of Argentinean affiliate CTERA, was elected President of the Regional Committee of Education International for Latin America on March 4th, at the EI Latin America regional Conference.
Hugo Yasky elected president of EI Latin American Regional Committee
EI has organised a tour for twelve students from Japan, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands to the tsunami-hit areas of Aceh in Indonesia from 19-24 February. The students were selected from schools which contributed to the EI Solidarity Fund for the Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme.
EI organises tour of tsunami-hit areas for students
Are you participating in the forthcoming EI 5th World Congress? If so, make your hotel reservation today!
Make your Hotel Room Reservation Today!!
At the request of many member organisations, the request for financial assistance for Congress attendance has just been extended to 28 Feb!
Congress Assistance Deadline Extended to 28 Feb!!
The inaugural meeting of the new Council of Global Unions (CGU) is taking place today in Brussels, Belgium. The creation of the CGU marks a new milestone in the organisation and functioning of the international trade union movement.
Inaugural Meeting of the Council of Global Unions in Brussels
The January/February 2007 issue of Worlds of Education, Education International’s bi-monthly magazine, is now available.
Worlds of Education No 21 (January/February 2007) now available
“Teachers in Europe: mobility and qualifications, recruitment, retention and remuneration” was the theme of the first joint EI Pan-European Conference/ETUCE General Assembly.
EI Pan-European Conference/ETUCE General Assembly: Teachers in Europe - mobility and qualifications, recruitment, retention and remuneration
The 5th World Congress of Education International will be held in Berlin, Germany, 20-26 July 2007 beginning with Pre-Congress Meetings on Higher Education, Women, LGBT and the Indigenous People’s Forum.
Take part in the EI Triennial Surveys today!
Tom Mooney, vice president of EI affiliate the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers died of an apparent heart attack Sunday at his apartment in Columbus. He was 52.
EI Mourns the Death of Tom Mooney, AFT Vice President
The EI Europe Regional Conference and ETUCE General Assembly is taking place in Luxembourg between 4-6 December. The theme of the meeting is "Teachers and Lifelong Learning: Qualifications, Career Development and Status".
EI Europe Regional Conference and ETUCE General Assembly
For the second consecutive year, Education International awards the Mary Hatwood Futrell Scholarship to three outstanding students at the George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD).
Education International awards the Mary Hatwood Futrell Scholarship to 3 outstanding students
EI is pleased to announce an extension to the deadlines for receipt of notification of number of delegates and observers and requests for financial assistance from affiliates planning to attend the 5th triennial World Congress in Berlin, Germany from 22nd to 26th July, 2007.
Congress Deadlines Extended to December 31st
Heads of both main Global Unions representing public employees, Education International and Public Services International, will meet on 21 November in Brussels, Belgium to discuss their co-operation and common agenda.
Annual meeting of the heads of EI and PSI
Already the largest of the global union federations, Education International continues to grow stronger. EI now comprises 384 member unions in 169 countries and territories. Together, they represent more than 30 million teachers and education workers across the world!
Outcomes of the 27th EI Executive Board Meeting
The Annual Development Cooperation meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 and 10 November.
EI hosts Development Cooperation meeting
Education International welcomes the creation of the new global trade union centre, the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation). The unification of the ICFTU and WCL with eight trade union centres previously affiliated to neither is a historic step by unions to meet future challenges.
Education International welcomes ITUC
Below is the speech made by EI General Secretary and Chair of the Conference of the Global Union Federations at the founding congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) currently being held in Vienna, Austria.
Speech by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary and Chair of the Conference of the Global Union Federations at the founding congress of the ITUC in Vienna, Austria