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  1. Union renewal and development 25 February 2014

    Round table meeting in Bucharest on the potentials of social dialogue

    On 20 February 2014 ETUCE held its first out of six roundtable meetings within its new project “Promoting the potentials of the European sectoral social dialogue in education by addressing new challenges and exploring experience and knowledge”.

    Round table meeting in Bucharest on the potentials of social dialogue
  2. Standards and working conditions 24 February 2014

    Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!

    EI welcomes UNESCO’s new initiative, #TeacherTuesday. Over the next 10 Tuesdays, starting on 25 February, 10 teachers from 10 countries will share their stories with a global blogging network. UNESCO will release the stories of teachers who have taught through fighting in Syria, grappled with multilingual classrooms in Ecuador, fought...

    Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!
  3. Standards and working conditions 24 February 2014

    Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!

    EI welcomes UNESCO’s new initiative, #TeacherTuesday. Over the next 10 Tuesdays, starting on 25 February, 10 teachers from 10 countries will share their stories with a global blogging network. UNESCO will release the stories of teachers who have taught through fighting in Syria, grappled with multilingual classrooms in Ecuador, fought...

    Join UNESCO #TeacherTuesday campaign!
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2014

    Education awards call for nominations!

    The McGraw Hill Financial Research Foundation has launched an outreach campaign to solicit nominations from the educational community for the 2014 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.

    Education awards call for nominations!
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 February 2014

    Unions and civil society unite for quality education

    Education quality improves when teachers, and their unions, are supported; it deteriorates when they are not. This is one of the key findings of this year's Global Monitoring Report (GMR), which was launched at a series of events across the globe recently.

    Unions and civil society unite for quality education
  6. Union growth 19 February 2014

    Algeria: Fourth week of strikes in education sector

    A widespread strike in the education sector in Algeria has entered its fourth week, despite an intervention by the Prime Minister to bring it to an end. The strike, which started on 25 January, has involved members of the National Union of Education and Training Staff (UNPEF) and the National...

    Algeria: Fourth week of strikes in education sector
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 February 2014

    Education unions to align messages with actions globally

    Communicators and organisers from EI’s member affiliates came together in Brussels from 3-5 February to discuss strategic approaches and develop joint actions to campaign for the right to free, universal, quality education at national, regional and global level.

    Education unions to align messages with actions globally
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 February 2014

    Read past the headlines of the GMR!

    UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report is a detailed look at the importance of quality teaching that deserves careful consideration as the world considers the way forward toward quality education for all.

    Read past the headlines of the GMR!
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 February 2014

    Importance of Literacy and lifelong learning stressed at High-Level Discussion

    Many participants, among them representatives from EI’s affiliates globally, were present at the High-Level Discussion: Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda organised by the Mission of Norway to the European Union (EU) and UNESCO on 5 February in Brussels, Belgium. Debates underlined the need for the teacher organisations’ voice to...

    Importance of Literacy and lifelong learning stressed at High-Level Discussion
  10. Equity and inclusion 12 February 2014

    Philippines: action plan for gender equality

    EI, together with one Swedish affiliate Lärarförbundet, organised an evaluation and planning meeting for its Philippine member organisations in Manila, Philippines, from 30 January until 1 February. Twenty participants, i.e. five women leaders from four EI affiliates in the Philippines - ACT, FFW, TOPPS and SMP-NATOW - took part in...

    Philippines: action plan for gender equality
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 February 2014

    Julia Gillard, new GPE Board Chair

    The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has appointed former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to be the new Chair of its Board of Directors. Gillard will take on a new role leading fundraising efforts to provide education to 57 million out-of-school children worldwide. The GPE is the only multilateral partnership...

    Julia Gillard, new GPE Board Chair
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 February 2014

    Australia: Gonski campaign hits the road

    EI’s affiliate, the Australian Education Union (AEU) continues to pursue the objectives of EI’s Unite for Quality Education through its I give a Gonski campaign. For the next five weeks until 18 March, four vans will cover 23,000 km in Australia pressuring the continent’s government to deliver on quality education...

    Australia: Gonski campaign hits the road
  13. Equity and inclusion 7 February 2014

    The European Parliament calls for EU roadmap to protect fundamental rights of LGBTI people

    On 4 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to safeguard the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The resolution calls upon the EU to make a roadmap to make fundamental rights a reality of LGBTI people.

    The European Parliament calls for EU roadmap to protect fundamental rights of LGBTI people
  14. Trade union rights are human rights 7 February 2014

    Seminar Wrap Up: Gender and Occupational Health

    The presentations held at the ETUI seminar in Porto on 23 and 24 January are online now. The seminar had the title "His and hers: justice and health in employment and the workplace" and was conducted in collaboration with Porto University.

    Seminar Wrap Up: Gender and Occupational Health
  15. Trade union rights are human rights 7 February 2014

    Supporting Victims of Data Abuse

    The latest report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), ‘Access to data protection remedies in EU Member States’, shows that victims of data abuse often lack the understanding about data protection and the authorities that serve to help them.

    Supporting Victims of Data Abuse
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014

    Defend Public Education: from cradle to grave

    UCU held a one day conference open to all its members on Saturday 1 February 2014. This important conference was about the defence of public education in the so-called age of austerity. This conference perfectly complements the aims of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign.

    Defend Public Education: from cradle to grave
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014

    The functioning of the troika in crisis-hit countries: a new report from ETUC

    New ETUC Report on Troika activities confirms destructive effects in Cyprus, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Based on ETUC investigation into the activities of the Troika of international leaders (EC-ECB-IMF) in selected countries, the Report condemns the takeover operated by the Troika over national elected governments.

    The functioning of the troika in crisis-hit countries: a new report from ETUC