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The role of unions in mobilising support for quality education was highlighted at Education International’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, on 21 July.

During an intense debate at the diversity caucus, delegates at Education International’s 7th World Congress have designed strategies on how to tackle discrimination from the classroom and through trade union action.

Develop strategies to protect public education systems, reclaim the teaching profession and strengthen teachers unions are the top priorities for Education International’s Seventh World Congress during a “significant year for education.”

Twenty-three delegates from nine Education International member countries are in Washington, DC, this week as participants in the American Federation of Teachers’ biennial professional development conference, “Together Educating America’s Children,” also known as TEACH.

During Congress sessions, many people will use their social media accounts to share their impressions in real-time. The Congress hashtag is #unite4ed.

A shuttle bus service has been arranged to transport participants to their hotels on arrival in Ottawa and returning to the airport at the end of Congress.

The business of Congress is set out in a series of publications, all of which will be available online on the Congress website in the course of next week. Hard copies of the books will be given to participants on registration at the Congress Centre.

Almost two thousand people will converge on the city of Ottawa in less than two weeks’ time to participate in the 7th Education International World Congress. The Pre-Congress events will begin on Sunday, 19th July, with the ‘Unite in Diversity’ LGBT and Indigenous Caucuses. Congress itself will begin at 17.00...

With over 1,800 participants confirmed for Education International’s upcoming 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, it is set to be the most attended in the organisation’s history.

The National Education Association has started preparing for World Congress during its annual Representatives’ Assembly in Orlando, Florida, where more than seven hundred of its three thousand delegates learnt about Education International first hand.

Tickets are selling fast – as the number of seats is limited to 1020. We will create a waiting list for those who try to book tickets after the total is sold.

Please remember to fill in your flight details on the registration site (http://ei-ie.org/congress7/system). You will need to log-in to do so.

So far only 95 organisations have registered a Principal Delegate.

To enable participants to work with Congress documents in a digital format, an application for Android, Windows Phone/Windows 8 and iOS has been developed.

The registration for congress has reached an all-time record – so far 1,722 participants from 162 countries and 321 member organisations have registered.

At this stage 1,722 participants from member organisations have registered for Congress!

The Resolutions Committee, which was appointed by the Executive Board for the Seventh Education International World Congress, met on 16th and 17th June 2015 in EI head office in Brussels to prepare and organize the 54 resolutions and 96 amendments it received from the Executive Board and member organizations.

On registration participants who required visas to enter Canada received documents to assist them in their application. They must apply directly, however, to the nearest Canadian visa issuing authority. It may take six to eight weeks to process a visa application so anyone who requires one to attend Congress, and...