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  1. Union renewal and development 26 May 2015

    Registration of flight details, pre-Congress and break-out sessions – book now!

    The Congress Scheduling tab is now available on the registration section of the website! With this tool you can enter your flight details in order to ensure that we can arrange transportation to and from the airport for you in Ottawa and book your place at pre-Congress events, break-out sessions...

    Registration of flight details, pre-Congress and break-out sessions – book now!
  2. Union renewal and development 26 May 2015

    Education-Health Alignment Provides Opportunity

    Early next month representatives from a wide variety of global health, education and UN organizations will meet to discuss issues of integrating disciplines such as health and social sustainability into schools as a way to leverage the strengths of programs in each separately to create a stronger and systemic whole.

    Education-Health Alignment Provides Opportunity
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2015

    Education International takes centre stage at World Education Forum

    President Susan Hopgood has brought Education International's message to the heart of the World Education Forum: a successful education agenda needs the inclusion and consultation of teachers and civil society.

    Education International takes centre stage at World Education Forum
  4. Equity and inclusion 21 May 2015

    France: education unions urge government to help eradicate LGBT-phobia in schools

    French trade unions united within the Education Collective Against LGBT-phobia in Schools and Universities have called on public authorities to implement a long-awaited ambitious policy to combat LGBT-phobia in schools and universities.

    France: education unions urge government to help eradicate LGBT-phobia in schools
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2015

    Education For All set to fail without meaningful teacher involvement

    Education International has presented its own assessment of the last 15 years of EFA at the World Education Forum in Korea, which states that without a consistent engagement of teachers in education policy, future strategies are bound to fail.

    Education For All set to fail without meaningful teacher involvement
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2015

    Education For All set to fail without meaningful teacher involvement

    Education International has presented its own assessment of the last 15 years of EFA at the World Education Forum in Korea, which states that without a consistent engagement of teachers in education policy, future strategies are bound to fail.

    Education For All set to fail without meaningful teacher involvement
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 20 May 2015

    The Netherlands: Turkish trade union leaders awarded

    Two Turkish trade unionists have been awarded the Febe Elisabeth Velasquez trade union award 2015 for their exceptional trade union work by the biggest trade union confederation in the Netherlands.

    The Netherlands: Turkish trade union leaders awarded
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2015

    EI a leading force at World Education Forum

    The Education International delegation represents the largest constituency group at the World Education Forum, bringing together education union leaders from five continents, pushing for a rights-based new global education agenda.

    EI a leading force at World Education Forum
  9. Young members 19 May 2015

    Russia: Intensive training for young professionals

    During a week of training, sharing experience and exchange, over 150 young teachers from all over Russia have come together to discuss strategies for on-the-ground trade union work in the Russian Federation’s roughly 60,000 schools.

    Russia: Intensive training for young professionals
  10. Fighting the commercialisation of education 19 May 2015

    Teacher union members fight to protect quality education from free trade

    The Independent Education Union of Australia, an affiliate of Education International, is lobbying the country’s government to reject the inclusion of educational services into the controversial Trade in Services Agreement.

    Teacher union members fight to protect quality education from free trade
  11. Union renewal and development 19 May 2015

    Nepali teachers need support now more than ever

    Last week Education International had the opportunity to experience first-hand the devastation inflicted on Nepal after two major earthquakes rocked the country to its core, leaving communities in ruin and lives forever changed.

    Nepali teachers need support now more than ever
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2015

    Support for teachers in pre-World Education Forum declaration

    More than 130 NGOs have pushed for a stronger role of civil society and for the recognition of teachers within the post-2015 process two days ahead of the World Education Forum that will agree on a new global education agenda.

    Support for teachers in pre-World Education Forum declaration
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 May 2015

    Global Financing for Education needed to make new goal a reality

    The proposed Sustainable Development Goal on education is being called the most ambitious commitment to education in history, but one which global leaders in education finance say requires greatly increased resources to pay for it.

    Global Financing for Education needed to make new goal a reality
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 May 2015

    New global education agenda: Teacher involvement will be key to success

    Any new education strategy must involve teachers in order to succeed and must be rights-based: this is the message that the EI delegation is ready to deliver at the World Education Forum in Incheon, Korea.

    New global education agenda: Teacher involvement will be key to success
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2015

    Korea: EI promotes teacher inclusion at World Education Forum

    A high level delegation from Education International will advocate for a bolder stance on Education for All at the World Education Forum in Incheon, South Korea from 19-21 May.

    Korea: EI promotes teacher inclusion at World Education Forum
  16. Union renewal and development 14 May 2015

    For Nepali educators, solidarity begins at home

    Even after two major earthquakes brought the country’s schools to an abrupt close, Nepal’s education unions are standing together to ensure both their ranks and their students get the support they need.

    For Nepali educators, solidarity begins at home
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 May 2015

    World Bank must support quality public education, not private schools!

    Education International, along with nearly 110 international and national organisations, has commented on a speech made by the World Bank president praising the results of a multinational chain of low-fee profit-making private primary schools.

    World Bank must support quality public education, not private schools!
  18. Equity and inclusion 13 May 2015

    Teachers stand against xenophobia and violence in South Africa

    Education International’s affiliates in South Africa, the South African Democratic Teachers' Union and the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa, have strongly condemned recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals.

    Teachers stand against xenophobia and violence in South Africa