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EI’s European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) has met in Brussels to review key issues for teachers’ unions and education across the region.
EI to protect teaching's high quality standards in Europe
EI welcomes the opening of new schools in rural parts of Pakistan which were devastated by flooding last July.
Pakistan: New schools open after flooding
Representatives of EI affiliate, Federación de Enseñanza de Comisiones Obreras (FE.CC.OO) met EI Vice-President and General Secretary of the All India Primary Teachers Federation (AIPTF), Subramaniam Eswaran, on May 11 in Madrid.
Indian and Spanish teachers strengthen their trade union links in Madrid
Education International is participating in the World Summit on the Information Society currently held in Geneva from 16-20 May. Representing EI on the panel in two sessions on “E-learning: Teachers Count” and “Education and ICTs”, Hans Laugesen from the Gymnasieskolernes Lærerforening (Denmark) presented teachers' perspective with regard to the use...
EI: “ICT in education is a tool, not an end in itself”
Additional practical information is now available, concerning the participants of the 6th EI World Congress, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from July 22nd to July 26th, 2011.
Congress News and Information
The Council of Pacific Education (COPE), an EI affiliated umbrella body of teacher organisations in the Pacific, has published the Journal of the Pacific teacher union’s latest edition.
COPE releases a summary of 2010 activities
On Labour Day, as trade unionists around the world celebrate the role of workers in the fight for democracy and social justice, the international union movement takes inspiration from winds of change sweeping across Arab countries.
Winds of change for social justice and democracy
Education International is pleased to announce that David Edwards will take up the position of EI Deputy General Secretary from 1 August.
David Edwards: New Deputy General Secretary of Education International
24th July, the third day of the forthcoming EI World Congress in Cape Town will be dedicated to breakout sessions. This time round, the number of breakout sessions has been reduced and the duration of each session has been lengthened so as to enable participants to engage more in debates...
6th EI World Congress: Sign up now for your breakout sessions
The April issue of EI’s flagship magazine is packed full of articles from around the world of education.
Latest edition of EI’s Worlds of Education now online
EI’s Communication’s unit brought together counterparts from affiliate members in Europe and North America at the annual EI Communicators’ Network (ComNet)meeting in Brussels, Belgium, from 21-22 September 2010.
Communications specialists gather to promote teacher unions
In its new report Education at Glance 2010, the OECD presents a vast array of statistics relating to education in its 33 member countries. The report should be given close scrutiny by education unions as it has traditionally been used to argue for more efficient spending and further strengthening of...
OECD’s Education at a Glance 2010: what can unions learn?
The Executive Board of Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million education personnel across 171 countries, has concluded its 37th meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, with a clear plan of action leading up to its World Congress in July 2011.
Countdown begins with action plan for Congress 2011
Trade union organisations all over the world mobilised on the occasion of World Day for Decent Work, organised every 7 October, by the International Trade Union Confederation.
World Day for Decent Work
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) staged a Day of Action on 29 September 2010 to show unified opposition to austerity measures being adopted by governments across Europe.
European day of action: no cuts, more growth