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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 February 2015

    Improving the role of the social partners in the European Semester: Education and training priorities in the Annual Growth Survey 2015

    The European Semester has become an important tool for recommendations to Member States on education and training. Yearly, these recommendations contribute to education and training reforms at national level. The Annual Growth Survey 2015 is a communication from the European Commission to the Member States which kicks off the European...

    Improving the role of the social partners in the European Semester: Education and training priorities in the Annual Growth Survey 2015
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 February 2015

    Creating a future of quality education in Africa begins now

    Faced with the challenge of achieving quality education for all in Africa, educators and unionists from across the continent are in Nairobi, Kenya to pave the way toward real solutions.

    Creating a future of quality education in Africa begins now
  3. Standards and working conditions 3 February 2015

    France: stronger values are dependent on a stronger teaching profession

    In a move to enhance the status of the teaching profession, French education unions undertook a one-day strike this week to shed light on the important role education plays in building strong values.

    France: stronger values are dependent on a stronger teaching profession
  4. Equity and inclusion 3 February 2015

    The Caribbean Union of Teachers promotes LGBT Rights

    Teacher union leaders have made an important step in their journey to develop a better understanding of LGBT issues from a human rights perspective, as the region shifts its tolerance and acceptance toward sexual diversity.

    The Caribbean Union of Teachers promotes LGBT Rights
  5. Trade union rights are human rights 2 February 2015

    The Gambia: Union sets up Ebola preparedness and response programme

    Education International has contributed financially to an Ebola prevention strategy in The Gambia. It has helped to fund a communications initiative led by its national affiliate, the Gambia Teachers’ Union.

    The Gambia: Union sets up Ebola preparedness and response programme
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 January 2015

    Hopgood: empower all teachers to make global citizenship a reality

    Using current events to highlight radicalisation and division, Education International’s President Susan Hopgood wasted no time in calling for greater attention on quality teaching as the answer to enhancing global citizenship education around the world.

    Hopgood: empower all teachers to make global citizenship a reality
  7. Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 January 2015

    UK: Private schools not improving education quality - report

    Academies and free schools in the UK are not improving education in themselves, according to a report from the cross-party parliamentary Education Select Committee, whose findings have prompted a strong reaction from teacher unions.

    UK: Private schools not improving education quality - report
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2015

    Call for global emergency education fund

    Education International has declared its support for a global emergency education fund to be established for children who are out of school because of conflict, disease, or natural disasters.

    Call for global emergency education fund
  9. Union renewal and development 28 January 2015

    An honest look at the facts is needed to improve the way we teach about the Holocaust

    Renowned historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder captivated educators in Krakow, instantly converting them into admiring students eager to learn, as he untangled the complex and often misunderstood history of the Holocaust.

    An honest look at the facts is needed to improve the way we teach about the Holocaust
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 January 2015

    Ireland: Unions act to ensure quality Junior Cycle State exams system

    In Ireland, teacher trade unionists went out on strike on two separate days in support of their belief that every student is entitled to a fair, impartial, and transparent Junior Cycle State externally-assessed examination.

    Ireland: Unions act to ensure quality Junior Cycle State exams system
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 January 2015

    Finland: “Education: A Tool for Peace and Development”

    Future development goals after 2015 must have education and teachers at their core. And educators must speak with one voice to defend and promote quality education for all, their professional status, and working conditions.

    Finland: “Education: A Tool for Peace and Development”
  12. Union renewal and development 26 January 2015

    How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation

    Education unions from around the world are in Poland to find ways to better teach the Holocaust on the eve of the 70th anniversary marking the liberation of the extermination and concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

    How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation
  13. Union renewal and development 26 January 2015

    How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation

    Education unions from around the world are in Poland to find ways to better teach the Holocaust on the eve of the 70th anniversary marking the liberation of the extermination and concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

    How best to teach the Holocaust 70 years after liberation
  14. Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 January 2015

    Davos: EI General Secretary asks business community to support teaching profession and public education

    Speaking during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen asked the business community to support public school systems and help teachers improve education quality.

    Davos: EI General Secretary asks business community to support teaching profession and public education
  15. Standards and working conditions 23 January 2015

    EI to help solve labour conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

    As the labour conflict in the country’s education sector escalates, ETUCE, Education International’s European Region, aims to bring the parties back to the negotiation table after months of a sluggish social dialogue, which came to a complete standstill at the end of the year.

    EI to help solve labour conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2015

    New Eurydice Report: New approaches to the education evaluation in Europe

    The new Eurydice report examines the two major types of school evaluation: external evaluation, conducted by evaluators who are not directly involved in school activities, and internal evaluation, where most evaluators are members of the examined school's staff.

    New Eurydice Report: New approaches to the education evaluation in Europe
  17. Equity and inclusion 23 January 2015

    ETUCE facilitates historic agreement between all Cypriot Teacher Unions

    On 10th January 2015, all 6 Teacher Unions in Cyprus representing the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Communities signed a historic agreement about cooperation. The agreement comes after several attempts have been made during the last 14 years.

    ETUCE facilitates historic agreement between all Cypriot Teacher Unions
  18. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2015

    Trade unionists gathered in Vienna to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond

    On 15 and 16 January 2015 ETUCE together with EPSU, AK and ÖGB are organizing a training seminar on how to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP, CETA and TiSA.The event is taking place in the premises of ÖGB in Vienna and has gathered 100 trade union representatives...

    Trade unionists gathered in Vienna to challenge the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond