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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event

    On 22 September 2014, the EI initiative Unite for Quality Education Campaign reached its peak in the European Region. ETUCE affiliates, government and European Commission representatives, as well as various stakeholders in education took part in the ETUCE public hearing on the Future of Quality Education in Europe.

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event

    On 22 September 2014, the EI initiative Unite for Quality Education Campaign reached its peak in the European Region. ETUCE affiliates, government and European Commission representatives, as well as various stakeholders in education took part in the ETUCE public hearing on the Future of Quality Education in Europe. The event...

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event

    On 22 September 2014, the EI initiative Unite for Quality Education Campaign reached its peak in the European Region. ETUCE affiliates, government and European Commission representatives, as well as various stakeholders in education took part in the ETUCE public hearing on the Future of Quality Education in Europe. The event...

    Preparing for World Teacher’s Day – EU leaders engage to enhance investments on education and carve-out education from TTIP at the ETUCE Unite for Quality Education culmination event
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 September 2014

    European Ombudsman opens public consultation on TTIP transparency

    The public consultation on transparency of the TTIP negotiations by the European Ombudsman runs until 31 October 2014. Submissions can be made in any of the 24 official EU languages and can be provided by email, letter or fax.

    European Ombudsman opens public consultation on TTIP transparency
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014

    Germany: future of teaching profession revisited

    Teachers’ training and qualifications have been at the heart of a seminar organised by the German education union GEW, one of the numerous culmination events around the globe of the Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Germany: future of teaching profession revisited
  6. Equity and inclusion 29 September 2014

    EI seeks your feedback on Gender Equality and Diversity

    Education International (EI) is calling on its affiliates to have their voices heard in relation to equality and diversity. On 16 September, affiliates were sent EI’s survey on gender equality and diversity. The feedback, due in on 31 October, will provide the basis for EI’s four-yearly report on equality to...

    EI seeks your feedback on Gender Equality and Diversity
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 September 2014

    New York: EI calls on the UN to deliver the promise of quality education

    The voices of 30 million teachers are hard to ignore, especially after they called upon the UN yesterday in New York to make sure quality education remains a top priority.

    New York: EI calls on the UN to deliver the promise of quality education
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 September 2014

    Teachers take centre stage in New York

    When the United Nations convenes its annual General Assembly, long-winded speeches and policy talk usually own the day, which wasn't the case when global education leaders and students were treated to a programme organised by Education International that combined practice and policy and saw teachers take the same stage as...

    Teachers take centre stage in New York
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2014

    Fiji: Three-day tour to end Unite campaign

    Teacher unions in Fiji have come together in a three-day tour to mark the end of the Unite for Quality Education (Unite) campaign.

    Fiji: Three-day tour to end Unite campaign
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 September 2014

    EU governments must invest in quality education

    “Invest in quality teachers and education for all, and keep education and public services out of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement!” This was the message for policy-makers from trade unionists attending the Unite culmination event in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 September.

    EU governments must invest in quality education
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 September 2014

    Latin America shows passion for quality education

    Hundreds of people have taken part in the culmination events that unravelled today in Buenos Aires, Argentina, showcasing the support of an entire continent for quality education, and reflecting the will of a region that will not let go off its political achievements.

    Latin America shows passion for quality education
  12. Trade union rights are human rights 22 September 2014

    South Korea: Court decision restores KTU as a legal trade union

    On 19 September, the Seoul High Court restored the legal status of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU) as a legal trade union.

    South Korea: Court decision restores KTU as a legal trade union
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 September 2014

    Campaign events reach Latin America

    Just in time for the beginning of spring in the Southern hemisphere, the campaign tour has reached the west side of the Atlantic Ocean. After a regional women's conference in Brazil, it's time for Buenos Aires.

    Campaign events reach Latin America
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014

    Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa

    Sleeping late wasn’t an option Saturday morning as the streets of Pretoria sprang to life with hundreds of teachers, students, and unionists rising early to celebrate quality education under the sun.

    Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi

    12,000 educators from all over India and international guests from the Asia-Pacific region braved the heat in New Delhi, India, this Friday, to march for Quality Education. The rally was one of the worldwide culmination events of Education International's Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education

    At a press conference in New Delhi, India, today, leaders of EI affiliates from Asia-Pacific, joined by EI President Susan Hopgood and Indian singer-songwriter Shankar Sahney, debated what Quality Education meant for the region.

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education
  17. Union renewal and development 18 September 2014

    Sudden death of a deeply committed and well-respected education unionist

    It is with great sadness that her colleagues and friends within Education International (EI), its French affiliate UNSA-Education and around the world, especially in francophone countries, have learnt of the unexpected death of our colleague, Agnes Breda, at her home in Paris on 16 September.

    Sudden death of a deeply committed and well-respected education unionist