Events
This year's Global Action Week led by the Global Campaign for Education demands as part of the 'Every Child Needs a Teacher' Campaign that states act now to ensure that every child has access to a well-trained and well-supported teacher. See what you can do by visiting the Campaign website: http://everychildneedsateacher.org/
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- Date 21-27 April, 2013
- Location Global
- link Global Action Week: Every child needs a teacher
This year’s International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from 5 to 20 June 2013 at the ILO and UN headquarters in Geneva. The ILC is the “international parliament of labour” where social and labour questions of importance to the entire world are discussed. Standard items at the ILC are the review of the application of Conventions and Recommendations by member States (Commission on the Application of Standards), the report of the Director General, as well as the follow up…
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- Date June 5 - 20, 2013
- Location Geneva, Switzerland
- link International Labour Conference 102nd Session
3rd International Summit on the Future of the Teaching Profession Date: 13th - 14th March, 2013. Location: Amsterdam
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- Date 13-14 March 2013
- Location Amsterdam
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- Date 26-28 November 2012
- Location Budapest, Hungary
- link More information here!
The Collective Consultation of NGOs on Education For All (CCNGO/EFA) is a thematic mechanism created by UNESCO to reflect the recommendations of the Dakar Framework for Action and to facilitate reflection, permanent dialogue and joint action between NGOs and UNESCO in the area of Education for All. The CCNGO/EFA meeting will gather representatives of NGOs from all regions to discuss and reflect on the achievements of Education for All. In the framework of the approaching MDG and EFA target date…
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- Date 24-26 October 2012
- Location UNESCO Paris, France
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The TUC is to organise a mass demonstration in London under the banner of 'A Future That Works' on Saturday 20 October 2012. A march through central London will culminate in a rally in Hyde Park.
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- Date 20 October 2012
- Location London
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Education throughout the world is in a state of crisis. The economic recession has prompted governments across the globe to implement drastic austerity measures, with negative repercussions for education services worldwide. Cuts in public education budgets are leading to: staffing shortages, salary and pension cuts or freezes, deteriorating working conditions and learning environments, infringements of trade union rights, curtailing of curricula in schools and colleges, reductions in education support services, and rising tuition fees. The reduction in education spending…
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- Date 18-19 October 2012
- Location Brussels, Belgium
The conference will take place at the TradesUnion Congress Centre (TUC) in London from 29-30 January 2013. The purpose of the conference is to give affiliates the opportunity to meet on an informal basis to consider key issues affecting education and teacher union organisations in OECD countries. The theme of the conference is “Framing Education for the Public Good”. The conference will be organized around a series of plenaries, panels and break-out sessions which are designed to enable representatives to…
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- Date 29-30 January 2013
- Location London, England
- link More information can be found here!
Various events are arranged in many countries around the world on or around October 5. These include celebrations to honor teachers in general or those who have made a special contribution to a particular community. The day may also be marked by conferences emphasizing the importance of teachers and learning, extra training sessions for teachers, recruitment drives for the teaching profession among university students or other suitably qualified professionals and events to increase the profile of teachers and the role…
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- Date 5 October 2012
- Location Worldwide
The 8th International Conference on Higher Education and Research will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 25th to 27th September 2012. During this conference, higher education and research unions will discuss key trends in the sector and develop strategies to defend the profession and to counter the pressures of austerity, commercialisation and privatisation.
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- Date 25-27 September 2012
- Location Buenos Aires, Argentina