UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa

Background Since the World Conference on Education (Jomtien, 1990), strengthening the capacity of African Ministries of Education was a major condition for Achieving EFA goals. This was also the central theme of the ADEA Biennale (Dakar, 1997).  The 29 th General Conference of UNESCO (Paris, 1999) created IICBA, a category I Institute based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Mandate To build and strengthen the capacities of teacher education institutions in Africa. To contribute to the design and implementation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa ( ) in the areas of:  Teacher education  Distance education  Curriculum development  Educational management

Mode of Operation Training (face-to-face) and ODL Use of ICTs for education Research Partnership:  African Union and its RECs  UNESCO Cluster and National Offices and National Commissions in Africa  ADEA Working Groups  Individual specialists and centres of excellence in teacher education and development

Administration 9 on an equitable geographical, linguistic and gender distribution 2 from Africa’s regional organizations 1 representative of the donor community o The UNESCO DG representative and the UN agencies attend meetings without the right to vote o IICBA’s director is the secretary of the Board Governing Board 12 Full, 12 Alternate

Leadership Julien Daboué, Officer in Charge Joseph Ngu, Former Director Fay Chung, Founding Director

Means of Action 19 professional, administrative and support staff Various UNESCO Networks: UNESCO Permanent Delegations, uage=en uage=en UNITWIN, URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20 1.htmlhttp://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php- URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20 1.html Staff and UNESCO Networks

Interventions 1 Teacher Education and Teacher Training Institution Management (TE&TTIM) 2 Educational Management, Research and Advocacy (EMR&A) 3 ICTs for Education, Knowledge Management and Distribution (ICT4EKM&D) TTISSA and 2 nd Decade of Education for Africa

TE&TTIM MEd ICT (Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Uganda) Post Graduate Diploma in DE (Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone Swaziland) MA in Teaching Math and Science (Ethiopia) MEd Critical Practitioner Inquiry (Ethiopia) Degree Offering Programmes Text

TE&TTIM … Produced modules for TEI management Trained heads of TEIs in 10 TTISSA countries Support to Nigeria MOE in training heads of TEIs Support to CapEFA implementation in Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania Short-term Training Text

EMR&A Produced IICBA Capacity Building Framework Produced Handbook for Educational Planners Organised Women Educational Leadership (WEL) workshops Launched Fundamental Series on Teacher Issues in Africa Short-term Training Text

EMR&A … Commissioned research on Early Childhood Care and Education in six countries (Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria and South Africa) Sponsoring and publication of booklets on Girls’ Participation in Education, Manual for Multigrade Teaching, Manual for Textbook Writers, Manual for Integrating HIV/AIDS into School Curriculum Short-term Training Text

ICT4EKM&D Needs Assessment on ISAT Case Studies on ICT4E Training on Pedagogy-based ICT use in education Training on contextualizing science teacher education using opensource software Training on ICT-enhanced Teacher Standards ICT for Education (ICT4E) Text

ICT4EKM&D … Teacher Education Network ( Electronic Libraries ( Production of interactive CD- ROMs on HIV/AIDS Newsletters and website ( Use of opensource software Knowledge Management and Distribution Text

Partnership International Forum on Teacher Education Innovation (China) Teacher Development in the Second Decade of Education for Africa (AU) Pedagogy-based ICT Use in Education (Korea Natcom) Text

Partnership … CapEFA on ODL (BREDA) ICT in Education Statistics (UIS) Teachers Professional Development (USAID and SIDA)

Future Plan Establishing Further Network of Partners Working Closely with the AU and its RECs Continued Support to TTISSA Implementation Undertaking Research and Effective Use of ICT for Teacher Development Enhanced and Sustainable Teacher Education in Africa

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