From Cartagena to Quito: Progress on the Work Plan of the Inter-American Committee on Education Gloria Vidal, Vice Minister of Education, Ecuador Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education Lenore Yaffee García, Director OAS Department of Education and Culture VI Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education Quito, Ecuador Thursday, August 13, 2009

FRAMEWORK Summits of the Americas Meetings of Ministers of Education Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE) CIE Work Plan Reserve Subfund, Resource Mobilization, Partnerships

PRIORITY AREAS Education Indicators Early Childhood Care and Education Strengthening the Teaching Force Education for Democratic Citizenship Literacy and Adult Education

Education Indicators Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE) Educational Panorama 2007, 2009 Technical missions Findings of the Diagnostic Missions Central American Workshop (2008) Caribbean Wkshp: using international indicators in national reports Inter-American Regional Workshop

Early Childhood Care and Education Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education (Cartagena 2007) Projects: Policies and Strategies for the Childs Successful Transition to Socialization and School (research, two major symposia) Transition policy trends in indigenous, rural and border communities (policies, statistics, case studies, Bernard Van Leer Foundation) Expanding the Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education through Technology and Communication Networks (CIDA) Consolidating early childhood ed. in Caribbean through technical cooperation with Chile Evaluation of Educational Quality: Follow-up Hemispheric Cmtmt Intro to early childhood care strategies online course Alliances: UNICEF, Van Leer, OEI, UNESCO, CAF, CECC-SICA, AMEI, JUNJI, national partners, universities….

Strengthening the Teaching Force Teacher Education for the 21 st Century: An Emphasis on Technology and Collaboration to Improve the Quality of Education in the Americas (OAS, MOE Trinidad & Tobago) – Seminar: (Trinidad & Tobago, October 2008) – Web Portal on initial teacher education in the region RELPE: observatory on the use of ICTs in teacher training IESALC: map of teacher training institutions in the Americas – Online teacher educator courses 2009 English (TT, SU, JA, GU, SVG, iEARN) Spanish (AR, DR, CH, Fundación Evolución) Course evaluation (August 2009) Second round: September 2009 Inter-American Teacher Educator Network (ITEN) – Horizontal cooperation, technical assistance, communities of policy makers, educators in initial teacher education (CIDA-SEDI)

Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices Research: – Inter-American Journal on Education for Democracy – Report: National Policies on Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Americas Professional Development: Online courses for educators – Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Caribbean – Evaluation of Policies and Programs on Education for Citizenship – IADC, the democratic classroom Information Exchange: – Internet Portal – Online bulletins

Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices Horizontal cooperation fund – 9 grants, 12 member states, 22 institutions – Funding, US Mission to OAS Evaluation of the Inter-American Program Online course center Project: the right to education of migrant children and youth – Findings of survey on member-state policies – Funding, Canadian International Development Agency Project: educational materials (with OEI) Young scholars program

Education and Culture Collaboration with CIC: – Ignite the Americas: Youth Arts Policy Forum – Video: Toward a Culture of Non-Violence – 2011: Inter-American Year of Culture – Gabriela Mistral Poetry Contest – Fostering Cultural Diversity and Expression through Education (joint CIE/CIC project)

Literacy and Adult Education Focus: supporting efforts of other organizations September 2008: preparatory meeting for CONFINTEA VI in Mexico Study on public policies & programs in literacy & adult education in Caribbean nations December 2009: CONFINTEA VI in Brazil

TopicEstimated Resources Mobilization ( ) [1]/ Education for Democracy$1,461, $ 390, CPR 831(OAS-CIE) $1,071,000.00Counterpart Early Childhood Education$1, $ 521, CPR 831(OAS-CIE) $1,071,986.85Counterpart Education Indicators$1,494, $ 430,575.00CPR 831(OAS-CIE) $1,064,012.00Counterpart Teacher Education$ 570, $ 238,200.00CPR 831(OAS-CIE) $ 332,700.00Counterpart Adult Ed & Literacy$ 44, $ 29, $ 15, CPR 831(OAS-CIE) Counterpart Support Technical Secretariat CIE $ 126, CPR 831(OAS-CIE)

Total Resources Mobilized CP Res 831 Subfund CIE/OAS $1,735, % Counterpart Resources (includes some in-kind) $3,554, % Total Resources$5,289, %

Policy Dialogue and Civil Society Consultation Policy dialogue: ongoing process – Ministerial Meetings and Regular meetings of the CIE Cartagena 2007 Quito 2008 Quito 2009 – Meeting of the Authorities and Executive Committee March & May 2008 February 2009 – Fifth Summit of the Americas – 38 th General Assembly: Youth and Democratic Values – 39 th General Assembly: Towards a Culture of Non-Violence Interagency Cooperation and Civil Society Consultation