Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American
Committee on Education- CIE
Activity Presentation for the Comittee on Policies
Febrary 18, 2016
Objetivo Principal de la
SEC TEC CIE
Contribute to strengthen the efforts of Ministries
of Education of OAS Member States to follow-up
and accomplish the mandates adopted at the InterAmerican Meetings of Ministers of Education and
Example
Slide
the
SummitsBullet
of the Point
Americas
Mandates from the Ministerial Meeting in Panama
Begin the building
of an Inter-American Education Agenda, collaborative and
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inter-sectoral, in the areas of Quality, Inclusive and Equitable Education;
Strengthening the Teaching Profession; and Comprehensive Early Childhood
Care.
 Create and institutionalize policy dialogue spaces and mechanisms
among OAS member states;
 Establish cooperation mechanisms among OAS member states to
foster their mutual understanding and knowledge;
 Deepen the inter-sectoral and inter-institutional collaboration.
Institutional structure proposed
by member states
Conformation of three Working Groups
Quality, Equitable,
and Inclusive
Edcation
Strengthening of the
Teaching Profession
Comprehensive
Early Childhood
Care
Institutional structure proposed by member states
Working Groups
Policy diaogue processes and
mechanisms
Practice exchange
States of the Art
Work Plans elaborated by each Working Group,
aligned with the SDG #4
Identification of themes, subthemes,
implementation mechanisms and resources
Creation of
Networks
Cooperation
Missions
The Inter-American Education Agenda is created to guide the policy dialogue and
cooperation among OAS member states in the following 3 years
Building an InterWork Plans elaborated by each Working Group, building on:
American Education
-Empowerment of the staff of Ministries of Education that lead
Agenda
the Working Groups. Field visits, Webinars, Videoconferences;
(included in the
-Institutionalization of the Working Groups as the mechanisms
Mandates for
to channel policy dialogue and cooperation.
Action- VII Summit
-Increased mutual knowledge and understanding among OAS
of the Americas)
member states through Working Groups and the Virtual
Platform for Educational Cooperation in the Americas.
Building of an intersectoral Education
Agenda
-Two spaces for promoting inter-sectoral policy
dialogue among Ministers of Education and Labor
were created within the respective Ministerial
Meetings to discuss the reduction of the skills gap
to facilitate socio-labor insertion of young people.
-Participation in the Organizing Committee of the I
Forum of Chancellors of the Americas- VII Summit of
the Americas
Building of a
collaborative
Education
Agenda
Interest generated in international and
regional organizations in the building process
of the Inter-American Education Agenda:
UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank, ECLAC, IDB,
OUI, etc. Foundations for the creation of the
Alliance for the building of the I.A.E.
Quality
Education
• State of the art on school improvement networks on governance and
pedagogy (curriculum, administration, infraestructura)
• Inter-sectoral collaboration models of intervention
• Innovation and experimentation
Teaching
Profession
• Validation and recognition mechanisms for short courses in teacher
continuing education and professional development developed by
Min. of Ed.
• State of the art on teacher preparation and profesional development
• Social and profesional value of teachers
Early
Childhood
• State of the art on Inter-sectoral articulation models for intervention
in the field, and the role of the Ministry of Education in Teacher
Training
• Development of recommended standards and curriculum
Cooperation between Ministries of Education
Inter-American
Education
Agenda:
cooperation
projects(2017)
SDG#4
Institutionalization of
cooperation and
policy dialogue
mechanisms to reduce
the educational
development gap
(2017-2020)
More intersectoral
cooperation
SDG #17- Joint
Ministerials
Increase the policy
dialogue: mandates
prioritized. What is the
future of education in
the Americas? What is
the role of the OAS?
(2014)
Support the building of
an Inter-American
Education Agenda:
cooperation
opportunities in
specific themes
(2015/2016)
Policy DIalogue
Consultation on Work
Plans and participation of
member states in
Working Groups
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Implementation period:
December 2015- February
2016
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Mechanisms
Virtual consultation process
Fora in the Virtual Platform for Educational Cooperation in
the Americas
Onsite meetings with Permanent Missions with Working
Groups
Virtual meetings with Ministries of Education with Working
Groups
Systematization and analyze the results obtained through
the consultation process and the meetings held
Indicators
Number of countries that participated in the virtual consultation process
Number of countries that joined the Working Groups
Number of Permanent Missions and Ministries of Education that participated in virtual and
onsite meetings carried-out.
Working Plans enriched through the feedback received by Member States. Working Plans
will be considered at the VII Regular Meeting of the CIE.
Effective participation
of Permanent Missions
and Ministries of
Education in the
consultation processes,
Working Groups and
the execution of
projects.
The building process of
the Inter-American
Education Agenda
continues with the
support of the CIE
Authorities and its
Executive Committee.
Strong political support
from the Member
States to the building
and implementation of
the I.E.A: ratification at
the 2016 y 2017 OAS
General Assembly, and
VIII Summit of the
Americas
Ministries
of
Education
Actions:
-Adequate initial teacher preparation
and professional development to
strengthen the educational systems to
develop capacities for labor
insertion/reduction of the skills gap.
Ministries of
Labor
-Increase the access and improve the
quality of post-secondary studies
(technical-vocational and university)
Universities
-Create opportunities for decent Jobs
Youth
Business
Sector
Generate diaolgue and cooperation spaces and mechanisms (on education policies,
using new information and communication)
Provide tecnical assitance to develop political dialogue processes, systemize the
results, design execute and evaluate cooperation projects, based on priorities
identified during policy dialogue.
Management of the Virtual Platform for Education Coopertion of the Americas:
identification and uploading of pracices, news, and resources. Social Media
management.
Example Bullet Point Slide
Communicate results obtained from policy dialogue, and technical-political
cooperation processes among ember states.
Visibilization of the educaitional progress of the Americas through the participation
of various events.
Thank you !
Technical Secretariat of the
CIE