News in Brief previous page | next page ADEA Steering Committee ADEA congratulates newly appointed Ministers of Education. Ghana Hon. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has been appointed Minister of Education in Ghana. He replaces Hon. Amoako-Nuama. Uganda Hon. Edward Khiddu Makubuya has been appointed Minister of Education and Sports in Uganda. He replaces Hon. Apolo Nsibambi, who has been appointed Prime Minister. São-Tom and Principe Hon. Peregrino Do Sacramento Da Costa has been appointed Minister of National Education and Culture. He replaces Hon. Dos Santos Sequeira Bragana. Ghana, Uganda and São-Tom and Principe are among the 10 member countries of the ADEA Bureau of Ministers. France Mr. Jean-Claude Balmès, representing the French Cooperation on the ADEA Steering Committee has left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is now at the Agence française de développement. Mr. Jean-Pierre Destouesse, Deputy Director for Social Development and Education Cooperation at the International Cooperation and Development Division, and Mrs. Annie Seren, Head of the Bureau of School Instruction and Literacy (same Division), now represent the French Cooperation on the ADEA Steering Committee. Ireland The ADEA Steering Committee is pleased to welcome the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland, among its members. Ms. Nessa Delaney, Desk Officer, Development Cooperation Division and Ms. Liz Higgins, Education Advisor (same division), will represent Irish Aid on the ADEA Steering Committee. Working Group on Education Sector Analysis (WGESA) WGESA launched the first issue of its Newsletter (WGESA News) in January 1999. WGESA has also launched its own Web Site recently. These new tools are part of a communication strategy developed for WGESA's new phase of activities. For further information, please contact: Working Group on Education Sector Analysis UNESCO-ED/ERD, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75732 Paris 07 SP, France. Tel: +33/ (0) 145 68 08 26 Fax: +33/ (0) 145 68 56 31 E-mail: wgesa@unesco.org Web Site: http://www.education.unesco.org/wgesa ADEA Secretariat The ADEA Secretariat has recruted a new Program Officer, in renplacement of Ms. Lyne Godmaire, who left the Secretariat last December. Mr. Vincent Snijders (Netherlands) joined ADEA in February. He has worked as an Associate Expert with UNDP in Kirghistan and with UNESCO in Mozambique. M. Snijders will be responsible for follow-up work with the Working Groups on Sector Analysis, Distance Education, Nonformal Education, Higher Education, Female Participation, and Statistics. Mr. Snijders may be reached at: Tel: +33 (0) 145 03 37 85 E-mail: v.snijders@iiep.unesco.org

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