Programs and Activities

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ADEA programs and activities are conducted by the Secretariat and the Working Groups. This section describes programs and activities led by the Secretariat. See the Working Groups section for more activities.

 

Biennials

ADEA's Biennials are the high point of the activities and life of the Association. The main objective of the meetings is to encourage and sustain frank and open discussions between African ministers of education, development agencies, and other education professionals.

• 2006 Biennale : More and Better Education : What Makes Effective Learning in Schools and in Literacy and Early Childhood Development Programs?
  (Libreville, Gabon)
  Click here for Working Papers and Click here for Publications
  
  
• 2003 Biennale : The Quest for Quality: Learning from the African Experience
  (Grand Baie, Mauritius)
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• 2001 Biennale : Reaching Out, Reaching All : Sustaining Effective Policies and Practices for Education in Africa!
  (Arusha, Tanzania)
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• 1999 Biennale : What works and Whats new in Education : Africa Speaks!
  (Johannesburg, South africa)
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• 1997 Biennale : Partnerships for Capacity Building and Quality Improvements in Education in Africa
  (Dakar, Senegal)
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• 1995 Biennale : Formulating Educational Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
  (Tours, France)
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• 1993 Biennale : Improving the Implementation of Education Projects in Africa through Ownership
  (Angers, France)
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• 1991 Meeting : Textbook provision and library development in Africa
  (Manchester, United Kingdom)
  

Sub-regional Ministerial Meetings

In response to needs expressed by the Bureau of African Ministers, ADEA organizes technical or sub-regional ministerial meetings on topics of common interest in order to foster greater cooperation between countries.

• Ministerial Seminar on Education for Rural People in Africa
  ( September 7-9, 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
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• The Sub-regional Ministerial Conference on "Bilingual Education and the Use of Local Languages in African Education Systems".
  (Windhoek, Namibia, 3 - 5 August 2005).
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• The Sub-Regional Ministerial Conference on "Employment and use of Contractual Teachers in Primary Education".
  (Bamako, Mali, November 21 - 23, 2004).
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• The Sub-Regional Ministerial Conference on "Integration of ICT in Education: Issues, Challenges and Infrastructure in Africa".
  (Abuja, Nigeria, July 26 - 30, 2004).
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• The Sub-regional Conference on "Education in countries in crisis or post-conflict".
  (Mombasa, Kenya, 2 - 4 June 2004).
  Link to IIEP Guidebook
  
  

• Sub-regional Ministerial Conference of Central Africa on "Effective Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in the Education Sector: From Analysis to Action".
  (Libreville, Gabon 27 - 29 May 2003)
  Click here for more information (in french only)

Other Sub-regional and International Meetings and Conferences

• International Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning for Quality and Financial Sustainability
  (Bamako, Mali,June 19 - 22, 2007)
  Organized by ADEA, UNICEF and the World Bank, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Mali
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• Third Conference on Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA)
  Organized by the Africa Region Human Development (AFTHD), the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the World Bank Institute (WBI) and the Ministry of Education of Ghana
  (Accra, Ghana, April 1 - 4, 2007)
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• Sub-Regional Colloquium:"Teaching in a World with AIDS"
  (Harare, Zimbabwe, 29 November - 1 December 2004)
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• Policy Dialogue in Education for lusophone and hispanic countries
  (Luanda, Angola, November 29 - December 4, 2004)
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Intra-African Exchanges

Designed to promote the cross-fertilization of creative responses developed in Africa for specific problems facing education, the program of Intra-African Exchanges includes study visits, exchanges of expertise, and commissioned papers that describe successful experiences in education in Africa.

Publications and Databases

ADEA publishes and produces a wide range of articles, books, databases, papers and reports that relate to the development of education in Africa.
Click here for more information on Publications.
Click here for more information on Databases

Africa Education Journalism Award

In 2001, ADEA launched an award that recognizes the best articles on education in Africa written by African journalists and published in the African press. Click here for the web site for the Award

See the Working Groups section for more activities.