ADEA Briefs' Index ADEA Briefs is a monthly information bulletin that is distributed electronically and by fax to ADEA members in order to keep them abreast of the association’s activities. The bulletin is produced by the ADEA Secretariat.   Issues Content (Click on underlined subjects for direct access) > March 2005 ADEA Activities >ADEA Bureau meets to prepare next Steering Committee meetings >WGNFE consults partners on effective literacy programs in preparation   of the ADEA Biennale > Madagascar develops communication strategy for education reforms   with the help of WGCOMED > Nairobi hosts kick-off meeting of new WG on Mathematics and   Science Education >WGCOMED workshop supports effort to institutionalize communication   for education > ADEA explores collaboration on bilingual education with the Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie (AIF) ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Bamako school of management (IHEM) hosts culture and development forum > 11th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU) examines cross-border provision > FAWE side event at Beijing + 10 meeting highlights TUSEME girls’ empowerment model Just Published > Guinea tells story of how it reformed its pre-service training program for primary teachers People on the move > ADEA welcomes new interim coordinator for its Working Group on Education Statistics Upcoming... > March 14, 2005 ADEA Bureau to meet for planning session > March 15-16, 2005 Consultative meeting on effective literacy programs in Africa to be held in Paris in view of next Biennale > April 29, 2005 New Ad hoc Working Group on Post-Primary Education (WGPPE) to meet in Edinburgh > May 11-14, 2005 Uganda workshop to explore best policies for responding to HIV/AIDS in education > February 2005 > February 2005 ADEA Activities > WG on Higher Education holds extraordinary session in Cape Town during AAU's 11th General Conference > WGCOMED holds training workshop for communication officers and journalists in Bamako > WGESA helps M auritius launch self-evaluation of educational reform in preparation for peer review exercise > Policy dialogue: ADEA and IBE strengthen partnership > L'Harmattan to disseminate ADEA publications > ADEA explores collaboration on bilingual education with the Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie (AIF) ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Bamako school of management (IHEM) hosts culture and development forum > 11th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU) examines cross-border provision > FAWE side event at Beijing + 10 meeting highlights TUSEME girls’ empowerment model Just Published > Guinea tells story of how it reformed its pre-service training program for primary teachers People on the move > ADEA welcomes new interim coordinator for its Working Group on Education Statistics Upcoming... > March 14, 2005 ADEA Bureau to meet for planning session > March 15-16, 2005 Consultative meeting on effective literacy programs in Africa to be held in Paris in view of next Biennale > April 29, 2005 New Ad hoc Working Group on Post-Primary Education (WGPPE) to meet in Edinburgh > May 11-14, 2005 Uganda workshop to explore best policies for responding to HIV/AIDS in education > January 2005 ADEA Activities > Malawi hosts education finance training session > Working Group on Non-Formal Education meets in London to discuss implementation of 2005 work plan > Burkina Faso Country Working Group on Non-Formal Education contributes to research on how to measure the right to education > Bilingual schools is subject of meeting between ADEA and Burkina Faso Minister of Education > ADEA strengthens collaboration with ERNWACA ADEA Participation in External Meetings > French Economic and Social Council hosts meeting on the African Union, NEPAD and the challenges ahead to fight poverty > ADEA represented at Geneva agencies' meeting on skills development > Consultation on recruitment and migration follows signing of Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol > Ouagadougou seminar focuses on how to achieve greater interaction between decision-makers and researchers Just Published > ADEA Newsletter on secondary education > Working Group on Finance and Education launches Kalan Kunda, a biannual newsletter > New information leaflet on the Working Group on the Teaching Profession Upcoming > February 19-20, 2005 WGHE to meet during AAU General Conference on “Cross Border Provision the Future of Higher Education in Africa” > February 21-25, 2005 WGCOMED to organize training workshop for journalists and communication officers in Bamako > February 20-26, 2005 Peer review of Mauritius education system begins preparatory phase > March 7-18, 2005 Working Group on Mathematics and Science Education (WGMSE) to be launched in Nairobi > April 4-8, 2005 Senegal workshop on methodology will kick off WGFE case studies on education finance > December 2004 ADEA Activities > Colloquium in Harare focuses on t each ing in a world of AIDS > Second global Consultation on Education in Crisis and Early Reconstruction considers best way to ensure mimimal education standards during emergencies ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Seminar at UNESCO focuses on t ecognizing the value of experiential and professional learning > ADEA explores closer cooperation with the UNESCO-NGO Reflection Group on EFA > Senegal completes review of its 10-year education and training program > Mali, Niger, Guinea and Burkina Faso consult on teacher training and promoting bilingual education > November 2004 ADEA Activities > Private higher education i sthe focus of Accra meeting > ADEA Steering Committee convenes in Kigali > Two new working groups:  math and science, and post-primary education > Louis Steven Obeegadoo elected president of the ADEA Bureau > Decision makers, agency and civil society representatives and teacher unions exchange on contractual teachers in Bamako > Taking stock: what’s new in bilingual education and the use of mother tongue education? >ADEA’s inter-country quality node on bilingual education sets program and goals for 2005 > ADEA’s inter-country quality node on teachers’ professional development and pedagogical renewal meet sin Bamako > Mali welcomes coordinators of Working Group on the Teaching Profession > Nine countries discuss the merits of book publishing and establishing national book councils to support EFA > Angola hosts policy dialogue workshop for lusophone countries > Nominations open for Fourth Annual Africa Education Journalism Award New Publications > The Quest for Quality: Learning from the African Experience.  Proceedings of 2003 Biennial Meeting > October 2004 ADEA Activities > Winners of the Africa Education Journalism Award participate in study tour in Paris and London ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Free University of Amsterdam hosts seminar on the costs of boosting secondary education > September 2004 ADEA Activities > WGCOMED Steering Committee discusses 2005 work plans and priorities ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Workshop in Norway highlights role of quality and the Norwegian Education Trust Fund (NETF) > Round Table on Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo draws 150 participants > August 2004 ADEA Activities > Commonwealth Secretariat appoints a new coordinator for the ADEA Working Group on the Teaching Profession ADEA Participation in External Meetings > Ministerial meeting accepts new Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol > July 2004 ADEA Activities > Winners of the 2004 Africa Education Journalism Award are announced in Libreville, Gabon (Libreville, July 6-8, 2004) > Sub-Regional Conference on the Integration of Information and Communications Technology in Education (July 26-30, 2004) ADEA Participation in External Meetings > The World Congress of Teachers (Porto Alegre, Brazil,  July 22-26, 2004) New Publications > ADEA Newsletter, Volume 16, Issue 2 (June-August 2004) > June 2004 ADEA Activities > Ministerial Meeting on Education in Crisis and Post-Conflict Circumstances ( Mombasa, Kenya, June 2-4, 2004) > Ad hoc Group on HIV/AIDS Seminar finalizes Gabon HIV/AIDS national sector plan (Libreville, June 2-4, 2004) > Regional Conference on Secondary Education in Africa (Dakar, June 6 - 9, 2004) > 1st Steering Committee Meeting of the WGECD (Accra, June 14-16, 2004) New Publications > Technological Infrastructure and Use of ICT in Education in Africa: an overview > Mai 2004 ADEA Activities > Working Group on the Teaching Profession: Regional Coordinators meet in the UK (London, May 6-7, 2004) New Publications >The International Conference on Poverty Reduction (Shanghaï, May 25-27, 2004)

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