ADEA: Meetings

Bamako, Mali, November 21-23, 2004

ADEA, the World Bank, Education International and the Ministry of Education of Mali are organizing jointly a Conference on ‘Contractual Teachers’ in Primary Schools’. The Conference will be hosted by the Government of Mali and will be held in Bamako from 21 November to 23 November 2004.

The general objective of this Conference is to examine the development of such experiences in order to identify the major challenges and encourage the concerted search of solutions in order to create the conditions for a sustainable approach.

The conference will specifically aim to: (i) undertake a stocktaking review exercise of the experiences of contractual teachers in the relevant countries; (ii) identify the major challenges raised by these experiences; (iii) encourage dialogue between the countries and the main stakeholders, namely between governments and trade unions, towards the search of sustainable solutions; (iv) and promote cooperation between the various countries in order to exchange and share knowledge on good practices.

The invited countries will be mainly francophone countries confronted with the experience of recruiting contractual teachers and these countries include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal et Chad and Togo. The delegation of each country includes representatives from: the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Employment and Civil Service, Trade Unions and Parent-Teacher Associations.

Please find attached a general information note on the background and objectives of the seminar as well as the draft agenda of the conference (only in French available): Click here. The documents pertaining to the conference will be put on the Website shortly. The language in use during the conference will be French and the documentation will also be in the French language.

For further information concerning the conference, please feel free to contact
Mr. Joris van Bommel, Programme Officer,
ADEA Secretariat at the following contact details
tel : +33/ 145 03 77 79
fax : +33/145 03 39 65
e-mail : j.vanbommel@iiep.unesco.org

Conference on employment and use of Contractual Teachers
in Primary Education, jointly organized by the ADEA,
the World Bank, Education International
and the Ministry of Education of Mali

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Conference on employment and use of Contractual Teachers in Primary Education, jointly organized by the ADEA, the World Bank, Education International and the Ministry of Education of Mali

Downloads and links

Conference on employment and use of Contractual Teachers
in Primary Education, jointly organized by the ADEA,
the World Bank, Education International
and the Ministry of Education of Mali