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IX Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

Date: February 9-10, 2017

Place: Nassau, The Bahamas

DESCRIPTION: Under the slogan "The Inter-American Educational Agenda: Building Alliances and Advancing Towards the Sustainable Development Goals," this meeting provided a space for Ministers of Education to analyze, and discuss, the most pressing educational issues in the region: inclusive and equitable quality education; professional teacher development; and comprehensive care for early childhood.

During the meeting, the Inter-American Educational Agenda (IEA) was adopted which marks a milestone to improve the quality of education in the Americas. The IEA defines a series of actions to advance and strengthen the inter-American cooperation to ensure inclusive & equitable quality education; promoting opportunities for lifelong learning as a follow-up to the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.

The Final Report of the Ninth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education within the framework of CIDI could be consulted in the following languages: Español - English - Français - Português

PREPARATORY MEETING

• Preparatory Meeting for the IX Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

DOCUMENTS FOR THE MEETING

• Schedule: Español - English - Français - Português

• Agenda: Español - English- Français - Português

• List of Participants/ Lista de Participantes: TEXTUAL

• Draft List of Observers and Special Guests:  English - Español

• Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education and the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE): Español - English -Français- Português

• OAS Institutional and Programmatic Support to the Inter-American Education Agenda: Español - English

DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY THE MINISTERS

• Inter-American Education Agenda: Español - English - Français - Português

• Declaration of The Bahamas: Español - English - Français - Português

• Vote of thanks to the people and Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas:
  Español - English - Français - Português

LOGISTICS DOCUMENTS:


• Information Bulletin: Español |English
  

• Best Practices Exhibition Prospectus: English

REFERENCE/INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTS:


• Draft Work Plans for each of the three priority areas of the Inter-American Education Agenda (Reference document) (Prepared by the Authorities of the Working Groups):  Español - English

• Concept paper on the Inter-American Education Agenda: Building Alliances and advancing towards the sustainable Development Goals (Prepared for the Ninth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education by Linda A Davis and Glenford D Howe):

  Full paper : English 
  Executive Summary:  Español - English - Français - Português

• Conceptual Framework for the Three Priority Areas of the Draft Inter-American Education Agenda  (Prepared by the Chairs of the Working Groups): Español - English

• Call for Proposals for the Digital Classrooms Project, as part of the Agreement between Profuturo-Telefonica-OAS: Español - English

• Flyer on contest for mobile applications (Stem4Good): Español (available in Spanish version only)

SPEECHES AND INTERVENTIONS DELIVERED DURING THE MEETING


Inaugural Session

• H.E. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE): English

• H.E. Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS): English

• H.E. Jorge Familiar, Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean: English

• H.E. Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Second Plenary Session - From the VIII to the IX Ministerial Meeting, Panama to The Bahamas (2015 - 2017): Building the Inter-American Education Agenda (IEA)

• Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development: Español - English

Third Plenary Session - Deepening the Discussion on Quality, Inclusive, and Equitable Education, priority area of the IEA

• Marcela Paredes de Vásquez, Minister of Education of Panama, former Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education : Español (available in Spanish version only)

• Alicia Vargas, Vice-Minister of Education of Costa Rica, Chair of Working Group 1 of the IEA: Español - English
  

Fourth Plenary Session - Deepening the Discussion on Teacher Training and Professional Development, priority area of IEA

• Roberto Aguilar, Minister of Education of Bolivia, Chair of Working Group 2 of the IEA: Español (available in Spanish version only)

• Oscar López, Minister of Education of Guatemala: Español - English
  

Fifth Plenary Session - Deepening the Discussion on Comprehensive Early Childhood Care, priority area of the IEA

• Victor Sanchez, Vice Minister of Planning and Development, Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic, Chair of Working Group 3 of the IEA: Español (available in Spanish version only)

• Floyd Green, Minister of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica: English

• Miguel Herrera, Vice Minister of Education of Ecuador: Español - English
  

Sixth Plenary Session - Towards implementation of the Inter-American Education Agenda – Building alliances

• Presentation from Professor Linda Davis, Provost of the University of The Bahamas on Concept Paper “Inter-American Education Agenda: Building Alliances and advancing towards the Sustainable Development Goals“, commissioned by the Delegation of The Bahamas: Español - English

Seventh Plenary Session - Towards implementation of the Inter-American Education Agenda – Strengthening inter-sectoral collaboration

• S.E. Shane Gibson, Minister of Labor of the Bahamas: English

• Oscar Leon, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Committee on Telecommunications (CITEL): Español - English

• Sofía Fernández de Mesa Echeverría, General Director, Profuturo Foundation: Español (available in Spanish version only)

Eight Plenary Session - Towards implementation of the Inter-American Education Agenda – Potential contributions for implementation

International organizations presentations on contributions to IEA:

• Organization of American States (OAS), Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS: Español - English

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Atilio Pizarro, Chief of the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section : Español - English

• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Patricia Mc Kenzie, Vicepresident for Operations: English

• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Emiliana Vegas, Chief of Education Division: Español (available in Spanish version only)

• CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, Bibiam Diaz, Principal Education Specialist, Direction of Social Development Projects: Español - English

• World Bank, Reema Nayar, Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Education Global Practice: Español - English

Closing Session

• H.E. Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS): English

• H.E. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE)

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