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INTRODUCCION WEBSITE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
| INTRODUCTION
The First Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Education (CIE) was held on August 13th 2003, in Mexico City; in compliance with the General Assembly Resolution AG/RES1859 (XXXII- O/02) which approves the creation of the said Committee. The Permanent Executive Council of CIDI (CEPCIDI) was entrusted with the provisional establishment of CIE and the approval of its Rules of Procedure, once the proposal presented by the G-11 have been reviewed and agreed upon by all Ministers of Education. The Meeting of Ministers of Education, and the Inter-American Committee on Education are the bodies within the Organization of American States in charge of defining hemispheric actions on education issues. Presented in this
report is a detailed chronology
of the activities that took place in response to the mandate for the creation
of CIE, which were received at the II Meeting of Ministers of Education,
held on September 2001 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. President:
The delegations present at the Third Ministerial Meeting approved the Resolution that enumerates the Functions of the Inter-American Committe on Education. |