“Building an Inter-American Education Agenda: Education with Equity for Prosperity"
Representatives of Ministries of Education from 27 OAS member states committed to building an Inter-American Education Agenda to guide Inter-American cooperation in three areas: Quality, Equity, and Inclusion in Education; Strengthening Teacher Professional Development, and Comprehensive Early Childhood Care. The construction process will be led by the Ministers of Education through Working Groups and will be supported by the implementation of a Virtual Platform for Educational Cooperation in the Americas.
The meeting began with an initial reflection on educational policies and innovation, by Dr. Fernando Reimers (Harvard University), and continued with panels featuring the Ministers of Education on the priority working areas of the Agenda.
Also for the first time in this policy dialogue instance, employment-sector participation was included, which initiated articulations to achieve regular meetings between the Ministers of Education and Labor.