1. Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Education- CIE Activity Presentation for the Comittee on Policies Febrary 18, 2016

2. Example Bullet Point Slide Contribute to strengthen the efforts of Ministries of Education of OAS Member States to follow-up and accomplish the mandates adopted at the Inter- American Meetings of Ministers of Education and the Summits of the Americas Objetivo Principal de la SEC TEC CIE

3. Sample Chart Begin the building of an Inter-American Education Agenda, collaborative and inter-sectoral, in the areas of Quality, Inclusive and Equitable Education; Strengthening the Teaching Profession; and Comprehensive Early Childhood Care.  Create and institutionalize policy dialogue spaces and mechanisms among OAS member states;  Establish cooperation mechanisms among OAS member states to foster their mutual understanding and knowledge;  Deepen the inter-sectoral and inter-institutional collaboration. Mandates from the Ministerial Meeting in Panama

4. Institutional structure proposed by member states Conformation of three Working Groups Quality, Equitable, and Inclusive Edcation Strengthening of the Teaching Profession Comprehensive Early Childhood Care

5. Policy diaogue processes and mechanisms Practice exchange Work Plans elaborated by each Working Group, aligned with the SDG #4 States of the Art Creation of Networks Cooperation Missions Identification of themes, subthemes, implementation mechanisms and resources The Inter-American Education Agenda is created to guide the policy dialogue and cooperation among OAS member states in the following 3 years Working Groups Institutional structure proposed by member states

6. Building an Inter- American Education Agenda (included in the Mandates for Action- VII Summit of the Americas) Work Plans elaborated by each Working Group, building on: -Empowerment of the staff of Ministries of Education that lead the Working Groups. Field visits, Webinars, Videoconferences; -Institutionalization of the Working Groups as the mechanisms to channel policy dialogue and cooperation. -Increased mutual knowledge and understanding among OAS member states through Working Groups and the Virtual Platform for Educational Cooperation in the Americas.

7. Building of an inter- sectoral Education Agenda -Two spaces for promoting inter-sectoral policy dialogue among Ministers of Education and Labor were created within the respective Ministerial Meetings to discuss the reduction of the skills gap to facilitate socio-labor insertion of young people. -Participation in the Organizing Committee of the I Forum of Chancellors of the Americas- VII Summit of the Americas

8. Building of a collaborative Education Agenda Interest generated in international and regional organizations in the building process of the Inter-American Education Agenda: UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank, ECLAC, IDB, OUI, etc. Foundations for the creation of the Alliance for the building of the I.A.E.

9. State of the art on school improvement networks on governance and pedagogy (curriculum, administration, infraestructura) Inter-sectoral collaboration models of intervention Innovation and experimentation Quality Education Validation and recognition mechanisms for short courses in teacher continuing education and professional development developed by Min. of Ed. State of the art on teacher preparation and profesional development Social and profesional value of teachers Teaching Profession State of the art on Inter-sectoral articulation models for intervention in the field, and the role of the Ministry of Education in Teacher Training Development of recommended standards and curriculum Early Childhood

10. Support the building of an Inter-American Education Agenda: cooperation opportunities in specific themes (2015/2016) Cooperation between Ministries of Education Policy DIalogue Increase the policy dialogue: mandates prioritized. What is the future of education in the Americas? What is the role of the OAS? (2014) Inter-American Education Agenda: cooperation projects(2017) SDG#4 Institutionalization of cooperation and policy dialogue mechanisms to reduce the educational development gap (2017-2020) More inter- sectoral cooperation SDG #17- Joint Ministerials Regional Integration

11. Consultation on Work Plans and participation of member states in Working Groups Mechanisms  Virtual consultation process  Fora in the Virtual Platform for Educational Cooperation in the Americas  Onsite meetings with Permanent Missions with Working Groups  Virtual meetings with Ministries of Education with Working Groups  Systematization and analyze the results obtained through the consultation process and the meetings held Mechanisms  Virtual consultation process  Fora in the Virtual Platform for Educational Cooperation in the Americas  Onsite meetings with Permanent Missions with Working Groups  Virtual meetings with Ministries of Education with Working Groups  Systematization and analyze the results obtained through the consultation process and the meetings held Indicators  Number of countries that participated in the virtual consultation process  Number of countries that joined the Working Groups  Number of Permanent Missions and Ministries of Education that participated in virtual and onsite meetings carried-out.  Working Plans enriched through the feedback received by Member States. Working Plans will be considered at the VII Regular Meeting of the CIE. Indicators  Number of countries that participated in the virtual consultation process  Number of countries that joined the Working Groups  Number of Permanent Missions and Ministries of Education that participated in virtual and onsite meetings carried-out.  Working Plans enriched through the feedback received by Member States. Working Plans will be considered at the VII Regular Meeting of the CIE. Implementation period: December 2015- February 2016 Implementation period: December 2015- February 2016

12. Strong political support from the Member States to the building and implementation of the I.E.A: ratification at the 2016 y 2017 OAS General Assembly, and VIII Summit of the Americas The building process of the Inter-American Education Agenda continues with the support of the CIE Authorities and its Executive Committee. Effective participation of Permanent Missions and Ministries of Education in the consultation processes, Working Groups and the execution of projects.

13. Ministries of Education Business Sector Universities Ministries of Labor Actions: -Adequate initial teacher preparation and professional development to strengthen the educational systems to develop capacities for labor insertion/reduction of the skills gap. -Increase the access and improve the quality of post-secondary studies (technical-vocational and university) -Create opportunities for decent Jobs Actions: -Adequate initial teacher preparation and professional development to strengthen the educational systems to develop capacities for labor insertion/reduction of the skills gap. -Increase the access and improve the quality of post-secondary studies (technical-vocational and university) -Create opportunities for decent Jobs Youth

14. Example Bullet Point Slide Generate diaolgue and cooperation spaces and mechanisms (on education policies, using new information and communication) Provide tecnical assitance to develop political dialogue processes, systemize the results, design execute and evaluate cooperation projects, based on priorities identified during policy dialogue. Management of the Virtual Platform for Education Coopertion of the Americas: identification and uploading of pracices, news, and resources. Social Media management. Communicate results obtained from policy dialogue, and technical-political cooperation processes among ember states. Visibilization of the educaitional progress of the Americas through the participation of various events.

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