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1 UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa 1999 - 2009

2 Background Since the World Conference on Education (Jomtien, 1990), strengthening the capacity of African Ministries of Education was a major condition for Achieving EFA goals. This was also the central theme of the ADEA Biennale (Dakar, 1997).  The 29 th General Conference of UNESCO (Paris, 1999) created IICBA, a category I Institute based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

3 Mandate To build and strengthen the capacities of teacher education institutions in Africa. To contribute to the design and implementation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006-2015) in the areas of:  Teacher education  Distance education  Curriculum development  Educational management

4 Mode of Operation Training (face-to-face) and ODL Use of ICTs for education Research Partnership:  African Union and its RECs  UNESCO Cluster and National Offices and National Commissions in Africa  ADEA Working Groups  Individual specialists and centres of excellence in teacher education and development

5 Administration 9 on an equitable geographical, linguistic and gender distribution 2 from Africa’s regional organizations 1 representative of the donor community o The UNESCO DG representative and the UN agencies attend meetings without the right to vote o IICBA’s director is the secretary of the Board Governing Board 12 Full, 12 Alternate

6 Leadership Julien Daboué, Officer in Charge Joseph Ngu, Former Director Fay Chung, Founding Director 2008- 2004-2008 1999-2003

7 Means of Action 19 professional, administrative and support staff Various UNESCO Networks: UNESCO Permanent Delegations, http://erc.unesco.org/portal/PermanentDelegations.asp?lang uage=en http://erc.unesco.org/portal/PermanentDelegations.asp?lang uage=en UNITWIN, http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php- URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20 1.htmlhttp://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php- URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=20 1.html Staff and UNESCO Networks

8 Interventions 1 Teacher Education and Teacher Training Institution Management (TE&TTIM) 2 Educational Management, Research and Advocacy (EMR&A) 3 ICTs for Education, Knowledge Management and Distribution (ICT4EKM&D) TTISSA and 2 nd Decade of Education for Africa

9 TE&TTIM MEd ICT (Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Uganda) Post Graduate Diploma in DE (Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone Swaziland) MA in Teaching Math and Science (Ethiopia) MEd Critical Practitioner Inquiry (Ethiopia) Degree Offering Programmes Text

10 TE&TTIM … Produced modules for TEI management Trained heads of TEIs in 10 TTISSA countries Support to Nigeria MOE in training heads of TEIs Support to CapEFA implementation in Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania Short-term Training Text

11 EMR&A Produced IICBA Capacity Building Framework Produced Handbook for Educational Planners Organised Women Educational Leadership (WEL) workshops Launched Fundamental Series on Teacher Issues in Africa Short-term Training Text

12 EMR&A … Commissioned research on Early Childhood Care and Education in six countries (Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria and South Africa) Sponsoring and publication of booklets on Girls’ Participation in Education, Manual for Multigrade Teaching, Manual for Textbook Writers, Manual for Integrating HIV/AIDS into School Curriculum Short-term Training Text

13 ICT4EKM&D Needs Assessment on ISAT Case Studies on ICT4E Training on Pedagogy-based ICT use in education Training on contextualizing science teacher education using opensource software Training on ICT-enhanced Teacher Standards ICT for Education (ICT4E) Text

14 ICT4EKM&D … Teacher Education Network (www.ten-iicba.org)www.ten-iicba.org Electronic Libraries (http://library.unesco-iicba.org)http://library.unesco-iicba.org Production of interactive CD- ROMs on HIV/AIDS Newsletters and website (www.unesco-iicba.org)www.unesco-iicba.org Use of opensource software Knowledge Management and Distribution Text

15 Partnership International Forum on Teacher Education Innovation (China) Teacher Development in the Second Decade of Education for Africa (AU) Pedagogy-based ICT Use in Education (Korea Natcom) Text

16 Partnership … CapEFA on ODL (BREDA) ICT in Education Statistics (UIS) Teachers Professional Development (USAID and SIDA)

17 Future Plan Establishing Further Network of Partners Working Closely with the AU and its RECs Continued Support to TTISSA Implementation Undertaking Research and Effective Use of ICT for Teacher Development Enhanced and Sustainable Teacher Education in Africa

18 ©UNESCO-IICBA, 2009 Tel: +251-11-544 5284/544 5435 Fax: +251-11-551 4936 PO Box 2305 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia www.unesco-iicba.org info@unesco-iicba.org

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