(2013) “Reform of Education at the Arab World” Conference

ANHRE conducted a conference on "Reform of Education at the Arab World” in cooperation with the Teacher Creativity Center (TCC) and the Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA), and with support from Foundation for Future (FFF) and German Adult Education Association (DVV). This conference was conducted during April 27 -30, 2013; the timing of the conference was selected directly after the Global Action Week for Education, under the slogan “Every Child Needs a Teacher”. It included Arab and international participants in order to create bridges of dialogue and discussion among various educational institutions on the goals, strategies mechanisms of educational reform in the Arab world.

The conference was attended by people from 13 countries all over the world (Latin America, North Ireland, Brazil, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Palestine, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia) who are from various educational  main sectors  including: the non-governmental organizations, Ministries of Education, Teachers’ Unions, university academics, educators, experts and media professionals, besides to the members of the coalitions in 10 Arab Countries and the ANHRE members in 10 Arab Countries. Representatives from UNESCO, UNRWA, GCE, DVV International, Foundation for Future and EI attended the conference as well.

The main goal of the conference was to open a platform of dialogue among Arab formal education institutions on one hand, and Arab, regional and international civil societies on the other, regarding educational reform in the Arab World, its goals, strategies and mechanisms.