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Education International

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Education International
Organization's acronym:	EI
Former Name(s):	World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, International Federation of Free Teachers Unions
Address:	5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 8th Floor, B-1210 Brussels Belgium
Phone:	32-2-224-0611
Fax:	32-2-224-0606
Email:	headoffice@ei-ie.org
Web site:	www.ei-ie.org

Organization type:	Trade union
Languages::	English Spanish French

Contacts & Participation:

First Name:	Last Name:	Contact Type:
Paul	Mutisya
Gabriela	Bonilla	Advancement of Women
Haridasan	Parayarikkal	Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Wilson	Sossion
Maria Helena Paula da Vera	Cruz
Brigida	Rivera
Humbat	Naghiyev
Gulsyn	Orynbayeva
Shari	Worsfold
Paola	Simonetti	Financing for Development , Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Monique	FOUILHOUX	Sustainable Development (secondary) , Public Administration , Social Development , Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Mpule Dorcus	Sekabate
Nzili	Mudzo Kuhedrwa
Indra	Ramsingh-Geoffroy
Ziyada	Deldibekova
Maureen	Davis
Jennifer	Moses
Princess	Moss
Indira Kumari	Sapkota Sadaula
Humphrey	Mugambwa
Maureen	Morris
Rose	Malone
Ilze	Trapenciere
Mary-Lou	Donnelly
Dominique	Marlet	Social Development , Advancement of Women , Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Ashirbek	Shalkar
Lily	Cole
Antonio de Lisboa	Amancio Vale
Jalila	Al-Salman
Tia	Scigulinski
Ndèye Cissé	DIA épouse SENE
Shaiq	Asgarov
Haldis Margrete	Holst	Social Development , Advancement of Women , Designation
Dorothy	Ikiara
Joan	Hippolyte
Rekson	Silaban	Financing for Development
Rebeca	Sevilla	Social Development , Advancement of Women , Designation
Marian	Abu
Chantal	Locat
sherry	ramrattan smith
Judy M.	Taguiwalo
Shashi Bala	Singh
christine	Blower
Monique Marie	Caissie
Kathy	Wallis
David	Clegg
Jeannie	Rea
Robert	HARRIS	Social Development
Tendai	Chikowore
Rebecca Ocran	Abaidoo
Michelle	Glavine
Diane	Myshchyshyn
Edwina	Kawaka
Margarette	Lewis-Jackson
Monia	Cheikh
Susan	Hopgood	Social Development , Advancement of Women , Head of Organization
Judith	Spencer- Jarrett
Gene	Lewis
Nosirhon	Akbarov
Bart	Verstraeten
Marius-Ovidiu	Nistor
Katherine	Mackwood
Magdalena Elizabeth	Le Roux
Julia	McKay
Flora	Arellano
E. Cristina	DIAZ-ARNTZEN
Heather Louise	Smith
madeleine	kennedy-macfoy	Advancement of Women
Assibi	Damba Epse Napoe	Advancement of Women , Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Aminata	Mara
Margaret J.	Hutchinson
Ryuichi	Ikota
Tove Elisabeth	Didriksen
Mubariz	Eyvazov
Nieves	Martinez Ten
Rebeca	Sevilla
Fatima Aparecida	da Silva
May-Britt	Heimsaeter
Helena	Awurusa
Shelley L.	Morse
Karin	Aamossa
Rafaela	Alvarado Urrutia
Dennis	Sinyolo	Social Development , Financing for Development , Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Adeltis	Bain Stubbs
Aigul	Mukasheva
Patricia	Isaak
Wellington	Chibebe	Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Angels	Cardona Palmer
Belinda	Wilson
Maria Yamile	Socolovsky
Raju Parackal	John
Huiling (Helen)	Li
Francine	Filion
Gloria	Oberg
Jill	Christianson
Susan	Swackhammer
Rosemay	RILEY
Francoise	Naudillon
Christine	Harris
Aaron	Ssbunya
Lorraine (Rainey)	Gaywish
J.Emily	Noble
Georgina	Dyck-Hacault
Rian	McLaughlin
Touriya	Lahrech
Beatrice	Walker
Precious Thandeka	Makitla
Valilia	Pierre Etienne
Rama Devi	Rathinasamy
Rune	Fimreite
madeleine	kennedy-macfoy
Maureen	Weinberger
Hilda	Watkins
Anne	Leonard
Ruben	Wagman	Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Joan	Wisdom Donegan
Sharon	Lewis
Oana	Diac
Hindu	Kakombo
Judy	Edmond
Joyce	Powell
Carmen	Vieites
Daniel	Angelim	Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Ann	Ballinger
Elizabeth	Owino
Naome	Chakanya
Samidha	Garg
Nadine	Molloy
Andrea	Berg
Charles	Omanga
Barbara	Burkett
Gulnora	Marupova
Shashi	Bala Singh
madeleine	kennedy-macfoy	Social Development , Advancement of Women , Conference Focal Point , Designation
Sherry	Robbins
Marie Antoinette	Corr
PRIMITIVA	ABAD
Laura	Villafuerte
Pathmavathi	Krishnan
Rosario	Rizo Martín
David	Edwards	Social Development , Application , Financing for Development , Designation , Head of Organization , Sustainable Development (primary)
Maira	Amantayeva
Marina	Alugishvili
Liao	Wan Ju
Arminda	Braganca
Alexis	Allen
Suzanne	Nantcurvis
Violeta	Fernandez
Dianne	Woloschuk
Ann	Hawkins
Juan Manuel	Lanfranco	Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Olivia	Mbogo Ddungu
Marilies	Rettig
Lucy	Njura Barimbui
Makbule	Sahan	Sustainable Development (secondary) , Social Development , Advancement of Women
Janice	Eastman	Advancement of Women
Mihaela	Gotcu
Lucy	Maina
Juliet	Wajega
Juana Angela	Rifo Castillo
Christina	Drews	Advancement of Women
Catherine	Beane
Matthew	Simonds	Financing for Development , Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Charlie	LENNON
Leah Samakajii	Kasaji
Maria del Carmen	Gonzalez
Rawan	Haddad
Sharn	Riggs
D.M.D.Iranganee	Chandralatha
Joan	Donegan
Fatoumata Bintou	Yafa Mangara
Cyril	Hewa Garusinghe Dapanage
Koji	Suzuki	Financing for Development , Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Begoña	Suarez
Louise	Chabot
Ferdinand	VAN LEEUWEN	Quadrennial Report , Designation , Head of Organization
Gro	Hartveit
Suzanne	Odette-Jolicoeur
Britta	sjostrom
Juliamae	Johnson-Roberts
Eva	Elmstedt Frisk
Hawa	Jilo Koroma
Paula	Roe
Duncan	Smith	Conference Focal Point , Designation
Stephen	Nabende
Carolina Marta	Abrales
Noreen	Bonnell
Marieme	Sakho
Maimouna	Ndiaye
Marta	SCARPATO	Advancement of Women
Ferdinand	van Leeuwen	Quadrennial Report , Designation , Head of Organization
Yolanda	Forbes-Curry
Antonia	Wulff	Financing for Development , Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Alex Richard	Nkosi	Financing for Development
Hyacinth	Bramble-Browne
Estela Elvira	Diaz

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Development Education Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Intellectual Property Migration Minority Rights Refugees Social Development Sustainable Development Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Research The girl child Women and HIV/AIDS Women and poverty Women and the economy Population: International migration Social Development: Indigenous issues Poverty Sustainable Development: Education Gender equality
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education
Mission statement:	To further the cause of organisations of teachers and education employees, to promote the status, interests and welfare of their members, and to defend their trade union and professional rights; To promote for all peoples and in all nations peace, democracy, social justice and equality; to promote the application of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights through the development of education and of the collective strength of teachers and education employees; To seek and maintain recognition of the trade union rights of workers in general and of teachers and education employees in particular; To promote the International Labour Standards, including freedom of association and the right to organize, to bargain collectively and to undertake industrial action, including strike action if necessary; To enhance the conditions of work and terms of employment of teachers and education employees, and to promote their professional status in general, through support for member organisations and representation of their interests before the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other appropriate and relevant intergovernmental organisations. To support and promote the professional freedoms of teachers and education employees and the right of their organisations to participate in the formulation and implementation of educational policies; To promote the right to education for all persons in the world, without discrimination, and to this end: to pursue the establishment and protection of open, publicly funded and controlled educational systems, and academic and cultural institutions, aimed at the democratic, social, cultural and economic development of society and the preparation of every citizen for active and responsible participation in society; and to promote the political, social and economic conditions that are required for the realisation of the right to education in all nations, for the achievement of equal educational opportunities for all, for the expansion of public educational services and for the improvement of their quality; To foster a concept of education directed towards international understanding and good will, the safeguarding of peace and freedom, and respect for human dignity; To combat all forms of racism and of bias or discrimination in education and society due to gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion, political opinion, social or economic status or national or ethnic origin; To give particular attention to developing the leadership role and involvement of women in society, in the teaching profession and in organisations of teachers and education employees; To build solidarity and mutual cooperation among member organisations; To encourage through their organisations closer relationships among teachers and education employees in all countries and at all levels of education; To promote and to assist in the development of independent and democratic organisations of teachers and education employees, particularly in those countries where political, social, economic or other conditions impede the application of their human and trade union rights, the advancement of their terms and working conditions and the improvement of educational services; To promote unity among all independent and democratic trade unions both within the educational sector and with other sectors; and thereby contribute to the further development of the international trade union movement.
Year of registration (YYYY):	1950
Organizational structure:	World Congress, which meets every four years, elects a 26-member Executive Board, which meets every six to nine months. The Chief Executive Officers is the General Secretary, who is elected by Congress and reports to the Executive Board.
Number and type of members:	Membership consists of 30 million teachers and education workers through 392 national trade unions and professional associations in 172 countries and territories.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Global Campaign for Education
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues

Main Objective

Social Development
Username: EducationInternational

Education International

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