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Catholic International Education Office

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Culture Education Human Rights Sustainable Development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Women and poverty Women and the environment
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Zambia Belgium Finland Sri Lanka South Africa Guinea Norway Spain Benin Ghana Argentina Panama Thailand Mauritius United States of America Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Cameroon Chad India Central African Republic Eswatini Honduras Niger Romania Namibia Croatia Morocco Ecuador Holy See Peru Burkina Faso Czechia Dominican Republic Côte D'Ivoire Zimbabwe Costa Rica Bangladesh Tunisia State of Palestine Denmark Georgia Congo Malaysia Mali Madagascar Mexico Greece Jamaica Rwanda Egypt Senegal Austria United Republic of Tanzania Chile El Salvador Sudan Canada Colombia Haiti Kenya Hungary Nicaragua Jordan Nigeria Botswana Sierra Leone Uruguay Poland Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Singapore Lebanon Paraguay Switzerland Israel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Germany Philippines Uganda Equatorial Guinea Indonesia France Lesotho Italy Brazil Gabon Togo Guatemala Malawi Ethiopia Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi Pakistan Portugal Gambia Ireland
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education
Mission statement:	• To take part in the mission of the Church by promoting in the world an educational project of catholic inspiration. • To promote the creation, before educational establishments of "Educational communities" in which all the partners work in an interdependent and responsible way to the educational and cultural academic progress, thus with the development of an evangelic spirit, while paying a special attention the most disinherited and welcoming, in the respect of the consciences, all those which trust this school. • To promote investigation on the specific contribution of Catholic schools in the education field and on the adaptation of the school to the needs, realities and expectations of the world in which they live. • To create and develop links for mutual help, and active and responsible solidarity between its members. • To act as a network for exchanges between its members for its own information and this of educators, by means of communication development. • To represent Catholic education by the International Bodies, particularly those concerned by education. • To collaborate with the universal Church organizations, with Bishops’ Conferences and other international Catholic organizations concerned by education. • To defend and promote the effective exercising of freedom of education according to distributive justice, and to favor relations of mutual recognition and association between Catholic education and the countries in which it works.
Year established:	1952
Year of registration:	1998
Organizational structure:	• General Assembly: composed of all the constituent and associate members, it is the supreme organ of the Office. It meets every four years. • Board: composed by 24 deliberative members, representing all the regions, it is elected by the General Assembly. The Board elects its President and Vice-Presidents. Reflection and deliberation group. It controls the implementation of the General Assembly’s decisions. It meets once a year. • The Secretary General: elected by the General Assembly, he organizes and leads the General Secretariat, executive organ of the Office. He coordinates and animates the activity of the Regional Secretariats and Permanent Representations. He represents the Office in its external relations. • The Regional Secretaries: animate the activities of the Office at regional level. Regions are: Africa, with a head office in Dakar (Senegal); America, Bogota (Colombia); Asia, Manila (Philippines); Europe, Brussels (Belgium) and the Middle East and North Africa in Beirut (Lebanon). • Permanent Representatives: with International Institutions are accredited in Paris (UNESCO), Geneva (UNICEF), Rome (Vatican), Strasbourg (Council of Europe) and New York (UN).
Number and type of members:	• Constituent members (Countries): 102 • Associated members (Religious Congregations): 18 • Collaborating members: 13
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources

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