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	Monday 3 March
	Opening Session and Cocktail
19.00-	Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

	Tuesday 4 March
09.00-12.30	Plenary Session 1
	(Coffee break 10.30-11.00)
Chair:	Claudia Schmied, Federal Minister for Education, Arts and Culture, Austria
Welcome:	Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education, Dominican Republic Josefina Pimentel, Director of INFOTEP, Dominican Republic
Keynote Address:	"Improving the Effectiveness of Education Systems" Bertel Haarder, Minister for Education and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Denmark
Presentation:	"The Importance of Education in Cameroon and the Government’s Policies for Improving the Cameroon Education System" Charles Nanga, Inspector General, Ministry of Basic Education, Cameroon
Discussion

11.00-12.30	Workshop Presentations
	Workshop 1: Francesc Pedro, Senior Analyst, OECD Workshop 2: John Coolahan, Professor Emeritus, National University of Ireland Maynooth Workshop 3: Marcelo Cabrol, Chief, Education Unit, Inter-American Development Bank Workshop 4: Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD Workshop 5: Carl Dahlman, Professor, Georgetown University, United States Workshop 6: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia

12.30-14.00	Lunch

14.00-18.00	Workshops 1-3
	(Coffee break 15.45-16.15)
	1. Information and Communications Technology (Organised by: the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD, Directorate for Education) Workshop Abstract
Chair:	Remus Pricopie, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania
Presenters:	Part 1 Heeok Heo, Associate Professor, SunChon National University - Presentation Abstract Hugo Nervi, Manager, Competencias Digitales, ENLACES, Chile Fritz Scheuermann, CRELL European Commission, Italy Josep Maria Mominó, Dean, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Open University of Catalonia, Spain Lorenzo Guadamuz Sandoval, Chief Technical Advisor, SEESCyT, President of Innova Technology S.A., Dominican Republic João Pedro Gomez Ruivo, Action Plan Executive Coordinator, Ministry of Education, Portugal Part 2 Tim Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, United States Maruja Gutiérrez-Díaz, Head, Lifelong Learning: Innovation and Creativity Unit, European Commission, Belgium Ann-Britt Enochsson, Senior lecturer, University of Karlstadt, Sweden Kircho Atanasov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Bulgaria
Rapporteur:	Magdalena Claro, Consultant for the OECD New Millenium Learners Project

	2. Professionalisation of the Teaching Force and Teacher Training and Diversity (Organised by: the Education Training and Policy Division and the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD, Directorate for Education) Workshop Abstract
Chair:	Radhamés Mejía, Vicerrector of PUCMM and Director of Centro de Investigación en Educación y Desarrollo Humano (CIEDHUMANO), Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Presenters:	Part 1 Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil Tracey Burns, Analyst, OECD Francisco Benavides, Analyst, OECD Hersheela Narsee, Director, Research Co-ordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, National Department of Education, South Africa Matthew O'Meagher, Education Counsellor, New Zealand Embassy, Santiago Chile Part 2 Deborah Nusche, Policy Analyst, OECD Michael Schratz, Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria - Presentation Abstract
Rapporteur:	Rimantas Zelvys, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania

	3. Challenges and Innovations in Post Secondary Education and Vocational Training (Organised by: the Inter-American Development Bank) Workshop Abstract
Chair:	Josefina Pimentel, Director of INFOTEP, Dominican Republic
Presenters:	Part 1 Xavier Matheu de Cortada, European Training Foundation, Head, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Italy - Presentation abstract Fernando Vargas, ILO/Cinterfor, Uruguay - Presentation Abstract Part 2 Claudio de Moura Castro, President, Advisory Council of Faculdade Pitágoras, Brazil Liesbeth van Welie, Director for Research Programming, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium Luis Sánchez-Noble, Education Commission Chairman, CONEP, Dominican Republic
Rapporteur:	Carlos Herran, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank


	Wednesday 5 March
09.00-12.30	Workshops 4-6
	(Coffee break 10.30-11.00)
	4. International Systems for Learning Evaluation (Organised by: Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD, Directorate for Education) Workshop Abstract
Chair:	Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education
Presenters:	Part 1 Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, OECD - Presentation Abstract Discussant: Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil Discussant: Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium Hersheela Narsee, Director, Research Co-ordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, National Department of Education, South Africa Part 2 Michael Davidson, Senior Analyst, OECD Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium Tiina Annus, Head of Analyses Division, Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia Maria-Teresa Cabrera Ulloa, Dominican Teachers Union (ADP), Dominican Republic
Rapporteur:	Miguel J. Escala, Rector, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

	5. Education and Economic Development for Integration into the World Economy (Organised by: the World Bank Institute) Workshop Abstract
Chair:	Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology
Presenters:	Part 1 Carl Dahlman, Professor, Georgetown University, United States Kurt Larsen, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank Institute, United States Part 2 Melaneo Paredes, Minister of Trade and Industry, Dominican Republic Remus Pricopie, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania
Rapporteur:	Linda Beijlsmit, Director, Bureau CROSS, The Netherlands

	6. Access, Success and Relevance in Higher Education (Organised by: the International Association of Universities and the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education, OECD, Directorate for Education) Workshop Abstract
Chairs:	Giorgi Nodia, Minister, The Ministry of Education and Science, Georgia Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General and Executive Director, IAU
Presenters:	Part 1 Janyne M. Hodder, President, The College of the Bahamas - Presentation Abstract Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia - Presentation Abstract Part 2 Rolando Guzmán, Dominican Republic Jaana Puukka, Analyst, OECD Francisco Marmolejo, Executive Director, CONAHEC, United States
Rapporteur:	Jørn Skovsgaard, Senior Adviser, International Relations Division, Ministry of Education, Denmark


12.30-14.00	Lunch

14.00-18.00	Plenary Session 2
	(Coffee break 15.45-16.15)
Chair:	Esther Legendre, Minister of Education, Trinidad and Tobago
14.00-14.40	Presentation and discussion Gordon Freedman, Vice-President for Education Strategy, Blackboard, Inc. Abstract

14.40-15.45	Presentation of Workshop Reports
	Workshop 5: Linda Beijlsmit, Director, Bureau CROSS, The Netherlands Workshop 1: Magdalena Claro, Consultant for the OECD New Millenium Learners Project Workshop 2: Rimantas Zelvys, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania Workshop 3: Carlos Herran, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank Workshop 4: Miguel J. Escala, Rector, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Workshop 6: Jørn Skovsgaard, Senior Adviser, International Relations Division, Ministry of Education

16.15-17.45	Panel discussion
Moderator:	Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, OECD
Panel:	Representatives of: Bulgaria, Cameroon, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Pakistan, Romania, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, CONFEMEN, IAU and IBD
17.45-18.00	Closing remarks


	Thursday 6 March
	Seminar
	OECD Review of Education Policy of the Dominican Republic

09.00-13.00	Plenary Session
	(Coffee break 10.45-11.15)
Chair:	Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium, former Chair of the Education Committee
	Opening remarks
	Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education, Dominican Republic
	Overview
	Ian Whitman, OECD Aims McGuinness, Senior Associate, NCHEMS Responses from the Dominican Republic Questions from participants / Discussion
	Presentation: general education, teachers, governance and management issues
	John Coolahan, Professor Emeritus, National University of Ireland Maynooth Responses from the Dominican Republic Questions from participants / Discussion
	Presentation: higher education issues
	Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil Responses from the Dominican Republic Questions from participants / Discussion
	Chair's Summary
	Closing remarks

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