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18-20 June 2012: Enhancing the Competitiveness of Universities through Educational Facilities, Seoul, Korea
This conference - organised by OECD/CELE and the Educational Facilities Research & Management Center (EDUMAC) Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) - will be the third in the series of conferences on the topic of “Higher Education Spaces and Places: for Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange”. These conferences have addressed the changing role of today’s higher education facilities, which must accommodate a range of activities – providing knowledge transfer through education, skills development, and cultural and community development - while coping with continuous societal and pedagogical changes as well as evolving information technology opportunities and demands.
The conference, organised on the basis of four themes, will explore measures to enhance the competitiveness of universities through educational facilities: Quality Assurance; Green Campuses; University Facilities and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); and Facility Management System (FMS) of University Facilities.
Contact: Alastair.Blyth@oecd.org.
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April 2012: OECD CELE / World Bank international workshop : Ready, Steady, Go! Inspiring Design of Learning Environments for Early Childhood Education and Care, Moscow, Russian Federation
Organised by OECD CELE and the World Bank.
This workshop will present and share knowledge and good practice on effective and innovative design, modernisation, expansion, maintenance and management of ECEC facilities. It will bring together a range of players, including regional and federal authorities, construction agencies, businesses and local community groups. The draft agenda details the proceedings.
Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
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22-24 February 2012: A Recipe for Success: Transforming Learning Environments through Dynamic Local Partnerships, Turku, Finland
Organised by OECD/CELE, University of Turku, Municipality of Kaarina, and Finnish National Board of Education.
Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
The conference will bring together a range of local and regional players from universities, local businesses and school communities to discuss the catalysts and drivers for transforming today's learning environments into dynamic learning communities of the future. http://congress.utu.fi/CELE2012/
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CELE Live WebEx Conferences (for CELE members and associate participants only)
Past events
29 September 2011: "Celebrating 50 Years of Educational Facilities", launch event for CELE's publication Designing for Education, OECD Paris, France
Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
The launch event for CELE’s flagship publication Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011 commemorated OECD’s anniversary by bringing together top designers and educators to celebrate 50 years of educational facilities design. To watch the webcast recordings and videos, click on CELE's multimedia page for the event or consult www.oecd.org/edu/facilities/compendiumlaunch.
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30 September 2011: 3rd Session of the Board of Participants of the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE), Paris, France (by invitation only).
Contact: Richard.Yelland@oecd.org.
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30-31 May 2011: Better Value for Schools: Making Public-Private Partnerships Work for Educational Infrastructure, Athens, Greece
Organised by OECD/CELE and the School Buildings Organisation, Greece
Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
A key challenge for governments is to meet the changing needs of education within the constraints of tighter budgets. As governments seek to find ways of improving value for money from PPP agreements that can last over 25 years, this conference will explore the key issues behind successful PPPs in educational infrastructure, drawing on the expertise from different countries, the European Investment Bank and other institutions. www.bettervalue4schools.gr
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18 October 2010: 2nd Session of the Board of Participants of the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE), Paris, France.
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20-22 September 2010: “IMAGINE! Exploring radical visions for tomorrow's schools ... and how to make them work”, Vienna, Austria.
Organised by OECD/CELE, Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Austria, and Technical University of Vienna.
The rich output from discussions at this conference – including videos, posters, photos from school visits, presentations and other material collected over the workshop sessions – is now available at http://www.gbl.tuwien.ac.at/imagine2010/documentation/index.html. Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
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1-2 July 2010: 2nd Session of the OECD/CELE Group of National Experts on Education Facilities Evaluation (GNEEFE), Paris, France.
At its second session, the group discussed CELE’s current evaluation-related projects, including results from the International Pilot Project on Evaluating Quality in Educational Spaces (EQES). See www.oecd.org/edu/facilities/evaluatingquality, or contact Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
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28-29 June 2010: Workshop on Strategic Investment Planning for Educational Facilities, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Organised by OECD/CELE and European Investment Bank.
Contact: Hannah.vonAhlefeld@oecd.org.
The objective of this workshop was to develop guidance, based on existing technical expertise and good practice in different countries, with a view to maximising the effectiveness of capital planning projects for educational infrastructure. See www.oecd.org/edu/facilities/evaluatingquality.
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11-12 May 2010: "Usability and Sustainability of Learning Environments", joint symposium of CIB W111 and CELE, in Manchester, United Kingdom.
A two-day symposium organised with the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction Working Group W111 on Usability of Learning Environments (CIB W111) explored the aspects of usable and sustainable learning environments. The symposium was held within the context of the CIB World Congress "Building a Better World", held on 10-14 May 2010.
For further information please see the symposium webpage:
www.cib2010.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&Itemid=80
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