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News & Events
News
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11-Dec-2009
The review report will be published end-January 2012. The review offers an objective assessment of the secondary school building modernisation programme led by the Portuguese government. It also provides insights for others engaged in school building projects, be they policy makers, educationalists or designers.
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01-Oct-2009
The OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments is pleased to welcome Alberta Education (Canada) as its latest Associate Member.
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22-Sep-2009
The Democratic School in the city of Kfar-Saba demonstrates how an ideological approach towards education can be expressed through architecture. It is part of a movement of Democratic Schools in Israel and across the world where students participate in decisions about how their school is run.
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31-Jul-2009
We are pleased to announce that the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso has been accepted as a member of IMHE, becoming the first university from Chile to join the Programme. Chile is one of the accession candidate countries and participates in 17 committees and working groups within the OECD. Rector Alfonso Muga visited the OECD and IMHE last May, together with a high level Chilean delegation. The University expects to benefit from IMHE membership through enhanced collaboration with universities worldwide and access and exposure to international expertise.
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26-Jun-2009
Get the latest news from the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. This issue talks about Vocational Education and Training (VET)’s response to the financial crisis, as well as institutional governance and quality assurance, with updates on the international assessment of higher education learning outcomes (AHELO) and the reviews on higher education in regional and city development.
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22-Jun-2009
To get a picture of the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on educational building programmes so far, the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has been conducting a survey of member countries and regions. The survey focuses on three main issues: the impact of the crisis on publicly funded projects, the impact on projects funded by private finance initiatives or through a public-private partnership, and the extent to which the crisis has affected the construction industry’s ability to build schools.
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18-Jun-2009
Those responsible for the planning of vocational education and training (VET) institutions face some specific challenges: for example, maintaining and improving specialised equipment, or integrating the latest technology. The Governing Board of the Programme on Educational Building (PEB) discussed some of the issues at a special session in November 2008.
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18-Jun-2009
Following the success of the first three editions, CELE plans to publish a new compendium of exemplary educational facilities.
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Events
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from 13-Oct-2008 to 14-Oct-2008
The Second Meeting of the Group of National Experts brought together 58 participants representing 22 countries as well as international organisations and independent researchers. The meeting was designed to share experience, discuss additional research findings, hear about the progress made by other international organisations in the area and discuss the policy evaluation framework to be used for country reviews.
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from 01-Oct-2008 to 07-Oct-2008
This review is based on co-operation between the OECD and non-member economies around the world. It is particularly interesting for those involved in educational policy, as well as for professionals directly working in the education system of South Africa. It covers the entire system of education, from pre-school to tertiary education and lifelong learning, and analyses it in terms of its economic, social and political impact.
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from 11-Sep-2008 to 12-Sep-2008
A workshop on 11-12 September 2008 explored how the OECD can contribute to the development of strategies, curricula, and sustainable schools for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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from 21-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
What better place for 140 delegates to discuss how changing higher education needs will impact on facilities than the campus of the Helsinki University of Technology at Otaniemi in Espoo, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto? What better place for 22 speakers to explore the future of universities than in Finland where hotly debated proposals for university reform could have a profound effect on facilities and buildings used by universities? PEB's "Higher Education: Spaces and Places" conference took place on 21-23 May 2008; a full report will soon be available.
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from 17-Aug-2008 to 20-Aug-2008
PEB, in co-operation with the New Zealand Ministry of Education, held an international conference entitled “Inclusion and Integration through Innovation: The Role of 21st Century Learning Environments in Promoting Social Participation and Access to Education for Learners with Special Needs” in Auckland, New Zealand. The programme is available here.
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The launch of the OECD Thematic Review on Migrant Education took place from 21-22 January 2008 in OECD Headquarters, Paris. The meeting was opened by Deputy Secretary-General Aart de Geus (read his speech) and Director of the OECD Directorate for Education, Dr. Barbara Ischinger.
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on 20-Nov-2007
A special session of the PEB Governing Board in November 2007 highlighted a range of approaches and good practices in developing environmentally sustainable learning environments.
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from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007
The conference will discuss the evaluation of the OECD activity on “Education Development for Students at Risk & those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe” with national & international stakeholders to develop concrete perspectives for future support; provide information about relevant international & European developments with regard to education for special needs students & raise awareness for support of inclusive practices amongst policy makers at all levels; provide a platform for discussion between education Ministries, the donor community, IOs and NGOs.
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Additional conferences and seminars related to educational building.
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from 24-Oct-2005 to 25-Oct-2005
The first Forum on the theme of The Challenges for Education in a Global Economy, co-hosted with the Chilean Ministry of Education, was held in Santiago on 24-25 October 2005. This event drew on the networks of education officials and experts established since 1991 through the Directorate for Education’s Programme for Co-operation with non OECD Economies.
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