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A regional meeting on the theme 鈥淜ey Education Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Teachers, Quality, and Equity鈥�, was held on 12-13 May 2011, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.聽 The Meeting was in preparation for the 2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), to be held at United Nations Headquarters in Geneva in July 2011, on the theme:聽 鈥�Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education鈥�.聽 The meeting was hosted by the Government of Argentina, in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (), the United Nations Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latina America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The Meeting brought together a diverse and comprehensive range of regional stakeholders, including Government Ministers, senior regional practitioners and experts, to identify trends and challenges in regards to education in Latin America and the Caribbean and their impact on the achievement of the Millennium development Goals (MDGs).聽 The proposed themes for the Meeting included analyzing specifically early childhood education, inequality, and innovative education financing.聽 The panellists and experts examined integrated approaches and concreted policy measures that ECOSOC can promote to accelerate progress on the international education goals.聽

For more information on the meeting, please contact Mr. Alberto Padova, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UN/DESA (+1 212 963-4759, padova@un.org).

• Programme
• Background Note
• Concept Note (EN / ES)
• Presentations and Documentations
  • Progress Toward Education for All in Latin America and the Caribbean (EN / ES)
  • Central Education Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean (EN / ES)
  • New Agenda for Teaching Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (EN / ES)
  • Quality Education in the Digital Age (EN / ES)
  • General ducation Quality Diagnostic (EN / ES)
  • Challenges for Education with Equity in Latin America and the Caribbea (EN / ES)
  • H.E. Mr. Gonzalo Guti茅rrez Reinel, Vice President of ECOSOC
• Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
• Mr. Jorge Sequeira, Director, UNESCO Regional Education Office: 鈥淧rogress towards Education for All (EFA) in LAC鈥� (EN / ES)
• Ms. Anna Lucia D'Emilio, Regional Education Advisor for the Americas and Caribbean, UNICEF: 鈥淯NICEF Educational Agenda鈥� (EN / ES)
• S.E. Mr. Dennis Alonzo Mazariego, Minister of Education, Guatemala:聽 鈥淜ey aspects to advance teachers policies at national level鈥�
• H.E. Mr. Tim Gopeesingh, Minister of Education, Trinidad and Tobago: 鈥淜ey aspects to advance teachers policies at national level鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Cristi谩n Cox, Director of the Center for Policy and Practice in Education and Director of the Graduate Program of the Education Department, Catholic University of Chile: 鈥淩egional Strategy on Teachers: what profile of the LAC teacher in the 21st century鈥�
• Mr. Jeffrey Puryear, Vice President for Social Policy, Inter-American Dialogue, and Co-Director, Program for Promotion of Educational Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean (PREAL): 鈥淭he LAC teaching challenge鈥�
• Mr. Eugenio Sever铆n, Senior Specialist in the Education Division, Inter American Development Bank: 鈥淭he teaching and learning process as a moving target through to ICTs鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Didier De Saint-Pierre, Civil Engineer in Computer Science, University of Chile, former Director of the Program Links and Technology Education Center, Ministry of Education of Chile: 鈥淭owards quality education for the 21st century鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Daniela Trucco, Chief of Social Affairs, Social Development Division, ECLAC: 鈥淚CTs for Education in Latin America: risks and opportunities鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Luis Garibaldi, Director of Education, Ministery of Education and Culture, Uruguay: 鈥淭he use of ICTs in Education; the plan CEIBAL, related public policies and evaluation鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Eduardo Aragundi, Secretary for Education Planning, Ministry of Education, Argentina: 鈥淲hy assess the quality of education?鈥�
• Mr. Atilio Pizarro, Section Chief for Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation / Coordinator of the Regional Information System (SIRI): 鈥淎 comprehensive reference framework for quality in education鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Jorge Manzi, Head of Research Department, Measurement Center MIDE, Universidad Cat贸lica (UC): 鈥淲hat international assessments show about the quality of education in Latin America and the Caribbean?鈥�
• Mr. Mart铆n Hopenhayn, Director, Social Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): 鈥淓ducation achievements and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality in the LAC region鈥� (EN / ES)
• Mr. Jaime Vallaure, Deputy Regional Director, World Food Programme (WFP): 鈥淭he quality standard of the School Nutrition Programs鈥� (EN / ES)
• H.E. Mr. Gonzalo Guti茅rrez Reinel, Vice President of ECOSOC
• Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
• List of participants
• Meetings Highlights