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Commonwealth Consortium
for Education
& Link Community Development (LCD)
LCD and the Commonwealth Consortium for Education held a conference
in Cape Town, South Africa on 8th and 9th December 2006, immediately
preceding the Conference of Commonwealth
Education Ministers (CCEM). The Commonwealth-wide working conference
sought to review the various models of school and college partnerships
available, assess both the actual and potential impact of partnerships
on all those involved, inform the current international debate on school
linking and influence the delegates to the CCEM.
The Power of Partnerships: Strength of Friends
Exploring the potential of school and college links in the Commonwealth
8th and 9th December 2006
District 6, Cape Town, South Africa
There are currently several thousand international school and college partnerships throughout the Commonwealth. Anecdotal evidence suggests that partnerships can increase international understanding, support school development and promote mutual respect and friendship. Governments across the Commonwealth are placing school and college linking higher up their agendas. What exactly are the benefits of partnerships? Are they really improving the quality of education? Does the Commonwealth have a role to promote partnerships?
Bringing together stakeholders involved in all aspects of school and college linking including non-governmental organisation representatives, school delegates from across the Commonwealth and government representatives this timely international conference explored the potential of school and college partnerships to make a difference to the lives of young people and the implications for practitioners, leaders and educators. Through sharing experiences and best practice delegates had the opportunity to openly debate the issues associated with school and college partnerships and learn from each other about what works and possible ways forward.
The conferencewas opened by The Most Reverend Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the programme included a variety of international keynote speakers and breakout sessions covering all aspects of linking including assessing the impact of partnerships, exploring different linking models and explorations of how school and college linking can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
programme (downloadable pdf of draft programme for conference)
click here for more information (dowloadable pdf flyer)
click
here for registration form (via LCD website)
Previous Conference Activity
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conference Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2003 |
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The Consortium held its Inaugural Conference on the eve of the 15th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers in Edinburgh at the end of October 2003.
The focus for this first conference was:
"RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND MOBILITY OF TEACHERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH"
In this section you will find copies of documents produced by the Conference as well as links to other related documents and information.
Recommendations from the CCfE Innaugural Conference 24/25 October 2003
Report of Activities since foundation of the Consortium
The Edinburgh Communiqué and Action Plan (published by the Ministers' Conference) (.pdf)
Paper prepared by the consortium for presentation to the Ministers' conference (.pdf)