During a visit to the US as part of the preparations for the Congress, the Secretary General went to Washington. He was received at the Bishops’ Conference to advocate the return of the US to the OIEC. On the other hand, he took the opportunity to make some informal contacts with the World Bank. A[…]
At the invitation of the CNEP, the Secretary General stayed in Mexico for one week from 25 to 31 October. He attended the annual CNEP meeting in Saltillo, which brought together more than 600 delegates from all over Mexico. He also participated in various meetings at the CNEP headquarters in Mexico City. Finally, he awarded[…]
On Friday 27th and Saturday 28th October, the 92nd General Assembly of the CEEC (European Committee for Catholic Education) was held in Glasgow (Scotland). Almost all CEEC member countries were represented (Austria, Bosnia, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, France, England, Scotland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia). The[…]
At the invitation of the Global Pedagogical Network (GPEN), which brings together the Protestant schools of the world, the Secretary General traveled to Arusha (Tanzania) to participate in the third international meeting of this emerging movement. At this meeting, the Secretary General of the OIEC presented the OIEC network and the main lines of its[…]
The Association of Catholic Schools All Over India (AINACS) held its 51st Convention at the “City Montessori School” in Lucknow. 600 delegates from all over India discussed about the subject “Emerging challenges to catholic education“. These themes included the question of minorities in India and the acceptance of these minorities in Catholic schools. In its[…]
At the invitation of the CSN (Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria), and Father Bernard Asogo, National Secretary of the CSN’s Committee on Catholic Education, the Secretary General attended the 3rd National Catholic Education Summit of Nigeria which was held in Abuja from 15-17 October. More than 600 participants from across the country gathered in the presence[…]
As every year, the OIEC region MENA held its annual general meeting. This year, the meeting took place from 8 to 13 October in Amman, Jordan, at the Sisters of the Rosary. All the countries in the region were represented, including Djibouti and Turkey, who joined the MENA in 2017. Each country was able, through[…]
The Secretary General met in New York with the leaders of the organization “A chance in life” (https://www.achanceinlife.org/). This organization is very involved with vulnerable groups of children, especially street children. It can therefore bring a lot of expertise to the OIEC on these issues. “A chance in life” has been invited to speak at[…]
We received from the Secretary General of the ECAC (Associate Catholic Teaching of Central African Republic), Paul GUINIMANGUIMI, the information that the Central African Government has decided to close 32 confessional institutions in the CAR for various administrative reasons, such as : missing opening authorization, missing renewal of the opening authorization, non-compliance with closure decisions[…]
Every 4 years, the OIEC organizes an international congress for its members. The next congress will be held in New York at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) from June 5 to 8, 2019. A steering committee which prepares the event brings together the OIEC Secretary General, the Event Manager of the Congress, representatives of Fordham[…]