Representative of OIEC at Council of Europe
Recently, a new representative of OIEC at the Council of Europe has been nominated : Mr Patrick Krug, the diocesan director of Catholic schools of the Diocese of Freiburg in Breisgau/ Germany.
CEEC – new Secretary General
The Secretary General of the CEEC (the regional secretariat of the OIEC for Europe), Guy Selderslagh, who took office in 2015 following Etienne Verack, retired on 30 June 2022. On behalf of the OIEC, we take this opportunity to thank him very warmly and friendly for all of his work within the CEEC. With him, working relations between the OIEC…
Meeting with the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to Unesco
The Representatives of the OIEC to UNESCO Michel Bertet and Gloria Parra accompanied by OIEC’s Secretary General Philippe Richard met on 11 July 2022 His Excellency Monsignor Eric Soviguidi, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO.
CIEC Congress
On May 27 and 28, 2022 took place in Mexico City the Congress of the CIEC (Confederación Interamericana de Educación Católica) which represents the OIEC region of the Americas.
Transforming Education Summit 2022
The OIEC participated in the Pre-Summit “Transforming Education 2022” organized in Paris by UNESCO from June 27 to 29 to represent a network of 210,000 Catholic schools around the world.
NCEA Convention
The OIEC Secretary General represented the OIEC during the NCEA (National Catholic Education Association) Convention in New Orleans/ Louisiana (USA) on 17-19 April 2022.
OIEC Council meeting
The OIEC Council members met in Rome on April 6 and 7, 2022 for the 98th Council meeting. In this occasion they also participated in the general audience at the Vatican and met with Pope Francis in person, followed by a visit to the Congregation for Catholic Education.
OIEC-GPEN Reformation-OIDEL Work meeting
On March 24, 2022 the OIEC met with GPEN Reformation and the OIDEL in order to work on the restructuring of the Christian schools’ representation within the Council of Europe.