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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.