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UNESCO International Institute for Capacity
Building in Africa
UNESCO International Institute for Capacity
Building in Africa1999 - 2009
Background
• Since the World Conference on Education (Jomtien, 1990), strengthening the capacity of African Ministries of Education was a major condition for Achieving EFA goals.
• This was also the central theme of the ADEA Biennale (Dakar, 1997) .
The 29th General Conference of UNESCO (Paris, 1999) created IICBA, a category I Institute based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Mandate
• To build and strengthen the capacities of teacher education institutions in Africa.
• To contribute to the design and implementation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006-2015) in the areas of:
Teacher education Distance education Curriculum development Educational management
Mode of Operation
• Training (face-to-face) and ODL• Use of ICTs for education• Research• Partnership:African Union and its RECsUNESCO Cluster and National Offices and
National Commissions in AfricaADEA Working GroupsIndividual specialists and centres of excellence in
teacher education and development
Administration
•9 on an equitable geographical, linguistic and gender distribution •2 from Africa’s regional organizations•1 representative of the donor community oThe UNESCO DG representative and the UN agencies attend meetings without the right to voteo IICBA’s director is the secretary of the Board
Governing Board12 Full, 12 Alternate
Leadership
Julien Daboué, Officer in Charge
Joseph Ngu, Former Director
Fay Chung, Founding Director
2008-
2004-2008
1999-2003
Means of Action
•19 professional, administrative and support staff•Various UNESCO Networks:•UNESCO Permanent Delegations, http://erc.unesco.org/portal/PermanentDelegations.asp?language=en•UNITWIN, http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Staff and UNESCO Networks
Interventions
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Teacher Education and Teacher Training Institution Management (TE&TTIM)
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Educational Management, Research and Advocacy (EMR&A)
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ICTs for Education, Knowledge Management and Distribution (ICT4EKM&D)
TTISSA and 2nd Decade of Education for Africa
TE&TTIM
•MEd ICT (Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Uganda)
•Post Graduate Diploma in DE (Ethiopia, Gambia,
Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone
Swaziland)•MA in Teaching Math and
Science (Ethiopia)•MEd Critical Practitioner
Inquiry (Ethiopia)
Degree Offering Programmes
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TE&TTIM …
•Produced modules for TEI management
•Trained heads of TEIs in 10 TTISSA countries
•Support to Nigeria MOE in training heads of TEIs•Support to CapEFA
implementation in Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
Short-term Training
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EMR&A
•Produced IICBA Capacity Building Framework
•Produced Handbook for Educational Planners•Organised Women
Educational Leadership (WEL) workshops
•Launched Fundamental Series on Teacher Issues in
Africa
Short-term Training
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EMR&A …
•Commissioned research on Early Childhood Care and Education in six countries
(Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria
and South Africa)•Sponsoring and publication
of booklets on Girls’ Participation in Education,
Manual for Multigrade Teaching, Manual for
Textbook Writers, Manual for Integrating HIV/AIDS into
School Curriculum
Short-term Training
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ICT4EKM&D
•Needs Assessment on ISAT •Case Studies on ICT4E
•Training on Pedagogy-based ICT use in education
•Training on contextualizing science teacher education using opensource software•Training on ICT-enhanced
Teacher Standards
ICT for Education (ICT4E)
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ICT4EKM&D …
•Teacher Education Network (www.ten-iicba.org)•Electronic Libraries
(http://library.unesco-iicba.org)•Production of interactive CD-
ROMs on HIV/AIDS•Newsletters and website (www.unesco-iicba.org)
•Use of opensource software
Knowledge Management and Distribution
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Partnership
International Forum International Forum on Teacher Education on Teacher Education
Innovation (China)Innovation (China)
Teacher Development inTeacher Development inthe Second Decade ofthe Second Decade of
Education for Africa (AU)Education for Africa (AU)
Pedagogy-based Pedagogy-based ICT Use in EducationICT Use in Education
(Korea Natcom)(Korea Natcom)
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Partnership …
CapEFA on ODLCapEFA on ODL(BREDA)(BREDA)
ICT in Education StatisticsICT in Education Statistics(UIS)(UIS)
Teachers ProfessionalTeachers ProfessionalDevelopmentDevelopment
(USAID and SIDA)(USAID and SIDA)
Future PlanEstablishing
Further Network of Partners
Working Closely with the AU and its RECs
Continued Support to TTISSA Implementation
Undertaking Research and Effective Use of ICT
for Teacher Development
Enhanced and Sustainable Teacher Education in Africa
©UNESCO-IICBA, 2009
Tel: +251-11-544 5284/544 5435
Fax: +251-11-551 4936
PO Box 2305
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
www.unesco-iicba.org