Month: November 2023

Education International (EI) and Education and Solidarity Network (ESN) invite you to participate in the webinar “Decent Work for Early Childhood Education Workers: Ten years after the adoption of the ILO Guidelines, where do we stand?” on 30 November at 15:00 CET until 16:30 CET (Brussels time).

A recent EI study revealed that Early Childhood Education (ECE) staff were among the education workers whose employment conditions had suffered most from the pandemic. Now it is underfunding and teacher shortages that are severely affecting staff in the sector.

During this webinar, a panel of experts from academia and organizations such as the ILO, UNESCO, the OECD and the Danish Union of Early Childhood and Youth Educators (BUPL) will look at the latest developments in the sector – particularly in terms of the status and working conditions of ECE staff – and examine the implementation of ILO guidelines and the ways in which they can help to address new trends.

The webinar will also provide an opportunity to discuss the results of the study analyzing the progress made in implementing the ILO Guidelines on the Promotion of Decent Work for Early Childhood Education Personnel and what they can contribute, as well as to exchange views on the data from the recently published International Barometer of the Health and Well-being of Education Personnel (I-BEST). This barometer provides important insights into the health and well-being of ECE staff in many countries including Argentina, Cameroon, Canada and France, among others.

You can register for the webinar by clicking here. Once you have registered, you will receive a link to the webinar. Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish.

The team of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education is delighted to invite you to its UK launch event. The launch event will take place on Tuesday 28 November 2023 from 14.00 until 19.30 GMT – in hybrid mode – at the University of Huddersfield and online. The UNESCO Chair is co-hosted by the University of Huddersfield in the UK and the University of Clermont Auvergne in France.  

Lifelong Learning and Literacy: Intersectoral Working in Health and Education to Support Wellbeing and Reduce Inequities

The programme for the launch event consists of:

14.00 – 16.00 GMT	Panel session: introduction to the activities of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education, the four flagship programmes, with a focus on national and regional activities.
16.30 – 17.30 GMT	Reception
18.00 – 19.30 GMT	Public lecture: Health Literacy: What every Patient and Parent should know. With Nicola Gray, Co-chair UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education, Reader in Medicines and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield

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During the 13^th European Congress on Global Health, ECTMIH2023, we will organise an interactive session “Intersectoral working among education and health: from words into actions”. The session is organised by the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education in collaboration with Maastricht University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, JOGG and EuroHealthNet. The session will take place on 22 November 2023, from 17.15 – 18.45 CET.

Intersectoral working

The COVID pandemic has highlighted the importance of intersectoral working between health and education sectors. Yet they still have their own objectives and speak their own language. During this session we will look at the importance of intersectoral working between health and education and especially how this can be put into practice. We will share good examples of intersectoral working in school and community settings and on implementation in a co-creative way contributing to social change. Participants are invited to share their experiences. By the end of this session participants will have practical ideas to improve intersectoral collaboration in their own work.

Aim of the session

The aim of the session is to:

• Share experiences on intersectoral working among education and health sectors, in particular the health promoting school approach;
• Share experiences on how intersectoral working is put into practice in different regions and contexts (good practices);
• Share suggestions of structuring these initiatives to take them further.

Speakers

Speakers are:

• Goof Buijs, manager UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
• Prof. Dr. Stef Kremers, professor of Health promotion, vice-dean Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Dr. Kathelijne Bessems, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Dr. Bonnie van Dongen, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Patty Scholten, Manager Healthy Communities, JOGG, Netherlands
• Ingrid Stegeman, Programme Manager, EuroHealthNet

Do you want to join?

In case you would like to participate in the session “Intersectoral working among education and health: from words into actions”, you need to register for the ECTMIH2023 conference.

More information about ECTMIH2023

Registration ECTMIH2023