The 4th of December 2017 OIDEL together with the Permanent Mission of Portugal and the Permanent Mission of Finland did a lunch event of two documents: the Code of International Educational Law (CIEL) and the Essential content on the Right to Education. The presentation of these two documents was held by Alfred Fernandez, General Director…
Pour Alfred Fernandez, l’éducation n’est pas un besoin mais un droit Les enjeux liés à l’éducation s’organisent selon deux axes. Le premier axe est celui d’une éducation basée sur le droit. Très souvent, l’éducation n’est pas considérée comme un droit mais comme une prestation que l’État assure en fonction de ses possibilités économiques. En réalité,…
Last week OIDEL participated in the OIEC Council in Beirut. OIEC- Catholic International Education Office, is the entity that represents Catholic Education around the world. ( 70% of non-governmental schools are catholic). The Council of the OIEC was from Thursday 27th until Saturday 29th of April. Many issues were discussed but we would like to…
Los debates de política educativa hacen referencia a los elementos relevantes para mejorar la calidad educativa y el rendimiento escolar. Algunos indican que el problema es la falta de recursos, mientras otros abogan por la falta de autonomía. Con el objetivo de poner orden en la literatura sobre la cuestión L. Woessman, profesor de la…
En el encuentro anual de alumni de la UIC (Universidad Internacional de Cataluña), Alfred Fernandez (Director General de OIDE), intervino en la mesa redonda “Razón vs. corazón. Refugiados en Europa”. Más información del evento en este enlace
Seminar on education at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm – 16 November 2016 Since last year there has been a growing debate in Sweden on banning the public funding for religious schools. This debate began when Sweden’s Minister for upper secondary schools (gymnasieminister) told journalists that she intended to initiate a discussion about banning religious…