Recent developments

SECTOR Note - The Economic Crisis

• Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Education, a Sectoral Activities Programme Note, July 2009.
  

CEART Report 2008

• CEART Interim Report on allegations concerning the International Recommendations on teachers.
  
• Report of the CEART Fact-finding mission on teacher evaluation, merit assessment and social dialogue in Japan.
  

World Teachers Day Message, 2008

The 2008 World Teachers Day Message issued jointly by the ILO, UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI) is now available for download.

Sectoral working papers

Sectoral working papers have been published on Social dialogue in the education sector: An overview (pdf, 524k) and Freedom of association and staff participation in higher education decision-making: A review (pdf, 316k).

Useful links/resources

• ILO Global Job Crisis Observatory
• 2008 World Teachers Day Message
• An HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy for the Education Sector in the Caribbean (pdf, 152)
• An HIV and AIDS Workplace Policy for the Education Sector in Southern Africa (pdf, 200k)