Following the recommendations of the its Annual Meeting, held in November 2018 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 is convening the first meeting of the African regional focal points.
Hosted by the UNESCO Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), on 21-22 March 2019, the meeting seeks to reinforce the Teacher Task Force members and focal points’ engagement in the implementation of the Task Force 2018-2021 Strategic Plan through the consolidation of the Regional Group.
This meeting will be the occasion to reinforce synergies within the regional group and promote a stronger collaboration and cooperation with the African Union, especially regarding the alignment of the Teacher Task Force 2018-2021 Strategic Plan and the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA), which Strategic Objective 1 is on Teacher Development.
It will also provide the focal points with a chance to learn more about the vision and objectives of the continental umbrella framework and the existing political, institutional and technical mechanisms to tap into for a coherent implementation of the Teacher Task Force 2018-2021 Strategic Plan in Africa.