INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

48th Session

Practising Inclusion: Exhibition Catalogue Exhibition at the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE)

25 - 28 November, 2008 International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) Geneva, Switzerland

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

48th Session

Table of Contents

Map of Exhibition Area

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Exhibitors by Stand Number

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Exhibitors by Category

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Private Sector

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Sponsors Only

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UN Agencies & Intergovernmental Organizations

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NGOs Partnerships

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UNESCO Publications

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J. A. Comenius Exhibition

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Exhibition at the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE)

25 - 28 November, 2008 International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) Geneva, Switzerland

48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION Map of Exhibition Area

To J. A. Comenius Exhibition

Map of Exhibition Area

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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

48th Session

Exhibitors by Stand Number Exhibitor Name

A01

Perkins International - Perkins School for the Blind*

Co-Exhibitor

Perkins International

A02

Blackboard

BLACKBOARD

A03

DELTALAB / COSIMI

DELTALAB / COSIMI

A07

Adobe Systems Inc*

Adobe Systems Inc

A08

NComputing UK Ltd.*

NComputing

A09

ePals*

ePals

B11

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction System & Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education (COGSS-DPE)

Towards Disaster-Safe Schools

B12

European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education*

European Agency

B13

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Labour Organization

B14

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Y-PEER Network

B15

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

UNRWA EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

B16

UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)

UNESCO Associated Schools

B17

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) & UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)

IBE & CMU: GigaPan Project Co-Exhibitor

Stand ID Sign

B17, B21, B22, C

UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)

B21

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH & UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)

UNESCO Publications

B22

UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) & HIV and AIDS

C

UNESCO Education Sector

Co-Exhibitor

C

UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

C

UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean Co-Exhibitor (OREALC)

UNESCO Publications

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INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL

INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL

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International Baccalaureate (IB)

International Baccalaureate

D32

SIL International

SIL International

D33

Disability Equality in Education (DISEED)

Co-Exhibitor

D33

Enabling Education Network (EENET)

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

Handicap International

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

Leonard Cheshire Disability

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

Save the Children

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

Sightsavers International

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

Co-Exhibitor

NGOs for Inclusion

D33

World Vision UK

Co-Exhibitor

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Fronter*

Fronter

E43

Lingonet Ltd.

LINGONET

E44

SMART Technologies*

SMART Technologies

F40

ELMO Europe GmbH

ELMO EUROPE GMBH

G34

YOKNOWLEDGE.COM

YOKNOWLEDGE.COM

G35

Young Digital Planet*

Young Digital Planet

G36

MKFC Stockholm College*

MKFC Stockholm College

G37

Panasonic Corporation - Corporate Overseas Solution Business Dept.

Panasonic

GTZ & IBE HIV and AIDS Education UNESCO Publications

NGOs for Inclusion

NGOs for Inclusion

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The Moscow City Department of Education

Moscow Education Department

G39

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD)

Consultative Group on ECCD

Level 1

Pedagogical Museum of J. A. Comenius in Prague

Sponsors Only

Avallain AG

Sponsors Only

Gatlin International LLC

Sponsors Only

Revolution - An Essence for Freedom

* These exhibitors are also sponsors of the International Conference on Education (ICE)

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Private Sector

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Stand No. A07 A02 A03 F40 A09 E42 E43 G36 A08 G37 A01 E44 G34 G35

Exhibitor Name Adobe Systems Inc* Blackboard DELTALAB / COSIMI ELMO Europe GmbH ePals* Fronter* Lingonet Ltd. MKFC Stockholm College* NComputing UK Ltd.* Panasonic Corporation - Corporate Overseas Solution Business Dept. Perkins International - Perkins School for the Blind* SMART Technologies * YOKNOWLEDGE.COM Young Digital Planet*

Co-Exhibitor

Stand ID Sign Adobe Systems Inc BLACKBOARD DELTALAB / COSIMI ELMO EUROPE GMBH ePals Fronter LINGONET MKFC Stockholm College NComputing Panasonic Perkins International SMART Technologies YOKNOWLEDGE.COM Young Digital Planet

Exhibitors

Sponsors Only Avallain AG Gatlin International LLC Revolution - An Essence for Freedom

UN Agencies & Intergovernmental Organizations Stand No. B12 B13 B16 B17, B21, B22, C B22 B11 B14 B15

Exhibitor Name Co-Exhibitor European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education* International Labour Organization (ILO) UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) & HIV and AIDS United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction System & Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education (COGSS-DPE) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Stand ID Sign European Agency International Labour Organization UNESCO Associated Schools

Exhibitor Name Disability Equality in Education (DISEED) Enabling Education Network (EENET) Handicap International INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL International Baccalaureate (IB) Leonard Cheshire Disability Save the Children Sightsavers International SIL International The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD) The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) World Vision UK

Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor

Stand ID Sign NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL International Baccalaureate NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion SIL International Consultative Group on ECCD NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion NGOs for Inclusion

Exhibitor Name Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) & UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH & UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) The Moscow City Department of Education

Co-Exhibitor

HIV and AIDS Education Towards Disaster-Safe Schools Y-PEER Network UNRWA EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

NGOs Stand No. D33 D33 D33 D30 D31 D33 D33 D33 D32 G39 D33 D33 D33

Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor

Partnerships Stand No. B17 B21 G38

Stand ID Sign IBE & CMU: GigaPan Project GTZ & IBE Moscow Education Department

UNESCO Publications Stand No. C C C C C B17, B21, B22, C C C C C C

Exhibitor Name UNESCO Education Sector UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES) UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC) UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC) UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC)

J. A. Comenius Exhibition Level 1

Pedagogical Museum of J. A. Comenius in Prague

* These exhibitors are also sponsors of the International Conference on Education (ICE)

Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor

Stand ID Sign UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications

Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications UNESCO Publications

Co-Exhibitor

UNESCO Publications

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Private Sector

Adobe Systems Inc 601 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Megan Stewart (Director, Worldwide Higher Education) +1-415-832-5218 +1-415-832-2512 [email protected] www.adobe.com/education

Blackboard Blackboard Dam 27, 2nd floor 1012 JS Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Tim Collin +31-20-520-6884 +31-20-788-2451 [email protected] www.blackboard.com

DELTALAB / COSIMI DELTALAB / COSIMI Parc d’Activités Centr’Alp 259, rue du Rocher de Lorzier 38430 Moirans FRANCE Contact:

Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Patricia Naideau (Area Export Manager, Europe - Americas) +33-4-76-35-05-35 +33-4-76-35-14-19 [email protected] www.deltalab-cosimi.com

A07 Adobe enables a new way of teaching and learning by providing digital creation, communication and collaboration tools for classroom and campuswide use. By offering industry leading products at accessible prices, free online curriculum and training for educators ensuring teachers and students have access to the latest technology they need to teach and learn, Adobe continues to care and support the education market.

A02 Founded in 1997, Blackboard Inc. is a global leader in education technology that improves the experience of millions of students and learners every day. With Blackboard, thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities.

A03 DELTALAB is one of the French leaders supplying a range of products and teaching systems for scientific, technical professional teaching and research. DELTALAB develops and manufactures a complete range of equipment in Mechanical Engineering (aerodynamics, hydraulics, mechanics, technology). Process Engineering (regulation, environment, food processing, pharmaceutical, chemical engineering), Automation and Control and Oil Hydraulics, from the basic apparatus to the pilot production line. Present on the market for more than 40 years, DELTALAB is able to apprehend the most precise teaching needs and to offer the appropriate solutions meeting teaching and industrial requirements thanks to its Agents and Partners all over the world.

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Adobe Systems Inc

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ELMO Europe GmbH ELMO Europe GmbH Neanderstrasse 18 40233 Düsseldorf GERMANY

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Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email:

Exhibitors

Website:

Sandra Diezemann +49-211-386470 +49-211-376630 [email protected] [email protected] www.elmo-education.com www.elmo-schule.de www.elmoeurope.com

ePals

Tim DiScipio +1-203-372-5008 [email protected] www.epals.com

Fronter

ePals is the largest and fastest growing community of online classrooms and a safe social network for learning reaching 16 million teacher and students in 200 countries and territories. The company is also a leading provider of protected school email, blog and eMentoring technology with language translation tools built inside. Classrooms can connect with other ePals schools around the world or in their own country for teacher supervised project sharing, literacy skill building, foreign language practice and learning about each other's countries and culture. ePals is free to all schools worldwide.

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Fronter Rådhusgata 1-3 0103 Oslo

NORWAY Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

ELMO Europe GmbH is a subsidiary of it's headquarter in Nagoya, Japan. For many years, ELMO has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality and high performance presentation devices. ELMO Visualisers can be regarded as the successors to overhead projectors. With their camera system, they capture every object, sample, sheet of paper, movement and text — in any classroom.

A09

ePals 70 Soundview Drive Easton, CT 06612 USA Contact: Telephone: Email: Website:

F40

Kirsti Rogne +47-24-14-99-99 +47-97-77-05-40 [email protected] fronter.com

Fronter develops and provides the Fronter Platform, consisting of almost 100 easy-to-use tools for teaching, learning and collaborating online. The tools cover personal work and e-portfolios, learning management, collaboration and communication, publishing and content management, and administration. Using Fronter, millions of people are Learning Together world wide.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

Lingonet Ltd. Linnankatu 21 A 20100 Turku FINLAND Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Katri Oldendorff +358-2-2345-444 +358-2-2345-445 [email protected] www.lingonet.com

MKFC Stockholm College MKFC Stockholm College Mäster Samuelsgatan 42 111 57 Stockholm SWEDEN Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Marja-Riitta Ritanoro +46-8-216426 +46-8-221417 [email protected] [email protected] www.stockholmcollege.se

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E43 Lingonet was founded in 1996 with the aim of developing multimedia content and multimedia-based learning paradigms for language learning. Our programmes are based on authentic language and offer a great amount of task-based activities. They have been developed, written and recorded by native speakers and have been sold so far to over 35 countries worldwide.

G36 MKFC Stockholm College practices End-to-End eLearning™ eLearning is the most powerful tool to educate people: Ask how learners learn, take the best practice, embed it with local roots, implement theories in work-life environments. The results are better quality, accessibility, decreasing cost. MKFC Stockholm College works from Sweden and Finland.

NComputing UK Ltd.

A08

NComputing UK Ltd. Oakridge House, Wellington Road High Wycombe HP12 3PR UK

The average person uses less than 10% of the capacity of their PC. The rest is wasted. NComputing taps into the other 90% so that multiple users can simultaneously share a single PC. Each person runs their own applications — and has their own files, settings and preferences. Without the bulk. Without the expense. Without the cost of a dedicated PC.

Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Geraldine Rizzo +44-1494-557350 +44-1494-557310 [email protected] www.ncomputing.com

Panasonic Corporation - Corporate Overseas Solution Business Dept. G37 Panasonic Corporation Corporate Overseas Solution Business Dept. 4-12-4, Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-8587 JAPAN

Our activity is to contribute to each regional market worldwide by providing Panasonic's solutions with advanced technology and engineering support to Corporate and Government customers.

Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

We have lots of experience in Official Development Assistance project such as broadcasting, distance education, etc.

Ms Kozue Ichiba +81-3-6710-2111 +81-3-6710-3931 [email protected] http://panasonic.net/

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Lingonet Ltd.

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Perkins International - Perkins School for the Blind Perkins International Perkins School for the Blind 175 North Beacon Street Watertown, MA 02472 USA

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Contact:

Exhibitors

Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Sergei Sorokin (Director of Perkins International) +1-617-972-7221 +1-617-923-8076 [email protected] www.Perkins.org

SMART Technologies SMART Technologies 1207 – 11 Avenue SW, Suite 300 Calgary, AB T3C 0M5 CANADA Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

+1-403-245-0333 +1-403-228-2500 [email protected] www.smarttech.com

YOKNOWLEDGE.COM YOKNOWLEDGE.COM Solitaire, 1st Floor, Above Bank of India, S.V. Road Santacruz (W) Mumbai - 400054 INDIA Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Gautam Goradia +91-22-26057255 +91-22-26057833 [email protected] www.yoknowledge.com

A01

Perkins International is a nongovernmental agency dedicated to improving the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities. We work in 63 countries to provide educational services to children and families, prepare teachers to be leaders, advance Braille literacy, and support disability-rights advocacy.

E44 SMART Technologies invented the touch-sensitive SMART Board interactive whiteboard in 1991. It was just the first of many innovative, easy-to-use products that have earned SMART worldwide recognition and made it the undisputed global leader in the interactive whiteboard product category. Its strategic alliance with Intel® Corporation and strong commitment to research and development has accelerated SMART’s growing line of technology solutions. SMART’s everexpanding line of powerful technology solutions has given educators the ability to transform learning for over 20 million students around the world.

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YO knowledge.com has created a unique software for TEACHERS to introduce a NEW and INTERACTIVE way to teach, and bring FUN to the classroom using SNAP CARDS. It has also created a superb AGGREGATING software for STUDENTS to self-test for a LIFETIME. Both softwares offer tremendous other features.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

Young Digital Planet ul. Slowackiego 175 80-298 Gdansk POLAND Contact: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Katarzyna Szuran (Managing Director Assistant) +48-58-768-22-22 +48-58-768-22-11 [email protected] www.ydp.eu

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G35 Young Digital Planet, a member of Sanoma corporation, is an educational eContent publisher and eLearning technology provider. The company’s core activity extends to cooperating with Ministries of Education worldwide as well as being a strategic partner of the most demanding Textbook Publishers operating globally.

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Young Digital Planet

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Avallain AG

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Avallain AG Gstalden 490 9062 Lustmühle SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Ralf Kellershohn (Director Communication) Telephone: +41-71-450-06-85 Fax: +41-71-450-06-83 Email: [email protected] Website: www.avallain.com/basicskills

The Swiss e-learning developer Avallain combines the best solutions and a special production process to enable customised e-learning for basic skills. More than 100,000 users in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland are currently learning with our Basic Skills System, providing e-learning for literacy, numeracy and workplace skills.

Gatlin International LLC Gatlin International LLC Office 404, Fourth Floor Albany House 324-326 Regent Street London W1B 3HH UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Mehdi Tounsi Telephone: +33-609-65-51-37 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.gatlininternational.com

Gatlin International is the leader in online education, fully immersed each day in its mission of providing quality education to the world. We provide innovative online learning solutions that are trusted by leading universities, corporations and governments around the world. We work with you and support you so that you can effortlessly brand a customized solution to your needs, empowering you to maximize efficiency in professional development and increase the value of your organization. With offices and staff across the world, Gatlin International is the true expert in global education. Online education starts here

Revolution-An Essence For Freedom Revolution-An Essence For Freedom 13, Vivekananda Road, Santoshpur Kolkata – 700075 INDIA Telephone: Email: Website:

+91-33-24184054 [email protected] www.revolutionindia.org

REVOLUTION - AN ESSENCE FOR FREEDOM, a registered not - for - profit development organisation, promotes "QUALITY EDUCATION" by providing courses on Communicative English & basic computer skills to 3000 students of standards VIII, IX & X in rural West Bengal, India. The organisation aims to institutionalise the programme through advocacy with Government.

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UN Agencies & Intergovernmental Organizations

European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education Østre Stationsvej 33 5000 Odense C DENMARK Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Dr Amanda Watkins +45-64-41-00-20 +45-64-41-23-03 [email protected] www.european-agency.org

The Agency is a network of country representatives nominated by the respective Ministries of Education in our member and observer countries. We aim to provide policy makers and professionals with access to relevant information by providing mechanisms and services that facilitate contact and exchange between stakeholders in inclusive education.

International Labour Organization (ILO) International Labour Organization 4 route des Morillons 1211 Geneva 22 SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Maria Gabriella Lay +41-22-799-7731 +41-22-799-8771 [email protected] www.ilo.org

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Sigrid Niedermayer +33-1-45-68-10-80 +33-1-45-68-56-26 [email protected] www.unesco.org/education/asp

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) UNESCO Paris UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France

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B16

UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) is a global network of some 8000 schools in 179 countries (ranging from pre-schools and primary to secondary and teacher training institutions) who work in support of quality education and provide examples of good practice to UNESCO and Ministries of Education. ASPnet schools worldwide are committed to fostering inclusive education.

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European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education

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UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) UNESCO-International Bureau of Education C.P. 199 1211 Geneva 20 SWITZERLAND

Exhibitors

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Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Ruth Creamer +41-22-917-78-57 +41-22-917-78-01 [email protected] www.ibe.unesco.org

B17, B21, B22, C

The IBE is the UNESCO institute specializing in educational contents, methods and structures. It contributes to the attainment of quality Education for All through: fostering national capacities and providing technical assistance in the field of curriculum development; building networks to disseminate and share knowledge and experience and facilitating international dialogue on educational policies and practices.

UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) & HIV and AIDS UNESCO-International Bureau of Education C.P. 199 1211 Geneva 20 SWITZERLAND Contact Persons: Sandrine Bonnet / Alexandra Vallée Telephone: +41-22-917-78-63 Fax: +41-22-917-78-01 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.ibe.unesco.org/en/hiv-aids.html

The theme of our exhibition is the response from the education sector to HIV and AIDS. We will have the following materials: • Interactive materials from our programme and other organizations • Movies on HIV and AIDS playing on a screen

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction System & Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education (COGSS-DPE) UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction System & COGSS-DPE c/o UNIDSR Library - International Environment House 2, 7-9 Chemin de Balexert 1219 Geneva SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Marla Petal Telephone: +41-79-240-8474 +41-22-740-8474 Fax +1-408-516-5841 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cogssdpe.ning.com

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B11

The UNISDR System’s Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education and the Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education have an advocacy partnership with workplan addressing: 1. Disaster-resistant school construction, replacement and retrofit. 2. Disaster prevention in the curriculum 3. School disaster management. 4. Extra-curricular and community-based prevention education.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Y-PEER Peer Education Training and Research Institute (PETRI) 15, Acad. Ivan Geshov Boulevard 1431 Sofia BULGARIA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Naida Kucukalic +359-2-954-96-72 +359-2-954-96-25 [email protected] www.youthpeer.org

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Kabir Shaikh (Director of Education) +962-6-5808201 +962-6-5808289 [email protected] www.unrwa.org

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B14

Y-PEER (Youth Peer Education Network) was pioneered by UNFPA and consists of more than 500 NGOs and governmental institutions, including thousands of youth working in the area of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. The network covers Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, and Brazil.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) PO Box 140157 Amman 11814 JORDAN

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UNRWA. was established by United Nations in 1949 to give direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. Originally envisaged as a temporary organization, the Agency has gradually adjusted its activities to meet the changing needs of the refugees. Today, UNRWA provides basic services - education, health, relief and social services - to over 4.6 million registered Palestine refugees.

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Disability Equality in Education (DISEED)

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Disability Equality in Education Unit 1M, Leroy House 436 Essex Road London N1 3QP UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Richard Rieser (Director) +44-207-359-2855 +44-207-354-3372 [email protected] www.diseed.org.uk

Enabling Education Network (EENET) EENET ESI, School of Education, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Susie Miles +44-161-275-3711 +44-161-275-3548 [email protected] [email protected] www.eenet.org.uk

Handicap International Handicap International CAN Mezzanine 32 - 36 Loman Street London SE1 0EH UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Via RNID Typetalk: SMS: Email: Website:

Hannah Corps +44-870-774-3737 +44-870-774-3738 18001-0870-7743737 +44-7719-194-437 [email protected] www.handicap-international.org.uk

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Disability Equality in Education (DEE) provides training, consultancy and resources to improve the position of disabled people in the education system and all public services. DEE‘s training by experienced disabled trainers is based on the Social Model. DEE has provided highly regarded training across Europe, Africa, the Americas & Russia.

D33 EENET is a unique international resource on inclusive education which prioritises the needs of countries with limited access to basic information and financial resources by providing documents in hard copy. Practitioners in over 200 countries have used the web site in the last two years. EENET is based in the UK, but has developed partnerships with colleagues in Asia, East Africa and Brazil. Colleagues in the Middle East are developing a web site for Arabic speakers and an organisation in Portugal has developed a web site for Portuguesespeaking countries.

D33 Handicap International is the largest international organisation specialised in disability and inclusive development. We work alongside disabled people and a range of organisations in the context of both emergencies and long-term sustainability. Our activities include rehabilitation, support for inclusion in all aspects of daily life, and the elimination of preventable causes of disability, such as landmines and cluster munitions.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL 4-6 University Way University of East London, Docklands Campus London E16 2RD UNITED KINDGOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Raquel Gonzalez +44-2082237709 +44-2082237411 [email protected] www.inclusion-international.org

International Baccalaureate (IB) International Baccalaureate (IB) 15, route des Morillons Grand Saconnex 1218 Geneva SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Caroline Revol +41-22-7917352 +41-22-7910277 [email protected] www.ibo.org

Leonard Cheshire Disability Leonard Cheshire Disability International Department 66 South Lambeth Road London SW8 1RL UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Nolan Quigley (International Policy and Campaigns Manager) Telephone: +44-20-3242-0200 Fax: +44-20-3242-0250 Email: [email protected] Website: www.LCDisability.org/youngvoices

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D30 Inclusion International is a global federation of familybased organizations advocating for the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities worldwide. II represents over 200 member federations in 115 countries throughout five regions Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

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D31 The IB is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. Our three programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, we currently work with 2,425 schools in 131 countries to develop and offer three challenging programmes to over 665,000 students aged 3 to 19 years.

D33 Leonard Cheshire Disability is a leading nongovernmental organisation with 60 years of achievement in promoting positive attitudes to disability and empowering people with disabilities. Leonard Cheshire Disability works with partner organisations and local communities in over 50 countries to change attitudes to disability, deliver inclusive education programmes and provide other services.

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INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL

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48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

Save the Children Save the Children 1 St John's Lane London EC1M 4AR UNITED KINGDOM

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Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Helen Pinnock +44-20-7012-6746 +44-20-7012-6963 [email protected] www.savethechildren.org.uk

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Sightsavers International Sightsavers International Grosvenor Hall Bolnore Road Haywards Heath RH16 4BX UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Kate Gooding +44-1444-446600 +44-1444-446688 [email protected] www.sightsavers.org

SIL International SIL International Suite 105, 1701 Clarendon Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209-2700 USA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Dr Paul Frank +1-703-294-4005 +1-703-294-4142 [email protected] www.sil.org

D33 Save the Children is an international NGO working to right the fundamental wrongs which affect children. It uses experience and influence to persuade government and others to deliver children’s rights. Save the Children works in 52 countries to ensure that the most marginalised children can access quality, inclusive and equitable education.

D33 Sightsavers International works with partners in over 30 countries to support eye health and promote the rights of disabled people. We collaborate with governments and other actors to demonstrate effective approaches to including children with visual impairments in mainstream schools, and advocate for more government and donor action on inclusion.

D32 SIL serves language communities worldwide, building capacity for sustainable language-based development by means of research, translation, training and materials development.

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD) The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD) c/o Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 CANADA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Louise Zimanyi (Director) +1-416-979-5000 ext 4801 +1-416-979-5384 [email protected] www.ecdgroup.com

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Nafisa Baboo +27-21-426-5858 +27-21-422 0861 [email protected] www.africandecade.org

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Voluntary Services Overseas 27A Carlton Drive, Putney London SW15 2BS UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Polly Kirby +44-20-8780-7695 +44-20-8780-7550 [email protected] www.vsointernational.org

World Vision UK World Vision UK World Vision House, Opal Drive, Fox Milne Milton Keynes MK15 0ZR UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Telephone: Email: Website:

Philippa Lei +44-1908-841000 [email protected] www.worldvision.org.uk

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G39

The Consultative Group is a broad-based international consortium that works to facilitate a global understanding of the importance of Early Childhood Care and Development for social development and poverty reduction and to advocate for improved investments, policies and actions to support the holistic development of young children (prenatal to 8 years).

The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities PO Box 587 Cape Town 8000 SOUTH AFRICA

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D33

The mission of the Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (SADPD) is to empower governments, Decade Steering Committees (DSCs), Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs) and development organizations to work in partnership to include disability and persons with disabilities into policies and programs in all sectors of society in Africa.

D33 VSO is the world’s leading international development agency that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO contributes to the Education for All goals by working in partnership to strengthen education systems to deliver good quality education and develop provision for disadvantaged learners in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

D33 World Vision is a Christian development, relief, and advocacy organisation, dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Motivated by our Christian faith, World Vision is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION Partnerships

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) & UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)

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Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Laura Tomokiyo +1-412-268-8037 +1-412-268-9616 [email protected] www.cmu.edu

B17

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), established in 1900, has been a pragmatic institution focused on finding real solutions to the problems facing society a mission that has resulted in the development of our world-class reputation for interdisciplinary research and education. Today, Carnegie Mellon is the world's leading research university in security, mobile computing, robotics and designed innovation. Its reputation for technical excellence lies in two cornerstone schools, the College of Engineering and the School of Computer Science. The Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) Lab designs, creates, and disseminates robotic curricula and technologies for enhancing quality of life.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH & B21 UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Postfach 5180 65726 Eschborn GERMANY Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Iris Grobenski +49-(0)6196-79-2669 +49-(0)6196-79-802669 [email protected] www.gtz.de

The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008 The Moscow City Department of Education

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Maria Tsapenko +7-495-3651318 +7-495-3697345 [email protected] www.educom.ru

Session

G38

MOSCOW EDUCATION: FROM INFANCY TO SCHOOL Joint Pilot Project of UNESCO and Moscow City Department of Education The project is targeted at the children up to six years of age and their parents, as well as managers and policy-makers working in the field of ECCE. The major objectives of the project are: 1. To ensure accessibility of ECCE for children of different social status, taking into consideration their language needs; 2. To ensure high quality of integrated ECCE services; 3. To ensure both the well-being and holistic development of children up to six years of age.

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The Moscow City Department of Education Semenovskay sq.4 105318 Moscow RUSSIA

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48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION UNESCO Publications

UNESCO Education Sector

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UNESCO Education Sector 7, place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris FRANCE

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Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Patricia Toïgo +33-1-45-68-10-11 +33-1-45-68-56-26 [email protected] www.unesco.org/education

C As a specialized agency of the United Nations, UNESCO contributes to the building of peace, the alleviation of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information. It accords top priority to achieving quality education for all, and leads the United Nations Decades on literacy and on education for sustainable development.

UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES) UNESCO-CEPES 39, Ştirbei Vodă Street 010102 Bucharest ROMANIA Contact Person: Jan Sadlak (Director) Telephone: +40-21-3130839 +40-21-3159956 Fax: +40-21-3123567 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cepes.ro

UNESCO-CEPES (European Centre for Higher Education), established in September 1972 with a view to promoting co-operation in higher education in the UNESCO Europe Region. UNESCO-CEPES’ activities include projects relevant to the development and reform of higher education (as follow-up to the 1998 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, and in line with the Bologna Process); promotion of policy development and research on higher education; dissemination of information on higher education; coordinates, within the UNITWIN/ UNESCO Chairs Programme, relations with a designated number of UNESCO Chairs relevant to its activities; serves as the secretariat or co-secretariat of specialized networks, especially those related to the implementation of the Council of Europe/UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the Europe Region.

UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education 8 Kedrova St., Bld. 3 117292 Moscow RUSSIA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Dr Natalia Tokareva +7-495-710-73-98 +7-495-129-12-25 [email protected] www.iite.ru

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C

The mission of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education is to strengthen the national capacities of the UNESCO Member States for applying information and communication technologies in education.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Feldbrunnenstraße 58 20148 Hamburg GERMANY Contact Person: Virman Man (Head of Publications and Information) Phone: +49-40-44-80-41-0 Fax: +49-40-410-7723 Email: [email protected] Website: www.unesco.org/uil

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Amy Otchet +1-514-343-6880 +1-514-343-6882 [email protected] www.uis.unesco.org

C The UIS collects and disseminates internationally comparable statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication. The aim is to help Member States and UN agencies make informed policy decisions. While developing new statistical concepts, methodologies and standards, the Institute works closely with Member States to reinforce their capacities to collect and analyse data.

UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) UNESCO-International Bureau of Education C.P. 199 1211 Geneva 20 SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Ruth Creamer +41-22-917-78-57 +41-22-917-78-01 [email protected] www.ibe.unesco.org

C

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning is a nonprofit policy-driven international research, training, information, documentation and publishing centre of UNESCO. UIL focuses on adult learning, literacy and non-formal basic education within the perspective of lifelong learning.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) UNESCO Institute for Statistics CP 6128, Succ.Centre-Ville Montreal, Quebec H3V 1A2 CANADA

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B17, B21, B22, C

The IBE is the UNESCO institute specializing in educational contents, methods and structures. It contributes to the attainment of quality Education for All through: fostering national capacities and providing technical assistance in the field of curriculum development; building networks to disseminate and share knowledge and experience and facilitating international dialogue on educational policies and practices.

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Exhibitors

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

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48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC)

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UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training UN Campus Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10 53113 Bonn GERMANY

Exhibitors

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Rupert Maclean (Director) +49-228-8150-100 +49-228-8150-199 [email protected] http://www.unevoc.unesco.org

The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) assists UNESCO's 193 member states strengthen and upgrade TVET. The Centre particularly focuses on contributing to the overarching UNESCO goals in TVET, including the global Education for All Campaign and the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development.

UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) PO Box 2305 Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Henok Workye +251-11-544-5284 +251-11-514-936 [email protected] www.unesco-iicba.org

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C

Flowing from the mission statement in the Strategic Plan, IICBA’s long-term strategic goal for the 2005– 2010 planning period is to support improvements in the quantity and quality of African teachers needed to meet EFA goals, by building capacity for teacher education across Africa. Its primary focus will be on African teacher training institutions and education ministries and policy makers to support improvement of education systems in the area of teacher training. According to its mandate, IICBA’s core mission is achieved by engaging four main modalities and services to support its member states: capacity building and training, research and development, networking, and information dissemination.

UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) 7-9 rue Eugène Delacroix 75116 Paris FRANCE Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Mark Bray +33-1-45-03-77-00 +33-1-40-72-83-66 [email protected] www.iiep.unesco.org

C

IIEP is a centre for training and research, specialized in educational planning and management. Created by UNESCO in 1963, IIEP is committed to strengthening the capacity of Member States to plan and manage their education systems. Its programmes are designed for planners, policy-makers and researchers. IIEP targets both individuals and institutions, and works in both the national and international arenas.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND • 25 - 28 NOVEMBER, 2008 UNESCO Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC) UNESCO Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educacion Surperior en América latina y el Caribe (IESALC) Edificio Asovincar, 1062-A. Av. Los Chorros c/c Calle Acueducto, Altos de Sebucán. Apartado Postal 68.394 Caracas VENEZUELA

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C

IESALC promotes the development and renewal of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean so that this region will have the necessary quality, capacity and relevancy to meet its present and future needs, and to support a culture of peace and sustainable human development.

Exhibitors

Contact Person: Jose Antonio Quinteiro Goris Telephone: +58-212-286-0555 +58-212-286-1020 Fax: +58-212-286-0527 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve

UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC) UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean Oficina Regional de Educación de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe Enrique Del Piano # 2058, Providencia Casilla 127-Santiago CHILE Contact Person: Marcelo Avilés (Publication and Communication Officer) Telephone: +56-2-4724600 Fax: +56-2-6551046 / 7 Email: [email protected] Website: www.unesco.org/santiago

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The UNESCO Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, with headquarters in Santiago, Chile, was created in 1963 for the purpose of assisting the region’s 41 Member States in the definition of strategies to further the development of their education policies.

48th Session

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION J. A. Comenius Exhibition

Pedagogical Museum of J. A. Comenius in Prague

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Pedagogical Museum of J. A. Comenius in Prague Valdštejnská 20 118 00 Prague 1 CZECH REPUBLIC

Exhibitors

Contact Person: Telephone: Fax: Email: Website:

Dr Markéta Pánková +420-257-533-455 +420-257-530-661 [email protected] [email protected] www.pmjak.cz

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History: The museum was established in 1892 as an effort of Czech teachers to preserve and document traditions of Czech education and pedagogy. It is one of the oldest museums in the Czech Republic. Since 1991 it has belonged to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. The museum is focused on the history of Czech education, pedagogy and teachers, further to the life, work and legacy of J. A. Comenius. Principal activities of the museum: • Creating and enriching collections, care of collections and their deposition • Scientific and research activities • Organising lectures, presentations and conferences, co-operation with media • Exposition and publication activities • Educational projects and long-term programmes as a part of further and whole-life education for both experienced experts and the general public from the Czech Republic and abroad • Co-operation with similar foreign institutions