Programme

The Bergen Round Table:
Coupling Education For All with Higher Education

In collaboration with Union of Education Norway. Bergen - May 20, 2006

Tentative programme

09:00-09:15 Welcome and Opening remarks.
Tor Halvorsen, Knowpol and GHERA, University of Bergen

09:15-09:40 Education for All (EFA) - The Norwegian governments'’ policy for reaching the Millennium goals. State Secretary Anne Margareth Fagertun Stenhammer (to be confirmed)

09:40-10:00 The IAU – initiative: Contribution to EFA from the sector of Higher Education (HE). Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General International Association of Universities (IAU)

10:00-10:20 The UNESCO initiatives in Teacher Education: Training, Research and Publications in Africa. Juma Shabani, Director UNESCO Harare Cluster Office

10:20-10:40 Discussion

10:40-11.00 Coffee Break

11:00-12.30 The role of HE supporting EFA – Exploring the Emerging Discourse in Africa

Interplay between Educational Sectors in Africa:
Damtew Teferra, Editor African Higher Education
Penina Mlama, Executive director, FAWE
Barnabas Otaala, Professor, University of Namibia
Alice Sena Lamptey, Coordinator, Working Group of Higher Education, AAU

Discussion

12:30- 13.30 Lunch

13:30-14:30 The Role of Norwegian Institutions in Promoting EFA and Teacher Education in Africa — NORAD, Lins, SIU, Union of Education Norway

14:30-15:00 Discussion

15:00-15:15 Closing Session. Tom Skauge, Knowpol and GHERA, Bergen University College