Visit to Cairo by the UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura
CAIRO, Egypt, June 29, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Visit to Cairo by the UNESCO Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at the Conference Hall, Smart Village.
UNESCO’s Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, will visit Egypt on 29-30 June 2009 to launch the global UNESCO initiative related to the “ICT Competency Framework for Teachers” and to witness the soft launch of the “Review of Egyptian Education Reform”. Furthermore, Mr Matsuura will launch the regional initiative, to build an “Arab E-Courseware Digital Library”. Such initiatives fall under a coherent vision to build knowledge societies through capacity building for students, teachers and citizens as well as building high-quality e-content in local languages. The UNESCO Cairo Office will lead the efforts both regionally and globally in those important areas of UNESCO work.
Venue: Conference Hall, Smart Village, 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt.
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 at 10:00 to 13:00
Agenda
10:00 – 10:15 Mr Hany Helal, Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research
10:15 – 10:30 Mr Yousri El Gamal, Minister of Education
10:30 – 10:45 Mr Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communication and Information Technology
10:45 – 11:00 Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO
11:00 – 12:00 Global Launch of the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers + Arab E-Courseware Library + IT Literacy in Arab States
12:00 – 12:45 National Education Reform Review
12:45 – 13:00 Closing Remarks
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
SOURCE
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
