Ministry

Hosts

Oman as host of the 2007 Education Ministerial was confirmed prior to the meeting by the Oman Minister of Education and by the final presentation of Germany, the 2007 G8 Presidency. The Ministerial was intended to take place in Muscat/Oman. Due to the unfortunate event of a cyclone which has hit Oman in June this year, the event, in agreement between the 2007 co-chairs, took place in Bonn/Germany.
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    Germany

    Germany is a land of ideas: the strongest export economy in the world, a country rich in diversity and experience with first-class universities. Education, science and research play a central role here. In the world of globalized markets, education lays the basis enabling us to exploit the opportunities open borders and world-wide knowledge networks offer. The German education and university system is undergoing a profound process of renewal that is already bearing fruit: Germany is one of the countries most preferred by foreign students, a hub of cutting-edge international research and a constant source of new patents.
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    Oman

    In Oman, about 50% of the population lives in Muscat and the Batinah coastal plain northwest of the capital. Muscat presents a relatively homogeneous appearance of low (rarely more than five story), generally white buildings, with residential, government, and commercial architecture frequently recalling, at least by allusion, historic regional styles. Since 1970, the government has given high priority to education to develop a domestic work force, which the government considers a vital factor in the country's economic and social progress.
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