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Programme

Here you will find the structured programme of the Third Ministerial Meeting on Education of the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) countries and the Group of Eight (G8) on 21th - 22th November 2007 in Bonn/Petersberg.
Draft Programme - Senior Officials Meeting - 20 November 2007
        

19 November 2007

From 18:00      Registration at Hotel Seminaris/Bad Honnef

19:00      Reception

20 November 2007

From 08:00      Registration at Hotel Seminaris/Bad Honnef

09:00      Opening
               Klaus Luther, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation,
               Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
               Dr Said Alkitani, Deputy Permanent Delegate to UNESCO,
               Ministry of Education, Oman

09:15      Introductory Remarks

               Dr Raafat Radwan, Head of the General Authority for Adult Literacy,
               CEO Adult Education Agency, Egypt

               Dr Digby Swift, Department for International Development, U.K.
10:00      Parallel working sessions
                          
             Group 1 - Basic Education
      Co-chaired by
      Dr Digby Swift, U.K.
      Toujan Bermamet (tbc), Secretary General of Jordan National Commission for UNESCO, Jordan (tbc)
     Group 2 - Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
      Co-chaired by
      Dr Tayseer Al-Noaimi, Director General of Education and Technical Affairs,
      Ministry of Education, Jordan
      N.N.
11:00      Coffee break
11:15      Parallel working sessions (cont.)
12:45      Buffet Lunch
14:15      Parallel working sessions
              Group 3 - Literacy
 
                Co-chaired by
                David Barth, USAID, U.S.
                Dr Raafat Radwan, Egypt
     
                 Group 4 - Tertiary Education
                Co-chaired by
                Dr Said Alkitani, Oman
                Klaus Luther, Germany
15:15       Coffee break
15:30       Parallel working sessions (cont.)
17:00       Concluding session (plenum)
                 Co-chaired by
                 Dr Said Alkitani, Oman
                 Klaus Luther, Germany
              
19:30       Dinner at Hotel Seminaris


Draft Programme - Education Task Force Meeting - 21 November 2007
  

21 November 2007

09:00 - 12:00     Education Task Force Meeting at Hotel Seminaris/Bad Honnef
                            
                           Co-chaired by 
                           Dr Raafat Radwan, Head of the General Authority for Adult Literacy,
                           CEO Adult Education Agency, Egypt

                           Klaus Luther, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation,
                           Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
                           
                           Review of Senior Official Meeting summary papers

                                  Preparation of the draft report for the Forum for the Future

                                  Working groups programme in 2008

                                  Preparation for 2008 Ministerial Meeting in Muscat/Oman

                                  Date for next Task Force Meeting

              12:00     Buffet Lunch at Hotel Seminaris
Programme

21 November 2007

 
From    10:00 Registration at Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg
             13:00 Buffet Lunch (Galerie)
          15:00 - 18:30 Ministerial Meeting Part I (Bankettsaal)

             Opening

             H.E. Dr Annette Schavan,
             Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany

             H.E. Yahya Saud al-Sulaimy,
             Minister of Education, Oman

             Relevance and Quality - What are the challenges?
             Chair: H.E. Dr Annette Schavan

             Keynote Presentations:

             Dr Ali Abdulaziz Alsharhan,
             Former Minister of Education, U.A.E.
             Sir Michael Barber,
             Expert Principal, McKinsey and Company, U.K.

             Discussion

            16:30 Coffee break
            17:00 Discussion (cont.)
          
            Summary of the Results

            H.E. Yahya Saud al-Sulaimy
            18:30 Reception (Salon Thüringen)
            19:30 Concert by musicians of the WDR - Symphony Orchestra (Galerie)
            20:15 Dinner (Marmorsaal)

22 November 2007

09:00 - 12:30 Ministerial Meeting Part II (Bankettsaal)

          Relevant Education - How to share responsibilities?
          Chair: H.E. Yahya Saud al-Sulaimy

          Keynote Presentations:

          Prof. Reinhold Weiß, Vice President,
          Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany

          Mohamed El-Mahdi, President and CEO Siemens, Egypt

           Discussion

10:30 Coffee break/Family Photo

11:15 Discussion (cont.)

          Summary and Recommendations
           H.E. Dr Annette Schavan

          Closing Remarks
           H.E. Yahya Saud al-Sulaimy

12:30 Buffet Lunch (Rotunde)
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