The Swiss Network of Partners for Education

Network of Organizations based in Switzerland for the promotion of Education in partnership with Eastern and Southern countries.

This network was created in January 2006, notably at Enfant du Monde initiative. It is now built around a charter validated by all members. The Network secretariat will be administered by Enfants du Monde in 2008 and 2009 with the support of a Committee constituted by representatives of the Pestalozzi Children's Foundation, of the CPA Foundation (Pedagogical Cooperation in Africa) and of the für Zusammenarbeit in Bildungsfragen Institute (IZB).

The objectives of the Network are to:

•  Promote, in Switzerland as well as in countries of members' intervention, the critical importance of Quality Education, by highlighting Basic Education, as a vector of sustainable development.

•  Intensify collaboration and facilitate the exchange of information and experience between members.

•  Develop strategies aiming to raise awareness among the Swiss population regarding the importance of Education and influence Swiss public policies and also indirectly in the countries of members' intervention.

The setting-up of work subgroups enables the members to further reflections on certain topics.

A work group on “development and continuous training” has already been constituted and two others on “evaluation in education projects” and on “Research on teaching and learning” will be organized shortly.

In February 2007, the network organized a workshop, bringing together approximately forty representatives of institutions, which allowed the identification common principles to improve

the quality of programs and to define guidelines for the next Network meetings

In 2008, are planned :

•  In April, activities and a mobilization of the Network in the framework of the Global Campaign for Education;

•  In June, a new thematic day on « continuous training and professional insertion» ;

•  In December, the General Assembly.

For further information, please contact Constanze Bunzemeier, Network Secretariat

at 022 798 88 81 or by email at haiti.bangladesh@edm.ch