Articles
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31 January 2023 
Israel/Palestine: Educators planting the seeds of hope
NewsDuring a four-day solidarity mission to Israel and Palestine, elected leaders of Education International (EI) and the US National Education Association (NEA) leaders met with governmental authorities, trade union activists, UN agencies and teachers. They also welcomed the agreement on the timely payment and increase of Palestinian educators’ salaries.
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24 January 2022 
EI conducts capacity building for unions in Arab-speaking countries
NewsEIRAF, in conjunction with ACCRS (Arab Countries Cross Regional Structure) held an online capacity building workshop on the 13th and 14th January 2022. There were 36 participants from member organisation from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Kuwait.
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27 October 2021 
Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund
NewsAs the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.
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21 October 2020 
Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund
NewsFrom the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Education International called on global education union solidarity to help member organisations respond to the sanitary crisis and emerge stronger from it in terms of mobilising, organising and capacity-building.
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9 July 2020 
Palestine: Training in e-learning critical as return to education deferred
NewsAs COVID-19 cases increased in Palestine, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, led a project on e-learning. This has assumed greater significance as schools will not reopen in August as had been previously planned.
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26 July 2011 Resolution on Higher Education Teaching Personnel in Palestine
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Cooperation Projects
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2023 - 2026 Transforming The union through digital capacity and female educators’ leadership practice
To develop strong, democratic, and independent teachers’ trade unions able to effectively defend and promote their members’ interests and actively advocate for quality, publicly funded education for all.
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2021 - 2027 African Young Educators Network (AYEN)
The Africa Young Educators Network (AYEN) was launched on 23rd September 2021 during a virtual webinar attended by 40 young male and female educators aged 35 years and below. It is designed as a multi-level net work with sub-regional networks feeding into a regional structure, enabling young educators across Africa...
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2012 - 2024 Union Capacity Support (Palestine)
Ongoing support for union capacity building.
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Affiliates
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Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees
PFUUPE
Palestine Polytechnic UniversityP.O. Box 182Hebrontel: +972 (2) 223.30.50tel: +972 (2) 223.35.05fax: +970 (2) 223.96.41 -
General Union of Workers in Kindergarten and Private Schools
GUWKPS
P.O. Box 1216Nablustel: +970-9-238.51.36fax: +970-9-384.374 -
General Union of Palestinian Teachers
GUPT
P.O. Box 20081Jerusalemtel: +970 224 201 47tel: +970 599 842 006fax: +970 224 201 49