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MINEDAF
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Meetings & Conferences
Seventh Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States
(MINEDAF
VII); organized by UNESCO. Durban, South Africa, 20-24 April 1998.
MINEDAF VII brought together some 500 participants
--- representatives of African Member States, non-governmental organizations
and United Nations agencies, including ECA [United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa]. Thirty-nine delegations of
the Member States were led by Ministers.
The actions agreed by African Ministers are summarized in the Durban
Statement of Commitment, approved by acclamation.
Ministers identified the following priority areas for
co-operation:
- exchanges of practical policy experiences;
- sharing of expertise and existing educational infrastructures, especially in higher
education;
- establishment of Fellowship Banks;
- joint production and exchange of educational materials, including science kits and equipment;
- funding for joint initiatives;
- establishment of databanks of African experts and expertise; and
- identification of African programmes and
centres of excellence.
Like the previous
conferences, the Durban Conference emphasized inter-African co-operation.
The main documents of the Durban Conference are available for download at
the MINEDAF
Document Service
Previous MINEDAF conferences
were held in Addis Ababa (1961);
Abidjan
(1964); Nairobi (1968);
Lagos (1976);
Harare (1982);
and Dakar (1991). Final reports of these conferences are
also available for download at the MINEDAF Document Service.
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