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MINEDAF
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Ministers & Ministries of
Education
Caucuses of African Ministers of
Education
Caucus, Paris, France, 28 October 1999
This Caucus was convened on the occasion of the UNESCO General
Conference (25 October - 16 November 1999). The Caucus continued
discussion on ways and means of creating synergy between the different
initiatives of African Ministers, especially in the context of the OAU Decade of Education in
Africa [1997-2006].
The President of the Intergovernmental
Committee of MINEDAF VII,
Professor Kader Asmal of South Africa, presented a report on a number
of actions, including the details of the offer of the Government of South
Africa to share its institutions of higher learning with the other African
countries on a reciprocal basis.
This Web site of African
Ministers of Education, and its associated MINEDAF Document Service, both
sponsored by UNESCO, were launched at a ceremony during the Caucus. In a
statement during the launch ceremony, the Representative of the
Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Colin Power
(then Deputy
Director-General for Education), announced that the site, a public
facility to which Ministers, Senior Aides and other users would have
access, would also incorporate a restricted area to provide a relatively secure
channel through which Ministers could communicate with each other.
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