Monday 3 March

Opening Session and Cocktail

19.00-

• Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic
• Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Tuesday 4 March

09.00-12.30

Plenary Session 1

(Coffee break 10.30-11.00)

Chair:

Claudia Schmied, Federal Minister for Education, Arts and Culture, Austria

Welcome:

• Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic
• Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education, Dominican Republic
• Josefina Pimentel, Director of INFOTEP, Dominican Republic

Keynote Address:

"Improving the Effectiveness of Education Systems"

Bertel Haarder, Minister for Education and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Denmark

Presentation:

"The Importance of Education in Cameroon and the Government’s Policies for Improving the Cameroon Education System"

Charles Nanga, Inspector General, Ministry of Basic Education, Cameroon

Discussion

Biographie de Eric Froment 

11.00-12.30

Workshop Presentations

Workshop 1: Francesc Pedro, Senior Analyst, OECD

Workshop 2: John Coolahan, Professor Emeritus, National University of Ireland Maynooth

Workshop 3: Marcelo Cabrol, Chief, Education Unit, Inter-American Development Bank

Workshop 4: Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD

Workshop 5: Carl Dahlman, Professor, Georgetown University, United States

Workshop 6: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia

12.30-14.00 

Lunch

14.00-18.00

Workshops 1-3

(Coffee break 15.45-16.15)

1. Information and Communications Technology

(Organised by: the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD, Directorate for Education)

Chair:

Remus Pricopie, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania

Presenters:

• Heeok Heo, Associate Professor, SunChon National University - Presentation abstract
• Hugo Nervi, Manager, Competencias Digitales, ENLACES, Chile
• Fritz Scheuermann, CRELL European Commission, Italy
• Josep Maria Mominó, Dean, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
• Lorenzo Guadamuz Sandoval, Chief Technical Advisor, SEESCyT, President of Innova Technology S.A., Dominican Republic
• João Pedro Gomez Ruivo, Action Plan Executive Coordinator, Ministry of Education, Portugal

• Tim Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, United States
• Maruja Gutiérrez-Díaz, Head, Lifelong Learning: Innovation and Creativity Unit, European Commission, Belgium
• Ann-Britt Enochsson, Senior lecturer, University of Karlstadt, Sweden
• Kircho Atanasov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Bulgaria

Rapporteur:

2. Professionalisation of the Teaching Force and  Teacher Training and Diversity

(Organised by: the Education Training and Policy Division and the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD, Directorate for Education)

Chair:

Radhamés Mejía, Vicerrector of PUCMM and Director of Centro de Investigación en Educación y Desarrollo Humano (CIEDHUMANO), Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Presenters:

Part 1

• Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil
• Tracey Burns, Analyst, OECD
• Francisco Benavides, Analyst, OECD
• Hersheela Narsee, Director: Research Co-ordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, National Department of Education, South Africa

• Matthew O'Meagher, Education Counsellor, New Zealand Embassy, Santiago Chile

Part 2

• Deborah Nusche, Policy Analyst, OECD
• Michael Schratz, Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria - Presentation Abstract

Rapporteur:

3. Challenges and Innovations in Post Secondary Education and Vocational Training

(Organised by: the Inter-American Development Bank)

Chair:

Presenters:

Part 1

• Xavier Matheu de Cortada, European Training Foundation, Head, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Italy - Presentation abstract
• Fernando Vargas, ILO/Cinterfor - Presentation Abstract

Part 2

• Claudio de Moura Castro, President, Advisory Council of Faculdade Pitágoras
• Liesbeth van Welie, Director for Research Programming, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands
• Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium
• Luis Sánchez-Noble, Education Commission Chairman, CONEP, Dominican Republic

Rapporteur:

Wednesday 5 March

09.00-12.30

Workshops 4-6

(Coffee break 10.30-11.00)

4. International Systems for Learning Evaluation

(Organised by: Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD, Directorate for Education)

Chair:

Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education

Presenters:

Part 1

• Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, OECD - Presentation Abstract
• Discussant: Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil
• Discussant: Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium
• Hersheela Narsee, Director: Research Co-ordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, National Department of Education, South Africa

Part 2

• Michael Davidson, Senior Analyst, OECD
• Gaby Hostens, Director-General, Education Department, Flemish Community of Belgium
• Tiina Annus, Head of Analyses Division, Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia
• Maria-Teresa Cabrera Ulloa, Dominican Teachers Union (ADP), Dominican Republic

Rapporteur:

5. Education and Economic Development for Integration into the World Economy

(Organised by: the World Bank Institute)

Chair:

Presenters:

Part 1

• Carl Dahlman, Professor, Georgetown University, United States
• Kurt Larsen, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank Institute, United States

Part 2

• Melaneo Paredes, Minister of Trade and Industry, Dominican Republic

• Remus Pricopie, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania

Rapporteur:

6. Access, Success and Relevance in Higher Education

(Organised by: the International Association of Universities and the , OECD, Directorate for Education)

Chairs:

Giorgi Nodia, Minister, The Ministry of Education and Science, Georgia

Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General and Executive Director, IAU

Presenters:

Part 1

• Janyne M. Hodder, President, The College of the Bahamas - Presentation Abstract
• Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia - Presentation Abstract

Part 2

• Rolando Guzmán, Dominican Republic
• Jaana Pukka, Analyst, OECD
• Francisco Marmolejo, Executive Director, CONAHEC

Rapporteur:

Powerpoint 

12.30-14.00

Lunch

14.00-18.00

Plenary Session 2

(Coffee break 15.45-16.15)

Chair:

14.00-14.40

Presentation and discussion

Gordon Freedman, Vice-President for Education Strategy, Blackboard, Inc.

14.40-15.45

Presentation of Workshop Reports

Workshop 5: Linda Beijlsmit, Director, Bureau CROSS

Workshop 1: Magdalena Claro, Consultant for OECD New Millenium Learners Project

Workshop 2: Rimantas Zelvys, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania

Workshop 3: Carlos Herran, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank

Workshop 4: Miguel J. Escala, Rector, Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Workshop 6: Jørn Skovsgaard, Senior Adviser, International Relations Division, Ministry of Education

16.15-17.45

Panel discussion

Moderator:

Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, OECD

Panel:

Representatives of: Bulgaria, Cameroon, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Pakistan, Romania, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, CONFEMEN, IAU and IBD

17.45-18.00

Closing remarks

Thursday 6 March

Seminar

OECD Review of Education Policy of the Dominican Republic

09.00-13.00

Plenary Session

(Coffee break 10.45-11.15)

Chair:

Opening remarks

• Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD
• Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, State Secretary for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic
• Alejandrina Germán Mejía, State Secretary for Education, Dominican Republic

Overview

Ian Whitman, OECD

Aims McGuinness, Senior Associate, NCHEMS

• Responses from the Dominican Republic
• Questions from participants / Discussion

Presentation: general education, teachers, governance and management issues

John Coolahan, Professor Emeritus, National University of Ireland Maynooth

• Responses from the Dominican Republic
• Questions from participants / Discussion

Presentation: higher education issues

Simon Schwartzman, Researcher, Institute of Studies on Work and Society, Brazil

• Responses from the Dominican Republic
• Questions from participants / Discussion

Chair's Summary

Closing remarks